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Free Building Materials
October 18, 2008
Builder Scott sees a little mention in C-ville Weekly about new construction at the old Gleason’s Building. They are building some fancy condos. He immediately high-tails it over there and starts snooping. He waits till the supervisor shows up, and asks him what’s happening with all the brick and wood and all the other stuff that’s being demolished. The guy tells him to call another guy, which Scott does. This other guy tells Scott he’s welcome to take whatever he wants.
So, for the cost of a little trucking, we now have enough brick to finish the porch columns and the back side of the Industrial Cottage. We also have floor joists, bridgework, and some nice heart pine. And some steel beams that we will have cut, not fabricated. And some cool track lighting. Oh, and a package of GreenGuard insulation board, still wrapped, that costs like $40. Scott and Helper Cary are going back tomorrow to score some more. They are planning to rip out a wood floor and they are moving backwards out of the room.
It was going to go some landfill. We will be giving the materials a good home. So, a win-win!
1Diana | October 20, 2008
Your contractor is golden. You’re very fortunate!