Comments on: some principles of recycled building http://mayalassiter.com/2009/03/mayas-principles-of-recycled-building/ tracking the wild novelist in her native habitat (bring chocolate) Wed, 23 May 2012 01:42:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: maya http://mayalassiter.com/2009/03/mayas-principles-of-recycled-building/comment-page-1/#comment-1404 maya Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:58:12 +0000 http://mayalassiter.com/blog/?p=728#comment-1404 Oh, no kidding. I've gone way beyond 'twitchy' and moved into 'grand mal seizure' at times about the level of junk around here. There is, in this path, inevitably a ratio of junk-that-will-get-used to junk-that-will-sit-for years. Keeping that ratio within tolerance levels is the trick. Oh, no kidding. I’ve gone way beyond ‘twitchy’ and moved into ‘grand mal seizure’ at times about the level of junk around here. There is, in this path, inevitably a ratio of junk-that-will-get-used to junk-that-will-sit-for years. Keeping that ratio within tolerance levels is the trick.

]]> By: falwyn http://mayalassiter.com/2009/03/mayas-principles-of-recycled-building/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 falwyn Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:10:59 +0000 http://mayalassiter.com/blog/?p=728#comment-1378 I am so torn. On the one hand I am like: YOU ROCK, this is totally awesome. But on the other hand, my FIL is a terrible hoarder (and I should know, as I have plenty of packrat tendencies myself) and so the picking it up and saving it for later thing makes me a little twitchy. I guess the trick is to have an eye for it, like you said, and then actually USE it... if you can manage to do that, maybe you'll be alright. :) I am so torn. On the one hand I am like: YOU ROCK, this is totally awesome.
But on the other hand, my FIL is a terrible hoarder (and I should know, as I have plenty of packrat tendencies myself) and so the picking it up and saving it for later thing makes me a little twitchy.
I guess the trick is to have an eye for it, like you said, and then actually USE it… if you can manage to do that, maybe you’ll be alright. :)

]]> By: maya http://mayalassiter.com/2009/03/mayas-principles-of-recycled-building/comment-page-1/#comment-1086 maya Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:19:06 +0000 http://mayalassiter.com/blog/?p=728#comment-1086 Hello Steven, thanks so much! It sounds like you and my husband are cut from the same cloth. And the stepping stones sound really cool. Hello Steven, thanks so much! It sounds like you and my husband are cut from the same cloth. And the stepping stones sound really cool.

]]> By: steven hurst http://mayalassiter.com/2009/03/mayas-principles-of-recycled-building/comment-page-1/#comment-1084 steven hurst Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:51:34 +0000 http://mayalassiter.com/blog/?p=728#comment-1084 Great article I have been saving up supplies for a few years and driving my wife nuts in the process. Recently I got a demolition job to dismantle an old Bar in a hotel and scored hundreds of board feet of beautiful fir and oak. My friend and I were not under too much presure as we worked for minimum wage so we took our time and tried not to damage things so they could be donated to habitat for humanity. We realized that a lot of waste is unnecessairly created in the quest for time savings. We convinced our supervisor that keeping as much out of the dumpster as possible was actually saving more money than what it costed in added labour costs. One of my favorite sucess stories was when I got a job to build a custom deck. In order to correct a poorly designed concrete patio that was graded towards the house I had to take it out entirely. Not wanted to make numerous trips to the dump I decided to get creative with the jackhammer and make stepping stone shapes which took a little time and lots of patience. I convinced the owner to hire my friend to install these huge slabs into the garden. The result was a gorgeous path of organic shapes that blended into the garden. The owner was more than impressed, she was smitten, and the leaf springs in my truck breathed a sigh of relief. Im gonna enjoy the rest of the site. Drop a line if you like. Cheers steven Great article

I have been saving up supplies for a few years and driving my wife nuts in the process. Recently I got a demolition job to dismantle an old Bar in a hotel and scored hundreds of board feet of beautiful fir and oak. My friend and I were not under too much presure as we worked for minimum wage so we took our time and tried not to damage things so they could be donated to habitat for humanity. We realized that a lot of waste is unnecessairly created in the quest for time savings. We convinced our supervisor that keeping as much out of the dumpster as possible was actually saving more money than what it costed in added labour costs.

One of my favorite sucess stories was when I got a job to build a custom deck. In order to correct a poorly designed concrete patio that was graded towards the house I had to take it out entirely. Not wanted to make numerous trips to the dump I decided to get creative with the jackhammer and make stepping stone shapes which took a little time and lots of patience. I convinced the owner to hire my friend to install these huge slabs into the garden. The result was a gorgeous path of organic shapes that blended into the garden. The owner was more than impressed, she was smitten, and the leaf springs in my truck breathed a sigh of relief.

Im gonna enjoy the rest of the site. Drop a line if you like.

Cheers

steven

]]> By: Mom http://mayalassiter.com/2009/03/mayas-principles-of-recycled-building/comment-page-1/#comment-1070 Mom Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:07:35 +0000 http://mayalassiter.com/blog/?p=728#comment-1070 Hi to all. Well, I have caught up on all the blogs. Especially liked the one about recycling. I know where you get your "love that junk" mentality. I'm the same way. Hi to all. Well, I have caught up on all the blogs. Especially liked the one about recycling. I know where you get your “love that junk” mentality. I’m the same way.

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