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Antique Heart Pine is a superb choice for flooring, beams, and staircases, adding stunning character and depth to any room. The versatility of this reclaimed wood allows for many options, both in pricing and look. Durability and natural warm pumpkin tones are trademarks of Antique Heart Pine.

Antique Heart Pine was abundant in the Southeast region of our country when it was first discovered. Heart Pine contained a very dense wood that made it ideal for construction, and it was the primary building material in this country until it started to become extinct around the 1920’s.

Some of the living trees were saved and the species still exists, although the majority is now protected by the U.S. Forest Service. Today The Woodshop of Texas recycles millions of board feet of reclaimed Heart Pine from factories and warehouses all over the country. The years it served in a factory, warehouse, boat, etc. have cured the lumber so that it is rich in color and very stable from further warping or twisting. Reclaimed Heart Pine timbers that are structurally sound are used for exposed beams, and all other products are recycled at our milling facility into vintage flooring, stair treads, cabinet materials, and more.

In the hundreds of years it takes for Heart Pines to mature, the trees grow tall and straight with minimal limbs, offering great strength and not a lot of knots. Antique Heart Pine has extremely tight growth rings, and its strength is such that the keel of the USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides,” was made from a single Heart Pine timber. The resin within reclaimed Heart Pine adds to its durability, and also serves as somewhat of a natural repellant against termites and other wood boring insects. 

 

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