Nothing Goes To Waste!

Some salvaged wood off cuts from various contracts at McKay Flooring were used to create patchwork design mosaics.

These mosaics are on display now in our Glasgow showroom and we are now creating wood floors from them. We also use an environmentally friendly range using trees that have fallen naturally in Scottish parks and green spaces to create truly unique floors. These flooring designs are unique to each customer & can be purchased if desired.  Our wood mosaics may also be of interest to Architects, Artists or Designers.

The average waste from 5 men working a full day from all over the country is about 3m2. 80% will be able to be made into mosaics without going to landfill.

The patch work mosaics will be made from 5 or 6 different exotic species of wood.

Here are a few steps on how we created mosaics:

Step 1 Cut waste into equal sizes

Step 2 Round Edges

Step 3 Fix samples onto backboard together with adhesive

Step 4 Some samples where sanded and re-sealed

Step 5 Some samples grouted and re-sealed.

Storm Harvest Recyclable Wall

Our main product, wooden floors, is very much a reusable product and we have developed a number of ways to minimise waste and make greatest use of what was previously thought of as scrap.

These developments include:

Clyde Reclaimed – using reclaimed flooring to create unusual, quality floors for any space.

Clyde Recycled – using the extra wood from the many jobs we undertake to produce exciting patchwork wood cobbles.

Clyde Storm Harvest – an environmentally friendly range using trees that have fallen naturally in Scottish parks and green spaces to create truly unique floors.

We also stock FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified timber flooring and provide timber from sustainable sources

Re-nest abundant designs for green homes this website also shows great intuitive when dealing salvaged wood.  See picture of Scrap Wood Table below.

This wood scrap table was made completely of salvaged wood rescued from decaying buildings in and around Hale County, Alabama. It was commissioned by the good folks at PieLab, a pie shop, design center, teaching resource, and business incubator in Greensboro. The project cost less than $100 and, with the help of a few friends, took only a couple weekends.

Information found on Instuctables, re-nest and Unconsumption.