Urbanminers, llc Mission Statement
“To promote environmental and social sustainability by salvaging building materials and household goods and selling them at prices affordable to average wage earners, and to support these activities specifically in urban areas, recognizing those locations as essential to the long term sustainability of the economy and culture”
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 8:30 - 4:30,
Thursday Til 7:00 by appointment only
At 30 Manila Avenue Hamden, CT 06514
We are moving into a new warehouse twice as large as the previous one. Our new location is only about 100 yards from our old location! On March 20th at 1PM (The first day of Spring!) we will have an “official” opening of our new location featuring artifacts recovered for The New Haven Preservation Trust. There will also be recently obtained architectural elements from a variety of other sources , mostly featuring items from buildings in the New Haven area from 1900 or earlier. FREE REFRESHMENTS from 1-3 PM. More details will be provided as we approach Spring.
EVENT: Grand Opening for urbanminers new space
WHEN: Saturday, March 20th 1-3 pm
WHERE: 30 Manila Avenue, Hamden CT
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PROJECTS
Two Houses in Wilton
Beginning this month we have available the materials from two houses in Wilton, Ct. thanks to the effort of Faesy-Smith Architects
Samples of materials from this project are listed in the Used Goods section of our website under categories “ Deconstruction Wilton 1” and “ Deconstruction Wilton 2”
On Saturday, February 20th from 10am-1pm we will be scheduling visits to the Wilton location. Call or email to confirm your attendance and get directions.
You can come to the site and pick out your cabinets, doors , appliances etc. 2 large houses of materials next door to each other.Expect two entire kitchens, 5,000 sq. ft. of oak flooring, doors and windows. Keep checking the website as new items become available. Materials are starting to sell quickly so call us for availablilty. Items must be picked up or delivered by Feb 27th otherwise you must make arrangements to have us store them at our warehouse in Hamden.
Hopkins School, New Haven
www.hopkins.edu
The Hopkins School recently moved into a new school building. A good portion of furniture and equipment from the old building were moved to the new building to be reused. Other materials were donated by Hopkins. The remaining materials needed to be removed from the old building in short order and the school decided to recover those materials rather than the all too typical alternative –to have them thrown away. Because of their commitment to reuse, and substantial effort by the school staff and Strategic Building Solutions Urbanminers was able to recover an estimated 11,300 pound of furniture, doors, hardware, and scrap metal. A few of these items have been donated and most of it will be sold at reasonable (as per our mission) prices back into the community. A small sample of the items available is located on our website under “New Haven Deconstruction 2”
Bridgeport House
We still have considerable material available from our Bridgeport project, samples located under “ Deconstruction Fairfield County” on our website. Very soon all of these materials will be displayed in our new warehouse. Thanks to the property owner and Austin Patterson Disston Architects for their assistance. We were able to recover flooring, cabinets, bath fixtures, windows, doors , trim, stone and much more!
Brookfield
Thanks to Verdi Construction Urbanminers is recovering multiple truckloads of materials from a commercial project in Brookfield, Ct. Seems like a great time for $5.00 bags of r-30 insulation, doesn’t it ? We now have truckloads!
Deconstruction in action...
Pine flooring being removed.
Removing nails and damaged ends.
Flooring stored on site ready to be reinstalled in new home.
Why save things?
The Scavenger's Manifesto: Why Dumpster Diving Can Save You
from Going Off the Deep End
The Scavenger's Manifesto
Sustainable business information:
http://www.ilsr.org/
Check out some Green businesses that Urbanminers
(many of these are personal favorites) collaborates with:
For new, environmentally correct building products:
http://www.centerforgreenbuilding.com/
Here is a local contractor that provides Urbanminers with many salvaged building materials for reuse:
http://www.commonvis.com/
Urbanmining can be exhausting..................
That's right, you don't always have to use something for its intended purpose.
Remember our hours are 8:30 to 4:30 Tuesday through Saturday and we
will stay late until 7:00 PM on Thursdays by appointment . Buy
used, for the environment and for the economy (including Urbanminers'
economy).
Remember we do household clean outs and estates as well as full or
partial building deconstruction. Information is available here on our website.
Or call the office at 203-287-0852
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