McKinnon Lumber

This is the kind of place I used to visit growing up in LA. Friendly & helpful people, nails & bolts sold by the pound, sage advice from experienced yardmen. This is a pre-​BIG BOX era lumber yard, and, alas, is a vanishing breed. The prices are similar to the big boxes, but the service is far superior.
It’s a no-​brainer; if my alternative is to travel in my gas guzzling PU to Gilroy or Salinas for lumber, I always choose local McKinnon!
The downside: the hours. As a DIYer, I work around the house on Sat & Sun, but they close at 5PM on Sat & are closed on Sun. Considering their size, I can’t blame them, but I wonder whether they might do more business if they stayed open until 6PM on Sat, and closed on Weds instead of Sundays? Ah well, can’t have it all.

I love this place for all my home projects. They even make the cuts for you. They also gave a huge selection. So friendly and helpful.

THE PLACE TO BUY LUMBER IN SOUTH COUNTY.
The price of their lumber is no more expensive than the big box home improvement stores. There is staff to load your purchases or make those special cuts that you require.
They stock species of wood that the big stores don’t.
Best of all, their boards are straight, and not cupped or warped. I don’t have to sort through 5,000 boards to find one acceptable one.
They are totally worth the few extra dollars over Lowe’s or Home Depot… Quality Products, Personalized Service and a Small Town Business with Reasonable Prices.
This is a business that I’d gladly send my wife into to buy lumber!

Every time I go to McKinnon Lumber I’m glad I went there. They have everthing I need and they know who to do things I haven’t figured out yet.

I really like this store. It has friendly, community oriented owners and the staff are usually knowledgeable and competent hard workers, even if they are not chatty. They have competitive pricing for a lot of items. It costs me $ 12 to drive to Gilroy in my truck so I’d rather shop here if I don’t have a big list.
Besides lumber they have tons of other stuff like insulation, concrete, roofing stuff and some general hardware items.
I’d give it 5 stars but their corral boards are substandard and we have to drive there and pick every board or we get cracks and chips. We are replacing 5 acres of fencing in sections and this is can be tedious. I tried telling them to give me the good boards only and their good boards still had cracks. I feel I have to check out the rest of the lumber before I buy it as well because of a few P.T. posts in my last delivery that ended up being cracked as well.
Delivery is fast and not expensive.
Shop local!

Friendly, helpful, knowledgeable service. Cheaper prices that Lowes or Home Depot on many items.
Now why would you waste gas to go to those corporate America big box stores?
Support local business.

I’ve been doing business with McKinnon Lumber since 1982. John Barrett (the owner) is friendly and helpful. I have remodeled three houses using all wood and related supplies from this lumber yard. My contractor wouldn’t consider using anyone else. Their delivery is fast and free in town. It’s kinda like Cheers, everyone knows your name. And usually they know your house and the last two owners of it. And you can charge it to your own account if you like… try doing that at Lowe’s!
I highly recommend McKinnon’s Lumber.

I am sure that you know how many questions kids can ask. When ever my son is building something he will go to McKinnon lumber and they are always helpful and make sure that he gets what he needs and make sure he gets all of his questioned answered. We would also like to thank them for supporting the FFA kids this year and let them know that we really appreciate the ad on to my son’s FFA pig this year. We are lucky to have a business like yours that supports the youth. Thank you!