Trees To Make Hardwood Floors

I have about 2000 square feet to do.

Trees to make hardwood floors.

Take the hardwood tree to the saw mill to have them cut down into rough planks. Russian olive wood is probably the most distinctive being almost chocolate colored it is a very beautiful wood. I decided to use ash for the floor because it s lighter color. There are a few trees here and there that have fallen due to storms age etc.

Send them through the gang saw and have them ripped a full half inch wider than the size flooring you want. Species include some oak varieties hickory cherry walnut poplar and a number of others. This needs to be cut to 1 1 8 inch thick. Part of the improvements to our family room included replacing the carpet with hardwood floors.

This room was only 250 sq ft. In addition we have a couple of trees that will need to come down in the not too distant future. More than half of hardwood harvested domestically is oak that grows from new england to the midwest. There are three common hardwood trees in northeast montana they are the ash the siberian elm and the russian olive.

Most saw mills. 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. How to make a wood floor from raw wood. Cordwood construction cordwood construction is a technique dating back many years where the builders use fallen trees or logs cut from logged trees.

A perfect project for this idea is to make a hardwood floor with wood from locally grown trees.