"Very intentionally salvaging materials, taking your time, taking pieces apart rather than cutting them up," says Shawn Means, Executive Director of Habitat For Humanity of Kanawha and Putnam County.

"The hardest part is making sure you don't break the boards. Pulling them up not too bad. Pulling them up carefully. That's the hardest part," says Jack Hoblitzell, a volunteer helping in the process.

The house is more than 50 years old, but Means says the structure has many problems. So five volunteers from First Presbyterian Church in Charleston are helping take apart the structure, and some of the materials will be sold at Habitat For Humanity's "Re-Store" in Charleston. The process benefits the environment, keeping things out of landfills that can still be put to good use.

"Genesis says we're to tend and keep and be good stewards of the earth, and re-using what you can is part of that," says Hoblitzell.

Crews are expected to be finished deconstructing the house July 25th, at which time Habitat for Humanity will break ground on a new house to be built at this location.

"The story of the lady who lived here previously. She wanted this land to be used for the purpose of a new family," says Means.

In the end the house and the materials will benefit dozens for years to come.

Means estimates half of the construction waste in landfills could have been re-used for other purposes.