We had a bit of a Sift group outing yesterday morning and visited CRC Salvage on Orbell Street, here in Christchurch. CRC Salvage has long been one of the top places to visit if you wanted to pick up salvaged demolition waste such as old doors, pallets of bricks, windows, vintage sinks with pedestals, old timber (some rimu) but, with the closing down of CRC Salvage a few months ago the buildings are now to be torn down for new ones and all the stock must go in the next few weeks. There are many bargains still to be had on items that will end up in landfill if they are not sold.
CRC Salvage
Suprisingly, the main CRC building dates back to 1865 and is currently (but not for much longer) the oldest industrial building left in Christchurch. The large brick building beside it was built not long after. Demolition waste (all the bits that make buildings like stairs, window surrounds, glass, metal work etc) would normally have gone straight to the tip (or other niche recyclers) but CRC Salvage were able to sell it on to others who could reuse it. CRC Salvage will be gone soon but you can definitely still pick up a great deal some of which will be on Trademe. We spotted some lovely old bottles, lights, lots of doors and when the main building is torn down there will be some kauri wood available too.
CRC Salvage 1865 building
Head down to CRC Salvage now on 123 Orbell Street or phone John on 366 2514 or 0274 328 335. He is willing to take any offers or it could be free.
Here is more information from the Canterbury Heritage blog about the demolition of the CRC Salvage buildings.
Tags: Canterbury Heritage, closing down, CRC Salvage, demolition, landfill, linda norris, old buildings, recycling, reduce, reuse, SIFT, waste
