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Griffith, ACT, 2603
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100 Year Old Timbers From Ultimo

August 15, 2017 Thor Diesendorf
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The demolition
The demolition

The building is braced from underneath so the demo guys can drive excavators on the floor above.  You can see the joists above the steel bracing.

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We have just received a big truck load of wide floor joists from an old building in Harris St, Ultimo. It isn’t often that these 100 plus year old buildings are demolished these days, so we couldn’t pass up the chance to salvage the wide 250x60mm joists. 

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Salvaged Blackbutt Floorboards - New Stock! →

October 15, 2016 Thor Diesendorf
Packs of salvaged floorboards at our workshop, ready for install and finishing.
Packs of salvaged floorboards at our workshop, ready for install and finishing.
An example of a recently laid, salvaged Blackbutt floor finished with Osmo.
An example of a recently laid, salvaged Blackbutt floor finished with Osmo.
An example of a recently laid, salvaged Blackbutt floor finished with Osmo.
An example of a recently laid, salvaged Blackbutt floor finished with Osmo.
An example of a recently laid, salvaged Blackbutt floor finished with Osmo.
An example of a recently laid, salvaged Blackbutt floor finished with Osmo.
Packs of salvaged floorboards at our workshop, ready for install and finishing. An example of a recently laid, salvaged Blackbutt floor finished with Osmo. An example of a recently laid, salvaged Blackbutt floor finished with Osmo. An example of a recently laid, salvaged Blackbutt floor finished with Osmo.

We have just received a really great load of salvaged flooring from the demolition of an old factory complex in Greenacre, Sydney. 

We don’t get salvaged floors like these very often anymore so it is pretty exciting to get these timbers into the yard! Read More

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Wesley College of Arts Demolition →

May 11, 2016 Thor Diesendorf
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The Wesley College of Arts building is coming down, it is a terrible shame, it is incredibly well built, triple brick with very high quality Austrtalian Hardwood timbers, we will make sure none of it goes to waste.

We have salvaged some great timber from this almost 100 year old building, and we are ready to give it new life! Read More

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Batemans Bay Wharf Piers Salvage →

October 20, 2015 Thor Diesendorf
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We just salvaged a large quantity of timber from Batemans Bay Marina pier replacements.

On the outside these old piers look haggard and worn, when we saw the beams the beautiful dark reddy brown Turpuntine timber will be revealed for the first time in 60 years! Read More

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Floorboard Salvage - RAAF Base Richmond →

July 16, 2015 Thor Diesendorf
 Blackbutt floor boards salvaged from the RAFF Richmond Base in original condition and two different sanding / finish levels.

Blackbutt floor boards salvaged from the RAFF Richmond Base in original condition and two different sanding / finish levels.

 Packs of salvaged floor boards ready to be installed at your place!

Packs of salvaged floor boards ready to be installed at your place!

 At the demolition site RAAF Base Richmond

At the demolition site RAAF Base Richmond

 At the demolition site RAAF Base Richmond, it was a real swamp after heavy rain!

At the demolition site RAAF Base Richmond, it was a real swamp after heavy rain!

 At the demolition site RAAF Base Richmond

At the demolition site RAAF Base Richmond

We have just salvaged the Blackbutt flooring from accommodation buildings at RAAF Base Richmond.  The boards are around 50 years old, in really good condition and have a great patina.

Blackbutt is a dense Australian hardwood perfectly suited to long lasting flooring. After sitting in this building for so long the boards are well seasoned and ready to lay. Read More

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A very unusual demolition and salvage! →

April 17, 2015 Thor Diesendorf
 Salvaged Spotted Gum ready for re finishing 

Salvaged Spotted Gum ready for re finishing 

 Salvaged Spotted Gum slabs straight from the demolition site

Salvaged Spotted Gum slabs straight from the demolition site

Spotted gum slabs in position at the demolition site
Spotted gum slabs in position at the demolition site
 Spotted Gum slabs in position at the demolition site, we will turn these into beautiful furniture!

Spotted Gum slabs in position at the demolition site, we will turn these into beautiful furniture!

 Here is an example of an Art Deco inspired table made by us using Recycled Spotted Gum. 

Here is an example of an Art Deco inspired table made by us using Recycled Spotted Gum. 

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We were called by a demolition company to take a look at unusual old house in St Mary’s, Sydney.  The house was built like an old slab hut with the walls made out of vertical wide boards with strips of tin tacked over the gaps.  There was plenty of good timber for us to salvage! Read More

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The Abbey Mittagong - Tallowwood floor boards →

March 4, 2015 Thor Diesendorf
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And out of the rubble came these amazing Tallowwood floor boards!

We have just salvaged a load of Tallowwood flooring from the demolition of The Abbey, near Mittagong and it's ready to lay at your house!

The Abbey buildings date back to the 1930’s and were actually used as an Abbey complete with nuns! Read More

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Nowra Sawmill Posts Have Arrived!

January 15, 2015 Thor Diesendorf
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The first semi load of poles arrived yesterday from the demolition of the Nowra Sawmill.

The rooves of the old sawmill sheds were built out of round logs 200-300mm in diameter and up to 12m long!

The poles have gone really dark with age, but once we brush them back you will see the beautiful coastal hardwoods that lie underneath their rough exterior. Read More

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Turning telegraph poles into floorboards

September 9, 2014 Thor Diesendorf
Old Telegraph poles in their raw state
Old Telegraph poles in their raw state
Sawn telegraph pole ready for installation
Sawn telegraph pole ready for installation

Any holes or cracks can be filled with resin on timber plugs to give a smooth surface

Tongue and Groove Profiles
Tongue and Groove Profiles

These timbers have been sawn from the telegraph poles and we are now passing them through our moulding machine to put tongue and groove profiles on them ready to be installed at your place!
 

Timbers sawn from telegraph poles
Timbers sawn from telegraph poles
Loaded up in packs ready to go to some lucky persons house for installation and finishing.
Loaded up in packs ready to go to some lucky persons house for installation and finishing.

You can see we have put the tongue and groove profile on these boards after they have been sawn out of telegraph poles.

 Telegraph pole floor boards installed onsite at King O'Malleys - Canberra City

Telegraph pole floor boards installed onsite at King O'Malleys - Canberra City

 Telegraph pole floor boards installed onsite at King O'Malleys - Canberra City

Telegraph pole floor boards installed onsite at King O'Malleys - Canberra City

 Telegraph pole floor boards installed onsite at King O'Malleys - Canberra City

Telegraph pole floor boards installed onsite at King O'Malleys - Canberra City

Go take a look at the ugly old telegraph pole in your front yard, it's probably about to be removed, chopped into pieces, thrown to landfill and replaced with a concrete pole.

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Pier 26 Darling Harbour - Demolition

July 3, 2014 Thor Diesendorf
Pier 26 Darling Harbour Wharf Timbers
Pier 26 Darling Harbour Wharf Timbers

300mm x 300mm and 300mm x 150mm structural beams. These are extremely durable hardwoods and would be great architectural or landscape features.

Tallowwood and Blackbutt wharf decking boards at four different levels of processing
Tallowwood and Blackbutt wharf decking boards at four different levels of processing

This photo should give you an idea of the variety of looks we can produce from one timber source. See more info in text below.

Thor’s Hammer just got hold of the old wharf timbers from Pier 26, Darling Harbour. The wharf was only 25 years old when it was demolished so the timbers are in great condition!  Read More

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Q Stores Demolition

January 25, 2014 Thor Diesendorf
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During WW2, the Wool Corporation built 168 huge sheds along the canal in Alexandria to stockpile wool to sell when trade improved. We are recycling a huge amount of timber from these buildings: 200x200mm hand adzed hardwood posts. Miles of 100x25mm straight edge flooring....

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NEWS

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10 Tables Exhibition - On Now in The Mixing Room Gallery
Design Canberra Open Studio - Demonstrations & Workshop Tours
Why a Loyal Crew is Thor’s Biggest Asset
MEET THE MAKER: Mal McNaughton from Bingie Builders

RECYCLING NOW

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Kauri Pine Salvaged Flooring
Tray Collective - A Collaboration between Chelsea Lemon & Thor's Hammer
Red Gum Slabs
Timber Profile: Recycled Mixed Red Hardwoods
Timber Cladding

PROJECTS

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Step Into Health Care
A Blackbutt Table For All Occasions
From The Workshop - November
Two New Table Designs From The Gallery
A Recycled Feature Wall for an Organic Canberra Institution
From The Workshop - October
Spotted Gum Extension Table
RECYCLED IRONBARK Outdoor Tables & Benches
From The Workshop - September
Raked Leg Table

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