A New Beginning
Deconstruction, the practice of disassembling a building so components can be reused, is an alternative to building demolition in which the materials are landfill-bound.
For remodelers interested in deconstructing within their practices, Miller recommends contacting a local recycling center or Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore to find out what materials are valuable in specific areas. “Contractors have a hard job, and labor is where you usually make or break a project so you don’t want to waste a lot of time doing something that is not going to turn out in the end,” he says. “Having the knowledge ahead of time about what kinds of things are useful for repurposing in your area will keep you from putting a lot of effort into saving a fixture just to find out you need to take it to the dump anyway.”
After research, Miller says the rest is common sense. “If something looks good enough that you think you can reuse it but don’t want to keep it, then pass it on to someone else who will reuse it. Then instead of mountains in the landfill, we just have hills.”
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