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Top 4 Choices for Interior Door Styles

If you’re remodeling the inside of your home, is there a specific style door you’d like to incorporate? Wood, wood with glass, molded, and bi-folds are the top 4 choices for interior door styles. When it comes to choosing a door, what would work best in your home?   WOOD DOORS Mostly found in pine …

Surplus Cabinets: Great for Storage and Organization

What places in your home could use a little more organization? Where is storage an issue? Our surplus cabinets are a perfect solution! These cabinets, sold at a fraction of the cost of custom cabinets, would be a great addition to a laundry room, office, basement or garage for extra storage and organizing just about …

It’s Time To Plan For Your Dream Kitchen

Autumn is right around the corner, and before you know it, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s will be here! Now is the time to plan for your dream kitchen. The one you’ve always wanted… a well-designed space with all the options and conveniences your current kitchen doesn’t offer. If you could have anything …

Largest Moulding Selection in New England

With a combined inventory of 400,000 feet, Builders Surplus offers the largest moulding selection in New England. What’s moulding and why should I use it when remodeling? As a dictionary states, moulding (or molding) is “an ornamentally shaped outline as an architectural feature…” It’s a decorative detail or embellishment. And to complete your new home …

Door Shop Ready For Special Orders

You’ve found the perfect door you’ve been looking for at one of our locations. But now it needs a slight alteration: maybe a double bore for hardware or a doggie door. And Max T. Value says, “No problem! We’ve got an on-site Custom Door Shop at Builders Surplus ready to assist you with your special …

First Time Remodelers: Some Advice Before You Start

Now, the following suggestions aren’t necessarily rules, but just a bit of advice for first time remodelers. Sometimes, the best guideline when completing projects by yourself is to plan in advance and keep it simple. Suggestions for First Time Remodelers Measure twice, cut once.  The old adage is still true! It’s just plain annoying to realize …

Top Summer Home Improvement Projects

Summer. The perfect season for a remodeling project, especially one that lets you work outdoors on a sunny day. What are the top summer home improvement projects? If you guessed decks, doors and windows, you’re spot on!   DECKING If summer is your favorite season, then a new deck would be a great addition to …

Specialty Fiberglass Doors: Just In!

One of my personal favorite aspects of Builders Surplus is our “surplus” sections. When you hear the word “surplus” what do you think? Warn-down? Blemished? End of the line? That’s where some people get our company completely wrong. When we say surplus, we basically mean a “limited time offer” of certain products which we currently …

We’re Expanding: Lunenburg, MA Location

Builders Surplus, “A Max T. Value Store” is growing! Hello Lunenburg, MA. We are excited to announce the opening of our fifth location scheduled for the Summer of 2017. Our company is here to serve New England, so Massachusetts is a perfect match for us! Lunenburg, MA We’re thrilled to introduce new customers to our brand and our company. …

Updating Rooms: Laundry, Office, Basement, and Garage

So, your kitchen and living room are already in good shape, but now you’re ready for a new home project! Well, think about updating rooms like the laundry room, office, basement, or garage. As a homeowner, there is always something which needs to be done in or around the house, but we tend to put …