ReUsed and Reclaimed materials used in construction are not only ecologically sound, they are an economic gold mine. Many businesses, if not all ,are more than willing to provide you with their used samples and displays just for the asking. For instance Master Brand cabinets, a leading manufacture of bath and kitchen cabinetry,  graciously provided [...]

I wanted to share some ideas from my buddy, Doug Sutton:
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… Don’t have many ideas inside the house for “green” but here’s a couple for outside.
1. Reclaimed water for watering - big here in Florida.  Not exactly sure how it works, but probably worth looking into for your place.  We’re currently on watering restrictions (drought) [...]

Many thanks to the team at WFMY2 for our first in a series of Green segments.

During construction, I piled  various materials in the front yard.  There are piles for:
- brick and block
- lumber
- plastics
- metal
- pallet
I have used this staging area as a reference for the various trades to deposit their job waste.  This has been helpful in many ways.  Not the least of which is maintaining a cleaner site.  [...]