McDonnell Building Materials

They always seem to have what the big box stores don’t. I came in looking for a propane weed torch and they had one! Couldn’t believe it. And it was a better price than online. Very friendly people with home town feel.

I like this place a LOT. When I called about the item I was looking for the guy who answered was AWESOME. He even helped me learn to pronounce it!!! LOL So I went in to buy the product (I can pronounce not spell it) Anyway, I walk in and love the atmosphere, I look over and see a GORGEOUS chocolate just resting. He was so sweet! I have a chocolate and so my heart did the pitter patter of seeing the sweet boy. We walked around was IMMEDIATELY helped. I will be back when I have more time to wonder around! LOVE the store!

If you need it, they have it, and prices aren’t too shabby either! This is totally our kind of place. They have it all, and a little extra. Hardware, landscaping, feed supplies and a little shopping for us ladies. The staff is kind and helpful, and the location is very convenient for us. Yeah, it could use a spring cleaning, but it’s a hardware store after all!

I Love this place!!! The staff is very friendly and very accurate on my lawn needs. My lawn looks great. I hired Scott’s Lawn Service for the past 2 years. The weeds kept growing and the crab grass kept growing. I was told to «stop by» McDonnell Building and I’m so glad I did. My lawn looks GREAT! And YES, I did it myself. I spent nearly $ 600.00 for 2 years of service with Scott’s Lawn Care and I’ve spent 125.00 this year and I’ve done the work. McDonnell’s WEED & FEED is the BEST!!! I also purchased Fire Ant killer and some kind of lawn bug killer. I haven’t started using the Ant and Bug killer yet but I’m sure I’ll be happy with the results.
My lawn looks great and I have their staff to thank.
Please visit this place.
I can’t wait to start my fertilizing. My grass looks very healthy and I have canceled Scotts’ Lawn Service.

Do not use the trailer rental service from this company. They do not highlight various fees and penalties in their contracts and their trailers are not well maintained. On our recent experience here we received a trailer that did not have working lights and blew a tire, which we were charged for plus tax. You are better off with u-​haul which has great equipment with better prices and great customer service.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this place! They have a wonderful selection of upscale pet foods and treats. I get so excited to go in there and find new products for my furkids. Anything from Turkey feet to organic treats. The young man in that department has clearly been taught how to sell a product as he always tells me the same thing about dog food when I go there. LOL I’ve been researching dog food nutrition since before he got out of middle school, but it’s cute so I let him tell me his speech. The place is cluttered with neat little gift items that gives it that good down home charm. A person could spend hours in there! Everyone is always polite and it’s the only place left that I can think of that offers to carry my stuff to the car, opens the door for me and calls me Mam. Chivalry is still at the McDonnel Building! I had to take away one star because I just hate the fact that they do carry some really low quality pet foods that nobody should feed their dog. I feel that if they truly understood and were passionate about food nutrition, they wouldn’t offer those types of food, but hey… it is a business and they do try.

Purchased $ 300 of Trim a Slab product. Bought it by the foot and young guy said I could return what I did not use… They did not honor and said can’t return it.
It was 20 ft of material that they could sell but the older guy had to cut a roll so he did not want to return. Overall store had a bunch of stuff and was I was looking for this to be my go-​to store. Bottom line they did not honor what they said they would do…

I like this place. It has what I need but I can see how some people see this place as rude. I was very nice conversation with the lady who worked there about starting to raise chickens and she gave me lots of great information. I will go back when I can, this pace has been around forever and was started years ago for the farm community.
Some of the guys there do need to work on their manners, but I trust them.

I absolutely love this place– specifically for the pet selection. Personally, I’m OVER all of the national brands of pet products made in China and other places. We found Muenster Natural at another place closer to Muenster, TX and were delighted to find they carry it here, too. Prices are slightly lower than what we had been paying for a national brand, AND it’s made here in Texas.
Their selection of pet treats is really fun to peruse– all kinds of items… Fresh, frozen, etc. I had to LOL at their crawfish dog treats-​with alligator! I didn’t know dogs could/​should have crawfish.
The service here is top-​notch. I’ve been here 4 times and every time someone lugs my 35-​lb bag of food to my car. And today, they didn’t have a 35-​lb bag of Munster Natural Senior on the rack. I asked an employee if they might have more elsewhere and she found another bag for me. More, they have a loyalty program so that when you buy 12 bags of the same product, your 13^th bag is free-​and it’s kept old-​school on a paper card in a filing box. Having 3 dogs, we’ll get there in no time. Keep on doing what you’re doing, McDonnell– I’m telling everyone about how awesome y’all are!

I have bought supplies and feed here several times but today was the last straw. The older man with gray hair and glasses is extremely rude and inconsiderate. He talks to his customers like they are 12 year olds. I don’t know how they stay in business with customer service like that but I will surely never be back.

I was recently getting ready to put down a weed and feed on my lawn, but lucky for me I read the label. While it was OK for my St. Augustine lawn, it’s not OK to use under trees, and I have trees covering my entire front and back yards. Watch for anything with atrazine in it! Not good for trees!
So I get on line looking for an alternative, and basically, after a bunch of reading at
, decide to go organic. My first round at an organic lawn will involve the use of corn gluten meal.
A few on-​line searches yielded no local option to purchase corn gluten meal, so on a whim I stopped by McDonnell Building Materials. Not only did they have corn gluten meal (both powder and pellet form, around $ 30 for a 40 pound bag, which should cover about 4,000 SF), but a wide variety of other organic options (dry molasses, bulk vinegar, etc.).
I’ve always liked McDonnell Building Materials and now I have one more reason.
PS. Unilocal does not seem to have a very good category for «pet supplies», but McDonnell Building Materials also has many products associated with animal care and «feed stores», i.e. food and heath care supplies, and even live chickens. Cool!