Our #2 grade Southern Pine, is not a defect and is in fact planned smooth and barefoot ready. We do advise you touch up the rough spots around a few knots, but sanding is not mandatory. Although, they look so much better. Not to mention by removing the soft top layer, your floors are ‘harder’, so why don’t you want to sand? Of course, time and money. Wait, time is money and we get it. Now compare this to the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau standards, telling you what #2 “knotty” pine may contain. The #2 Southern Pine may contain; color variations, knots up to 3″of a 1×6, sapwood, checks up to 1/4 length of the board, 1/4″ holes, unstable knots, and wane up to 8″. That sounds great right, rustic does not mean broken.
One great way to understand our grades are not about defects, they are require the same standard 10% waste. In fact, with large orders we move that to 7% on all grades of Southern Pine. The #2 grade of Heart Pine (Alabama) is not about defects, but lack of heart content. If you are buying Southern Pine, this is important information.
Our mill takes about 2 weeks to mill your order…the warm weather brings out the builders in force, but they have been getting orders out pretty quickly. No flooring in stock or on a shelf from other orders. Milled for you – all boards cut from the same knife, so installation is easy – boards fit together perfectly.
Please vet your installer. Be sure you have a pro & not just “some guy” with a hammer, or girl, but the joke sounds better singular! Back to business, If they offer you a quick install – red flag. Real wood takes time. Quick sounds great because you want to get your house back in order as soon as possible but that is not best for your investment. There are steps that are skipped all the time so the guys with a hammer can get to the next paycheck.
What is worst that could happen? How about the last picture, does that look good? Not about defects, in the wood but we cannot help a with the installation folks. “You can’t fix stupid”, that might be harsh but that specific client allowed us to speak with the person that did this to her floor. He was not pleasant and did not like having to do the work over, the right way.
It has to be real wood. Southern Pine, real wood, is the most Eco-friendly choice for your floor, period. The exceptions, of course, are endangered or illegal timber, but that is not relevant to our discussion. Our New Heart Pine is not farmed and take from private landowners. While our Yellow Pine is sourced from North Louisiana, farmed timber. That is great information but the reason the real wood is green? IT LAST FOREVER. In […]
In 2018 SYP Direct was named Houzz Hardwood flooring dealer of the year in South Carolina, but North Carolina was the #1 state for sales. In fact, the two Carolina’s have both been in our top 5 states by sales volume for 14 years in a row. The reasons are not all about style and taste because when are talking about North Carolina and ‘her’ sister to the south, the population varies dramatically from coastal […]
Box store pine floors are not as good as ours and they are more expensive. Let me repeat, apples to apples they way more expensive. And even their cheaper stuff is stupid expensive for what it is, or certainly what it is not. In world where laminate and hardwood are regularly used to market some floor cover, you might want to use a healthy skepticism when floor shopping. Rule number 1- or at least the […]
If the flooring material being installed does not have specific acclimation and conditioning instructions, here are the steps to follow: Step 1: Make sure that the heating and air conditioning units are in operation at least five days before delivery of the flooring, during installation and after the flooring is installed. If it is not possible for permanent HVAC to be operating before, during and after installation, a temporary system that mimics normal living conditions […]
V groove siding aka Car-siding V Groove siding is also know as Cars-siding, named for the railroad cars they once lined, fits using v joint profile. Car-siding may be preferred over standard ship-lap which laps over making it hard to clean. Along with our V Groove and Ship-lap SYP Direct also offers gap siding. Gap siding, nickel or penny connects with a profile providing the illusion of gap, which experienced Do it yourself create using […]
Repurpose real wood – salvaged or reclaimed. We want everyone to repurpose real wood. With that in mind, please enjoy this video which cost us $75.00 six years ago, We are “thrifty” like most of our customers, but the content is good. Salvaged is ‘saved’, reclaimed is repurposed; and not the kind of repurposing we are talking about with our folk art. The video should clear it up and if you are shopping for reclaimed […]
In reality, you can glue down Southern Pine in standard 3/4 thickness. No problem, you want to glue down Southern Pine you use Bostiks Best. It has a built in moisture barrier and is urethane based so that is allows movement like a nail. But today, in this blog glue down Southern Pine is 1/2 inch, with the long lengths up to 14′ an option. SYP Direct does not sell anything but real wood and […]
Welcome to our blog post on how to identify heart pine. To be clear, we are talking about how to identify New Heart Pine. In this informative guide, we will provide you with valuable insights on recognizing heartwood, and in a broader context, ‘heart content’. Both of these are essential for those homeowners (installation professionals) looking for quality New Heart Pine. Quality is easy to define, with the end result being an installation and a […]
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When you are deciding between prefinished or unfinished floors the first consideration should be your experience, or a trusted professional with the experience. Prefinished hardwood floors have had all the work done to them before they arrive in your home and are ready to be installed. In most cases this means sanded, stained, and finished with a UV aluminum oxide coating as a topcoat. On the other hand, unfinished boards require; acclimation, finish, drying time, […]
Made in America means real wood What is the made in USA rule? “Of course, it is made in American it came from Home Depot, and it says so in the name, American Walnut.!” But like many things (cars), this term is added to make you feel good about the purchase even though you wanted real wood. Terminology Made in America today means the finish with engineered floors and only boxes with anything else such […]
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