Recovered from a skip

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I was at my sons house yesterday as we had to be there for a delivery. While waiting I went through the skip the builders were using and the amount of wood chucked out !!!
one piece below

hardwood rough cut 5ft long x 6inches wide and 1 inch thick

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this was just one piece which I have planed down in the photo. Got to be worth a few bob if you had to buy it, let alone the amount of other planks I saved and took home

back half of the kitchen being fitted out

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This was a wreck before and not even the old kitchen just an empty room

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Going green! :+1: :+1:

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Wood is expensive now, I’m surprised they threw it away…

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that is why I grabbed it. Wood is such a handy material, at the moment I don’t have a use for it but one never knows.

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a philosophy that can get out of hand

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its thrown out because builders use new, pass cost to customers and the cost of storage available space to store it till you find a job for it and labour cost to make recycled wood etc presentable. Youd be surprised how much waste most jobs produce
Its a good find though you should make something with it post up pics :+1:

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I always ‘rescue’ old timber and keep it just in case I find a use for it. I prefer older wood as any shrinkage or twisting took place many years ago, so I know for whatever I use I find for it, it will stay the same shape without any further movement :+1: