Antiques

Antique Hardwood Flooring from Reclaimed Lumber

Antique Wood Flooring is typically made from material sourced from old barns, or factory buildings or other old structures built 100 or more years ago. In that time, large wooden beams were the main structural support for large buildings (along with stone). Modern buildings are supported with steel in the same way. These days steel is stronger and cheaper alternative to large wooden beams for a lot of obvious reasons.

Wood salvaged from these older buildings is referred to as reclaimed wood or lumber, recycled wood, barn wood, antique wood, and reclaimed timber. Reclaimed Hardwood Flooring is the product of milling or sawing down the large wooden beams out of the old buildings. Antique wood flooring is generally sold in the tongue and groove, or plank style. Most often, the wider the boards, the more desirable the flooring is to buyers. Also, many types of reclaimed hardwood show the patina and character of aged wood including worm holes, knots, and checking (small cracks).

The term tongue and groove comes from the fact that the flooring is milled to have a “tongue” edge that fits into the “groove” edge of the piece next to it when installed. The joint allows for the natural contraction and expansion of the wood with humidity and temperature. Plank style antique wood flooring is cut with the grain of the wood and can be in lengths from a few feet to 12 feet or more. Wood “moves” with changes to environment by becoming narrower, not shorter in length, so the tongue and groove joint is designed to allow for this contraction. The potential width and length of a board is obviously only limited from the source where is comes from.

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