A few reasons to support the salvage and reuse of lumber:
Trees conserve energy
- There is now proof that trees save energy, reduce storm water-runoff, reduce air-pollutant uptake, increase property values, and reduce noise and more.
- Wind protection from three 25-ft tall trees – two on the west side and one on the east side of the house would save $25 each year for heating, a 3% reduction.
- Trees located opposite west-facing walls provide the greatest net heating and cooling energy savings. A typical 20-year-old hackberry intercepts 1,394 gallons of rainfall per year. After 40 years, this figure increases to 5,387 gallons per year.
- Greening our cities is often more cost effective than building new power plants or maintaining storm water management structures.
- Trees modify climate and conserve building energy – Shade, evapotranspiration and reducing wind-speed.
information courtesy of http://www.mntrees.org/payback.cfm
Fabulous Forests
- An acre of trees can remove about 13 tons of dust and gases every year from the surrounding environment.
- Almost a third of the world’s total land area is covered by forests.
- Every year in the United States each person uses the equivalent of one tree, 100 feet tall and 16 inches in diameter, to fulfill their wood and paper needs.
Click on the links below to learn what others are doing to reuse building materials:
Our Projects:
Bench made with pressure treated lumber salvaged from the Dump-ber Yard!
Roadside farm stand/bus stop Rick built from lumber salvaged from our property, the Dump-ber yard, and job site trash piles. The only items purchased for this project were the cedar shingles.
Nick working on the chicken coop. He and Casey salvaged the majority of the lumber for this project by taking apart pieces of a deck that Rick brought home from the local Dump-ber yard. Most of the nails for the project were salvaged as well. Total cost for the materials we had to purchase: $42.00!
Here's Nick and Casey stacking some of the lumber
after they removed the nails.
