Services We Offer

Deconstruction Services

We offer deconstruction services for barns, outbuildings, residential homes, commercial buildings and other structures in mainly Whatcom and Skagit Counties in Washington State, specializing in the hand-deconstruction and hybrid deconstruction of early 1900s barns. We prefer pre-1940's structures, but will always consider dismantling any building slated for demo. We also consider traveling within Washington State and sometimes, Oregon, if the situation is right... It never hurts to ask! Commercial & residential properties are great sources of reclaimed materials as well and we strive to divert as much from landfills as possible. 

Selective deconstruction is a great alternative if you have a tight schedule or are already locked into a demo contract. 

Historic Barn Restoration & Materials Sourcing

We are passionate about preserving the history of the Pacific Northwest's barns, and are knowledgeable in the building practices and materials used, as well as strategies and resources and costs pertaining to restoring historic barns. We keep all materials from each source separate, always knowing the history of each board or other material. We are listed as an official materials source for the Washington State Heritage Barn Society's grant program. We have completed restoration work on loft floors, to damaged structural beams and posts, as well as foundation and sill repair, in large and small barns, rafter, framing, siding and roofing repair, and door and window repair and replacement, to name a few. We have resources allowing us to find many historically accurate materials you may need for your restoration project, and are skilled at locating these materials. If you need materials or simply have questions about restoring a barn, please give us a call!

Consultation Services

If you have an old barn on your property in any state of disrepair, and simply don't know what to do with it or what your options are, please call us! We can offer assistance in making the decision between restoration, renovation, deconstruction, or demolition! We can clearly help you understand the innumerable benefits of deconstruction over demolition, monetary and otherwise. If you'd like to restore your old barn or preserve some sentimental memories, but can't find answers, we're the ones to call! We can survey the barn, and advise on the proper methods and probable costs of restoration projects. Same with deconstruction... even if the barn is fully collapsed! It's almost NEVER too late to save at least a part of the barn's history and and valuable materials. 

Custom Building and Design Services

We also create and design or help design custom-built items of all kinds: from barn doors to shelving to countertops, bathroom vanities to kitchen tables and desks, from accent wall paneling to flooring, from old crate reproduction to barn wood signs for your business! With a broad skill set on our hands, and the creativity and vision to guide us, we can create nearly any one-of-a-kind, sustainably hand-made item that you could request! Just contact us with your request, and we'll start the process! 

What it's like to Work with Us

We are extremely flexible and client-centric. We consider all of your needs and wants when we work on your project!

On a decon project, we don't just salvage the wood, but also any other reusable building supplies and other items that people would like hauled away. One of our primary driving factors in our business is landfill diversion, and keeping our footprint to an absolute minimum, while also keeping costs low for owners! We try to keep costs low enough to be a legitimate incentive to choose the most sustainable process that works for you! 

If you have any questions or would like to know more about what we do, don't hesitate to contact us today! We always try to reply as promptly as possible. We look forward to hearing from you! 

Some frequently asked questions about deconstruction:

1. Do you buy barns for the wood? 

The short answer to this is: not generally. We have an in-depth system for estimating, and an extremely fair formula for estimating the cost of a deconstruction for the owner. In an ideal situation, there would be enough value in the salvageable materials to justify a straight-across trade: in these cases, we would cover all of the expenses we incur to provide you with a clean site, in exchange for the salvage rights to all of the materials. SOMETIMES, this works out, but unfortunately, not as often as we all would like. The costs of deconstruction, transportation of the materials, processing and cleaning, inventorying, marketing and selling the materials can REALLY add up. It's not just a "labor for materials" kind of deal, anymore! Factors like distance, or lodging if we need to travel, amount of waste disposal needed, the need for heavy equipment rentals to safely dismantle the barn, site accessibility issues and restricted time frames with strict deadlines, and the cost to transport and process the materials we reclaim are all potentially cost-raising factors. The more flexible you can be with your time frame, and any other way you can contribute to keeping the above listed costs lower (like allowing a burn pile for burnable waste), the lower we will be able to keep your estimate. 

2. How do I get credit for the value of the materials in my barn? Isn't barn wood, like, super expensive these days?

We have a generous process for estimating the amount of salvageable materials in your barn. We do a very thorough inventory of each kind of reusable lumber or materials, factor in a reasonable waste expectancy, and then calculate the estimated value of each material based on it's current market value (we sell locally, so we go by what we know we can sell each material for). After we estimate our expenses for your specific project and needs (including the costs of processing the materials off site to prepare them for resale), we will subtract the entire sum of the above-mentioned calculated material values from the expenses total, to produce your bid or estimate. Our estimating process is completely transparent, we break down everything for you, and have nothing to hide, so you can see that you are getting a very fair deal. Our clients have all had nothing but praise and appreciation for our estimating process, and always find that with us, they will save money in the short and long run, most times! 

Get in touch!! 

Email: lr.deconstructionco@gmail.com

Phone (text is always best): 360-223-8301

Here's just a little taste of some of our past work: 

Using a reach forklift to safely remove sections of a tall roof to the ground for dismantling, at a 1905 Ferndale barn deconstruction. 

This little beauty, a 1925 pumphouse from Eden Farms in Snohomish, now lives on a beautiful beachside property on Guemes Island! 

Micah moving flooring boards at a Ferndale decon site, during the cleaning and separating process.

Micah taking a break from pulling up the tongue and groove loft flooring of a huge 1925 red gambrel roof barn at Eden Farms in Snohomish, after the roofing had been cut off and lowered in sections.

Uncovering hand-hewn foundation sleeper logs underneath a dozen feet of loose hay and two layers of true 2x12 floor boards in a 1905 Ferndale barn deconstruction.

Restoration of an antique door (originally with 4-5 coats of differing white coats of paint), hand-lettering and glass etching design by Lauren, and installation of door over old, cheap mdf cabinets to create a pantry with a working crystal doorknob! 

A custom-built barn wood and mason jar bathroom vanity light fixture, one of many we've built for our clients over the years, made completely from re-used materials. 

A custom-built media console made out of reclaimed pallet wood and heavy-duty hardware accents. 

Micah finishing up an installation of a custom-built barn door for a client in Lynden. 

Micah looking at the beautiful loft of a Ferndale gambrel-roof barn, where we have replaced structural posts and beams that were severely damaged, replaced damaged areas of the loft flooring, built an entire staircase to the loft, and where we continue to work on a long list of restoration tasks to bring the entire farm it sits on back to it's original beauty, and beyond! 

A pair of custom-built 8'x9' cedar barn doors, where we had to install a custom-milled CVG doug fir beam (10x10), 22 feet in length, to support the double-bypass system we designed for our client, located on Chuckanut bay. 

Two of Seventeen Stall doors salvaged from Eden Farms in Snohomish, which we restored and installed into a client's original farmhouse in Ferndale using painted, original box rail hardware. See the original stall numbers still on the doors!

Lauren standing atop a load of true 2x6, circular sawn joists, painstakingly de-nailed, cleaned completely, and ready to be on their way to be re-sawn by a wonderful local portable sawmill business (Timberline Portable Sawmilling, Everson), into full 3/4" thick wide plank flooring for a Birch Bay Cottage! Utilizing a very powerful metal detector and a Woodmizer LT45 hydraulic with a re-saw attachment, 1600 beautiful square feet of flooring was created in just under three hours! We had a wonderful time working with Anthony and Julie to create this incredible rustic flooring for a fantastic client (they even let us help!)! Someday soon we hope to add a sawmill and resaw to our own operation!