Deconstruction Project
Material Recovery Summary


The building was a two story, four room, late 1800's home, located in Radford, Virginia. Originally "slated" for demolition, ACCESS was able to contract with the site owner to deconstruct the structure and remove all of the materials.


 MATERIAL

 DIMENSION/DESCRIPTION

 AMOUNT

 siding

 1" X 4", cedar

 1,152 sq. ft.*

 sub siding

 1" X 10" - 22", red and white oak**

 1,340 sq. ft.

 flooring

 1" X 3", tongue & groove heart pine

 1,008 sq. ft

 main beams

 8" X 8", red and white oak

 136 ft.

 main floor joist & rafters

 2" X 6", red and white oak

 756 ft

 studs

 2" X 4", red & white oak, & some pine

 1,917 ft.

 wainscot

 1" X 4", knotty pine

 396 sq. ft.

 stairway treads, risers, handrail, spindles and newel posts

 Various

 Various

 miscellaneous molding, 1/4 round, shoe, base, crown, window, & door

 Various

  936 ft.

 lathe

 white oak

 3,744 sq. ft.

 

 Miscellaneous Materials

 

 porch posts

 Solid turned

 5 - 8'

 sash windows

 various

 9

 interior doors

 Solid wood panel

 6

 exterior door

 Solid wood panel and glass

 1

 insulation (bagged up and reinstalled in another building project)

 loose blown cellulose

 252 cubic feet

 pulled nails (taken to the recycling center)

 steel

 257 lbs.

 chimney bricks were sorted through, the "good" one for use in walkways, etc., the broken and crumbling ones were used for fill

 the steel roofing is being used to cover the "yet to be used" salvaged material and will be recycled when it finishes serving that purpose

 All of the rooms in the house were full of clothes, toys, and "stuff" (this is a technical term). Everything that was in usable condition was taken to the local thrift store or sold at the yard sale.

 500 lbs. of material was landfilled from this project. This consisted of actual garbage from the house, old brittle linoleum, about 300 sq. ft. of painted drywall, some rotted wood, and some small roof section that were more tar than metal.


1. The building had a small two room addition on the back which the owner wanted to "fix up" as a shop. Some of the siding was left for him to finish off the front of the room where it had been attached to the main building.

2. As this house was built in the late 1800's, these boards were cut from tree that would have been alive in the 1700's.



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