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One of the biggest concerns people have about using reclaimed wood is the fear the wood will not hold up. This fear is ungrounded. All the recycled wood Good Millwork uses has been inspected for structural integrity, had all the nails and other metal removed, and been made ready to use again. That means re-cut, [...]
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It is often said there is nothing new under the sun. Even the physicists say matter cannot be destroyed, only transformed. At Good Millwork, we are in the business of taking old wood and transforming it into something new and beautiful. Why old wood? As we explain in Building Green with Brown, taking lumber from [...]
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Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center is located in Orange, Texas. It consists of 252 acres of cypress and tupelo swamp, wooded uplands, and prairie lowlands belonging to The Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Corporation, a nonprofit. Approximately 12 people work on the preserve 40 hours per week and they have approximately [...]
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As more and more people desire “green” buildings, the demand for products to build these buildings is increasing. At the same time, urban sprawl is causing many historic buildings and barns to be torn down. The solution? Build with reclaimed lumber from the buildings being torn down.
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Every year on October 15, blogs all around the world choose the same topic to discuss in an effort to promote change on Blog Action Day. This year the topic is water. Water is very important to us at Good Millwork since one of our signature products, deadhead sinker cypress, comes from water. Without water, [...]
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Petroleum products are both running out and are terribly polluting. One need only look at the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to see how damaging oil drilling can be. Wood, on the other hand, is a renewable resource that acts as a CO2 sink while growing and as a CO2 reservoir while [...]
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Building with reclaimed lumber allows builders to go green without sacrificing quality. Old growth lumber reclaimed from barns, houses, piers, bridges and many other sources is prized for the color, size, strength and dense, straight grain not found in the trees harvested today. By using reclaimed wood no new trees need to be cut. Reclaimed [...]
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