Found this video yesterday Nov 25 2024. Went onto Marketplace last night and have 4 play structure teardowns set for this weekend, 2 Saturday 2 Sunday. Never would have thought of this. Such a great idea!! thank you.
I’ve noticed that a lot of people sell their above ground pools and say if you take the deck apart you can have it. Seen that a LOT!! Great channel you have going! God Bless you!! ❤
A friend was renewing his swimming pool decking. The company delivered all the old hardwood to my home. All the fixings were high quality stainless steel screws. I made the front gate panel, steps, garden edging...
Having a pickup truck is a bonus. I'm just naturally hyper aware while driving and I work near many shipping companies. Some of them have brand new lumber out back near the dumpsters from Un-crating special shipments. Also whenever I see a Roll Off dumpster that was dropped off I might stop at take a peak. Usually a remodel job and I found some great pine and stairway railings amongst other things. New construction used to be a good place to look into the roll off as well but now days they usually fence the entire property while building.
Find the business in your town that supplies large pieces of granite/marble counter tops. The wooden packaging for those massively heavy chunks of smooth stone is robust, lengthy and frequently comes with heavy duty hardware bolting it together. Other times it's just nails but you never know. They just cut it up and toss it into a dumpster so if you get there before they cut it, you can score some good stuff for free on a daily basis. Bring a battery powered impact driver and deep sockets, a large pry bar, a saw, a good sized framing hammer, an adjustable wrench and a big 8 lb. or so maul and you can break down a truck/small trailer load in about an hour. I like to drive home past the big box hardware/lumber stores and laugh maniacally.
I love deconstructing to use the wood for later. I had a pine dresser that had seen better, so I attempted to shorten in, since I need to shorten the length of another piece of furniture and I wanted to test it out first. After I did it successfully, I deconstructed, ended up with some nice clean 3-4’x 6” pieces as well as well pieces. Great for shelves and some other things I need to build.
We have a big garbage day in our town once a month from March through November. The metal scrap collectors are out in droves. There are a few people scouring for reusable articles. The good stuff mostly shows up around moving day.
Many years ago, when I worked in the bedding industry, everyone getting rid of their waterbeds (which we weren't supposed to take by policy, but the salesman all made it part of the deal, and wooden bunkbeds. Not too many waterbeds left these days. I've got bookcases and benches and there was a kitchen table all built from those frames.
That is cool! Yeah I live in the woods so I get my wood from dead trees and get a neighbour to mill it up for me. I have so much wood it is crazy. I am also a carpenter and I can tell you that any demolition site has a dumpster full of wood. Just call your local builders, they may even bring it to you if you ask really nicely although a truck really helps to be able to pick it up too
Nice video! I appreciate the tip. There are some simple projects I have in mind that this type of lumber would be perfect for. Thanks for sharing! P.S. Production quality and funny addition of bloopers was definitely worth the sub. Looking forward to your next one.
I’ve sourced some fair quality timber from fencers or people pulling out their old fences and decks. Hardwood fence pailings are great as garden borders or as panels where a ‘rustic’ look is the goal.
I just took my Playsets down. I had to burn a few pieces … the ones with rot or was not salvageable for other projects. The higher altitude beams are saved off to the side for future use. Great idea besides pallet wood.
Very interesting idea! I’ve been getting my dimensional stuff from construction sites. Just ask the foreman if you can rummage through their skiff of wood headed for the dump. It’ll have lots of cement boogers all over it from laying the foundation. And lots of nails and screws. But they all clean up just as good as pallet wood, just needs a bit more elbow grease. We’ve got two play sets out back. One of them our son outgrew a few years ago. But the wood is still useable I’m sure. The other one we might get rid of next year… and now I know what I’ll do with it all! Edit: Omg… the prices these people want for their ratty old play sets is bonkers! One was asking $400 😂
I just saw one in our area listed for free in excellent condition but we couldn’t take it because my daughter needs HOA approval to place it in her yard. Such a bummer.
I found also going to static caravan parks asking for wood that would usually just get burnt on a hill, or whatever way they dispose of is a good idea, dismantling old deckings from static caravans, helps the company spending on labour dismantling and gives them a good name that they reuse old materials. I also said its a half charity business i have, i dont charge for any materials i have got for free, just labor. Including the labour to dismantle it. Any businesses that are big and dont care for salvaging good wood thats been used Especially when they are about to have a visit from managment and they need things cleared
One thing people need to consider with a lot of the play set wood is that it’s been treated before. Not necessarily a deal breaker, just depends on the project. You also obviously need a trailer to help haul off all of the parts and then dump the remaining so not exactly viable.
Great video! Thanks man. You can (quite often) get usable lengths of lumber from construction sites. It saves them from having to pay someone to dump them.
You're spot on - I ran a construction company for a property mgmt. company and I cant count the amount of playsets, garage storage or benches, and even sheds that we had to remove when properties got rented. I even ended up with Tony Gwynn's pitching machine from one back yard. (Soon to be my 72" grinder.
Great idea! I just looked and Facebook Marketplace is full of them in my area. Is there a good way to tell if they are made from cedar or treated lumber? I assume the treated lumber is less than desirable. (I’m a newbie)
@@WineberryHill True. Cedar is probably desirable if making outdoor furniture (most likely for me). Seems the Rainbow sets and Costco sets are cedar although Costco is likely from China so who knows what you’re REALLY getting.
I worked as a custodian at a college. At the end of the year when all the students were taking down their lofts and throwing the lumber in the dumpster...well you know the rest of the story....
"repurposing habit"...It's all good! I share your "passion."...My usual "Out" is, I tell my wife I can use it for firewood if I can't build with it...After 46 years of repurposing, I have made many useful projects and, many bone warming fires...Carry on!
Your compost got worms? Needs some? Know how to spot worm areas? You dont have to dig em up. You can use "worm churning" collect and deposit them within. Show them that, speeds up your decomp and has other uses as well of course. Cheers.
First, I love your channel. Second, I am deft. I must watch with C.C. I can't read what you are saying because of your sponsors ads come over the closed captions. I don't believe I am the only one. I know you make money from your sponsors. Sorry.
Its a great idea IMO, but I am definitely not showing my wife this video. She has been begging me to pick one up for free. There are many of them listed at any given time where I live.
It occurs to me that if you like to fly drones, you could easily canvas multiple suburban neighborhoods, and put targeted door-hanger fliers on just the right doors, advertising your playset removals (or whatever bulky wood structures they may have).
@@WineberryHillIn my current area nothing unless you just happen to stumble on something while driving. When I lived in Denver, I would do scrapping on the side bc the population was bigger and you could make some good side money from scrapping.
Found this video yesterday Nov 25 2024. Went onto Marketplace last night and have 4 play structure teardowns set for this weekend, 2 Saturday 2 Sunday. Never would have thought of this. Such a great idea!! thank you.
That's great! Glad I could help.
@@WineberryHillI've been scooping up free trampolines to make structures out of also. 😊
Greetings from Europe to the USA. Your videos are inspiring, thank you for them. This video is also great..
Nice of you to say that! Thanks for watching!
I’ve noticed that a lot of people sell their above ground pools and say if you take the deck apart you can have it. Seen that a LOT!!
Great channel you have going! God Bless you!! ❤
That's a great idea!
Many of the above ground pools are a great source for long rolls of sheet metal too.
A friend was renewing his swimming pool decking. The company delivered all the old hardwood to my home. All the fixings were high quality stainless steel screws. I made the front gate panel, steps, garden edging...
Niiice!
Having a pickup truck is a bonus. I'm just naturally hyper aware while driving and I work near many shipping companies. Some of them have brand new lumber out back near the dumpsters from Un-crating special shipments. Also whenever I see a Roll Off dumpster that was dropped off I might stop at take a peak. Usually a remodel job and I found some great pine and stairway railings amongst other things. New construction used to be a good place to look into the roll off as well but now days they usually fence the entire property while building.
Totally agree!
Find the business in your town that supplies large pieces of granite/marble counter tops. The wooden packaging for those massively heavy chunks of smooth stone is robust, lengthy and frequently comes with heavy duty hardware bolting it together. Other times it's just nails but you never know. They just cut it up and toss it into a dumpster so if you get there before they cut it, you can score some good stuff for free on a daily basis.
Bring a battery powered impact driver and deep sockets, a large pry bar, a saw, a good sized framing hammer, an adjustable wrench and a big 8 lb. or so maul and you can break down a truck/small trailer load in about an hour.
I like to drive home past the big box hardware/lumber stores and laugh maniacally.
Oh great tip!
also you can sometimes get the offcuts of the granite/marble for free!
I love deconstructing to use the wood for later. I had a pine dresser that had seen better, so I attempted to shorten in, since I need to shorten the length of another piece of furniture and I wanted to test it out first. After I did it successfully, I deconstructed, ended up with some nice clean 3-4’x 6” pieces as well as well pieces. Great for shelves and some other things I need to build.
Nice!
Thanks for the bloopers too, now I know you're for real. What a genius idea!
thanks for watching!
Brilliant! You really are doing them a BIG favor. Dump fees are no joke.
Nice hardware too. 👍
...yeah esp around here.
I just gotta say man your production quality is better then multi million subscriber channels. Keep kicking butt.
I need that...thanks!
Cool videos. Practical and entertaining repurposing.
Glad you like them!
We have a big garbage day in our town once a month from March through November. The metal scrap collectors are out in droves. There are a few people scouring for reusable articles. The good stuff mostly shows up around moving day.
nice!
You can get ridiculous stuff in college towns. Way more than you want to deal with.
Many years ago, when I worked in the bedding industry, everyone getting rid of their waterbeds (which we weren't supposed to take by policy, but the salesman all made it part of the deal, and wooden bunkbeds. Not too many waterbeds left these days. I've got bookcases and benches and there was a kitchen table all built from those frames.
Very cool!
That is cool! Yeah I live in the woods so I get my wood from dead trees and get a neighbour to mill it up for me. I have so much wood it is crazy. I am also a carpenter and I can tell you that any demolition site has a dumpster full of wood. Just call your local builders, they may even bring it to you if you ask really nicely although a truck really helps to be able to pick it up too
Great tip!
Great idea and great preparation for the demo days. Thanks for the motivation to find free wood.
You bet! Thanks for watching!
Nice video! I appreciate the tip. There are some simple projects I have in mind that this type of lumber would be perfect for. Thanks for sharing!
P.S. Production quality and funny addition of bloopers was definitely worth the sub. Looking forward to your next one.
Glad it was helpful and Thanks for watching!
So clever! Next you and team will be hauling away old barns with those gorgeous timbers.
I’ve sourced some fair quality timber from fencers or people pulling out their old fences and decks. Hardwood fence pailings are great as garden borders or as panels where a ‘rustic’ look is the goal.
Good tip!
I love your vidoes like i cant explain. Watching your content is like living in the perfect dream. Thank you for your service to the DIY community
Very kind of you to say that. Thanks for watching!
I just took my Playsets down. I had to burn a few pieces … the ones with rot or was not salvageable for other projects. The higher altitude beams are saved off to the side for future use.
Great idea besides pallet wood.
Thanks for watching!
That’s a smart idea!
glad you liked it, thanks for watching!
Great tip! that is a great place to get bigger lumber.
Thanks for watching!
very nice video! and a great idea. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Very interesting idea! I’ve been getting my dimensional stuff from construction sites. Just ask the foreman if you can rummage through their skiff of wood headed for the dump. It’ll have lots of cement boogers all over it from laying the foundation. And lots of nails and screws. But they all clean up just as good as pallet wood, just needs a bit more elbow grease.
We’ve got two play sets out back. One of them our son outgrew a few years ago. But the wood is still useable I’m sure. The other one we might get rid of next year… and now I know what I’ll do with it all!
Edit:
Omg… the prices these people want for their ratty old play sets is bonkers! One was asking $400 😂
Glad I could help, thanks for watching!
I just saw one in our area listed for free in excellent condition but we couldn’t take it because my daughter needs HOA approval to place it in her yard. Such a bummer.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Thanks great idea!! JD😎
Thanks for watching!
Thx man, good idea. I like recycled useful ideas
You bet, Thanks for watching!
I found also going to static caravan parks asking for wood that would usually just get burnt on a hill, or whatever way they dispose of is a good idea, dismantling old deckings from static caravans, helps the company spending on labour dismantling and gives them a good name that they reuse old materials. I also said its a half charity business i have, i dont charge for any materials i have got for free, just labor. Including the labour to dismantle it.
Any businesses that are big and dont care for salvaging good wood thats been used
Especially when they are about to have a visit from managment and they need things cleared
Great tips!
Probably a dumb question here, but what are static caravan parks and why would they have lumber worth collecting / dismantling?
Awesome video, and great idea! Definitely going to do some marketplace snooping with this in mind. Subbed! 🍻
Awesome! Thank you for watching and subbing!
Thanks for sharing. Great idea 🙂
Thanks for watching!
Great idea😊
Glad you liked it!
Great job
Thanks for watching!
Wow cool structures im just getting into building stuff!!
Thanks for watching!
One thing people need to consider with a lot of the play set wood is that it’s been treated before.
Not necessarily a deal breaker, just depends on the project.
You also obviously need a trailer to help haul off all of the parts and then dump the remaining so not exactly viable.
I've done this before, and old decks as well.
Nice!
😮 DAMN I didn't expect that six pack ❤
Great video ! What kind of belt is the one you are wearing ? Looks solid
They don’t make them anymore, unfortunately!
Good idea.
Thanks!
I have taken down wooden handicap wheel chair ramps for the lumber
Good tip.
You should probably leave those as the people in wheelchairs can't use stairs. 😂😂😂
😂 😂 😂
Used wooden play sets makes a ton of sense. I want to think in that same way that makes full use of things at all stages of their life cycle.
Yep, lots of stuff around.
Good one thanks.
You bet!
Great video! Thanks man. You can (quite often) get usable lengths of lumber from construction sites. It saves them from having to pay someone to dump them.
Great tip!
Nooice! 😎 STOC
You're spot on - I ran a construction company for a property mgmt. company and I cant count the amount of playsets, garage storage or benches, and even sheds that we had to remove when properties got rented. I even ended up with Tony Gwynn's pitching machine from one back yard. (Soon to be my 72" grinder.
Score!
Great idea! I just looked and Facebook Marketplace is full of them in my area. Is there a good way to tell if they are made from cedar or treated lumber? I assume the treated lumber is less than desirable. (I’m a newbie)
No, it’s not bad…depending on how you use it. It actually tends to be more expensive to acquire.
@@WineberryHill True. Cedar is probably desirable if making outdoor furniture (most likely for me). Seems the Rainbow sets and Costco sets are cedar although Costco is likely from China so who knows what you’re REALLY getting.
True, hard to know...but we do our best.
lol I already figured out what you are going to say and I have been wondering why people haven’t put this out there
ok, I liked & sub'd and 'commented' as well
much appreciated!
I worked as a custodian at a college. At the end of the year when all the students were taking down their lofts and throwing the lumber in the dumpster...well you know the rest of the story....
Great find!
I wish that this was true in Los Angeles, those playsets will go for 200-400 used out here 😅
Bummer
@@WineberryHill I will report back with findings if/when I find a free one!
"repurposing habit"...It's all good! I share your "passion."...My usual "Out" is, I tell my wife I can use it for firewood if I can't build with it...After 46 years of repurposing, I have made many useful projects and, many bone warming fires...Carry on!
Right on...thanks for watching!
Your compost got worms? Needs some? Know how to spot worm areas? You dont have to dig em up. You can use "worm churning" collect and deposit them within. Show them that, speeds up your decomp and has other uses as well of course. Cheers.
Yep, massive amounts of beautiful worm.
I toss a blanket down then lift it in a few weeks! Tons of worms are beneath it.
I do the same with people replacing their decks.
Smart!
Where to search those people, and what under what name should I search, please?
Mr and Mrs Wooden play set!
@@WineberryHill what is this?! I mean what platform should I search in, and under what search topic should I look for the big lumber ?
Search for wooden play sets in online marketplaces like facebook, craiglist, offerup...etc
@@WineberryHill aha!! Now got it 😀thanks 👍🏻
I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.
Thanks Marius!
First, I love your channel. Second, I am deft. I must watch with C.C. I can't read what you are saying because of your sponsors ads come over the closed captions. I don't believe I am the only one. I know you make money from your sponsors. Sorry.
Thanks for letting me know...will keep in mind for placement.
are you worried about quality of wood from old play structures. Cracked and rotten ? May not be structurally sound to rely upon.
Not really...especially since it's such large material. I just cut around the bad spots.
Its a great idea IMO, but I am definitely not showing my wife this video. She has been begging me to pick one up for free. There are many of them listed at any given time where I live.
Same.
It doesn't work like that in South Africa.
What do you find around you?
It occurs to me that if you like to fly drones, you could easily canvas multiple suburban neighborhoods, and put targeted door-hanger fliers on just the right doors, advertising your playset removals (or whatever bulky wood structures they may have).
That would be pretty wild!
or put an inverter in your truck
...a really good one maybe!
Or bring your generator.
[Engagement] 🙂
Thanks!
This only applies to certain areas.
What do you find in your area?
@@WineberryHillIn my current area nothing unless you just happen to stumble on something while driving. When I lived in Denver, I would do scrapping on the side bc the population was bigger and you could make some good side money from scrapping.
This is probably great content, but I couldn't concentrate due to the ripped old man doing a bunch of talking. Seriously, what's your secret?
You are too kind! I can do better…but I try to keep busy outside!