Crossroads Featured in “The Deconstruction of Building 802” Video

Learn about the salvage process from start to finish! This is an excellent, informative mini-documentary about the deconstruction process, following the disassembly of the Port of Oakland, CA.  Thank you StopWaste.org, for all of the work you do to Stop Waste! Crossroads Recycled Lumber is featured from 3:25-5:33. “Our clients are pretty conscientious about where their material …

Reclaimed Redwood

Quality Wood Named for its uniquely rich hue, Reclaimed Redwood is sought after for internal paneling projects to show off the deep varying shades of earthy red. Striking as it is inside, Redwood is also valued for external siding not only for it’s appearance, but also because it is rot-resistant. Most of our Redwood stock …

Historic Large-Dimension Ocean Salvage Timbers

Origins Some of the most intriguing lumber we have in stock was never used in construction, and yet still considered salvage timbers.  These beams are believed to have been loaded onto a Canadian ship in 1921 that wrecked off the Pacific Coast. In early 2010 as a beach near the wreck eroded, the shipwreck became …

Woody Biomass Guys Visit CRL

Last summer a couple guys came to the North Fork Millsite “investigating options for the processing of woody biomass from local forests.” They took a tour of our yard and learned about reclaimed lumber! Read their blog about the visit here!

Video: Resawing 2X6 Doug Fir at Crossroads Lumber

Check out our guys Merkell and Ray as they resaw nominal 2X6 Douglas Fir Tongue & Groove into 1X6 Ship-Lap for the Blossom Hill Whole Foods in San Jose, CA.  Our wire-brushed old patina 2X6 has been very popular in the last year!

For Sale: 2X12 and 2X6 Recycled Lumber, for Exterior Use

Full dimension 2″ rough-cut Douglas Fir Reclaimed Lumber, for outside use. 2x6x11’ to 12’  and 2x12x11’ to 12’  Rough-cut Douglas Fir $1.50/BF ($18 each for 2X6X12, $36 each for 2X12X12), $300 minimum purchase. These are salvaged from a Papermill in Hollister, CA. There is some type of oil on them, so they are no good for …

“Remaking the Way We Make Things”

‎”The question before us is not growth versus no growth, It is: what would good growth look like? And this is a question of intent, of design. What if we grow health instead of sickness, home ownership instead of indigence, education instead of ignorance?” -Architect William McDonough   William McDonough is one of our favorite …

The Many Faces of Reclaimed Wood

A very informative article about the sources and definitions of Reclaimed Wood, from BuildingGreen.com! The Many Faces of Reclaimed Wood – EBN: 20:12 – BuildingGreen.com www.buildinggreen.com The term “reclaimed wood” is used all the time, but it means different things in different settings. 

Recycled Lumber from Warner Bros Studios

As much as our company is about natural resource conservation and providing beautiful, quality lumber, we are also dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of our built environment. Crossroads has a limited supply of wonderful Douglas Fir from the 1936 Warner Bros. prop and studio Building 89 deconstructed in 2008. This lumber has seen …

Local Lumber Conference in Port Townsend

You are invited to attend Local Lumber, a conference connecting woodworkers with locally produced material featuring Pacific Northwest Timber’s own Jake Jacob on October 1st, 2011. (PNT is a sister company of Crossroads Recycled Lumber.) Local Lumber, October 1st, 2011 Fort Worden Bldg 204 200 Battery Way Port Townsend, WA 98368 The goal of this …