O/T Old Barn Wood

Riverslim · Oct 18, 2015

Anyone have experience selling old barn siding? To some it is fit for burn pile - to some it is valuable.

Gary from Muleshoe · Oct 18, 2015

Find you an interior decorator or someone that re-purposes old stuff. Around here I have seen old fence panel bring more than new stuff.

Greg1959 · Oct 18, 2015

Gary- Good luck! The 'interior decorator' wants you to give it to them(or pay them for taking it down) and then they sell it to home-owners.

wijim · Oct 18, 2015

Back in 2011 the barn I grew up with was heavily damaged in a high wind. We checked around and found a company that looks for old barn boards for use in new construction. They took all the boards off and paid for them, not a lot but better then nothing. and the demo guy paid for the good beams also. Made a couple of dollars and save landfill charges. Our barn boards went to Los Vegas to the Excalibur to Lynyrd Skynyrds BBQ&Beer restaurant, which is now closed. Jim

Steve A W · Oct 18, 2015

wijim
I did a google search for barn wood buyers in Wi.
Hears a link to the results.
Barn wood buyers

Chuck (CA) · Oct 18, 2015

Well, here on the west coast, people spend stupid money for old barn wood.
Craigs List

01gentdc · Oct 18, 2015

gotta put tin on my barn now ,../started listing on c-list 2 yrs ago , no big hurry to sell , 150 per square ,,. 250 per board foot for short run. got 600 bux for a white door and 4 squares of aged dry rotted but yet solid weathered wood siding here in southern ind ,, the lady that bought the door took it to a planer and made cabints that show the white pigment in the wood ,,.slow sales ,,. but when they hit they buy ... downside isyou need a sawzall to cut off nsils ,,you cant just bang the hale out of the bds to get them off ,takes a guy on top and one on the bottom to carefully get them down , so far I have not had anyone I would trust to remove the bds ,,. for liability reasons ., it is dangerous if pcs fall down as you are pulling off the bds ,.be careful stakin , nails will scratch the weathwered look

donjr · Oct 18, 2015

Talkin to an old boy at an auction Saturday. He had a pile of wood that he was selling, but mostly odds and ends. Said a bunch of Amish bought the barn, tore it down, loaded up all of the good stuff, gave him a check that bounced and never came back for the scrap pieces.....

Nebraska Cowman · Oct 19, 2015

I've been building stuff with mine. It's a lot of work to tear down buildings and clean up the lumber. I'd want to be paid pretty well or I would not be interested.
Here is a building I just built this summer, all salvage lumber

These shed doors are built with reclaimed shiplap

This is the barn wall in my tractor museum

The front part is reminiscent of the old house the materials came from

And the inside is the same

Lots of fun but lots of work too

WI Dan · Oct 19, 2015

My parents barn was dismantled piece by piece by a fantastic Amish crew. They were timely, courteous, and even hauled away the asphalt shingles. In exchange for the work - they got all the wood. They took all the beams, floor joists, and pretty much the entire roof. The gable ends were sold for decoration, the rest of it they used for building their own buildings.
It worked out well for them.

WI Dan · Oct 19, 2015

[nebraska cowman]
Nice work! Looks good! Especially the interior windows.

GeneMO · Oct 19, 2015

I have made nice picture frames out of it. Blue bird houses, lined my workshop walls with it, shelves, nick-nacs.

What I really regret is all the old trim, doors, transoms, baseboard, etc out of my grandmothers Victorian house we tore down in 1979. We re-used all the 2" lumber we could, but the trim, etc. got burned.

No one care much about it then.

Gene

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