Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Discussion - building from recycled and salvaged materia 4Mar 17, 2013 4:38 pm My storybook home build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=57987 Re: Discussion - building from recycled and salvaged materia 6Apr 30, 2013 8:30 am My storybook home build: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=57987 Re: Discussion - building from recycled and salvaged materia 8May 09, 2013 5:40 pm I think a design is a must, but all designs transform and evolve as the build progresses. We had many take place. we used a lot of recycled Jarrah as this is hard to get new (and extremely costly) this presents its own issues though. all floorboards are not created equal!! If you can get a single houseload of Jarrah floors this would be the best way. some tongue and grooves are different heights and widths and can be more hassle than their worth In my house we used recycled: Jarrah - 90 x 90 poles (you can't buy this size as standard anymore) Jarrah - floorboard 80 x 19mm Jarrah - 200 x 50 joists Canadian Maple ten pin bowling alley for benchtops western red cedar pivot door 70mm steel for dividing walls We also went to a few auctions and used gumtree extensively auctions were good for steel c200 Roof Joists, Some timber, Z250 Bearers gumtree we picked up left over roof battens, jarrah decking the jarrah decking is the perfect example of recycled vs new. we got it for $10/sqm, but then had to thickness every board, and arras the edges. It was also different widths so we had to match up widths and lengths on the deck. we ended up with a good looking deck and it is around 27mm thick rather than 20mm but it probably cost about the same in the end due to much more work in sorting preparing and laying them. it is always good to keep an eye out for materials that you know you will need and these are always worth snapping up at the time. but occasionally you do come by something unique and want to work it into the design. sometimes this works really well, other times it doesn't but gum tree is good for solving those problems (I have sold most of my extra material this way, if I didn't use it in the house. overall you will save money and i prefer the look in most cases - second hand wood doesn't shrink or warp nearly as much as green timber. Hope this helps my thread: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=62345&p=968325#p968325 That's a fantastic result! Happy you got it sorted out. cheers Simeon 6 8640 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi all, My neighbour has built his 15m long garage on our boundary. It was agreed as part of the planning permit that the wall must be in exposed recycled brick. For some… 0 10911 in the stormwater pit or the drain? Those dont look like theyd fit in the drain. Separately, the pits do get stuff in them during the course of the build. For the most… 1 7933 |