Thomas Colson
01-16-2021, 5:57 PM
Not a barn per say, but an outbuilding on a working farm. 1 story. About 50-ish 8 footers, and 50-ish 2-4 footers. 5/4 down to 7/8. 4-7 inches wide. White and/or chestnut oak, original old growth stuff, and my is it beautiful and figured when you S2S it! I'm trying to come to fair value. In these parts, the farmers know what they have, and competition to tear down barns is fierce, as is the street prices of the reclaimed wood. Farmer wants the building gone for an expansion of another building. However, labor is on me to get the wood off the building (about a day), de-nail it, etc...and pretty much every board has PBB in it, so it'd have to be treated. Access to a kiln is problematic. Eyeballing, I figure I can get half the total BF into something useable (picture frames, knick nacks, etc...) after cutting out the rotted ends, the really curvy stuff, bad checks, etc...
I've done this in the past with barnwood, I get what is reasonably usable, S2S it, fill any defects with black tinted epoxy, and thus becomes my random project wood. And it looks great! It's not for everybody I'm sure, but I like it, and I generally keep what I make for my own use.
Considering I'm sure this guy has many offers on the table (like I said, people are going nuts for barnwood around here!), but we're acquaintances (from work), what do you think would be fair? I'm not broke, but considering the labor involved in getting usable wood, there's a price point where I could simply buy it from the numerous folks around here that do this full time.
I've done this in the past with barnwood, I get what is reasonably usable, S2S it, fill any defects with black tinted epoxy, and thus becomes my random project wood. And it looks great! It's not for everybody I'm sure, but I like it, and I generally keep what I make for my own use.
Considering I'm sure this guy has many offers on the table (like I said, people are going nuts for barnwood around here!), but we're acquaintances (from work), what do you think would be fair? I'm not broke, but considering the labor involved in getting usable wood, there's a price point where I could simply buy it from the numerous folks around here that do this full time.