Comments on: DIY Pallet Wood Front Porch

By: KF

KF — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 21:36:16 +0000

In reply to Malcolm Cady. Not sure if you have heard of tools. We get 1inch thick pallet wood and we cut it straight and put it through a planer and it can look exactly like that and make furniture out of it. There are different pallets made out of hard or soft wood. We get hardwood pallets and except for the holes which can be filled but we don't as I like the look - they can look like brand new wood.

By: Mario

Mario — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 07:29:40 +0000

That is 2×2’s or specialty pallets. Very rare and yes you better test that wood or you’re inviting termites to your door step!

By: Twylia

Twylia — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 03:15:27 +0000

I hate to tell you but there are some awesome pallets out there. My ex-husband brought home great pallets from his work. We disassemble them & used the boards in my daughters playhouse on the walls. The boards looked like they were purchased. Nothing rough! They were as if they’d been sanded! So yes, it depends on where you get them!

By: Ida Shirley

Ida Shirley — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 07:23:12 +0000

In reply to Souris. AGREE totally with Souris, and a few of the others, I may live in Aussie but we have forklifts here to LIFT things,

By: Lockandload

Lockandload — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 15:27:02 +0000

I love the way the 2×4s look i think i might try this on my mother’s back porch

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 17:08:51 +0000

Sure would like to know where this person got their pallets from! I’ve never seen pallets made out of 2×4’s.

By: Locke

Locke — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 20:23:59 +0000

In reply to Brenda Gray. I just wrote a detailed comment on this article, but when it comes right down to it, you make a good point! :) I like your optimism & positive attitude!! ;)

By: Locke

Locke — Sun, 09 Oct 2016 20:17:42 +0000

I’ve also seen many pallets, having to load/unload materials from them for Lowe’s. I agree that not all pallets are created equal, depending on the size and weight of the loads they’re meant to support–e.g. materials like tile, large bags of cement, etc. which require heavier-duty pallets made from slightly thicker, more dense wood, versus other pallets that need only to support things like paper towels–in which case cheaper, thinner, lighter weight, and less dense wood provides adequate support (and are often quickly assembled and more poorly made).
That said, wood from *some* pallets may or may not be salvageable, depending on the circumstances.
In this case, the frame of the deck *might* have *some* pieces of wood from pallets, but some pieces look brand new…and if they were planed and sanded to give that appearance, they’d be significantly smaller in width and depth than what is shown above. And as for the top of the deck, *IF* a person had spent the ridiculous amount of time it would take to plane and sand EACH and EVERY single board, BEFORE installation, by the time the boards would’ve appeared to be new, they would NOT have had the width or depth of the boards shown.
Tropical woods in any type of pallet–even on stringers–even for those meant to support the heaviest loads–are something I never once saw in my history of working Lowe’s. They’re less accessible and more expensive, making them highly impractical and uneconomical for the company to produce/acquire in such massive quantities across the US (and oak is not a tropical wood). Maybe that’s just Lowe’s, but if anyone knows where I can get pallets made of 2x4s from oak, PLEASE tell me–because I want some!! 🙂

By: Brenda Gray

Brenda Gray — Fri, 30 Sep 2016 03:57:21 +0000

I don’t care if these are truly pallets being used to make this project work. I’m thankful for the idea and can make alterations as needed!!! Great post and thank you for the idea!!!