Hello valued customers and friends! I’m writing today with exciting news! We are about to open Crossroads new sister company; Pacific Northwest Timbers in Port Townsend, Washington! The new yard will be on Seton Road in Port Townsend, right down the road from Edensaw Woods. More news to come on this later, the business paperwork …
Crossroads’ first-ever Newsletter is about to be launched! I’ve been working on this baby for around a month now, trying to get all the details just right. Looking at other examples of newsletters, Crossroads’ is going to be a little different. Many newsletters I see are full of different articles on various topics. But Crossroads’ …
A California architect wrote to us asking how “the cost of recycled lumber compares to [Forest Stewardship Council] certified lumber.” Below is Marc’s answer. Generally reclaimed costs more than conventional and FSC lumber primarily because of the labor involved in the recycling process. This includes: Saving the lumber from demolition/construction projects Cleaning the lumber (it …
Here I am back home in the Valley (well, the foothills) after 5 exciting years in Santa Cruz and Chile. At 23 I’m living with my mom and working for my dad, but I dig it. My job right now is doing outreach for my dad’s business, Crossroads Recycled Lumber in North Fork, California. I’m …
A rambling rant regarding “Sustainable Forestry?” We need ten times the old growth stands we presently have because big forests are carbon sinks, taking carbon dioxide and producing oxygen and of course we are blowing carbon in the air at a deadly pace. Forests in the Western U.S. are suffering. Insects, fires, air pollution are killing portions …
For years the norm was to crush and landfill, or to burn the wood from a building, or the whole building. Even now, if a building is scheduled for demolition or even for deconstruction, Crossroads feels it is wasteful to do away with a well built structure in good condition. we have seen tremendous structures …
At last Marc Mandel is going to enter the discussion on saving the planet with a wider potential audience, the world wide web. He’s been running Crossroads Recycled Lumber for many years and has a unique and varied open minded outlook on this earth where we live and how we have to save it so we can continue to live here.
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