I thought scavenging bits of wood and pallets for the build would be arduous and more hassle than it was worth-wouldn't it be a better use of time to just work, earn cash and buy the wood, apparently NO!
The rewards of chatting to people about your idea are massive, it's a great conversation starter and most people are very curious and excited (some sneer but it's not for everyone). Some blokes at a timber place wouldn't give us stuff unless we promised to bring them pictures of the project. We traded £5 worth of tea and coffee stuff for their staff room - for well over £100 worth of timber, scrap wood and ply which was destined for burning
Heno is the master of pallet foraging
I however seem to have a knack for chatting to older couples who are getting extensions done and have skips full of joy to share.
timber yard donation
Heno's trailer carefully packed
First load of free wood (mostly the fruit of Heno's skip diving) stacked up on site for the first day.
If you have any scraps of wood, ply or longer timber to donate please message us, don't worry - chipped ends can be trimmed, nails can be pulled out, cement scraped off and drillholes plugged up or filled.
Greg
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