Reclaimed Heart Pine Flooring

The superior physical properties of this slow growing tree taking 200 to 400 years to mature ensured its longevity for many generations.

Reclaimed heart pine flooring.

Once regaling north america s southeastern savannah in expansive groves the standing timber has long been romanticized by writers naturalists and woodworkers. Beams cut from 400 year old longleaf pines are recycled into antique heartwood pine flooring at our millworks in chatham county north carolina and. Antique reclaimed heart pine flooring antique heart pine was once the structural backbone of early american architecture. Antique heart pine select grade our best selling grade of antique reclaimed heart pine select is chosen for the character and warmth of reclaimed woods.

After having stood for over three hundred years beautiful longleaf heart pine trees were harvested in the 1800 s and used for factories mills shops barns and houses. Award winning river recovered and reclaimed luxury antique wood flooring. Compare and you will clearly see why goodwin is the industry gold standard. With a dense grain of 90 100 heartwood select is a mixture of plain and vertical grains.

You deserve only the best. We mill antique heart pine flooring from beams recovered from historic buildings found along the east coast. Why heart pine is special. Due to its popularity as a building material this once abundant species is now virtually impossible to find in modern forests.

Zero voc penetrating oil finish for easy touch up and maintenance. American reclaimed antique longleaf heart pine flooring has a long history. Heart pine is sometimes called longleaf pine southern yellow pine and yellow pine. Designed and preserved by nature carefully recovered and expertly refined.

Heart pine flooring is prized for it s rich natural colors and gorgeous unique grain patterns. With hardness similar to oak and once used to build sailing ships and textile mills it s salvaged from old buildings and barns and given a new career when it becomes reclaimed flooring. Multiple species including 200 year old heart pine and heart cypress. The nation s finest heartwood pine floors begin here since 1982 we have been carefully reclaiming mighty timbers from eighteenth century industrial buildings that were destined for demolition.

Specializing in wide plank pine and reclaimed heart pine available both prefinished and unfinished. Authentic pine floors began in 1984 as a small family business in locust grove georgia and continues to be the floor of choice for discriminating custom builders architects and homeowners we have satisfied customers all. Knots range from small to large increasing proportionately to floor width. Today our reclaimed heart pine flooring is salvaged from beams and floor joists out of old soon to be demolished mills and factories around new england built during the american industrial revolution.

Carlisle s proprietary grading allow. Reclaimed antique heart pine has been a staple of the american building profession for centuries.