Reclaimed Wood Scams - What to Know BEFORE Shopping Reclaimed Lumber 2023
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
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What is the biggest problem with buying reclaimed wood? Hint...it's not the National Hardwood Floor Association.
In this video I explain why homeowners and woodworkers who buy reclaimed wood have a really big problem. So, what is the problem with buying reclaimed wood? Salvaged wood and reclaimed lumber are always good things, right?
I have 4 major issues with the booming reclaimed lumber market. I'll tell you all four of the big problems with emphasis on the one big problem with buying reclaimed wood.
To lead in, you should be aware that the market for reclaimed wood products is booming. When compared to typical lumber and wood products, the market for salvaged or reclaimed lumber is off the charts. The margins are incredibly high and the competition is pretty thin.
Want a hint? I have no problem with real reclaimed wood. I have no problem with real reclaimed wood flooring. This is an issue of lumber industry transparency and integrity.
What is reclaimed wood? Reclaimed wood is any wood used for building or furniture that's already served a purpose in a previous life. That means it comes from a wide variety of places, each with its own unique history. www.altruwood.c...
If you want to know all about cool reclaimed wood projects, Jon Peters has a bunch of videos on his channel here: / @jonpetersarthome
Jonny Builds talks about milling reclaimed lumber here:
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Want salvaged wood for free or cheap? Check out this video from Rag 'n' Bone Brown:
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Your overlord says to follow this link (resistance is futile):
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If you are a buyer of reclaimed wood and are concerned about buying fake salvaged wood, watch this video before buying anything.
If you have any specific questions about reclaimed wood or salvaged lumber, ask me in the comments and I'll be glad to answer as best as I can! Wood for sale here...bit.ly/CFPwood
Very interesting my friend 😊 I often have the opportunity to get hold of reclaimed wood for free and it's usually because I am the one taking it apart to reclaim it, but it never occurred to me that such things are happening. I hope this video helps people to become aware of such things 😊 ॐ
Most of the people who wrote me on this video said something to the effect of - I re-use wood all the time, shouldn;t used sell for less?
The species of wood needs to be taken into account as well as the knowledge of it being truly well seasoned and probably more ecologically friendly to use. I was given a lot of quarter sawn genuine mahogany many years ago that came from a Victorian building that needed to be demolished. They were about 6 x 6 inch newel posts around 5 feet long. I'm sure in the right hands today, it would sell for great price and be in demand for those that know how hard it is to find these days 😊 I never turn any offer down due to the value of it to me. I can buy as much timber that I want at a local mill, but it's all freshly cut or kiln dried. I know what I prefer to work with and would honestly be glad to pay more for reclaimed wood if I needed too 😊 ॐ
The Wood Yogi now that sounds like the kind of old growth mahogany that people love. It’s great that you have it in the jewel post form, too which gives you something to reference back to in case people want to know where it came from! 👍
Very interesting great job 🙏
Thanks for checking it out. See u around.
Valuable wood species are hard to find.
Hi Aleksey ! You'd be surprised what kind of exotic woods hit the trash bins sometimes. We try not to let it happen here anymore but occasionally it still does.
I love your video style. You are a natural on camera. No reclaimed wood without proof?
About Face With Mona thanks Mona! Yesterday I was messaging with 3-4 people that had a laundry 🧺 list of criticisms of this video so I really appreciate your feedback! I’m relatively new to RUclips content creation and it’s a lot trickier than I would’ve thought 💭. It’s weird because I know a good video when I watch one but MAKING a good video is another thing entirely! 😆
@@CommercialForest I have only been on YT since September. I get a thumbs down or 2 on every video before they even watch. I am not sure why people are mean lol. I thought you did an excellent job, both in content and presentation. I enjoy learning about a wide variety of subjects. Your video held my attention. You are doing great
About Face With Mona thanks. You too, Mona! When I started, I did not think I could really be interested in videos that were outside of my niche. Yet I find engagement comes from all over and I find myself watching (and being genuinely interested )in all kinds of topics. This morning, it was the cosmetics industry!
I tore down a 100+ year old house and used some of the timbers to build a garage. Had thousands of board feet of white pine lumber left over. It was very difficult to get rid of. Got maybe a few hundred dollars in the end. I would love to have known who was paying big bucks for reclaimed lumber. Could be my area - lots of old farmhouses and barns that are getting too old to maintain. The olny ones worth money are those that have chestnut timbers.
Peter Collin Hi Peter - I was surprised by some of the comments received from this video. I live in Southern California, so that’s my frame of reference. However, this video goes out to everyone, worldwide. A lot of people (mostly in rural areas) said something to the effect of “ what the hell are you talking about?” The expensive reclaimed wood phenomenon seems to be limited to wealthier areas. To many other people, it is just used wood!
@@CommercialForest There is an issue of practicality with the antique stuff. It is all rough sawn, and not standardized like modern lumber. So if it is used as structural timber, it is problematic because there will be an inch of variance with width and thickness! Nice thing is that the old timbers are heavy - I had lots of 4X6s and bigger. so your resulting structure will likely be strong to the point of being overbuilt. I tried resawing that old pine to make finer projects with. It was impossible to get every bit of metal out of them, and I wrecked many sawblades from those brittle square nails that break off inside and avoid getting detected. I gave up on it - no more reclaimed lumber for me. The only selling point I can see is that it's cheap if not free.
Yes agree mate people buy reclaimed a lot of the time because they think it's more environmentally friendly so very deceptive what the company did with the fence posts I think. 🤔
karlpopewoodcraft that was my thought too. I was initially repulsed (and still am). Ethically wrong but legally OK.... recipe for disaster, if you ask me.
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Nice information. Thanks for sharing
Stay happy. See you soon 😊
Thanks for watching. I saw there are some protests going on at Delhi University. I'll check it out on your channel.
Good day! I am a new family member to your humble channel. Zamn I did not know about that "Reclaim Wood Fraud" oh my goodness mehn. I need to look into that whenever, I do go to the lumber yard again.... Oh so basically those other retailers that be saying they selling reclaim wood be spamming? Wow! Thanks for sharing this vital information my friend
Hi Geri - thanks for watching. I guess it’s like any other product... buyer beware! 😆
good video
Thanks for watching!
I didn’t know that people would pay big bucks for reclaimed wood. Thanks for sharing
It’s definitely big business in Southern California. It’s kind of funny because people in rural areas “reclaim” things all the time out of practicality. it’s the wine 🍷 & cheese 🧀 crowd catch that a big markup to do it 😝
Commercial Forest the wine and cheese crowd 🤣
Very interesting!
Thanks Ryker! One question through... how do you type with those big paws?😉
FANTASTIC, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY OK
Hi Tom - Merry Christmas to you, too!
Rain in southern Ca. Caused you to make a good and informative video! So, yay rain! I will share this with my husband- he is way into wood and lumber,etc. I never would have thought they would install fencing for a few months then sell it as reclaimed. I didn’t even know ppl want old fencing. I need to start selling some old stuff on out farm!
It's really interesting. I've had a lot of people say that where they're from, a lot of "used" items are sold (lumber or whatever). They consider it second hand, discounted, etc. It makes sense economically. The idea that selling used stuff at a huge markup is odd - and I suppose it is!
Merry Christmas Steve. Interesting topic, not sure if our markets are different or I'm just not looking at the right end of it. Might be true at the higher end but here in my hobby land reclaimed = cheap. You'd be hard to be ripped off as no one would pay MORE for old wood than milled. Just got 100m (300') for $20 of Oregon 2x4s. Hardest part here, other than nails, is identifying what the genetic 100 year old eucalyptus hardwoods you just picked up are...other than bloody heavy! 😊
It's an interesting phenomenon. I think most places are as you're describing but "reclaimed" wood products often sell for a premium here. It's definitely trendy. Ironically, the people most likely to pay a big premium for reclaimed would turn their nose up at the idea of "used"
Great vid ! Merry Christmas 🎄 all the best to you and yours
tubbyguyoutdoors how are you doing? Merry Christmas 🎁 to you. I heard the weather is a little bit mild for this time of year in Ontario. We actually live about 15 minutes away from Ontario California, FYI. As you can imagine that causes a lot of confusion for travelers. Ontario, CA - does that mean Ontario Canada or Ontario California? 🤷♂️ 😝
It’s been really mild we had a pretty good storm come through and some cold days then it warmed right up yesterday was plus 7 so around 42 degrees I think and it’s currently plus 2 so 34 ish and the snow is all but gone .
tubbyguyoutdoors Too cold for my thin blood!
Lol
Merry Christmas my friend
Merry Christmas John! See you around.
Rain- 3x this year. Lol!! Great topic-
Thanks for tackling this serious issue.
Heidi Ondich One more time and I’m moving!
Hey! That really interesting topic to talk about. You got lots of knowledge about wood. This is really cool.
Hi Genely! You're too kind. I have just about enough knowledge to post a handful of wood videos. The rest is all fake-it-till-u-make-it LOL!
In my area 2 older houses were demolished. Even a house from the 50's has some great stuff, but these houses were razed and wasted. My folks 50's house has redwood shelves etc.
Henry S I know what you’re saying. I have mixed feelings. Part of me always wants to preserve history, houses, buildings etc. some of it is a bit romantic though. I dislike the idea that people should be made to preserve all things just because the rest of us want to look at them. It’s definitely a balancing act. My grandparents lived in Florida in a really scenic location off the Indian river. However their house was basically an army portable . there’s a McMansion there now 🙄
Oh my... this was interesting for sure! Things I had no idea about with reclaimed wood. Hope you're having a good weekend 😊👍❤
Midlife Mamaw So far so good. Can’t believe Christmas is over already! Thanks for watching . See you around!
It's been in the high 50s here in Ohio..we are lucky it's been this nice...very interesting..it's terrible everyone can't be honest...Merry Christmas
Wow. I would have guessed Ohio would be at least 20 degrees colder than that right now! Thanks for watching. See you around!
Merry Christmas from virginia
Merry Christmas and Happy 2020 to you!
Really interesting thank you for sharing this information with us 🤔. Merry Christmas from GB🇺🇸🇬🇧
karlpopewoodcraft hi Karl - how are things across the pond? I hope you have a merry Christmas🎄 and New Years!
@@CommercialForest not bad mate especially now the general election is over🙄. Just being santa now sneaking up and down the stairs 🎅🤣.
karlpopewoodcraft hope your phone 📱 is on vibrate. I miss those days with my girls!
It's very nice tip for buying reclaimed wood. Like it#19. ^-^
Thanks for watching. Hopefully woodworkers find it helpful!
Great video
Mountain View Turning hi Chris 👋🏻 I just noticed that you just started your channel this summer. Keep up the good work! whatever you’re doing is paying off!
I love reclaimed wood! A very educational video, Steve. Thank you!
Thanks Mildred! I appreciate your consistent support!
Nice video in the UK it rains all year round
Cj woodturning thanks CJ. I know. We are so spoiled in Southern California. Are used to live on the East Coast of the United States and it rained pretty regularly maybe not as regularly as the UK but I now expect sunny and 75° on a daily basis. I’m completely defenseless in the rain 🌧 or snow ⛄️!
New sub here... interesting video..
TERRY. W thanks for watching. I’ll see you around!
Lol third time this year it’s raining. Good info here. Thanks for sharing and have a great holiday
Techn' Moto Us Californians are not a particularly resilient bunch. 😝 happy holidays to you, as well!
I hate when all you want is answers and all you get is grasshoppers.
In that way RUclips is much like life,
Instead of answers...more video suggestions 😝
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Silky-Kids
Thanks for watching!
When ever someone will find a way to make a buck they will.
Great video very interesting 🤔 👍
Thanks for watching. This is way too easy for crooks, agreed! See you around!
👍👍😊😊👌👌💯💯✌️✌️ I'm very grateful for your visit to my channel, Commercial Forest. I'm always willing to help other RUclipsrs, and so I'm here to return the favor with a play *_in full_* (14 minutes) and a like #40 of my own!
I hope your weekend proves a really great one, dude!
How's she goin'? This is an interesting topic. I reclaim wood all the time, but since I source the wood I reclaim, I guess I know where it came from and what it is. I guess people and/or companies will do anything to make a buck... Take care!!!
Grampie's Workshop Hi Mike! Hope you have a good holiday with your family. It is pretty funny that reusing/repurposing/salvaging is something a lot of people do out of practicality but it’s kind of a novelty for people with a lot of disposable income 😝. Kind of like how people pay big bucks to have an “overnight experience” on Airbnb sleeping in an RV in the country. Lots of people scratch their head at that one but for someone who has never done it before…
So true eh!!!
This is where Truth hurt's
Great video 👌 TFS
Cyb3r 3vil
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Seen u subbed to me so I came over to your channel and seen your great stuff and did the same, watching your videos now
Thanks for checking it out. What part of Florida are you from. I grew up in Wellington and have family in Martin County.
I see nothing
It was raining, Sergeant Shultz, I swear!
nice transitions!!
Elliott N thanks! My daughter goes to CS Arts 🎭 so she’s been working with me on seamless transitions!!
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Hi! Thanks for watching.