The Salvage Company is a warehouse of recycled building and renovating materials at 8 Grafton Street, in Phillipstown, Christchurch. Its stock runs from modern ranch-sliders, doors and windows to vintage and retro fittings, including door handles, locks and window catches from every decade of the 20th and 21st centuries. It also specialises in lead-lighted doors and windows, replacement stained glass, tiled fireplaces and bathroom supplies, and it regularly has second-hand kitchen units with sink, oven and cooktop. Cooktops, wall ovens, ranges, water heaters, switches, sockets, light fittings, heat pumps and gas log fires are all in stock. An outdoor timber yard lets staff measure and cut wood to order.
Customers who have written about the shop say the staff are helpful and knowledgeable, and they name Anthony, who takes enquiries by phone. One customer went in for old heat pumps and found him very knowledgeable. Another had wood cut to size and carried out to the car, and said the staff worked around the measurements they gave. One reviewer called it a treasure they would rather keep quiet about. The shop is open Monday to Thursday 9am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 3pm and Saturday 9am to 1pm, and enquiries go to 03 374 5442 or 0274 511 268. For a villa renovation, where a period fireplace or a vintage door is the goal, it is a practical first stop.