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Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit a 501(C) 3 corporation Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit a 501(C) 3 corporation
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Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit a 501(C) 3 corporation Architectural Salvage Warehouse Detroit of Detroit a 501(C) 3 corporation historic preservation community enhancement Job training and employment landfill diversion retail sales we are about... 4-word name
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DEMOLITION yellow-metal “ yellow-metal way” “crush & bury” crush all parts and dump it in the land-fill DE-CONSTRUCTION reverse construction by hand one “layer” at a time (last added, first removed) “Harvest” re-usable materials sell at retail can achieve 85% “diversion” from land-fill 75% of “diverted” materials can be re-used can yield owner sizable tax-deduction definition of terms: demolition de-construction
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building slated for take-down de-construction “Harvested” building materials re-sale yardretail sales Recycle materials donations consignment “skimming” re-usable materials “harvested” by others
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The crew gets trained in the use of equipment.
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There are tricks to lifting floorboards,
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and wrapping them …..
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Classes of students observe the process ….. Lewiston Road, Grosse Pointe
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….. as the house gets emptier
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and “de-nailed” Lewiston Road, Grosse Pointe
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Lumber is sorted by size, Lewiston Road, Grosse Pointe
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and stacked for shipment. Lewiston Road, Grosse Pointe
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Even scrap-wood gets re-cycled,
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and the metal parts get separated,
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even the nails. (around 250 pounds)
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