Many individuals are strong advocates of reclaimed timber when it comes to constructing their homes and buildings, or remodeling current houses.
As a country, we’re more and more aware of the impact we have on our environment, and more companies are adopting the credo of reuse, recycle and reduce to be community-spirited, plus to entice environmentally concerned customers.
The timber grown these days has been rapidly grown and so is not of the same quality as reclaimed timber which is very strong, and most don’t mind the occasional nail hole. It’s an extremely ecological option for joinery and floors, and blends in beautifully with current timber in older homes.
Reclaimed lumber and its advantages:
- It saves cutting down additional trees
- It reduces unnecessary disposal of otherwise redundant timber
- The energy which is used in the procedure of getting the timber prepared for use, for instance shipping, kiln drying and sawing will be reduced
- It provides a top-notch-quality timber
- It has a really low moisture content
- There is quite a bit of character in this timber and it has a cozy feeling and it looks superb
Reclaimed lumber not just provides a ˜green” solution for eco-aware developers and companies, in addition, it provides a cheaper approach to get wood that would normally be too expensive to buy new. Overall, it provides a superb chance to build using top-notch material, with no damage to forests in the process.
Good Millwork manufactures millwork and architectural moldings from vintage timber reclaimed from many different sources including factories and old buildings, textile mills, barns, waterways, river bottoms, railroads, fallen and dead trees, docks and wharfs, and wine barrels.
Preserving, protecting, and recycling old resources in line with environmental strategies
Primary forest area is reduced internationally by 60,000 square kilometers per year, so businesses can source wood for trade. This is the equivalent size of a small country, such as Ireland in Europe. This data doesn’t incorporate illegal logging activity, which often goes unmonitored in many countries. Tree density in primary forests may differ from 50,000-100,000 trees per square km, so 3 billion to 6 billion trees per year are currently getting felled for use in construction and energy. Equipped with data such as this, it gives us an indication of why we should look to current resources such as reclaimed wood, instead of sourcing timber new. We are now aware that decreasing our forests does affect global warming and in addition it affects our plant and animal habitats which rely on these forests.
The FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and is a non-profit worldwide organisation which has been created to help manage our planet’s forests. FSC directly or indirectly addresses issues such as deforestation, illegal logging and global warming and has positive impacts on environmental conservation, poverty alleviation, economic development and social and political empowerment. Using reclaimed wood is supported by the FSC because over time our forests will not be demolished so quickly and our natural environment is maintained.
We believe that reclaimed lumber is the greatest you should use, not merely for its green credentials, but also for its durability and attractiveness.

