Selling Old Barn Wood

Real antique wood is a family owned and operated reclaimed wood mill located in new jersey.

Selling old barn wood.

Ideally the barn seller should want the barn buyer to be someone who is in the business of buying old barns because they will have the experience and know how needed to safely remove an old barn. Most wood used in the construction of older american barns has value assuming a particular species and condition. See the how to videos on the reclaimed wood exchange for more info on how to prepare barn wood. The reclaimed wood exchange is setup to take the challenge out of selling barn wood.

When you want to sell a barn you must direct your marketing at people who buy old barns and barn wood. We take down 100 year old barns bring the antique wood back to our mill and turn it into sustainable reclaimed hardwood flooring salvaged barn siding custom farmhouse furniture and more. Potential sources may include. Selling a barn is very different from selling a house.

1 standing barn with all of its barn wood has value but also represents a lot of work. Selling barn wood is as simple as 1 2 3. Unless you are in the salvage business and have all of the proper tooling and equipment. We then recycle it into fine wood products.

If we think the barn is good enough to be rebuilt into a home or structure we strive to find a buyer for the timberframe instead of being pieced out for beams and cut up into flooring. Factories warehouses mills barns rural outbuildings as well as many unusual sources like wine barrels train cars and bridges. Land owners looking to take down older barns and place the wood on the market for resale can find themselves in possession of unique materials including barn boards and hand hewn barn beams.