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Creative Houses from reclaimed materials - LeeE - 12-26-2010
Great video and the speaker/builder is a hoot! Bright guy.
http://www.wimp.com/creativehouses/
RE: Creative Houses from reclaimed materials - Radiopeg - 12-27-2010
I loved it. Just loved it. With enough clear coatings I might not even worry about splinters. I wonder if I could do an inside project for my home like this, with a Castleblock shell. Or could I epoxy an organic look outside over a more austere outside?
Life goes on, with you or without you.
RE: Creative Houses from reclaimed materials - Kapohocat - 12-27-2010
Thanks for sharing this!
We are basing our remodeling project on "recycled" materials... well it didnt start out that way.... we were just broke... lol.... now I am keeping track of how much new versus how much old.... it's turned into a fun thing to be able to say we are still 25/75 new to recycled.
Here's our rules -
new - from any of the usual suspects - HPM, HD, etc etc.
Old - Given to us, re-purposed, craigslist, recycle center, re-used etc
This works much better if you are broke - because not only must you resist the urge to buy new, you have to reuse & repurpose. We have been given some wonderful items from under friend's houses, in storage, etc.
Catherine Dumond
Blue Water Project Management 808 965-9261
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RE: Creative Houses from reclaimed materials - LeeE - 12-27-2010
Mahalo, I thought folks would enjoy it. Yes, it is inspiring, eh? Brilliant and funny guy.
Aloha,
Lee
http://members.cruzio.com/~lionel/event
RE: Creative Houses from reclaimed materials - YurtGirl - 12-27-2010
Awesome! He breaks it down into great bite sized pieces ;D
RE: Creative Houses from reclaimed materials - Rob Tucker - 12-27-2010
A very nice and informative presentation.
RE: Creative Houses from reclaimed materials - dldixon - 12-27-2010
Big Ted fan, always smart and entertaining. Thanks
RE: Creative Houses from reclaimed materials - Carey - 12-29-2010
The Oct-Nov. issue of HanaHou! magazine had an article on the work Re-Use Hawaii is doing on deconstruction (Oahu). Link:
http://www.hanahou.com/pages/Magazine.asp?Action=DrawArticle&ArticleID=912&MagazineID=58
We have deconstructed most of our house, & offered the materials on freecycle, Keaau Transfer & Habitat.
If you are willing to do the time to deconstruct, there are venues that will take the material.... but I think it will be a while before there is the demand for a deconstruction crew (most on island would not pay the money for the crew)
RE: Creative Houses from reclaimed materials - Kapohocat - 12-30-2010
Exactly Carey! Thanks for the link.
When Robert was doing a project on 27th in HPP, we freecycled most of the scrap drywall, tile bits, etc so it helped the owner with costs of hauling too.
PS But now I wish I had those tile bits for my mosiac! Anyone cutting tiles soon? I am looking for blues/greens or seaglass-ish colors!