One Building Materials Supplier Across Blount County, TN
Spectrum Building Products is a veteran-owned building materials supplier based in Talbott, Tennessee, serving builders in Blount County, TN. A builder with a lakefront job in Louisville and a mountain lot near Townsend deals with one person, Jared Jarnagin, for take-offs, pricing, ordering, delivery checks and a single invoice.
- Communities
- Maryville, Alcoa, Townsend, Walland, Friendsville, Louisville, Rockford
- Water
- Fort Loudoun Lake at Louisville; Little River
- Roads
- US-321, US-129, Foothills Parkway
- Terrain
- Lake level up to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park boundary
Can one supplier handle jobs at both ends of Blount County?
Spectrum Building Products covers all of Blount County with one contact and one bill per project. The same person prices a lake house at Louisville and a cabin lot near Townsend, so nothing is re-explained to a new rep.
The county runs from Fort Loudoun Lake on one side to the national park boundary on the other. Friendsville and Louisville sit low near the lake. Walland and Townsend sit up the Little River, below the Foothills Parkway. Those are different builds with different vendors behind them.
Spectrum keeps the vendor relationships, ordering and reconciliation on its side of the table. The arrangement is laid out under One Salesman, One Bill.
What changes between a lake lot and a mountain lot?
Spectrum Building Products adjusts the delivery plan for moisture at the lake and for access in the mountains. In Blount County, shoreline lots raise storage questions and upland lots raise the question of how big a truck can get in.
At Louisville, material stacked near the shoreline sits in damp air. Sheathing and trim should arrive close to the day they go up, then stay off the ground and covered. Toward Townsend, on what locals call the Peaceful Side of the Smokies, the road in may be narrow, steep and shared with visitors.
Smaller, sequenced loads answer both problems. More detail is in the post on jobsite delivery and staging basics.
Which Spectrum services matter most on Blount County builds?
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One Salesman, One Bill
Jobs spread from Friendsville to Townsend stay on one contact and one invoice per project.
How one salesman, one bill works -
Cost Savings Consulting
A material budget baseline before bidding helps when lake and mountain jobs carry very different lists.
How cost savings consulting works -
Material Take-Off
On a remote upland lot, counting the list right the first time matters more than anywhere else.
How material take-off works
Why does a short shipment hurt more near Townsend than in town?
Spectrum Building Products checks every Blount County delivery against the take-off because a shortage on a remote lot is slow to fix. The farther a site is from the supply yards, the longer a crew waits for the missing pieces.
In Maryville or Alcoa a builder can often cover a small gap the same afternoon. Up US-321 past Walland, a return trip eats the day. Wrong windows or a missing bundle of studs can stall a framing crew.
Jared is on site when material arrives. He counts it, inspects for damage and deals with the vendor before the driver leaves. Accurate quantities with waste factors built in cut down on second trips.
What do Blount County builders ask before they call?
More answers are on the full FAQ page.
Which Blount County communities does Spectrum serve?
Spectrum Building Products serves the whole county, including Maryville, Alcoa, Townsend, Walland, Friendsville, Louisville and Rockford. Blount County is part of the primary East Tennessee service area, so on-site material management at delivery is included for builders here and is not billed as an extra.
Is there a building materials supplier near me in Blount County that prices across vendors?
Yes. Spectrum Building Products prices every take-off line across regional yards, national distributors and specialty suppliers, and is not tied to one manufacturer. Builders can name preferred brands. Equivalent products that meet spec at lower cost are flagged, and the builder decides.
How do I start a Blount County project with Spectrum?
Call (423) 736-0765, Monday through Friday, and send the plan set. Jared Jarnagin, the veteran who founded the company in 2016, reads the plans himself and gives you a date for the take-off once he has seen them. The priced quote follows from that list.
Last Updated: October 2026
Building in Blount County? Send the plans.
Spectrum Building Products pulls the take-off, prices it across the vendor market and puts every vendor on one bill. Tell Jared about the job and he will tell you when to expect the list.