First deck down.
I got:
28 metal 2x6 hangers
All 16 pressure treated 2''x6''x8' boards were good.
The deck was 15 or 16 2x6 wide then 12' plus 16' long (was made of 12 and 16 foot boards placed end to end).
9 ofthe 12' long boards were good
4 needed to be cut down partially, shortened or cut into 2x4.
3 I just chopped up for firewood.
The 16 footers I didn't do as well.
5 were good to reuse.
5 shortened and cut to 2x4
The remainder will be cut down or cut into fire wood.
Lastly 8 each 6' long ground contact pressure treated 4x4 posts. All good to go back in the ground or use something else.
Plus a bunch of screws and lag bolts.
Just wood alone is almost $400 retail. Counting the cut down wood as 50% original cost and the fire wood as nothing and the metal hangers as $1 each. Not counting the screws and lag bolts. Not counting the five 2'x6' I haven't decided if I'm cutting down or cutting into firewood.
Normally people just rip something like this out and throw it all in the dumpster. Posts, 2'x6's, hangers, screws.
I'm reusing, recycling or burning for heat every possible bit of it. Aside from pressure treated 2x6 cutoff bits, you shouldn't burn them and can't recycle them. Oh well.
Land fill waste reduced by 99% or so.
Trees saved, a few.
It took all day to do.
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