Construction Junction - Building Material Reuse

Construction Junction promotes conservation through the reuse of building materials.
Pittsburgh’s only non-profit building material reuse retailer.

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January 18- January 24, 2010

Customer reuse story

Cozmo -

Please see the attached finished projects using Construction Junction materials.  We have been renovating our Lawrenceville row house for a few years and find many useful items that fit right into the projects.  The photos show some of the more dramatic installations.

The newel post project involved a full renovation and restoration of the hallway and stair.  The original newel post and hand rail system had been removed and with minor adjustments, the CJ newel post and hand rail tied right in and matched the stairs nicely.

The hutch replaced a shallow closet adjacent to the dining room fireplace.  Refinishing and new hardware required about 10 hours of light labor.  Trimming out the edges completed the built in look making it feel original to the house.  CJ also supplied the old iron gate that now adorns our hearth as a beautiful work of art.  Refinishing the gate required a simple wire brushing and application of oil to bring out the lustre.

Feel free to use these photos in the weekly e-Blast and thanks for the good work over there.     

Tim Jones, PE, LEED AP

The CJ Buzz

Get this... we're getting an eight hole mini putt putt golf course and all of its accoutrements including 100 putters and fluorescent balls.  Yup it's odd... but we're getting it nonetheless.

Featured Items

Recent Arrivals

Audio cabinet
Audio cabinet
Bath vanity #1
Bath vanity #1
Bath vanity #2
Bath vanity #2
Big table
Big table
Built ins
Built ins
Comercial trash cans
Comercial trash cans
Commercial steel doors
Commercial steel doors
Dining room buffet #1
Dining room buffet #1
Dining room buffet #2
Dining room buffet #2
Display stands
Display stands
Fireplace insert
Fireplace insert
Fireplace surround
Fireplace surround
Kitchen set
Kitchen set
Laminated products
Laminated products
Large sheets of glass
Large sheets of glass
Matching cabinets
Matching cabinets
Medical rolling cart #1
Medical rolling cart #1
Medical rolling cart #2
Medical rolling cart #2
Old chair
Old chair
Paint 5 gallons
Paint 5 gallons
Round top window
Round top window
Wee tables
Wee tables
White board #1
White board #1
White board #2
White board #2

News & Events

Free firewood

The staff at CJ has started stock piling pallets that we can't make use of so that someone else can make use of them as firewood.  Please help yourself to as many of these pallets as you'd like.  Please click on the "read more" for a photo... and here's to the beauty of use and reuse.

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CJ Q&A

I'm new to the Pittsburgh area and have been looking for some old/antique windows and/or doors to use for decorative purposes.  Do you have stuff like that?  -- Meghan

Meghan -- You bet we do and lots of them!!!  --  Cozmo

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Cozmo’s Message of the Week

Cosmo

Next week is the last full week of January and that means we're only one week away from February's e-Blast subscriber customer reward.  I'll tell you what it is next week.

Cosmo

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