Posted by littlefarmer on July 09, 2015 at 12:15:11 from (173.87.84.82):
I am doing repairs on my barn, and was talking to my local building supplier this morning. He was telling me that old barn wood, especially old siding, decking, and beams, is bringing crazy prices. Apparently this stuff has become the new trend, and people are buying it for such things as kitchen walls, bedroom furniture, and houses.
He told me that good barn lap siding goes for $6-$7 a FOOT??? Large undamaged support beams for a couple hundred?
Another guy told me that he has a relative who bought several farms recently, that had old farm buildings on them. He was swamped with calls from people from the West Coast wanting to buy the buildings and they would come out and dismantle them.
Apparently the older the wood, the better.
I farm in Nebraska. Seems kind of sad to see these old barns end up as wall covering in some wealthy Yuppie's trendy new house.
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