I have a 100 + year old building that will be coming down. It has 10"x10" posts on 8'x12' centers...hundreds of them. I don't know what species but they are hard as rock. Is it worth trying to find out what they are, find a market and salvage these?
Where are you located?
Tom
Does a bear live in the woods? Yes there sure is. They will bring plenty where I live. Particularly if you clean out the nails etc.
Bob AZ
Tom, I emailed you direct to snipped-for-privacy@ohiobrush.com .
Those timbers are valuable. JP
Cleveland Ohio
There are many businesses that recycle timbers like these. Some of the timber frame house companies do this or work with compinies that do. Just about any kind of old big wood will be valuable to somebody. Many luxury homes claim recycled timbers like these.
What part?
Your post almost makes me want to come back.
Lew
I guess so, cacti just don't take a finish very well :)
Scorp
Tom, try to see if the building was ever used to store alcoholic beverages..........then check out this site:
P.S. I need to place an order for some wire brushes. I keep getting busy and forgetting. Anyway let me know if you are going to offer some of these timbers on a buy and pick up basis. I may want a few of these. Always looking for something to turn or build with. Someone with a bandsaw could rip them to dimensional sizes.
Which old factory is coming down now, Tom? There have been a number removed around W 117th Street. One old factory that my wife used to work in about 20 years ago looks like it needs to go...
-- Dennis
Scorp
You might be surprised. And then if what you were doing is legal.
I have three saguaros on my property and there is a permit involved if I want to do anything with them. Except to hire a cactus surgeon if they are in trouble. I am sure he pays a fee to be in this business also.
At any rate the timbers in question have got to be worth $250.00 each if I read the HD costs correctlty. And then again much more if they are real hardwood etc.
Bob AZ
Near East side, Buckeye/Woodland area...E.82nd street. Mapquest: 2680 Lisbon
I sell to the public...no problem there, call toll-free: 888-411-3265 Timbers are still supporting the building, so you would have to take one and run real fast.
We are on the near-east side. Buckeye/Woodland area. Mapquest 2680 lisbon
Small bloody world.
I lived a couple of different places, while going to school, just off Buckeye or as it was known back then "pesht blvd" since it was a first generation Hungarian neighborhood.
Lew
Not too many Hungarians left.
I hear ya.
Times change, people and neighborhoods also change.
From memory, you must be somewhere near the old facilities of that fastner manufacturing outfit that moved to Mentor and later, either sold out or was shut down.
Can't remember the name of the company.
Lew
I have been driving right by there the past week. We rebuilt two porches on
128th Street just off Buckeye. I have to go back to one to finish some trim, I'll take a peek at your project. The timber sounds like it should be quite 'sellable'. A guy I worked with tore down old buildings and sold the timber and he even went to adjoining states to get buildings.-- Dennis
Stop by anytime m-f 10-5. Call me at 216-791-3265, I'll show you.
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