In this particular project wood logs are sliced 1 thick and are being positioned to create the most beautiful natural hardwood floor i ve ever seen.
Trees to make hardwood floors.
Would it be possible to have someone make wood flooring from some of these trees.
Most saw mills.
Part of the improvements to our family room included replacing the carpet with hardwood floors.
How to make a wood floor from raw wood.
Also imports quite a bit of exotic hardwood like mahogany rosewood teak and wenge which typically grow in more tropical regions like brazil and indonesia.
After building the sawmill i decided to make some ash flooring for my house.
I have about 2000 square feet to do.
There are three common hardwood trees in northeast montana they are the ash the siberian elm and the russian olive.
Send them through the gang saw and have them ripped a full half inch wider than the size flooring you want.
This needs to be cut to 1 1 8 inch thick.
In addition we have a couple of trees that will need to come down in the not too distant future.
Cordwood construction cordwood construction is a technique dating back many years where the builders use fallen trees or logs cut from logged trees.
This room was only 250 sq ft.
More than half of hardwood harvested domestically is oak that grows from new england to the midwest.
Russian olive wood is probably the most distinctive being almost chocolate colored it is a very beautiful wood.
Species include some oak varieties hickory cherry walnut poplar and a number of others.
A perfect project for this idea is to make a hardwood floor with wood from locally grown trees.