Dear Friends and Customers, As we leave 2015 behind us, our company would like to thank you for your continued patronage and support! As you know, we are a small business, and we pride ourselves on doing exceptional work that helps our local economy and contributes positively to the ecologies of the forests of California and …
From our friend in Port Townsend, Ron Myhre, who carved the prow of this beautiful Sugar Pine Viking Boat: “…it was a one-off happening in San Diego for the epic series “The Vikings” on the History channel. Took place on the roof of a hotel in San Diego during Comic-con 2013, transforming the rooftop into …
This morning a load of historic lumber out of beautiful Saint Joseph’s Church in San Francisco is on a truck, making its way to us! The current church building was erected in 1906. The wood is old and sturdy rough-cut, full-dimension 2x material, and as far as we can tell is 108 years old. …
2013 was a fantastic year for Crossroads Recycled Lumber. We finally were able to shake the drag of the shattered economy, and our investment in infrastructure and marketing over the last two years really paid off. One of the more exciting new developments here is that Crossroads is now certified by the Forest Stewardship CouncilTM! …
Basically brined in salt water, these beams are heavy and still carry some of the ocean’s bottom on their skins. Shells, sand, spots where decayed chain rotted away, colors of iron and bits of rocks defiantly cling to their sides. This, my friends, spells love. Running my hands along the rough surface, I could feel …
Miscellaneous off-cuts and jacket boards for paneling and rough siding. “Jacket boards” are what we call the old patina strips we cut off of beams when we re-saw them to make them look new. May be thick or thin, from 3/8” to 1-1/4” with various widths. Minimum 500 SF @ $0.25 and up, depending on condition.
2x6x11’ to 12’ and 2x12x11’ to 12’ Roughcut Douglas Fir $1.50/BF ($18 each for 2X6X12, $36 each for 2X12X12) These are salvaged from a Papermill in Hollister, CA. There is some type of oil on them, so they are no good for interior use, but very nice stock for exterior.
At Crossroads we often document the historical origin of our material. It can be a challenging task to get an accurate history about structures and businesses that have been dismantled. We recently had an order for one of our large timbers from furniture maker William Stranger. William was thrilled with the beauty of the wood and wanted to …
The Britsh news website, The Guardian mentioned our company in an excellent article on recycling lumber. According to journalist Leon Kaye’s research… Of the approximate 70m tons of wood sent to landfill annually, the US government estimates 30m tons of it could have been reused…. But while aluminium, glass, paper and plastic are often culled for recycling from construction …
We’d like to share with you some inventory with a very different look. Our Blue-Stained Pine is unique in that it is some of our only inventory that is not reclaimed and recycled lumber, but rather rescued. Source In the Sierra Nevada foothills where the Crossroads Lumber yard is located, there is a Western Bark Beetle …