{"id":111,"date":"2016-03-16T22:42:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T22:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/?p=111"},"modified":"2016-05-11T01:09:33","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T01:09:33","slug":"re-using-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/16\/re-using-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-using materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A word about salvaging old materials for re-use.\u00a0 Charlie has a keen eye for what might be worthwhile to keep.\u00a0 Here is the pile of stuff we pulled out of the part of the house we pulled down:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-112\" src=\"http:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_4219-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4219\" width=\"730\" height=\"973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_4219-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_4219-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all redwood, con-heart and some very very nice clear.\u00a0 Look at this piece:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-113\" src=\"http:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_4220-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4220\" width=\"730\" height=\"973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_4220-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_4220-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is clear redwood 10&#215;10 15&#8242; long.\u00a0 You just don&#8217;t find stuff like this anymore. New it might cost upwards of $2,000 for just that piece.<\/p>\n<p>We have quite a lot of other clear redwood like that around the house as well.\u00a0 We are going to mill it and use it for something decorative in the new house, like railing, benches, furniture, or built-ins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A word about salvaging old materials for re-use.\u00a0 Charlie has a keen eye for what might be worthwhile to keep.\u00a0 Here is the pile of stuff we pulled out of the part of the house we pulled down: It&#8217;s all redwood, con-heart and some very very nice clear.\u00a0 Look at this piece: This is clear<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/buildingfromscratch.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/16\/re-using-materials\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Read more about Re-using materials<\/span>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deconstruction","category-history"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A word about salvaging old materials for re-use. 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