My
Recycled Materials House
I have built much of my house from recycled
materials. Some recycled raw materials I currently have access to for future projects are recycled glass
from a local glass shop:
http://www.OrmusMinerals.com/recycle01.jpg
Recycled lumber from the scrap pile of a local mill
and from the demolition of local buildings:
http://www.OrmusMinerals.com/recycle02.jpg
Recycled metal roofing material from yard
sales:
http://www.OrmusMinerals.com/recycle03.jpg
Recycled tempered glass from an old TV set on the
left and recycled insulation from a yard sale in the barrel at the right:
http://www.OrmusMinerals.com/recycle04.jpg
Recycled packing stuff in a box on my ceramic tile
floor (made using ceramic tile from a yard sale):
http://www.OrmusMinerals.com/recycle05.jpg
Here are some ways I have already used these
materials.
I framed half of my house using the recycled scrap
lumber and have insulated a portion of my attic using recycled styrofoam as you can see at:
http://www.OrmusMinerals.com/recycle06.jpg
I built the gate using recycled rough lumber, put on
the roof of recycled sheet metal and installed a window from a yard sale as you can see
at:
http://www.OrmusMinerals.com/recycle07.jpg
I built a shed using recycled framing lumber,
recycled electric wire, a recycled metal door and a recycled door knob. The sheathing is new and the lock
is new:
http://www.OrmusMinerals.com/recycle08.jpg
The floor in part of my attic is made of wood from a
wall I tore down and I purchased my shoes at a yard sale:
http://www.OrmusMinerals.com/recycle09.jpg
Just so you will know that recycled stuff is not
always ugly, here is a wall that I covered with rough scrap lumber from a local mill. The shape over the
door came from a yard sale but the door and ceiling are new:
http://www.OrmusMinerals.com/recycle10.jpg
I would also like to build a partly underground
green house to take advantage of the constant temperature five feet underground here.
I know you are handy with tools and have already
used some of these ideas but when I saw the glass behind the glass shop in the first picture I thought of
you.