Thursday, April 13, 2017

Important Information Regarding Reclaimed Siding And Their Value

By Richard Stewart


Reclaimed materials are what you called to those that have been previously used in a building or project and is being used again for a future one. They could be refinished, altered or changed in size and the original form remains but not reprocessed. Those that have in any way been reprocessed are considered as recycled materials.

Meanwhile, sidings are what you use to apply to exterior walls in order to protect from the effects of weather like water and additional aesthetics for the house. The wood gotten from barns are being reused in many purposes specially the walls and are being called reclaimed siding. The following are essential details in knowing the worth of these materials in the market.

Know what is the species of the wood is because this is one way to determine the value of your wood. There are those that are inherently valuable because of their rarity or unavailability in the market because of its old age and not being usually used anymore. If it is less than two decades old and commonly available then it is not that valuable.

Dimensions are important because the larger timbers have more worth than the smaller ones. Sample of these are those that can be sawed into wider boards and are longer because there are more possible uses for them. Beams are also more valuable when compared to boards as they are thicker than them.

They should be in an excellent condition without any damages on it as much as possible for it to get the highest price it can. Examples of these damages which can lower their value are those made by insects, large checks and rotten pockets. Metal objects being present such as screws and nails would lower their price as well.

Dry woods protected from natural elements properly have more value than those that are not and are either rotted or waterlogged. If you happen to own antique timbers or boards, place them indoors or put covers on them. It is also helpful to place a stick between them so they will be separated allowing circulation of air.

Having a large number of them would be very helpful specially to those people looking to buy them in bulk if given a chance. This is specially true when they are all of high quality making the possibility of its worth to be more. Their reasons in buying in bulk is that handling and shipping is expensive for these heavy and large products so getting all they need at once is better.

You could also increase its value more if you can arrange them properly where it can be easily reached. This is because the handling and shipping cost will be reduced because of the arrangement they have. Piling them up haphazardly and making them harder to reach will cheapen them because it requires more time in organizing them for shipment.

Another way in checking if they will be valuable is by looking at the ring density and being more dense means its more valuable. Wider growth rings indicate that they grow faster and making them less valuable. These are the things you need to check when selling or buying reclaimed wood.




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