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OffWithTheirHeads

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1. Good God, have you ben to a home improvment store recently?

Fri Jun 7, 2013, 11:12 AM

Jun 2013

The lumber they are selling now days is class A shit! Warped, twisted, full of knots and splits and the hardware is all made in China by people who are not paid enough to give a fuck. Parts are mismatched or missing pieces, the whole experience of re-modeling these days sucks the big one. You have to check and double check EVERYTHING! I would love to find a building materials re cycler here in Tucson.

Are you asking for trouble by buying re cycled? I doubt that you can buy yourself any more trouble than buying new.

This is from present day experience. I just bought a house and am gutting it. Hardly a day goes by when I don't have to make two trips to the hardware store to return something that was fucked up when I first bought it.

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want to recycle a barn. [View all] mopinko Jun 2013 OP

Good God, have you ben to a home improvment store recently? OffWithTheirHeads Jun 2013 #1

yup. mopinko Jun 2013 #3

the Habistore has some, and Gersons Kali Jun 2013 #4

Oh Hell yeah! Thanks! Looks like I'm going to have to take some time and go shopping! OffWithTheirHeads Jun 2013 #6

I hear ya! Adsos Letter Jun 2013 #7

there are a lot of good reasons to do it lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #2

well, i'd be happy to break even. mopinko Jun 2013 #8

In my experience, building codes are national. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #9

Not on that scale, no.. never been quite that ambitious. X_Digger Jun 2013 #5

Check back mortenstorgaard Jun 2013 #10