want to recycle a barn. [View all]
so after much wrangling, the city of chicago is going to let me build a small barn on my microfarm. 
since our really core principle here is sustainability, we would like to build it from recycled parts. it is pretty much a typical small scale barn, 40' x 25'.
the midwest is littered with dead and dying old barns. they can be had for little or nothing, you just have to take them down. there are companies that demolish your barn, or sell you parts from other barns. some even resaw old timbers to true them up.
there is also a great organization here that is deconstructing houses, so anything that i might need in that dept will be available, too. (love this place. the good old stuff, brass faucets and stuff like that, for pennies on the dollar.)
so, anyone have experience with working with recycled materials? am i buying myself extra headaches that will end up costing me more in the end?
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