Many think that recycling milk jugs, tomato soup cans, newspapers and plastic bags are the best way to preserve this lovely planet of ours.  Well, I've found that it has given me much more greeny pleasure by recycling 60,000 pounds of lumber, plaster, siding and toilets, all in a single go.  That's right, why not recycle a house?

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The house in Jansen

The empty lot at Fishing Lake

Chimney in basement

Removing chimney

The chimney is dead

Chimney in room

Chimney hole

Trucks arrive in Jansen

Putting jacks in place

Jack compressor

Jacks start to lift

Going up

Steel beams

Rolling pins

Attaching winch

Winching house off foundation

Finally, decent basement lighting

Salvaging bricks

Need some help pulling

Almost out

Next day, the house arrives

Insulating the crawlspace walls

Putting house in place

Empty lot 3 weeks later

Old dining roomr

New dining room

South view from upstairs window

North-east view from upstairs window

North-west view from upstairs window

Old master bedroom

New master bedroom

Kids' room

New hallway

New kitchen

Old living room

New living room

Concept for outdoor living space

The nearly final product

Remodeled bathroom

Front of house