Secondhand building materials
are a really valuable resource, and it is important to encourage
the recycling of materials. However please don't support the
market in stolen architectural antiques -if you believe you are
being offered stolen goods, you could check with the extensive
listing at SalvoWeb
before parting with your money.
If you are involved in demolition
works, or simply removing out of date components, then why not
contact a salvage yard. It may simply save you the cost of disposal,
but then again you might make something out of it, as well not
contributing to landfill waste tips.
EVENTS
June -Knebworth House, Hertfordshire
Salvo
Fair Salvo Fair
is an extesive outdoor exhibition of architectural salvage, garden
antiques and reclaimed building materials that takes place late
June. Everything is for sale.
FLY TO BUY
Take part in a new antiques
TV show buying antiques abroad and trying to sell them for a
profit back home!
Are you interested in collectables
and antiques?
Do you like going to car boot
sales, fairs and markets?
Are you interested in taking
part in a new TV antiques show buying antiques abroad with professional
dealers and trying to sell them back home for a profit? We are
looking for lively and passionate friends and family who enjoy
travelling and want to take part together in teams of two in
this new TV antiques game show.
To apply and for more information
please contact Sophie Wells: sophie.wells@rdftelevision.com
/ 0117 970 7697
Useful Information
BuildingConservation.com -online information centre for the conservation
and restoration of historic buildings, churches and garden landscapes.
SalvoWEB -site devoted to Architectural Antiques,
Antique Garden Ornament, Reclaimed Building Materials and Architectural
Salvage, with links to many dealers in UK, Ireland, France &
USA.
Directory of Reclamation
Yards and Suppliers:
Bristol (Avon)
Rose Green Tiles & Reclamation -based in Bristol, they supply a wide
range of building and ornamental materials, including roofing
materials, re-claimed building materials, timber, landscaping
materials, garden ornaments, fireplaces and surrounds.
Derbyshire
Ripley
Reclamation -East Midland's
largest supplier of reclaimed floors, doors, architectural antiques
and bygones.
Devon
Toby's Reclamation -reclaimed building materials and architectural
antiques in Exeter.
London
LASSCO -London Architectural Salvage and
Supply Co is London's best known architectural antiques company.
Nottinghamshire
NAAR -buyers & sellers of architectural
salvage and urban reclamation in Nottingham -original fireplaces,
doors, flooring & other reclaimed material.
Oxfordshire
Upton
Wood -specialise in
antique pine and oak flooring, as well as beams, doors and other
timberwork from their showroom near Didcot.
Shropshire
Priors
Reclamation -based
in Bridgenorth, Shropshire, they specialise in reclaimed timber
floors and doors.
Somerset
Castle Reclamation -based in Martock, Somerset, specialist in architectural
salvage, natural stone fireplaces and 16th and 17th Century reproduction
furniture and replica flagstones.
South West Reclamation -on the outskirts of Bridgwater in Somerset
-specialise in reclaimed Bridgwater clay roof tiles and ridges,
an extensive range of new and reclaimed roofing is stocked.
Walcot
Reclamation -based
in Bath, one of the countrys leading dealers in architectural
antiques and salvage -the Walcot Street yard specialises in chimney
pieces, fireplaces, panelling, doors, wrought iron, bathroom
fittings, brassware and the Riverside Depot supplies all types
of reclaimed flooring, roofing, paving, oak beams and stonework.
Patinated oak and elm flooring is a speciality, plus gates, railings
and garden features.
Andy
Thornton -normally
suppliers to the pub and leisure industry, Thorton's claim to
offer the largest selection of architectural antiques in the
country from their showrooms in Yorkshire.
Ireland
E&A Reclamation -Balklymena - Arthur McAuley's experience in
architectural salvage stretches back to the early 90's, when
designing and building restaurants and bars in the U.S. -reclaimed
and new wood flooring, large stocks of antique oak, reclaimed
pitch pine and a wide variety of original flooring and paving,
antique fireplaces, baths and bathroom fittings.
Wilson's -based in County Down, Wilson's call
themselves Ireland's largest architectural salvage company.
Scotland
Edinburgh Architectural Salvage Yard -Established 1985 By Lizzie &
Neil Barrass with a view to providing a wide selection of architectural
fittings from escutcheons to carriage gates. Georgian, Victorian,
Art Nouveau through to Art Deco. Many items come from the classical
buildings of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
West Coast Reclamation -suppliers of a variety of reclaimed building
/ landscaping materials and architectural salvage items in Paisley
in the the West of Scotland. Will collect reusable waste free
of charge too.