Redwood Salvage Sales

Redwood Restoration for Historic Buildings

Specializing in Restoration Supply

Own a rare piece of California history, with dazzling colored Old Growth Redwood. Craft beautiful wall paneling or flooring, elegant custom tables, sculptured bedroom furniture, or monumental cabinets. Orders are milled to your unique specifications.

Our high-quality, Old Growth Redwood vertical grain is the prize of fine architects for historic restoration projects, especially for wainscoting, or bookmatched paneling cuts up to 24″ wide.

We have helped restore masterpieces by Maybeck, Frank Lloyd Wright (Hanna House: Stanford University), Classic Victorian, Victorian Vernacular, Greene and Greene, Japanesque, Arts & Crafts, and many more. No twists, no holes, no rust, no waste. Salvaged—never used. 100% honest. Wood is dry upon delivery to you.

The redwood beauties that we’ve salvaged were felled from the mid- to late-1800s. These giant logs became sunk in the mud of Big River, Mendocino County, California, while waiting to be floated downstream for milling. On the river bottom for over 135 years, they absorbed minerals that developed unique, beautiful coloring. The colorings range from deep rich purples, through rich red and rosewood tints; also blond, burgundy, and cinnamon brown.

We have beautiful Burl Redwood, Curly Redwood, and Cats Paw Redwood. This is Clear All Heart Redwood, no boxed hearts, all Quarter Sawn, fully air-dried, full dimension timbers in vertical, flat, or mixed grain. All ready to ship to your site!

Our paneling and wainscoting is 2″ to 24″ wide, book-matched, Clear, All Heart Redwood, vertical grain. Our company provides both color-matched (identical color) and mixed colors. We have window stock, window trim, fascia, mantle pieces, doors and door stock, stair, rail, and newel stock, flooring, siding replacement, and pretty much anything else needed for these old-growth redwood masterpieces.

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Haight-Ashbury; Moore-Dugal Home; Maybeck

Our Greatest Appeal

The appeal of our redwood is that it is FIRST GROWTH, a different animal than 2nd to 5th growth redwood. This is because of subsequent growth. After the original old growth is cut, the new wood grows from its roots, and many, many times faster, resulting in lots of small “sucker” trees. This new rapid growth with already established roots is a very pulpy wood with wide growth rings. That is not what we carry. Redwood Salvage Sales has an abundance of dense, old growth with tight growth rings instead!

We work with owners, contractors, architects, builders, and/or design or building professionals who seek information and honest answers. You must be authorized to make or help make decisions. We work with your builder or craftsmen to achieve your masterpiece. We know Old Growth Redwood and what it can do.

Orders are shipped to you with no waste at all, every piece ready for its intended purpose. We hand-select every piece of wood we sell, and absolutely guarantee its quality.

Give us a call to discuss your specs for Old Growth Redwood timber, directly from Redwood Salvage Sales. Contact us at Landline (707) 937-2144, TEXT: (707) 734-3385, or email arky@salvagewoodsales.com

Custom-Made Redwood for Historic Building Restoration

Your Specs Are Our Specialty

Our company handles ONLY ecologically Salvaged Old Growth Redwood, Clear All Heart, All Quarter Sawn. This wood is fully and correctly air-dried, and never been used before. This wood is ideal for historic buildings and old homes restorations. We DO NOT SELL OR BUY USED WOOD.

We arrange custom milling to your specifications. You choose from thousands of board feet in Quarter Sawn Cants, from 24″ x 24″ and down, all of sawlog lengths. We have decks of Quarter Sawn full dimension timbers from 24″ x 24″ down.

All this breathtaking lumber has been air-dried for at least 1 year per 1″ thickness, also with years of correct stickering, storage, and rotation. You will not have splitting or cupping later!

We work with architects and/or builders to provide redwood in actual dimensions of lumber, and siding in vertical, flat, or mixed grain. We arrange cutting 1 x 6 T&G redwood lumber, or dimensions you specify. See paneling images.

Timber buyers in the north east, and importers seeking US suppliers: We are your supply center! Peruse our website for California redwood lumber photos and the unique quality of our salvaged, sunken Old Growth Redwood!

How Good and Green Redwood Really Is

Redwood lasts for generations due to its ability to repel termites and to resist rot. This is a superb green architect resource for your green dream home! Redwood is one of the most dimensionally stable of western softwoods. It is not prone to checking or splitting, and it is less damaged by the weather.
Redwood is decay-resistant across all heartwood grades and is a great solution for use near the ground. Redwood is more insect repellent in All Heart Wood grades than any other softwood, 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 its thermal insulation R-values.

Guiltless Eco-Salvaged Old Growth Redwood

The redwood we have was originally cut by wood loggers in the mid-1800’s. The logs stayed at the bottom of Big River for over 135 years! This ecological water-logged treasure was salvaged by hand-wench and the ebb and flow of the tides. These wood giants came 35 feet up from the bottom of the river. This redwood is not from second-growth harvesting.

All Growth Redwood provides adequate strength for multiple uses and has superior insulation values. The redwood’s thermal insulation value comes from its minute cell structure, with thousands of air-filled cavities. Redwood is easily machined, sawn, nailed, and glued, and it has a superior finish-holding ability. Redwood is known for its easy maintenance and beautiful color, perfect for your project!