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June 2009 Thank goodness this no longer happens to the biggest and best trees in protected forests. But why do we insist on measuring forest destruction by area of land occupied on the ground instead of their 3-dimensional volume, or mass, or the surface area of their bark and leaves and habitat for other plants and animals? The webmaster has been reading 'The Wild Trees' by Richard Preston. It's a great adventure and 'page-turner' but also a fascinating and true account of some pretty eccentric characters who discovered the unknown ecosystem up there in the canopy of redwoods and Douglas firs, 250 -370 feet above ground. Salamanders that never leave the treetops, birds and berried shrubs living in a piece of the world we never suspected to be inhabited. Nature once again putting a spell on human beings. More on redwoods Vision-friendly website: where possible the pages on this site
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above: a 4-panel door in reclaimed wood (treated with colour stain)
Reclaimed floor, door, panel and beam timber is our speciality. Wide
boards, custom width, tongue and groove, oak, pine, pitch pine, maple and
other wood as salvaged from ongoing demolition of 50 to 150-year old
buildings.Find that timber: specialist
reclaimed wood location service.


Where does our salvage come from? Our biggest source of material is demolition sites, of nineteenth and twentieth-century buildings. We also have contacts in Europe and the USA.
Where do we send it to? UK and overseas worldwide.
How long does it take? We can normally supply materials like timber planks at a few days' notice. Because each demolition is individual and different, we might have, say, a school and a hospital one week and a factory the next, each with its particular treasures. So a little advanced notice of your requirements does help us. If we know what you are looking for, we can enquire of demolitions about to commence and reserve special items for you.
A source of restoration help and a calendar of interesting social and learned events can be found at the Victorian Society

Above: a decorative
frieze reclaimed from a building front