Old Long Leaf Pine Floors

Antique flooring can also have nail holes and other signs of distress.

Old long leaf pine floors. Reclaimed heart pine floors improve with exposure to sunlight becoming richer in warmth and hue. Antique pine flooring is milled from salvaged timbers and compared with new pine will typically have tighter grain and a darker color. Once we collect the wood we then clean it up by removing nails and planning if necessary. It needs regular sweeping and mopping to protect the finish.

100 of our antique heart pine lumber sawn from reclaimed old growth pine timbers and decking. Texans love their state history and among the most adored is their love for old wood. Longleaf pine pulled from lakes and rivers is equally old says forbes. The same southern longleaf heart pine that was so prized for the first 300 years of colonization is now available as flooring again milled from trees that are set aside when the much faster growing southern yellow pine is harvested.

At this old wood we salvage the lumber from old buildings board by board we take down barns homes stores dance halls and other structures from the late 1800 s and early 1900 s and transport them back to our shop. Most of the wood we find is rare antique longleaf pine. These salvaged heart pine timbers once destined for the land fill have a wonderful hidden beauty that can only be released by sawing these timbers into lumber. The main problem arises from companies that don t label their products or tell you where they come from.

Most new pine will come from plantation or managed growth trees which means fewer growth rings per. Our wood flooring comes from 100 year old houses barns cotton mills garages stores warehouses factories dance halls etc. Heart pine is sometimes called longleaf pine southern yellow pine and yellow pine. When the finish gets dull you can restore it by a screen and recoat.

A 100 year old tree won t have the same percentage of heartwood as a 400 year old longleaf pine so the wood won t be as durable or stable. After having stood for over three hundred years beautiful longleaf heart pine trees were harvested in the 1800 s and used for factories mills shops barns and houses. American reclaimed antique longleaf heart pine flooring has a long history. All from texas and all harvested from pre 1930s buildings.

If you want to refinish sanding pine floors is easier than sanding hardwood. Pine is a softwood so an old pine floor is usually distressed which is part of its charm. Some of our wood dates back to the early 1800s.