Forum
« Bug ID Condo Insurance »
January 2, 2009
Free Firewood
I have free firewood from a renovation. The wood is old growth solid fir in manageable sizes. It has no paint or other toxic elements. Very good firewood. Pick up in Carroll Gardens.
Please call Gennaro Brooks-Church at 347 244 3016.
Comments
Damn! We are renovating our home in Bay Ridge and are building a fireplace! ...but it wont be ready for this yer, but this wood would have been nice!
Posted by: nybk01 at January 2, 2009 9:09 AM
I hope somebody with a fireplace finds this post soon otherwise I have to send it off to the dump :(
Posted by: gennaro at January 2, 2009 2:18 PM
Gennaro,
Why didn't you make at least one of your fireplaces operational? Or build an outdoor fireplace?
Posted by: pig three at January 2, 2009 7:59 PM
pig three,
What is your opinion on fireplaces?
IMO a fireplace is nice aesthetically but not that practical. I debated wood vs gas and for me the smoke and ashes outweigh any romantic aesthetic of real wood fire. I grew up with them and by early spring getting the ashes out of the house is one more chore in my already busy life.
I am putting in two gas fireplaces to be used once in a blue moon to get the house toasty quickly and for mood. I also added them to increase the house value slightly and to increase the rentability of the units.
But mostly they are indulgences since I don't think fireplaces are energy efficient and energy efficient comfort (both financially and physically) is my main focus. The house has radiant heat, solar gain design and fanatic insulation so will stay constantly warm for very little money.
Posted by: gennaro at January 2, 2009 11:30 PM
A little honesty and a little ecology would be refreshing. What you have is construction debris you'd like removed from your site. "Old growth" is a warm and fuzzy term whose meaning varies from user to user. No-one with a NYC fireplace needs to burn wood with hickory's calorie count, or foul indoor and outdoor air with its particulate matter. If your wood is really hickory, and your hickory is really
"old growth," you should be looking for someone to reclaim it, not burn it.
Posted by: vinca at January 2, 2009 11:41 PM
Give it a rest vinca. You are right, it is construction debris I'd like removed from the site. Obviously. I don't think that isn't clear to anyone.
It is not about the money. Today I paid two workers a full day pay to cut the wood up into fireplace size blocks and pack them into manageable and weather tight garbage bags.
I have to pay to get rid of it anyway but I would rather pay my workers and give somebody firewood than pay to fill up a dump. And somebody on the block wants it.
They were overjoyed to have free firewood for the whole winter. My workers were happy. And it didn't cost me any more than what I would have paid anyway.
That for me is green!
Posted by: gennaro at January 2, 2009 11:53 PM
if you have any 8' + fir 4x4 or larger - I'd love to pick them up.
Posted by: paspar2 at January 5, 2009 10:43 AM
I hae a fireplace (which btw, heats really well, we turn of the heat on those nights we have it on). It radiates loads of heat. I would have taken your wood.
Posted by: ohiise at January 5, 2009 4:35 PM
Post a comment
Please be patient while your comment is published. It may take a moment.