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EWG’s Healthy Living: Home Guide

EWG’s Healthy Living: Home Guide can help you limit your exposure to toxic chemicals at home. Our tips range from green building supplies to safer paints to better kitchen cabinets.

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10 Unique Ways to Save On Your Monthly Utility Bill

10 Unique Ways to Save On Your Monthly Utility Bill https://mls.rocks/SaveOnUtilityBill As people deal with their monthly obligations, one of the most inconsistent things that they deal with is the monthly utility bill. The utility bill can vary from month to month depending on many different factors. Click the link for full article. #utilitybills #energyefficiency #energystar #greenbuild #energy

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10 Unique Ways to Save On Your Monthly Utility Bill

10 Unique Ways to Save On Your Monthly Utility Bill https://mls.rocks/SaveOnUtilityBill As people deal with their monthly obligations, one of the most inconsistent things that they deal with is the monthly utility bill. The utility bill can vary from month to month depending on many different factors. Click the link for full article. #utilitybills #energyefficiency #energystar #greenbuild #energy

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10 Unique Ways to Save On Your Monthly Utility Bill

10 Unique Ways to Save On Your Monthly Utility Bill https://mls.rocks/SaveOnUtilityBill As people deal with their monthly obligations, one of the most inconsistent things that they deal with is the monthly utility bill. The utility bill can vary from month to month depending on many different factors. Click the link for full article. #utilitybills #energyefficiency #energystar #greenbuild #energy

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A very green boy

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Using Reclaimed Lumber in a Green Build

In these environmentally conscious times, green buildings are a popular and stylish way to build. Reclaimed lumber may cost a little more than fresh cuts, but it also has a lot more to offer both the builder and the homeowner. The Lumber Baron is proud to offer both reclaimed redwood and reclaimed Douglas fir, two popular types of lumber which were heavily cut during the early 20th century and used in everything from barns to water tanks.

What is a Green Building?

The definition of a Green building varies from one person to the next, but all definitions include using materials that are both sustainable and durable. Other definitions include alternative power systems, environmental management of the property itself and more. Using reclaimed lumber may be only a single part of a green building, but it is a major step in the right direction.

Benefits of Reclaimed Lumber

From the builder’s perspective, reclaimed lumber provides a denser, stronger type of wood than what is available in fresh cut lumber. The reason for this exceptional building material is that it was milled from all heartwood, the closely packed center of a tree where the wood has been compressed to the point of becoming almost solid. For the homeowner, reclaimed lumber offers a sense of environmental friendliness, plus the satisfaction of using lumber with a quality and texture that was only found in old growth forests of the past.

Building With Americana

Another intriguing aspect of using reclaimed lumber in a green build is that reclaimed lumber has historic value as well as a higher quality. Taken from old bridges, factories and commercial buildings of the early to mid 20th century, each piece has its own story to tell. Often those stories are evident by water marks, milling marks and brands from the original sawmills, and other signs of the how the wood was first used. Reclaimed lumber is a part of the history of our nation’s growth.

Heartwood vs. Sapwood

Heartwood is the central part of a tree. It is usually darker than sapwood, with the growth rings compressed almost to the point of disappearing. Because the heartwood in old growth trees was compressed for untold years, the wood itself became harder and denser as moisture was forced out of the tightly packed heart of the tree. In application, sapwood tends to rot faster than heartwood, and is much more resistant to pests and water damage.

Reclaimed lumber is not generally available from big box hardware stores. Instead, the best selections come from smaller lumber yards such as The Lumber Baron, with representatives who scour the countryside in search of buildings slated for deconstruction. They select only the finest lumber for reuse, and that becomes the reclaimed material used in Green buildings.