Selling Old Barn Wood
Selling a barn is very different from selling a house.
Selling old barn wood. When you want to sell a barn you must direct your marketing at people who buy old barns and barn wood. Unless you are in the salvage business and have all of the proper tooling and equipment. If we think the barn is good enough to be rebuilt into a home or structure we strive to find a buyer for the timberframe instead of being pieced out for beams and cut up into flooring. Ideally the barn seller should want the barn buyer to be someone who is in the business of buying old barns because they will have the experience and know how needed to safely remove an old barn.
Land owners looking to take down older barns and place the wood on the market for resale can find themselves in possession of unique materials including barn boards and hand hewn barn beams. 1 standing barn with all of its barn wood has value but also represents a lot of work. Understanding how to prepare the barn wood for shipping and processing is the main key. See the how to videos on the reclaimed wood exchange for more info on how to prepare barn wood.
We take down 100 year old barns bring the antique wood back to our mill and turn it into sustainable reclaimed hardwood flooring salvaged barn siding custom farmhouse furniture and more. The reclaimed wood exchange is setup to take the challenge out of selling barn wood. We then recycle it into fine wood products. If you are selling reclaimed building materials or have a lead on reclaimed building materials resources please follow the steps listed below we buy reclaimed wood.
Most wood used in the construction of older american barns has value assuming a particular species and condition. We buy barns or reclaimed wood out of old barns factories and warehouses that are slated for demolition. Potential sources may include.