I ordered 400 square feet of tongue-and-groove yellow pine in 8-inch-wide, 1-inch-thick planks. Today, wood flooring is normally 3⁄4-inch thick or less—because it’s usually laid over a ...

Drying. The wood dries quickly, often within a few days in the kiln. However, as most drying of SYP is for 2-inch thick construction grade lumber, it may be difficult to find someone that has the ...

It's the first sawmill on the East Coast for the company, which will create 125 jobs and produce sustainable Southern Yellow ...

From the first cut to the final smooth planks, this gripping process showcases expert skill, high stakes, ... Intense Pine Wood Sawing with Precision and Skill.

“Wood adds authenticity to an interior," Jamie says, "dings and all.” If you appreciate that kind of warmth and want your floors to look lived-in, reclaimed pine is probably right for you.

Final moisture contents for red should be between 8.0 to 9.5 percent MC, which is higher than most hardwood lumber. Excessively dry wood will require increased glue spread to avoid a starved joint ...

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However, if your flooring is older, you may also see softwood floors, which can include pine, fir, cedar, and spruce. To help determine which wood you have, Beacham suggests you start with an ...

The heart pine wood came from trees thought to have sprouted nearly 600 years ago in Florida and Georgia forests. The lumber was sawed down and transported to Belleair in 1896, where railroad ...

But while pine—a softwood defined by its brown knots, smooth exterior and relatively straight grain—was once an interior faux pas, it’s now enjoying a renaissance. Whether clad wall-to-wall in more ...

“Finland was full of pine up until the 1990s, in furniture, flooring, wood paneling,” confirms Antti Hirvonen, the co-founder of Finnish furniture brand Vaarnii.