Chestnut Reclaimed Flooring Thickness
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Chestnut reclaimed flooring thickness. Reclaimed chestnut flooring unfinished antique chestnut naturally rich color and character from decades of being the frame of a working barn this reclaimed chestnut flooring has beautiful character and style. Specifications reclaimed solid wood flooring is normally milled to 17mm thickness same top wear layer above the t g as 3 4 with a thinner bottom layer to maximize yield from scarce supplies of raw material. For centuries the american chestnut was prized for its strong straight grained wood that was easy to saw and split. Highly resistant to decay chestnuts were used in a variety of applications from furniture and split rail fences to chestnut hardwood flooring and telephone poles.
Call store for sample. This magnificent floor is a refined approach to antique flooring. We offer each flooring selection with two options. Reclaimed wormy chestnut lumber.
Hemlock flooring when considering solid wood flooring made of a single 3 4 thick piece of wood. We usually have 2 thick reclaimed chestnut lumber available in widths from 4 8 and sometimes up to 12. 3 4 5 8 1 2 custom thickness upon request. You will see 90 100 heart content along with fewer and smaller knots for a clean look but still with a rich reclaimed patina.
Using reclaimed boards that were originally sawn to 1 thickness with a very large circular saw mill and then left exposed to the elements for 100 yrs or more allows us to leave a lot of the original patina and saw marks on the surface of the floor plank. However by 1950 three and a half billion american chestnut trees were killed by the chestnut blight. Based on incoming lumber. Reclaimed chestnut flooring remilled overview our rare antique chestnut remilled flooring is made from hand selected barn wood.
Planks ranges in color from light to medium honey and contain evidence of their age and their former life including blackened nail holes insect marks weathered cracks and some patina. Add free sample to cart 3 4 x 2 1 4 select brazilian chestnut. Solid wood flooring expands and contracts with changes in your home s relative humidity. Chestnut flooring in the upstairs of an early american log cabin.
During this time the trees were often infested with small borers which chewed pin sized holes in the wood thus giving it the name wormy chestnut southend reclaimed reclaims antique wormy chestnut from barns and old buildings. Sku 10034302 as low as 3 98 sft. Waterproof rustic reclaimed oak luxury vinyl plank flooring 5mm thick.