Antique vs Old Growth wood choices from Carlisle

If you have a historic home and you’ve taken a little time to wander around Carlisle’s website here to see all the flooring choices, you might be wondering if you should use Antique Wood
in order to make the floors more historically authentic. In our many years of working on historic restorations, we’ve found that Old Growth Eastern White Pine and Southern Long Leaf Heart Pine were the woods most commonly used for flooring in the “old days”—not so much for the look they create, but because of their massive dimensions and ease of cutting. Growing up to 80 feet high and 2- to 3-feet in diameter, these old growth trees created wide and long boards that could be installed quickly and easily. Today the trees used to make our Old Growth wood floors are between 150 and 200 years old. While many clients believe they need to use an antique wood to restore the floor to its original condition, we often suggest that a client consider one of our Old Growth woods because that’s what would have been used originally.

Today we use the same Old Growth timbers, and our craftspeople still select and mill each board by hand, just as it was done 200 years ago. We’ll guide you every step of the way, no matter what your choice with us, and we’ll work together to recreate the look and charm of the past for future generations to look upon and cherish.

Posted on July 6, 2009 at 02:51 PM in (0) Comments

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