Bob Riefer
10-04-2010, 8:15 AM
Both my local Lowes and HD have an area near the contractor entrance where they attempt to cheaply sell off returns, miss ships, damaged during shelving etc. It's often pennies on the dollar.
For example, awhile back they had 4 foot tall sections of picket fence that were damaged. $3 per 8 foot section. Now, I didn't need the fence at the time, but all that was wrong with it was each section had one damaged picket... for $3, buy an extra sacrificial length to dismantle and replace the pickets on the other.
Anyways, yesterday's score was modest, but got me to wondering about others' similar scores. My haul yesterday was two 1.5" thick x 20" wide x 6' long solid core oak wrapped doors. No raised panels or drill outs for hardware to contend with. $5 each. Totally perfect condition, just the wrong size ordered. That should solve my outfeed table need. :-)
For example, awhile back they had 4 foot tall sections of picket fence that were damaged. $3 per 8 foot section. Now, I didn't need the fence at the time, but all that was wrong with it was each section had one damaged picket... for $3, buy an extra sacrificial length to dismantle and replace the pickets on the other.
Anyways, yesterday's score was modest, but got me to wondering about others' similar scores. My haul yesterday was two 1.5" thick x 20" wide x 6' long solid core oak wrapped doors. No raised panels or drill outs for hardware to contend with. $5 each. Totally perfect condition, just the wrong size ordered. That should solve my outfeed table need. :-)