Why Recycled Lumber? Different people are motivated by different issues. The obvious answer is that it's the right thing to do. Reusing the lumber from old buildings keeps this valuable commodity in circulation where it would otherwise wind up in a burn pile or landfill. Reuse softens the demand for high-quality wood that can only be had by logging our remaining old-growth forests, thus helping to conserve ancient forests and reducing impacts on the fish and wildlife that depend on them. Here are some other very good reasons to choose recycled lumber. All Humboldt Bay Co's lumber is old growth lumber, sawn from some of the first forests to be harvested in the late 1800's and early part of the 1900's. The grain is closely spaced and, since it is air dried (as opposed to kiln dried), the natural resins of the tree and the cell structure of the wood are still intact. This leads to a harder product and one which has an internally glowing patina when finished. For exposed interior work, be it massive timber frame or subtle, fine crafted woodwork, there is nothing like it. If you want to give a project both elegance and rustic charm the "distressed" nature of some recycled timbers, with their nail and bolt holes and various splits, cracks and notches from aging and construction, lend incredible character to the wood. Wood like this speaks to those people who care to listen. A chorus of voices, fixed in time for the eye to admire and the hand to touch, resonate with the labor of hard-won human endeavor and the whispers of eons. RETURN ceramLINKS Ads Net