Shipping to California The first time we ship to California, 90210. Yes, and the customer ended up being one of our all time favorites. In fact, our thank you card hung on his Christmas tree that year, circa 2016. H. Nguyen, was our first experience shipping to California, and for that we say thank you again! Mr. Nguyen bought our milled to order #2 Southern Pine. 3 biggest misconceptions CA residents have about pine. The […]
What is pine good for? First of all, forgive the grammar but it makes the point, don’t it? 🙂 If you DO NOT get the joke- I apologize it was pretty dumb. But the question ranks very on high Google search, so give the people what they want. Pine is good for: Exterior siding Interior siding Dimensional lumber (2×4’s) Flooring Ceilings Doors Getting more expensive with age [ngg src=”galleries” ids=”8″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″]
End-Matched In tongue-and-groove strip and plank flooring, the individual pieces have a tongue milled on one end and a groove milled on the opposite end, so that when the individual strips or planks are butted together, the tongue of one-piece fits into the groove of the next piece. See Side-Matched and Tongue-and-Grooved. When you are buying unfinished boards, long 8' and up, you do not need ends matched. The industry tells you that you do, not true. Tongue and [...]
Read MoreLive sawn When timber is live sawn each plank is cut straight off the log in a single direction. The orientation remains unchanged throughout the log allowing the floor a full range of the log’s grain. Including the iconic cathedral grain, sap and heartwood, knots and vertical grain. Live-sawn floors include a mix of clear and natural grades and a variety of graining patterns. This milling technique is the most efficient and eco-friendly of the […]
How much extra should we order One the questions everyone should ask when buying any type of flooring, how much extra should we order? The answer, or waste factor, is 10%. The 10% extra allows for mistakes during installation, along with any other damages which can occur during the shipping process. Being careful helps, but even real wood professionals with decades of experience order 10% for insurance and selection. How many boards in the extra […]
The short answer which we rarely offer, not in the normal sense. We sell directly to homeowners, or the end-users of our floors. By rule, most professionals prefer to have their own source that does not offer prices to callers, i.e. homeowners. Our distributors do not want their customers to search for unfinished Heart Pine and finding SYP Direct. So, joint marketing is not a big part of our relationship, for the most part. The [...]
Read MoreCarsiding, car siding, rail-car siding and v groove; now which one of these doesn’t belong? We are updating our blog post with this picture because, well its obvious right because it is awesome. And, the writer does not use that word lightly. ‘Burnt’ and ‘Scorched’, two of the names for one of the coolest distressing options ever. Imagine the ceiling on a floor, with more gloss perhaps? Carding looks amazing with paint, too these extremes […]