Thread: Dumpster diving - again

man that is a gold mine. What a massive shame you couldn't get all of the jarrah out.

when you see the truck loads of treated crapiata going back into the place I really start to wonder about some peoples tastes.


Couldn't agree more got more money then sense ,

glenn

It cost money to take rubbish to the dump. Whilst we can all argue what is and isn't rubbish, have you considered asking them to keep the timber (or in this case being so near) to drop it off to you for a carton of beer at the end of the week? My girlfriend did this and had heaps of stuff dropped off including a perfect conditioned claw foot bath and I am sorry, I'll ask for free.... I have no shame, well maybe a little if my 10yr old daughter is in eyesight. Who knows how much more they are going to continue the growth to be trendy until the next owner wants a federation look? Good luck

A friend saved a housefull of coloured casement windows from going to the tip when a neighbors house was being renovated. A few years later, new owners moved in and wanted to replace the sliding windows with casements, so she told them she might have ones that might just fit perfect, and took them all back!

Donna

Originally Posted by flynnsart

A friend saved a housefull of coloured casement windows from going to the tip when a neighbors house was being renovated. A few years later, new owners moved in and wanted to replace the sliding windows with casements, so she told them she might have ones that might just fit perfect, and took them all back!

Donna

Love it!

This is our 30th year in the same house so we've seen a few ning-nongs come and go in street. The neighbor across the street spent $15K getting the tuck pointing restored - when it was finished it looked fantastic! House sold - new neighbor renders front of house - $15k. House sold - new neigbours saw our restored tuck pointing and is now taking about getting it put on their house - it near broke their hearts when I told them !!!

House next door (circa 1916) was demolished to build 2 semi's
I managed to save some skirting, picture rail and a fire place surround (all original)
used the skirting and picture rail in my place and swapped the fire place surround for a case of red wine
bargain

Many years ago when I was about 12, a mate and I were checking out all the really good junk the people were throwing out for the council clean-up. We found a stack of lead light doors and windows outside a neighbour's house. We stacked them on a billy cart and took them all back to his place - and proceeded to knock them apart to collect the lead to make sinkers.

Forty plus years later I'm appalled about what we did but at the time nobody raised an eyebrow.

SWMBO and I are renovating an old house we just bought as an investment property and we have recycled almost every scrap of timber so far. For example, we stripped the whole kitchen. The doors were made from ply which had split everywhere. The shelving which was water stained and filthy after more than 40 years of neglect, and a counter-top covered in burnie board.
After much de-nailing, scraping and planing we discovered it was all jarrah. Even the floors which were covered with vinyl, burnie board etc, were found to be jarrah. All the floors are 3" t&g. These will eventually be sanded and satin finished. The house was commissioned by a stock agent company in 1951 with a shop at the front which was built to the same specs. The whole thing really is a diamond in the rough.
Our plan is to bring it all back to its former glory without over-modernising it. We want to renovate it so that it doesn't look like a renovation, rather a well-cared for house.
And guess what? It's right next door to us.
So far, so good.