« I don't hesitate to buy new. Most of the time I don't have to, but some things I buy new as a matter of policy. I buy new wire because you can't depend on salvaged wire. I buy new pipes for the plumbing, new nails, new screws. Typically I buy new toilets because the salvaged ones I get are the 3-gallon flushers and we're in the world of 1.6-gallon. »