On a palm-studded oceanfront lot on the north coast of the island of Maui, sits one of our newest projects, scheduled for completion in the fall of 2009. This 5,600 square foot home is designed by Greg Faulkner and Darrell Linscott of Faulkner Architects www.FaulknerArchitects.net and constructed by Tucker Construction entirely of recycled and salvaged wood from Yankin's Reclaimed Materials. The exterior siding is 1x12" tongue-and-groove (T&G), the roof sheathing and ceilings are a blend of 1x4, 6, and 8" T&G, the window trim is a variety of 2x4, 6, and 8", all milled at YRM from reclaimed redwood that came from the deconstructed old Scotia lumber mill in Humboldt County, California. The massive old-growth redwood timbers are used throughout the exposed timber frame structure of the home in various sizes and lengths up to 40'. These structural reclaimed redwood timbers come from the old Pacific Coast lumber mill building in Arcata, California. The stair treads and window frames are reclaimed jarrah from Australia. The 9x9" rafters in the ceilings are cut from a batch of recycled redwood light stanchion poles. All of the hardware fasteners in the home are stainless steel as are several of the exterior panels, including the garage doors and the pool liner!

The entire redwood package for this project was all sawn and finished to order at YRM, and loaded into several containers and shipped to Maui by sea freight. Unlike most new construction lumber, redwood does not need to be treated with borosilicate (aka 'borate' or 'soap') for Hawaii structural construction. Reclaimed and salvaged redwood has a natural resistance to termites, rot, and decay and unlike materials treated with borosilicate; this redwood is perfect for applications where the wood is exposed to the weather, and unlike chemically treated lumber, exposure to redwood has no known ill health effects.