What to Look for in a Building Materials Supplier

To ensure every home-improvement project achieves optimal results, learn how to identify the very best building material’s suppliers.

Improving your home or business lot to increase curb appeal, create more usable outdoor space, and up to your property’s resale value requires a great vision, a detailed plan, and the right tools for the job.

But it also requires high-quality building materials to achieve a high-quality result. And where do you get the best materials for your projects but from the best building materials suppliers in your region?

Here are five key factors to consider in identifying which building materials suppliers you can safely rely on to consistently provide you with top-quality materials for your next landscaping or outdoor home improvement designing project:

1. A Wide Selection of Materials

The first thing to consider is that you don’t want to have to run about dealing with multiple suppliers for every project, never sure who has what, at what quality level, or at what price. You want a single, “one-stop shop” that you can be confident will have everything you need for all of your outdoor home improvement upgrades.

When you can order all of your supplies in one shipment from one company, or when you can pick them all up to yourself in a single trip, you save time and money.

And when you already have the best local supplier entered in your contacts list, your next order will be fast, simple, and convenient.

2. Many Years of Proven Service

You’re always taking a bigger risk when you use a company that has not been around very long. Look for a family-owned and operated Supply Company that’s been proving its worth to the local community for decades, and it’s hard to go wrong.

If it’s a supplier that local contractors are relying on and that also caters to home and business owners directly, that means it’s reliable enough for a professional but ready to give personal, one on one service to any and all customers.

3. Natural Rock Building Supplies

If your project involves the use of rock, sand, or gravel, you need a good variety of grades for every purpose ranging from filler to display. But the natural stone material can be hard to find at the highest quality level, whereas, everyone carries the lower-level rock materials.

So be quick to peruse the prospective supplier’s inventory for quality natural rock material like limestone, slate, bluestone, quartzite, and travertine flat stones. And be sure there is a ready supply of natural stepping stones, treads, wall caps, colorful pavers,

4. Complete Concrete Building Materials

The important thing with concrete supplies is that you be able to get not only top-quality but also full supplies from one supplier.

Concrete blocks, common cement, quikrete and fast-setting concrete, extra-high strength or crack-resistant concrete, self-leveling varieties, concrete patch, sealer, resurfacer, mortar, mortar dissolver, waterproofing agents, rebar, re-mesh, concrete forms, foundation bolts, concrete dobies, plastic sheeting, tampers, and more should all be at hand.

5. Expert Advice on Selecting Materials/Products

We could go on and on about other classes of material, like bricks, erosion control tools, turf (both natural and synthetic), firepits, outdoor kitchens & barbecues, masonry block, retaining walls, soil and mulch, and more. But we finish instead by mentioning the key element of good advice.

To be as productive as possible building your landscape or other structures and to ensure you choose the best materials for each usage, you can significantly benefit from the experience of your suppliers.

Anyone with decades of experience in handling materials and products for outdoor home improvements, business lot upgrades, and contractor needs will have workers with vast treasure troves of strategic advice on the tips of their tongues. Find a Supply Company that takes the time to help you make the right decisions.

To learn more about the extensive inventory of top-quality materials available for delivery or pick-up at Central Home Supply, contact us today.

We have been serving Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley, CA, and the surrounding region since 1974 and offer significant advantages over other area building material’s suppliers.