How Good and Green Redwood Really Is

Redwood repels termites and its ability to resist rot enables it to last for generations—the supurb green architect resources for your green dream home and perfect quality for historic building restoration! One of the most dimensionally stable of western softwoods, redwood is not prone to checking or splitting, therefore is less damaged by weathering. Redwood is decay-resistant in all heartwood grades, so heartwood can be used near the ground. Redwood is more insect repellant in all-heartwood grades than any other softwoods, yet it is lightweight.

Although one of the lightest of softwoods, redwood provides adequate strength for many uses, as well as superior insulation values. Redwood's minute cell structure, with thousands of air filled cavities, enables redwood's thermal insulation values. Redwood is easily machined, easy to saw, nail, glue, and has superior finish-holding ability. Redwood is known for its easy maintenance and beautiful color. Redwood is often used where high moisture levels are a problem with other types of wood.

Within our Web site we have a brochure library of Redwood Idea Resources; with numerous ideas including project plans...from "living green" to exterior finishes, and many do-it-yourself projects. Find out what California Redwood can do for you!

Redwood is also excellent for home furnishings. Browse our Brewery Gulch Inn page, Custom Furniture and Redwood Online Photo Gallery for examples of fine redwood tables, chairs, kitchen cabinets and other items.

Old growth Redwood for Restorations, Remodeling, New Construction

Many of the furniture makers and joiners who helped us build Brewery Gulch Inn are now collaborating with us at various Mendocino locations.

We also arrange for custom mouldings for those one-of-a-kind restoration projects of historic redwood homes.

Green Resources

Speaking of "green," here's some more resources that can inspire your "green" ideas:

Energy Star: The official government site on Energy Star products, home improvement, buildings, plants and more.
National Center for Healthy Housing: Green and healthy housing resources.
A Sourcebook for Green and Sustainable Building: Sustainable Sources celebrating 16 years of online green building information.
BuildingGreen.com: Over 2000 independent, unbiased listings of green bulding products from Green Spec.

Unrivaled Shades of Color

Sinker wood is unique in its colors and grains, from deep rich purples through rich red and rosewood tints, also blond, burgundy and cinnamon brown, as shown in the pictures on this site. The result of more than 135 years in the mineral-rich water of Big River, this redwood is extraordinarily beautiful, with its tight grain and unusual variegated shades. Paneling and wainscoting is a popular use of sinker wood because of its unusual coloring. (The background image in this section is Redwood Burl.)

SHADES OF COLOR PHOTO GALLERY: (Click thumbnail image to view larger image)

Old Growth Split Rails

We have old growth split rails available for sale.

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Old Growth Redwood Uses:
Beam ceiling designs Timber lodge furniture Post beam cottages One-of-a-kind extreme home makeover Mantel fireplace ideas Custom executive furniture Wood file cabinets Building a deck on a home Solid wood bedroom furniture Traditional wood shutters Building a home bar Wood wine boxes Redwood cupolas Redwood panelized homes Wooden arch bridge for garden or koi pool Exotic custom furniture Beautiful kitchen cabinetry	California historic building materials Victorian houses renovation Architects adaptive reuse of San Francisco bay area real estate Desert mountain real estate or Lake Tahoe properties Your luxury condo in Las Vegas Las Vegas luxury homes Scottsdale luxury homes Unique redwood accent for Baha California properties Caribbean vacation home Japanese home architecture Exotic wood timber frame houses Timber frame barn kits Green architect resources LUTHIERS: Instrument quality air-dried redwood for guitars—see this stunning beauty!

Old Growth Redwood Uses:

Beam ceiling designs
Timber lodge furniture
Post beam cottages
One-of-a-kind extreme home makeover
Mantel fireplace ideas
Custom executive furniture
Wood file cabinets
Building a deck on a home
Solid wood bedroom furniture
Traditional wood shutters
Building a home bar
Wood wine boxes
Redwood cupolas
Redwood panelized homes
Wooden arch bridge for garden or koi pool
Exotic custom furniture
Beautiful kitchen cabinetry

California historic building materials
Victorian houses renovation
Architects adaptive reuse of San Francisco bay area real estate
Desert mountain real estate or Lake Tahoe properties
Your luxury condo in Las Vegas
Las Vegas luxury homes
Scottsdale luxury homes
Unique redwood accent for Baha California properties
Caribbean vacation home
Japanese home architecture
Exotic wood timber frame houses
Timber frame barn kits
Green architect resources
LUTHIERS: Instrument quality air-dried redwood for guitars—see this stunning beauty!

Own a Piece of California State History All of our wood is clear all heart salvaged old growth redwood. This salvaged sunken redwood has ax-shaved ends, meaning it was cut before the late-1800s. Originallyharvested between 1850 and 1910, this redwood falls into three distinct time periods: 1) A V-shape or "beaver-cut" meant that a log was felled with an axe between 1850 and 1876, when the labor- and time-saving raker-tooth saw was invented. 2) Logs cut with a saw and dragged to the river by mules or oxen were first shaved or edged around their circumference to prevent snagging. Learn more...	Fine Craftsmen and WoodworkersWe gladly interface with owners, contractors, architects, builders, designers and/or their agents to provide you our beautifully colored salvaged redwood. We know old growth redwood and what it can do. We hand select every piece of wood we sell, and we absolutely guarantee its quality. Redwood Salvage Sales arranges custom milling to any specifications you define in vertical, flat or mixed grains, and ship directly to your home or workplace. We can ship domestic and internationally. Our orders are shipped to you with no waste at all, every stick usable for its intended purpose. Learn more...
Brewery Gulch Inn Fournded and built by Arky Ciancutti with his eco-salvaged redwood, Gourmet Magazine (August, 2002) said, "this stylish new hotel sets a SoHo standard for design..." Wine Enthusiast (March, 2003) said that, partly due to this wood, the inn is "A masterpiece of style and design." Sky Magazine (Delta Airlines) wrote in June, 2003, that ...."wood connoisseur Ciancutti used the wood as lavish trim, a worthy tribute to those ancient trees." Learn more....	Myrtlewood Available All-burl Myrtlewood is available here at Redwood Salvage Sales. We have Myrtlewood slabs 2-1/4" to 3-1/4", all 10' long, up to 44" wide, all book-matched. Air-dried 6 years indoors. One of a kind pieces. Some beautiful furnishings and items have been created by our local craftsmen.
Customer Reviews Another happy customer installing their new redwood paneling says, "They look beautiful!"—Los Angeles Read what other customers have to say at our Customer Reviews.	In The News Magazine articles about Redwood Salvage Sales by Robb Report Luxury Home; BUILDERnews; Sawmill & Woodlot Magazine; and The San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine. Check it out!
The Salvage Story A man's journey from doctor to innkeeper in Mendocino County began with dredging sunken timber out of Big River...the recovery of a lost treasure of Northern California!	Green Benefits and Durability of Redwood Redwood repels termites and its ability to resist rot enables it to last for generations—superb green architect resources for your green dream home! Learn more...

Redwood Salvage Sales

Home Owners

Redwood Cuts & Grains:

Idea Resources:

How Good and Green Redwood Really Is

Old growth Redwood for Restorations, Remodeling, New Construction

Green Resources

Unrivaled Shades of Color

Old Growth Split Rails