What is Caribbean Heart Pine? In a few words, the type of floor that creates envy, intended or otherwise. Every single person that comes into your home will complement the floor while having no idea what type of pine they are admiring. This leaves room for our customers to engage in some exaggeration intended to “impress” that one person in the family who always brags, you know the one. “We tell customers to say that...
If you are attempting to match an existing pine floor, welcome. The answers or solution you seek may or may not be possible but we promise to do all can, small patch or the entire house.
Southern Yellow Pine durability should not be in question as one day it will be the only thing of value left of your home.
Heartwood is also known as heart content and consist of heart and sapwood. Heart pine flooring is sold with a percentage range, such as 50-80%.
Prime grade is uniform in color, very few, if any knots. Colors in a range from golden brown to red brown heartwood. While both rustic and prime grades contain a minimum of 85% heartwood, rustic has knots. Some might call it character. Prime grade is virtually clear except occasional small pin knots. Color is more consistent and harmonious, with a high degree of red heartwood and limited sapwood. Heart content Caribbean Heart Pine contains the highest percentage of...
5″ Caribbean Heart Pine First of all, this is the 85% version. Second, we answer the FAQ “what is Caribbean Heart Pine“? Visit that link for full information on the species. Better Looking with age Perhaps one of the most desirable traits of Caribbean Heart Pine is that natural beauty becomes more evident with time. As the wood ages, its patina emerges providing a palette of rich, vibrant colors ranging from yellows to vibrant reds...
Mil Run Heart Pine does not fit into standard grade, and it is only available every six weeks or so. July 1st, 2022. We currently have 8400 square feet available for pick up or shipping from Reidsville, NC, Premiere finishing and coating.
We use 2 step, air and then computerized steam. “Is it Kiln dried to 6% like White Oak”? We get this a whole bunch even from installers, mostly up north. (joke, sort of). All of our floors are kiln dried to 10% or just under. Yes, Oak is 6% but Heart Pine is not White Oak. At a molecular level pine allows moisture to both ‘come and go’ without losing integrity, not so with many...
View On Airbnb2 Bedroom Loft on Chattanooga’s North Shore Amazing Air B&B with SYP Direct Floors The New York Times named Chattanooga one of the “Top 45 Places to go” in the World. And it’s no wonder. Tucked between the mountains of Southeast Tennessee, along the beautiful Tennessee River, Chattanooga is one of America’s most breathtaking cities. Chattanooga Tennessee Chattanooga has the reputation of being aggressively welcoming. And that “welcome to Chattanooga” is extended to...
Reclaimed or salvaged? What is the difference between reclaimed and salvaged? If you were in the flooring industry someone might say $15 a square foot, and they wouldn’t be far off. So, if you’re shopping for reclaimed oak or heart pine it’s important to know what you’re looking at it’s important to know where it came from or its provenance. Salvaged Heart Pine Accent Walls Salvaged is something like an old floor being taken up...