The best way to buy real wood floors.
The best way to buy real wood floors, mill direct. In fact, it is the only way to buy real wood; when the boards are still long. Once you see 1-7’ lengths, the middleman has his hands on the floors. Mass marketing them by choosing your color options 2 years in advance.
Why buy real wood floors from SYP Direct?
The relationship we build with homeowners and builders is the key to our success, as 75% of business are referrals. This relationship was built one job at time and we make sure we take care of each customer no matter what the order size. Southern Yellow Pine Direct was founded in 2012 specializing in Knotty Pine. Today we manufacture our own flooring in both unfinished and prefinished forms. Customer service with 100% customer satisfaction. We are the online retailer of unfinished and prefinished real wood flooring with a A + BBB rating, and over 50 reviews direct from homeowners. We do not sell composit floors, real wood is the only floor we would put a family members house, and you are no different.
Buy from a source you can trust.
The truth behind our A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau, and our 60 plus positive reviews is simple, we sell our flooring way too cheap. When that is combined with our amazing customer service, we rarely lose a fair fight. We are polite and operate with a transparency that shocks most first-time callers, “we seem to good to be true” has been said on many occasions.
One house, One Floor.
We approach with a ‘one house one floor’ attitude where repeat business happens when customers add on or move. We are the homeowners advocate for solid wood floors, including hardwoods. Many times callers ask about White Oak prices, and then “does pine make good floors”? We tell the truth, get you the most your money can buy and in marketplace dominated by single use floor covers, we sell floors. Real wood takes time and since time is money, most floor covering companies choose to sell floor coverings because every seven years they get repeat business. We do not think that way, One House-One Floor. We have a network of professionals all over the United States with specialties ranging from installation to off site custom work, and all in between.
Owner, Jason Howard and a sample board of our Caribbean Heart Pine
Real wood is an investment, laminate, engineered, you know floor covers, all just a lease. The formula (s) are infinite, how much do Americans lease a floor cover contains variables upon variables. However, we make it simple while comparing the astonishing economic impact on homeowners.
Southern Pine is not a species
Our Alabama pine floors come from 100 year old mature trees, never clear cut. The soil & climate in the northern Alabama hills, along with harvestable stands of slow-growing mature timber produce consistent gorgeous floors. It absolutely matters where your pine is grown. Our mill has been in production for generations. We produce flooring specifically for your needs. We do not have inventory - we mill your square footage. Your ¾” floor is cut from the same batch of trees & cut with the same knife so it fits together perfectly & installs easily.
Southern Yellow Pine is not a species, but rather a description. Within this region grow ‘hard' pines (yellow) and soft pines (white); color is an attempt to distinguish the Yellow or “hard pines” from the Eastern White Pine or Red Pine. Inside of the Southern Yellow Pine geographic range are four major species: Shortleaf, Longleaf, Loblolly, and Slash, with another 8-9 sub species bringing the total to a baker’s dozen. And no, not all pine is created equal, not when you are talking about walking on it!
New Heart Pine before and after stain
Southern Pine uses
Southern Yellow Pine is a cornerstone in residential construction because of its strength, affordability, and adaptability. SYP is one of the strongest softwoods in North America, with a high strength-to-weight ratio, excellent bending and compression strength, and superior load-bearing performance. SYP’s natural beauty and durability make it ideal for rustic and traditional hardwood flooring. It’s also commonly used in subfloor systems due to its stiffness.
Sustainable and Eco-friendly
Fast growing, abundant and coniferous; anyone remember that term from science class? It means they do not have to be planted, the cones produce seeds when they fall. For this reason alone Southern Yellow Pine is among the most sustainable softwoods grown in the U.S.
What is New Heart Pine
What is New Heart Pine?
New Heart Pine is not new at all, not compared to dimensional lumber or farmed pine. While it is true the longleaf pines of old were allowed to grow hundreds of years and develop dense hearts, trees grown today do still develop some heartwood. The term Heart Pine refers to the non-living “heart” of a pine tree, as opposed to the outer living layers, known as sapwood. A pine tree’s heartwood is highly valued and preferred by many woodworkers and builders, because it is strong, hard, and has a beautiful reddish-gold color. Heartpine is a grade given to flooring with more than 50% visible heart content on the face over every board.
