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The nail puller Pneumatic tool for reclaiming old lumber
Products and Materials

Salvaging old lumber with the Nail Kicker

...wood to a usable state. Now you know how to reclaim old lumber. Learn more about sustainable home building in the Ecohome Green Building Guide and on these pages below:  Find the best green building products in the Ecohome product directory Top tips for staying on budget during hew builds and renovations  How...

World's tallest skyscraper planned for Vienna Austria
Architecture and Design

276 foot wood frame skyscraper planned for Vienna

...with concrete and steel and more with wood, our climate would thank us, or at least it may punish us less. Lots of 6 storey wooden buildings are popping up, occasionally one a bit taller like an 18-storey one in Vancouver, but 276 feet certainly is a newsmaker. Anytime a wood building beyond the usual two or three stor...