"Reclaimed wood"

Reclaimed wood / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Recycled and Reclaimed Materials

Reclaiming sunken timber from the log drive

...reclaimed river wood, and are courtesy of Logs End based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Now you know how to sand hardwood floors yourself and to refinish all wood floors along with finding inspiration for beautiful and energy efficient home design year round. Find more pages about ...

Paints, finishes and natural coatings

How to find a healthier wood finish

...wood floor finish, but the majority of them are high in VOC's which are detrimental to interior air quality and health. For this reason non-toxic wood floor finishing oils are gaining in popularity. There are a lot of benefits to oiled floors, especially with softwood which are prone to damage - it's very easy to touch...

Recycled and Reclaimed Materials

The rise of urban logging

...wood from this tree and go buy more, Brian Blak and Colleen Mahoney had a portable mill come and turn the tree into usable materials for their future building project. Despite being in a wooded neighbourhood on a large lot, allowed to fall on its own this tree could have landed on any one of 3 homes. To take it down sa...

Doors and trim

Interior home finishing - How to create healthy and sustainable homes

...reclaimed material building supply stores. Jointed pine doors jointed wood saves resources by using otherwise waste wood for building purpose Jointed wood refers to smaller pieces that are machine-grooved and glued together. They are strong, and enable the use of smaller pieces of wood that have limited use. Pros: T...