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Railroad Ties and Utility Poles for a Log Cabin? @ Handmade House TV #142
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These two materials are considered by many to be the most toxic materials that we can purchase. So why would we want to use them to build our homes with? Why would would want something like these even on our property? In todays toxic world it's tough to build our homes with all natural materials... but an easy first step is to stay away from these two products! We advise folks to dispose of their gloves after touching these materials! If you want to design and build a beautiful natural home we invite you to come on over and see us at http://handmadehouses.com/
@SnyderBearFarm
No I won't buy wood at a store when there is perfectly good free wood waiting to be used.
@chrislandfair4186
What if you coated and sealed the railroad ties with epoxy? Would they then be safe for making indoor furniture?
@christinelang2148
What is the best wood to use to build a log cabin that is not very expensive and will last for moons! Lol
@lukew9033
U can get them untreated from the sawmill
@kendavis625
I suppose you should refuse the utility company to place a pole on your property?
@michaelpatton8427
What about build a shed out of them?
@OKBadBoats
Add pressure treated to it
@kerimedley8945
Mother earth has good articles of people using R/R ties for their log homes
@1theqtpie
What are they doing to the ground around them then? If they are so dangerous they have to be poisoning the ground with this chemical. It’s almost like poisoning the ground is ok and the numbers doesn’t add up with the deaths it’s causing. Everyone is in danger and need compensation if they have symptoms from exposure, or am I missing something
@hooter1405
Tree hugger
@joefondren9755
What's big, and long, lasts a real long time, and FREE to me? Repurposed bridge timbers that were treated with that horrible and deadly creosote.
It's amazing that I'm still alive; of course it hasn't been that long ago, as I'm only 76 years old now; but when I was a barefoot boy with cheek of tan I spent several summers at my Grandma's, who lived a hundred yards from the L&N railroad that bisected the little Southern town, and stacks of brand new crossties were often close by. Every time we thought no one was looking my cousins and I were climbing on the stacks of ties, walking the tracks, or climbing underneath any wooden bridge close enough for us to access. The only downsides were splinters and black marks on our white T-shirts. Of course, some adult family members mildly (SP) objected; but I was never explicitly told to not do it any more. At least I don't REMEMBER being told, and that's the same thing. Right?
I've built two smallish houses with NO help, and been the general contractor on another bigger one; and I can't see any problem with using 9"x20"x30' creosote beams as girders three feet above grade on top of concrete piers, since the beams will only very seldom ever be seen,
or touched, and never wet.
I wouldn't even care about a slight smell of creosote; it would bring back memories of a time when Americans were much freer.
A thing that would be many times more dangerous than having a little creosote under your house, is travelling to and from your house.
It's amazing that I'm still alive; of course it hasn't been that long ago, as I'm only 76 years old now; but when I was a barefoot boy with cheek of tan I spent several summers at my Grandma's, who lived a hundred yards from the L&N railroad that bisected the little Southern town, and stacks of brand new crossties were often close by. Every time we thought no one was looking my cousins and I were climbing on the stacks of ties, walking the tracks, or climbing underneath any wooden bridge close enough for us to access. The only downsides were splinters and black marks on our white T-shirts. Of course, some adult family members mildly (SP) objected; but I was never explicitly told to not do it any more. At least I don't REMEMBER being told, and that's the same thing. Right?
I've built two smallish houses with NO help, and been the general contractor on another bigger one; and I can't see any problem with using 9"x20"x30' creosote beams as girders three feet above grade on top of concrete piers, since the beams will only very seldom ever be seen,
or touched, and never wet.
I wouldn't even care about a slight smell of creosote; it would bring back memories of a time when Americans were much freer.
A thing that would be many times more dangerous than having a little creosote under your house, is travelling to and from your house.
@benjaminbunny99
From what I understand, the poles the utility companies replace have had all the chemical treatment drain down the pole to the very bottom. They replace them because the treatment is no longer keeping them from rotting. When they resell these poles they cut that bottom part off making these poles fine to use. Just make sure they’re still structurally sound.
