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Urban Ore is amazing. If you're renovating a property in the Bay Area and are going for a retro look, you owe yourself a trip to Urban Ore. Or if you're renov
by jedberg 2y ago
Urban Ore is amazing. If you're renovating a property in the Bay Area and are going for a retro look, you owe yourself a trip to Urban Ore. Or if you're renovating an old house, you should seriously consider selling/donating your old fixtures to Urban Ore.
It's a wonderful testament to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Edit: It looks like they don't buy stuff and you have to pay to drop off now, but still worth it because it's still cheaper than paying to dump it and someone else will get a chance to use it.
- convolvatron 2y agoI dig through trash, go to flea markets, and recycle materials all the time in the Bay Area and won't even go to Urban Ore. Their prices are shockingly high. It's as if you're paying the designer the 1000% markup for having discovered this old window frame. Builder Resources in SF is quite a bit more reasonable, but prepare yourself for a bit more of tweaker/ghetto vibe.
- blacksmith_tb 2y agoSad to hear that, when I lived in SF in the late 90s it was a fun field trip to take my bike on BART and ride to Urban Ore. Back then it wasn't too spendy, and there were fun weird tech items, I have a massive machined knob I picked up there I have always meant to stick a Teensy etc. in to make it into a usb device... one of these days...
- pimlottc 2y agoIt’s as if you’re paying for Berkeley commercial rents…