Re-using salvaged material and/or salvaging it oneself takes time. Needless to say, I also went to the store to purchase new material for this project but… it is not quite the same, is it? There was a one-car garage on the property built in the 1950’s. Its structure started to lean to one side and it no longer was suitable to our purpose. For some reason, this happened at the same time that the silver maple started to die. So, considering the circumstances at the time, it was a perfect opportunity to build a new structure where I could incorporate as much salvaged material as possible.
Here we go, planning, networking, contracting, etc. We started with the tree and the garage structure was next. My goal was to salvage as much as possible from the structure, weighing out time and effort of course. The structure was certainly not sound; it came out very easily, one person. I think I saved quite a bit and have reused everything for the new structure.
And, when the site had been cleared with the backhoe, it was shocking.
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