3 benefits of using salvaged materials when building your home

19 October 2018
 Categories: Construction & Contractors, Blog

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If you have plans to build a home soon, you should consider using salvaged materials to construct some parts of it. Read on to discover why this is a good idea.

1. It's more environmentally-friendly

The manufacturing and transportation of new construction materials generate a lot of greenhouse gases, which damage the ozone layer and subsequently contribute to climate change.

Furthermore, because a lot of essential building materials are made from wood (such as structural framework components, flooring and countertops), the production of these materials also contributes to deforestation, a serious issue which has led to a drastic reduction in biodiversity in many parts of the world. As such, if you want to minimise the negative effect your home-building project has on the planet, it's worth using salvaged materials to construct your house.

2. It could make your home more unique

When people build homes with brand new materials that are readily available in virtually all hardware shops, their properties often end up looking quite generic. If you want the home that you build to have a more unique appearance, then it is definitely worth using some salvaged materials when constructing it.

For example, a mantle made from reclaimed timber could give an otherwise bland-looking living room a far more interesting appearance. Likewise, adding a row of colourful vintage tiles to the walls of your kitchen will add a splash of colour and visual interest to this space, even if everything else in this area is brand new and a bit generic-looking.

3. It could reduce your costs

If you have found yourself feeling astonished and slightly horrified by how much it costs to build a house, then it may be worth searching for some salvaged materials to use. The reason for this is that generally speaking, most salvaged materials that you come across will be significantly less costly than their new counterparts.

As such, using some salvaged goods when constructing your home may make this project less expensive. Alternatively, it could free up money that you had intended to use on materials, and in doing so, allow you to spend these funds on other elements of the project. For example, if you wanted to hire a landscaper to design a beautiful garden, but originally couldn't afford to do this because of how much you intended to spend on new materials, the freeing up of some of this money could enable you to create the garden of your dreams.