It's quite clear: The options for recycling a wood product are limited only by one's imagination. We told you about skateboards made from recycled wood flooring, speakers (allegedly) made from Michael Jackson's dance floor, wood flooring made from recycled equine barns, and many more. Now, here's a story about a kickball disaster that has a happy ending.
Wool Hat, a Fort Collins, Co.-based furniture maker, recently bought all the wood flooring removed from the city's Northside Aztlan Community Center and is making reclaimed tables with it, according to The Coloradoan.
The floor suffered severe water damage after a boy kicked a ball at a sprinkler head in the gymnasium; the sprinkler head broke and doused the gymnasium. The 6,000 square feet of ruined maple flooring was headed for the landfill before workers with ReSource diverted the 6,000 square feet to their store. Wool Hat's Matthew and Danelle Britt brought the flooring and are making custom tables for about $200 to $500.
The Britts aim to make their furniture using at least 80 percent recycled material. "We love the story, love knowing the story," Danelle Britt told The Coloradoan. "We want people to know this was the basketball floor from the Aztlan Center."
Sadly, this isn't the first time a kickball has ruined a perfectly fine wood floor.
