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Find out what you can donate to the Habitat ReStore

Whether you're cleaning, remodeling, or moving, you might find household items you no longer use, but are still in great condition.

Use the guide below to find out what you can donate to the Habitat ReStore. Donations are subject to staff approval. To ensure that we are able to provide quality items back to community members, our pickup decision process includes the valuation of item re-sale while also considering our staff and trucking costs.

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Appliances

Yes, please
  • Clean kitchen and laundry appliances
  • Small kitchen appliances
No, thank you
  • Appliances older than 10 years old

  • Gas ranges

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Cabinets

Yes, please 

  • Quality cabinets without damage
  • Doors and drawers attached to cabinets
  • Clean and complete
  • Like new or better cabinet doors

No, thank you

  • Moldy or water-stained

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DOORS

 
Yes, please 
  • Residential interior and exterior doors in good, clean and sellable condition without alterations or damage
  • Bi-fold doors
  • Pre-hung doors
  • New and modern only
No, thank you
  • Mirrored bi-fold doors
  • Used shower doors
  • Commercial doors
  • Doors over 80 inches in height

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Fasteners & Hardware

Yes, please 
  • All varieties of metal fasteners and hardware, door knobs, hinges, cabinet pulls and knobs
No, thank you
  • Loose screws, nails or nuts and bolts
  • Badly rusted
  • Containers of mixed fasteners

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Flooring

Yes, please 

  • Carpet: New, never installed carpet 100 sq ft or larger
  • Complete unopened boxes of prefinished wood, laminate and vinyl plank flooring 75 sq. ft or larger
  • New area rugs
  • New rolls of vinyl flooring 25 sq. feet or larger

No, thank you

  • Used carpet, scrap pieces or partial boxes of wood flooring
  • Carpet less than 100 sq ft
  • Stained rugs
  • Previously used wood flooring

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Furniture

Yes, please 

  • Clean, complete, undamaged, and sellable furniture
  • Free of pet hair and stains
  • Solid wood furniture
  • Patio and outdoor furniture

No, thank you

  • Damaged furniture (rips, smells, tears or scratches, excessive fading or sagging)
  • Infant equipment and furniture (cribs, change tables, car seats, high chairs, etc.) 
  • Pet hair or stains
  • Mattresses and box springs, hide-a-beds, sleeper sofas, waterbeds, and waterbed frames
  • Disassembled furniture of any kind

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home goods

Yes, please 
  • Decor items
  • Artwork
  • Vases
  • Picture frames
 No, thank you
  • Clean cookware and dishware
  • Linens, towels, draperies and clothing
  • Pianos or Organs

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HVAC 

Yes, please 
  • Residential ducting, flashing, vents, fireplace inserts, furnaces and wood stoves in salable condition
  • Clean, unused insulation in full unopened bags
  • New fireplaces 
  • Used electric fireplaces
No, thank you
  • Items containing asbestos, mercury or other toxins
  • Used or unboxed ceiling tiles
  • Oil furnaces
  • Used furnaces or water heaters

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Lawn & Garden

Yes, please

  • Bricks and pavers free of mortar, grills, hoses, sprinklers
  • Tools and lawn equipment in good working order
  • Clean, complete, undamaged and sellable lawn and patio furniture
  • Propane barbecues 

No, thank you

  • Broken or nonworking items
  • Flammable or combustible chemicals, herbicides or pesticides
  • Automotive parts or fluids
  • Used paint, stain, or chemicals
  • Gas-powered equipment
  • Used natural gas barbecues

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Lighting & Electrical

Yes, please

  • New Residential indoor and outdoor light fixtures
  • New light bulbs, in box
  • Electrical supplies
  • New non-commercial fluorescent light fixtures

No, thank you

  • Used light fixtures
  • Brass fixtures
  • No used fluorescent fixtures or used  bulbs

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Lumber

Yes, Please

  • Denailed quality lumber, trim and siding in 8 foot lengths or larger
  • Sheet goods (plywood, MDF, Drywall, etc.), ½ sheet or larger

No, thank you

  • Lumber less than 8 ft or sheet goods less than ½ sheet
  • Lumber with fasteners or rot
  • Used vinyl siding

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Plumbing

Yes, please

  • Steel, white porcelain or cast iron sinks without cracks, chips or stains
  • New toilets
  • Bathroom fixtures and hardware
  • New or used to metal bathtubs
  • New fiberglass tubs
  • Clawfoot tubs
  • Jetted tubs – Medicine Hat only 

No, thank you

  • Composite sinks
  • Non low flow toilets
  • Used fiberglass bathtubs
  • Used toilets
  • Plumbing chemicals
  • Used jetted tubs - Calgary
  • Used corner tubs - Calgary

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Roofing

Yes, please

  • New roofing, shingles and tar paper
  • New and used corrugated roofing

No, thank you

  • Used asphalt roofing

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Tile

Yes, please

  • New, never installed floor tile in boxes 60 sq ft or larger
  • New, never installed wall tile in boxes 40 sq ft or larger
  • New, unopened grout

No, thank you

  • Previously installed tile
  • Opened packages of grout
  • Open boxes
  • Loose pieces of tile

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Tools & Equipment

Yes, please

  • Hand and power tools with all parts

No, thank you

  • Bad batteries
  • Rusted
  • Broken
  • Cords that are cut or sliced
  • Missing batteries or adapters

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Windows

Yes, please

  • Clean residential PVC, undamaged, unfogged and in working order
  • Shutters in good condition
  • Blinds, new and in unopened boxes
  • New windows

No, thank you

  • Used windows
  • Unframed glass or mirrors, aluminum framed windows
  • Used blind or window treatments
  • Vertical blinds

Have more questions? Check out our donation FAQ's, or contact our donations team at 403-291-6764. 

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