Ideal Builders Supply had its start in 1906 as the Renker Cement and Stone Company. Founded by Henry Renker with the help of his father Julius, the company was passed down to Howard Renker, who in turn passed the business on to his son Richard Renker. Richard's son, also named Howard, began working full time in the family business in 1978, and was joined by his son Adam in 2003. With their plant and yard in Brookpark, Ohio, Howard and Adam expanded the family operation by opening Ideal Builders Supply in Medina in 2004. We toured Ideal Builders Supply's new facility recently, and listened as Howard provided this overview of his company's products and services;

Ideal Builders Supply offers a wide range of brick, block, and stone building products. We carry brick for new homes, as well as being able to match brick for home additions or chimney repairs. We carry retaining wall blocks, concrete pavers, clay pavers, and patio pavers, in addition to tools for concrete and masonry contractors, bagged products, clay, cement, mortar, sand, and pipe. We manufacture construction type block, landscape patio products, architectural split-face block, and retaining wall block at our Cleveland plant, and we distribute veneer stone, manufactured by Coronado, Eldorado, Stoneline, and Boulder Creek Stone. Our Medina location carries tile, hardwood, and laminated hardwood flooring.

We strive to offer better service and higher quality products than you'll find anywhere. We maintain a fleet of 13 automatic unloading delivery trucks including semi-trucks, trucks with all-terrain forklifts attached, and dump trucks of all sizes. Our outside sales team services builders, contractors, landscapers, and homeowners, showing them our products and helping them determine materials needs and costs.

We've always been a family owned and operated business. In addition to myself and my son Adam, I have a daughter who works with us, and my brother-in-law Tony Schubert is Vice President of the company. We believe that no customer's too small, and the key to our success has been always giving the smaller customers the same high quality service as our largest customers.

Ideal Builders Supply has a six generation history of coupling ideal service with outstanding product quality. Call or stop by Ideal Builders Supply today, and don't forget to tell them The Advocate sent you!