WOW! We need to clone this guy. What a timely and crucial thing this is. This act is a most beautiful combination of heart and practicality, so utterly obvious. Why WOULDN"T we go this way?
When the town of Waterville, Maine, USA, decided to replace some of the old gray granite cobblestone streets with modern tar, someone had the forethought to save those beautiful old stones. Each one of them is the size of 3 standard red bricks. Fast forward a few years when my father was planning to have a chimney with a hearth to hold his wood/coal stove installed in his chalet-style home. He chose an actual stone mason for the project. This is when he found out about the cobblestones. The chimney starts in the basement with standard reclaimed red bricks up to the first floor where the mason switched over to the cobblestones. At this point, not only was the chimney continuing up 2 stories and through the roof, but it also branched out to form a large hearth with a cobbled back wall that runs up the face of the stairs. Each row of stones was laid out on the floor and perfected before they were mortared into place. A beautiful slab of red oak was installed along the top of the cobbled wall as the stair railing, and the top end of the chimney has a crown of cobblestones that sticks out over the rest. A Vermont Castings Vigilant currently sits on that hearth. All-in-all, it's a beautiful piece of art made for a humble purpose.
Hey! Mainer here too! Got my bunch of stories too- about every single project here being supplied nearly entirely with salvaged goods. (amazing what one can find at the local dump!)
This episode literally made me stand up applaud. Fantastic!! The beautiful things that comes from these materials is truly art. I Hope we can do something like this in the US! We are leading the world on wasteful habits I'm sure. Encore encore Revival!
Finally, someone with good ethics and brilliant imagination by resourcing materials that otherwise will be adding to our descriptive world of waste. From humble beginnings, great things grow and so does this apply in this case. I wish that one day we’ll cross paths with a small project when downsizing … God Bless ❤
Love this so much. Everything he makes carries the story and character of the material's previous life into its new one. Projects like these help save a city from becoming a soulless, homogeneous wasteland of cheap new buildings made from cheap new materials.
What a lovely guy! Thoughtful, creative, able to express the ideas in a gentle, non threatening way, clearly and with a quiet passion. Wishing you and your business every success
THIS!!!!!!! Revival is such a refreshing concept. Can building demolition integrating the practice of "existing material logistics planning" become a THING, please? Understanding that mindsets need to shift and knowing that it won't be cheaper-- but it will be better for the planet, which must be part of the value statement. There are so many amazing materials that have no business in a landfill and deserve a next life. Cheers to Robbie and Revival Projects.❤🌎❤
absolutely phenomenal. this kind of b corporation should be mandated in every municipality to ensure the capture of old growth timber and other incredible resources short-circuits the seemingly inexorable pull of everything "old" or "used" into the landfill
I’ve been building and working on homes for 30 years, and have often struggled with the amount of waste I’ve seen in construction. In my early twenties, I nearly gave up the trade, because I didn’t want to be part of the problem. But instead, I decided to be more efficient and resourceful with the materials while building. A few years ago, I started collecting materials from tear downs and remodels, and using it for small jobs or art that make. Not nearly as impressive as what you are doing though. More building needs to be done, in the way you’re approaching it. And that old wood is a lot stronger then this stuff that harvested nowadays. Well done man… keep up the great work!!!
This is truly awsome to see, as a maker myself I love creating furnature with reclaimed timber, it has a story, a life of its own and we owe it to the original tree to carry on its new life for as long as possible, in reality this could be hundreds of years. Thank you for showcasing such a beautiful business. ❤🙏
I applaud you for what you do. I am 77 this year and I am still recycling anything I can. In 2004 I went through a divorce and I got the house which had a big garage and an old work bench made out of rough lumber. It was not only way to high for me as I am 5’1” with it being over 3’ wide it was useless. So I took it all apart which was not easy, I cut planks that were 3” high by 6” to 9” wide and 8’ long. I made all new framing for my garage, bookcase and nik nak shelf for my living room and am redoing the front of the drawers on my dresser. Oh ya I did have a friend plain everything for me. I truly believe in recycling any thing a person can. Bravo on your business. A fellow recycle 😀👏👏👏🧑🏻🦳
re-use i think you mean. not recycle. but anyway isn't it amazing how you complain down a piece of 100-year-old wood and it will look brand new and actually more beautiful than anything you can buy or find as all the nice trees have mostly been cut down
Fantastic! I have lived by this exact ethos in my life for a long time and it fills my heart, at the same time people don't get it. I keep things for a long time and I reuse them when appropriate. People see the stuff and call it hoarding. I see it as resourcefull. I want to work with and for Robbie. Amazing job to you Robbie and to NTS for shining a light on you.
In sone economies, there’s no question about reuse and repurpose. Too expensive to but new. Resources for new unattainable or too expensive to import, or source blocked because it’s in a conflict area. 11:33 i like this local in-place brick cleaning and onsite for re-use. Community and personal decision.
Always noble, sometimes pretty enterprising, productive to recycle and honor what already is. No matter the stripe and tone with which you walk the earth, walk consciously, reverently, gratefully. Good on ya, Robbie.
I tried to get some demolition contractors here in Perth to let me salvage the timber from all of the houses that are getting demolished in to smaller blocks but was told it’s just a quick smash and grab nothing gets reused it all goes to landfill and fire wood some of the timber is nearly 100 years old
Artists like you warm my heart so much!!! What a vision and purpose to reuse, intentional use, creativity and awareness. Incredible!! Congratulations!! Blessings ❤
Absolutely love the concept and approach. Would love to see that more around the world and if you can feature any companies like that in Europe, UK, would be fantastic. Let's spread the idea and awareness across the world!
God bless this team!! This is so inspiring. I want this everywhere. All the time! There is no reason (aside from greed obviously) that this can't or shouldn't be the standard. I think that's the major issue I have with even many of the builds on this channel. These historic buildings are being reused, but many of the original materials are being stripped out of them and wasted. I think the real reason we call it waste isn't because it's bad, but because we waste the opportunity to reuse it!
I found an entire kitchen worth of solid cherry cabinets from about 1970. While repurposing them to fit my kitchen I realized I am probably the fourth owner judging by the layers of changes. I paid $278 US for all of them and had so many I was able to donate 1/3 back to the Habitat Restore store where I bought them. I just found some very cool old cypress boards there the other day. Almost enough to build a chimney cupboard. Be creative. Be well.
Really nice this one. This kind of working can only work in small local businesses. When you try to upscale this, managers walk in and they start telling you:"Oh no, this can't be done. That can't be done. Etc, etc, etc." It can only thrive when it's community based.
REVIVAL repurposing building materials and Especially Timbers, like Gothic Organs made of Maple OMG You are doing something so Worthy… I understand time can take the joyous Life out of all of us… I Love Your Work and Vision…ReVision… Stay Biased, Stay Priceless - please 🙏🏻 I love your ideology of knowing that Weathered 😹 what I call “Windswept & Interesting” such as myself 😂❤❤❤ to you all, I’d love to volunteer myself to your project and love of timber, the scent of timber - none of it should go to waste, unless it’s termite riddled
This is fantastic but the brick reclamation is challenging to scale. There’s an opportunity for a trailer-based option with a large hopper on one end, cleaned palletized bricks coming out the other, and crushed and bagged mortar.
This is so beautiful. What an amazing concept and a wonderful thing to put into action. Im heading across Australia in my van with my to Victoria in a few weeks . Going to be building a van out of reclaimed timber for a friend. I would love to donate my time to the cause in exchange for knowledge on how re revive some old timbers for.our van project. Thankyou for what you do.
Amazing young man. Amazing business. Too many buildings and homes around Australia are torn down without thought for the materials that have gone into them.
Finally Someone gets me and my thinking... I see a truck load of smashed cars with wheels on, glass broken, plastic parts still on the car, interior still in it and they call this recycling the cars.. My Dad also built homes, as did I but I also worked in body shops and tow yards, I'd tow 4 cars to the scrap yard and get $250 when I know I could have either made it run or taken it apart and fully gained ten times the money.. Recycled needs to be Re-thought !!
You nailed it Robbie when you said “…it’s not a business solution, it’s a community initiative…” (or words to that effect). We need more of that in this World and I wish that this could be seen by ALL developers, builders, architects, etc to spread the word. Your ethos is second to none and your teams’ designs are stunning. That level of beauty, mixed with story, can’t be achieved with new/off the shelf materials and products. KUDOS 👏🏻🤍
Awesome stuff! Great matchup with permaculture. A healthy planet and future depend on maximizing the resources we extract mother earth. Not maximizing the extraction.
WOW! We need to clone this guy. What a timely and crucial thing this is. This act is a most beautiful combination of heart and practicality, so utterly obvious. Why WOULDN"T we go this way?
Cloning is dangerous.
It is better understand the idea and fill this in within your local community.
Please feature more companies/projects/people like this. This is incredibly important.
I made art with broken mirrors, cracked car windshield glass, even plastic clam shell, love this❤❤😊😊❤❤!!!
Revival projects are absolutely brilliant and the ethos of this person and company, I am absolutely in love with it.
What a poetic, creative and ethical enterprise! Congratulations and thank you, Robbie.
When the town of Waterville, Maine, USA, decided to replace some of the old gray granite cobblestone streets with modern tar, someone had the forethought to save those beautiful old stones. Each one of them is the size of 3 standard red bricks. Fast forward a few years when my father was planning to have a chimney with a hearth to hold his wood/coal stove installed in his chalet-style home. He chose an actual stone mason for the project. This is when he found out about the cobblestones. The chimney starts in the basement with standard reclaimed red bricks up to the first floor where the mason switched over to the cobblestones. At this point, not only was the chimney continuing up 2 stories and through the roof, but it also branched out to form a large hearth with a cobbled back wall that runs up the face of the stairs. Each row of stones was laid out on the floor and perfected before they were mortared into place. A beautiful slab of red oak was installed along the top of the cobbled wall as the stair railing, and the top end of the chimney has a crown of cobblestones that sticks out over the rest. A Vermont Castings Vigilant currently sits on that hearth. All-in-all, it's a beautiful piece of art made for a humble purpose.
Hey! Mainer here too! Got my bunch of stories too- about every single project here being supplied nearly entirely with salvaged goods. (amazing what one can find at the local dump!)
Let's make businesses like Revival the normal not the exception.
This episode literally made me stand up applaud. Fantastic!! The beautiful things that comes from these materials is truly art. I Hope we can do something like this in the US! We are leading the world on wasteful habits I'm sure. Encore encore Revival!
Seriously!
Finally, someone with good ethics and brilliant imagination by resourcing materials that otherwise will be adding to our descriptive world of waste. From humble beginnings, great things grow and so does this apply in this case. I wish that one day we’ll cross paths with a small project when downsizing … God Bless ❤
So wonderful to hear Robbie Speak, creative, smart, ethical. Love it.
This fellow's passion is infectious. I love re-use/revive/conservation.
Love this so much. Everything he makes carries the story and character of the material's previous life into its new one. Projects like these help save a city from becoming a soulless, homogeneous wasteland of cheap new buildings made from cheap new materials.
This is truly remarkable I cannot express more than has been said in the comments. ❤
What a lovely guy! Thoughtful, creative, able to express the ideas in a gentle, non threatening way, clearly and with a quiet passion. Wishing you and your business every success
THIS!!!!!!! Revival is such a refreshing concept. Can building demolition integrating the practice of "existing material logistics planning" become a THING, please? Understanding that mindsets need to shift and knowing that it won't be cheaper-- but it will be better for the planet, which must be part of the value statement. There are so many amazing materials that have no business in a landfill and deserve a next life. Cheers to Robbie and Revival Projects.❤🌎❤
absolutely phenomenal. this kind of b corporation should be mandated in every municipality to ensure the capture of old growth timber and other incredible resources short-circuits the seemingly inexorable pull of everything "old" or "used" into the landfill
WOW! This is it. These incredibly inspiring people, and solutions come from pure common sense, and putting money last. Bravo!!
Love this series so much. Got fascinated by these team. All what they're saying is super logical and very caring for environment, people and planet
Wicked! A refreshing perspective on what sustainability really looks like
I love this series
I love this. It's exactly what I've been wanting to do in the uk but I lack resources, balls and people skills.
My favourite video to date. Quite simply awesome. Bravo Mr. Neville!
I’ve been building and working on homes for 30 years, and have often struggled with the amount of waste I’ve seen in construction. In my early twenties, I nearly gave up the trade, because I didn’t want to be part of the problem. But instead, I decided to be more efficient and resourceful with the materials while building.
A few years ago, I started collecting materials from tear downs and remodels, and using it for small jobs or art that make.
Not nearly as impressive as what you are doing though. More building needs to be done, in the way you’re approaching it.
And that old wood is a lot stronger then this stuff that harvested nowadays.
Well done man… keep up the great work!!!
It was beautiful thank you ❤️
This is truly awsome to see, as a maker myself I love creating furnature with reclaimed timber, it has a story, a life of its own and we owe it to the original tree to carry on its new life for as long as possible, in reality this could be hundreds of years.
Thank you for showcasing such a beautiful business. ❤🙏
I applaud you for what you do. I am 77 this year and I am still recycling anything I can. In 2004 I went through a divorce and I got the house which had a big garage and an old work bench made out of rough lumber. It was not only way to high for me as I am 5’1” with it being over 3’ wide it was useless. So I took it all apart which was not easy, I cut planks that were 3” high by 6” to 9” wide and 8’ long. I made all new framing for my garage, bookcase and nik nak shelf for my living room and am redoing the front of the drawers on my dresser. Oh ya I did have a friend plain everything for me. I truly believe in recycling any thing a person can. Bravo on your business. A fellow recycle 😀👏👏👏🧑🏻🦳
re-use i think you mean. not recycle. but anyway isn't it amazing how you complain down a piece of 100-year-old wood and it will look brand new and actually more beautiful than anything you can buy or find as all the nice trees have mostly been cut down
This video is so inspirational on so many levels. Thank you!
An interesting guy, doing really important work, quoting sonic the hedgehog, fabulous!
This is top work, I love making things from reclaimed timber, but using materials on this scale is genius, thank you and keep up the good work
Amazing!! This is infinitely more important than AI. I just wanna do this same thing for the rest of my life.
Wow, super, outstandig, unglaublich. Das sollte überall auf der Welt gemacht werden. Hut ab!!!! Best wishes from Germany
JUST BEAUTIFUL. It makes you think how can we do that in our own business. We can all put our grain of salt to the change we want to see in the world.
Fantastic! I have lived by this exact ethos in my life for a long time and it fills my heart, at the same time people don't get it. I keep things for a long time and I reuse them when appropriate. People see the stuff and call it hoarding. I see it as resourcefull. I want to work with and for Robbie. Amazing job to you Robbie and to NTS for shining a light on you.
In sone economies, there’s no question about reuse and repurpose. Too expensive to but new. Resources for new unattainable or too expensive to import, or source blocked because it’s in a conflict area.
11:33 i like this local in-place brick cleaning and onsite for re-use. Community and personal decision.
Always noble, sometimes pretty enterprising, productive to recycle and honor what already is. No matter the stripe and tone with which you walk the earth, walk consciously, reverently, gratefully. Good on ya, Robbie.
I wish all companies were this conscientious! Thank you for doing such great work!!
Fantastic. What a solid crew. OMG that Jarrah. Beautifully described and presented NTS
I tried to get some demolition contractors here in Perth to let me salvage the timber from all of the houses that are getting demolished in to smaller blocks but was told it’s just a quick smash and grab nothing gets reused it all goes to landfill and fire wood some of the timber is nearly 100 years old
Artists like you warm my heart so much!!! What a vision and purpose to reuse, intentional use, creativity and awareness. Incredible!! Congratulations!! Blessings ❤
Brilliant & Beautiful! Thank you, Robbie!
Wow! This is impressive! His passion is palpable!
Absolutely love the concept and approach. Would love to see that more around the world and if you can feature any companies like that in Europe, UK, would be fantastic. Let's spread the idea and awareness across the world!
Marvellous business project. Totally necessary. Needs to be rolled out the world over. G Ire
Great episode, thanks.
This is far more important than electric vehicles. Simply amazing and inspiring.
So INSPIRING! 💯💯💯
Every community needs this.
Fucken finally! Yes dude, this is the right approach. We do throw too much good stuff into the landfill that can be revivals! Love what you are doing!
God bless this team!! This is so inspiring. I want this everywhere. All the time! There is no reason (aside from greed obviously) that this can't or shouldn't be the standard. I think that's the major issue I have with even many of the builds on this channel. These historic buildings are being reused, but many of the original materials are being stripped out of them and wasted. I think the real reason we call it waste isn't because it's bad, but because we waste the opportunity to reuse it!
Great story told! And great shot for the interview. Seated inbetween the materials with so much depth. And beautyful company. 👌
Brilliant! Very inspiring stuff.
He is my hero! In every small way, I try and live a sustainable life and recycle everything i own practically, people like him are an inspiration !
A wonderful perspective. Congratulations, I was happy and filled with hope while watching this video, also great filming. Thank you!
This video is truly sustainable.
Really enjoyed watching this doco, such an inspiring man leading an industry in war on waste
This is so inspiring! great ideas 👏👏
Thanks!
I love this.
BEAUTIFUL!
I found an entire kitchen worth of solid cherry cabinets from about 1970. While repurposing them to fit my kitchen I realized I am probably the fourth owner judging by the layers of changes. I paid $278 US for all of them and had so many I was able to donate 1/3 back to the Habitat Restore store where I bought them. I just found some very cool old cypress boards there the other day. Almost enough to build a chimney cupboard. Be creative. Be well.
Always inspiring ✨️...
^^^This^^^^
is Absolutely *FABULOUS*
Damn satisfying video. Damn fab business. Damn smart young man.
It is great to take advantage of everything
One of the best videos ever on never too small❤ hope it gets a lot of views and attention on the topic and this amazing project
I love this guy so much!!
Really nice this one.
This kind of working can only work in small local businesses. When you try to upscale this, managers walk in and they start telling you:"Oh no, this can't be done. That can't be done. Etc, etc, etc."
It can only thrive when it's community based.
REVIVAL repurposing building materials and Especially Timbers, like Gothic Organs made of Maple OMG You are doing something so Worthy… I understand time can take the joyous Life out of all of us… I Love Your Work and Vision…ReVision… Stay Biased, Stay Priceless - please 🙏🏻 I love your ideology of knowing that Weathered 😹 what I call “Windswept & Interesting” such as myself 😂❤❤❤ to you all, I’d love to volunteer myself to your project and love of timber, the scent of timber - none of it should go to waste, unless it’s termite riddled
❤❤❤ amazing
BRAVO!
This is fantastic but the brick reclamation is challenging to scale. There’s an opportunity for a trailer-based option with a large hopper on one end, cleaned palletized bricks coming out the other, and crushed and bagged mortar.
Just outstanding work!❤
Wishing you the best ! You deserve it🎉
A thousand thanks for this!
Thank you!
Yet another amazing episode, can't wait for season 2
This is so beautiful.
What an amazing concept and a wonderful thing to put into action.
Im heading across Australia in my van with my to Victoria in a few weeks . Going to be building a van out of reclaimed timber for a friend. I would love to donate my time to the cause in exchange for knowledge on how re revive some old timbers for.our van project.
Thankyou for what you do.
What a fabulous story! I would pay more for reused items every time, and I know I’m not the only one
love this !
Reuse .Recycle . Nice Work
Love this, it is so important.
Amazing!
This is so cool.
Amazing young man. Amazing business. Too many buildings and homes around Australia are torn down without thought for the materials that have gone into them.
So cool, love this project
In Belgium we have Rotor DC, BC Materials, The Exploded View and Onbetaalbaar Makerscollectief.
Amazing ❤
amazing work!!!! thanx for sharing
Love love love this
Ha ha.. Wonderful to see 😍🙂 .. 👏👏👏👏
Wonderful & inspired!👏✨
Absolute respect!
Bunch of nice ideas...
THE BEST.
Amazing company, and ethos. What I would do to work for a company like this.
Best way is to start a business like this.
Epic ideas!
awesome and inspiring!
Finally Someone gets me and my thinking... I see a truck load of smashed cars with wheels on, glass broken, plastic parts still on the car, interior still in it and they call this recycling the cars.. My Dad also built homes, as did I but I also worked in body shops and tow yards, I'd tow 4 cars to the scrap yard and get $250 when I know I could have either made it run or taken it apart and fully gained ten times the money.. Recycled needs to be Re-thought !!
Does a company like this exist in the USA? I would love to be apart of a company like this.
You nailed it Robbie when you said “…it’s not a business solution, it’s a community initiative…” (or words to that effect). We need more of that in this World and I wish that this could be seen by ALL developers, builders, architects, etc to spread the word.
Your ethos is second to none and your teams’ designs are stunning.
That level of beauty, mixed with story, can’t be achieved with new/off the shelf materials and products.
KUDOS 👏🏻🤍
top secret idea and perfect line included in thi guide
Awesome stuff! Great matchup with permaculture. A healthy planet and future depend on maximizing the resources we extract mother earth. Not maximizing the extraction.