Reclaimed wood sources

[Todd Baumann]

Where is everyone sourcing reclaimed wood for walls in their mancaves ?
Just not impresses with the big box store stuff so far.
TIA
Todd

 

[NUTTSGT]

Some guys here have used pallet wood and others have used weathered fence boards.

 

[nadogail]

Used Packing Crates were a good source of lumber when I was pinching pennies.

 

[Michael B.]

I salvaged mine from an old pole barn a tornado disassembled.

 

[racecougar]

I'm still aging mine.

 

[driftpin]

Submerged logs, milled to boards, is another option.

 

[Dagny]

old barns around here they go for more than new.

 

[Codyboy]

Ive got some. Just don't want to take the time to tear it apart.
All the walls and ceilings inside are 1x8 shiplap and some nice thick beams under the floor.
Nails, nails, and more nails. There's a lot of nails.

I can see why its very expensive to buy reclaimed wood due to the intense labor it takes to get it.
Pictures. I always forget. Hell getting old

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

I tore down an old boathouse at the lake, but pretty well have run out of what I did save.
Maybe try some people with lake property many are rebuilding and couldn’t bother with dismantling old buildings. An old wood grainery might also work as nobody can be bothered with these small buildings anymore.
As mentioned it is labour intensive and reusing lumber should be checked for nails.

I have a metal finding tool like this one and it is worth its weight in wood.

 

[Shiftless]

There is a seller in Louisiana that is selling boards cut from submerged cedar logs. Here is a batch you can buy for $3800 with free shipping. Enough to cover about 120 sq. Ft.

 

[johnre]

The local HFH and another called Rebuilding Center sometimes have larger lots of 1 x 4 or 1 x 6 - usually Western Red Cedar.

I even saw a cart load of 4/4 Eastern hard maple there at $2/BF.

And occasionally I stumble into something like this there:

I ought to be ashamed of myself

I found this this afternoon at my local nonprofit recycling center - at $10 for about 8 BF total in 4/4 thick, 8" wide, and of varying lengths: I thought perhaps it was a dark-stained mahogany, as it was open grain, but the wide grain patterns on the flats that you see above suggested...

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[Joemctag]

The local HFH and another called Rebuilding Center sometimes have larger lots of 1 x 4 or 1 x 6 - usually Western Red Cedar.

I even saw a cart load of 4/4 Eastern hard maple there at $2/BF.

And occasionally I stumble into something like this there:

I ought to be ashamed of myself

I found this this afternoon at my local nonprofit recycling center - at $10 for about 8 BF total in 4/4 thick, 8" wide, and of varying lengths: I thought perhaps it was a dark-stained mahogany, as it was open grain, but the wide grain patterns on the flats that you see above suggested...

www.garagejournal.com

If the wood is hard like oak or hickory, you’ll have to pre-drill for nails. When they fastened it, it was green and soft. They wouldn’t have bothered to dry it for 2 years, either:

 

[Stuart in MN]

I assume you're talking about weathered boards, what people usually call barn boards?

 

[Codyboy]

Fencing companies sometimes have a pile of weathered cedar pickets that they've removed .
A place near me would let me rummage through and take what I wanted for free. They've since closed down or moved locations and I haven't found another source yet.
Ive made some shelves , curio , boxes and other things.
Ive left them weathered or run them through the planer.
They look brand new on the inside. Very nice.
Just watch for hidden nails . I thought I checked it well but missed a broken off nail or staple and nicked one of the knives. Pissed me off it did.

 

[Model A Fan]

I find it on random places. I got a pile from a beach burn pile before it got lit up and another pile from a barn that was knocked down before it got scraped into dump trucks. Now I'm aging it in my barn