Heart Pine Flooring With Oak

With hardness similar to oak and once used to build sailing ships and textile mills it s salvaged from old buildings and barns and given a new career when it becomes reclaimed flooring.

Heart pine flooring with oak.

Forest service specialists report that even a 200 year old tree will average only 65 heartwood. Heart pine is milled from the center of very large trees that are becoming scarce and hard to find. If the damage is too severe for refinishing it can be difficult depending on when the flooring was purchased and the. Another source of heart pine comes from reclaimed lumber such as beams or structural lumber.

Heart pine is only slightly behind oak on the janka scale in terms of durability but is actually more structurally sound and stable than oak. If heart pine flooring becomes damaged will it be easy to match or replace. As a softwood pine grows faster than the hardwoods typically used for flooring such as oak or walnut. Because of this pine is better suited to environmentally friendly forestry practices.

Character live sawn character vertical grain and select vertical grain. Standard pine flooring typically is harvested domestically from smaller. Enjoy a relaxed country charm with our character grade antique heart pine. This magnificent floor is a refined approach to antique flooring.

11 new heart pine our new heart pine unfinished solid hardwood flooring is available in three unique cuts and grades. This floor consists of 70 100 heart content and is rich with knot nail hole and sound crack and check. We have most of the heart pine flooring available in width from 2 5 to 11 5 in a tongue and grove profile or butt joint profile. Heart pine flooring is a softwood but is extremely hard due to its natural slow growth making it similar in durability to hardwood floors like red oak.

Select grade antique heart pine is in a class all it s own. Widths range from 2 1 4 all the way up to 11 depending on grade and cut selections. Heart pine flooring is prized for it s rich natural colors and gorgeous unique grain patterns. Some customers prefer the worn and rustic look that heart pine flooring develops over time feeling that the character of the floor is enhanced.

Goodwin s heart pine is from trees 200 to 500 years old. A 75 year old tree will average only 30 heart and even a 130 year old tree yields wood that is not as hard or rich in color as antique heart pine. Zero voc penetrating oil finish for easy touch up and maintenance. Old reclaimed or restored heart pine flooring may be called antique heart pine.

Southern character grade heart pine. Specializing in wide plank pine and reclaimed heart pine available both prefinished and unfinished. Why heart pine is special.