Being a truck driver in a large city has some advantages when your in any office building your always seeing contractors ripping out the old and in with the new in building materials .Example1 A door jamb made from solid mahogony(full sized office door)cool huh. I built a bed frame ,queen size(the wife is happy)this wood was 2″Tx7″W8’L.THis jamb was spotted by yours trully at a loading site.Upon fisrt inspection I was not sure if it was real until I looked at the end grain.Holy @#$%!Then I asked the dock person if it was trash ,and he said yes.Gawwwwwly!.2-A hotel renovation ,25 pcs of headboard for double a sized bed ,solid oak with raised panel,COOL.3- 6 pcs of of 2 good sided 1/2″Tx3’Wx7’Beech veneer,JOY!.4- 30 pcs various large size cherry veneer 3/4″T.AYE! And the list goes on. It’s amazing what the corporate world will throw out when its reno time.As for me it just allows me to save abundle of loot to build furniture.CHEERS!
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Vertis, Amen I worked for 50 years in construction in NYC. aka (Dumpster Heaven)
Solid core wood doors for bench tops walnut stair treads Made a window seat from slices of the walnut
A friend made a comfortable living collecting old medicine cabinets with cloth toweling on reels (Oak) and stripping and shellacking them to sell to the women in his large office building.
Once glommed a 3'x8'x1-3/4" solid core rosewood veneered (Both sides)door.
My brother in law made it into a diningroom table.
Got a load of brand new 12 x 12" rubber tiles Customer didn't like the color hade them removed
Just had to soak them in hot water to remove the Bulldog Mastic. Now it's the floor in my laundry room and basement
Steinmetz
It's quite amazing just what they'll toss out.Stay tuned.
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