Chestnut Reclaimed Flooring
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.
Chestnut reclaimed flooring. Supplies are strong in all our chestnut but especially in the narrow plank. Reclaimed chestnut is a commercially extinct species and offers it s owners a rare touch of beautiful elegance and a priceless piece of the american past. We have many accessories available made out of the reclaimed wormy chestnut. At the turn of the 20th century american chestnut came under distress from the chestnut blight and by 1920 almost all of the chestnut trees were dead.
Reclaimed lumber beams. Please call for details and a custom quote. One of the rarest of the reclaimed hardwoods our wormy chestnut hardwood flooring prominently marked with insect bored wormholes derives from roof rafters floor joists and. Reclaimed chestnut floors are made with floorboards fashioned from wood that has been salvaged from old buildings slated for demolition.
This custom antique chestnut flooring and stair railing were all made from reclaimed chestnut dimensional lumber. Most chestnut barn wood is sold to be used with a freshly planed surface to reveal the wood s great brown coloration and worm holes that many find romantic thus. 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. Available exclusively as reclaimed and recycled wood chestnut s color ranges from dark chocolate to latte.
Reclaimed chestnut flooring remilled overview our rare antique chestnut remilled flooring is made from hand selected barn wood. Wormwood and nail holes are often present and wider boards may be expertly mended with. Today the american chestnut society is doing wonderful work restoring the species by breeding blight resistant trees. Made here in the usa.
Reclaimed chestnut flooring american castanea dentata chestnut is prized for its rustic character memorable visual depth and profound rarity. Most chestnut lumber is reclaimed material cut from old timber beams. From barns and farmhouses to factories and old homes these fading structures yield aged and weathered chestnut timbers full of nail holes wormholes cracks splits color variations saw marks and other imperfections creating a rich character that only. Chestnut floors earning our customers loyalty and repeat purchases and engaging in long term customer relationships.
We have a long reputation for excellence in the production of 3 4 reclaimed hardwood flooring bbb a.