27 Jun

Glue down Southern Pine

Finish and Install, Knotty Pine, Unique and or Cheap

17 May

1×6 #2 Southern New Heart Pine

Knotty Pine

1×6 #2 Southern New Heart Pine

First of all, a 1 x 6 #2 Southern New Heart Pine grade is very deceptive desription. It is neither 3/4 nor 6″; as for the #2 Southern New Heart Pine that might be the most deceptive of all because it is not a defected grade like lumber yard #2 Knotty. To find out more read Southern Yellow Pine is not a species and or What is Heartwood?

Pictures of #2 Grade Southern aka Knotty Pine

Each photo you see on this page is our #2 Knotty Southern Yellow Pine. And without a doubt, the 1×6 is the most popular width, hands down. The value of these floors is found in the character, as evidenced by color. The colors, a result of heart and sapwood are the character and variation we want from the species. Of course, we offer select, prime and clear floors- we just like the knots a little better.

#2 based on lack of heartwood

A board with less than 50% heart content on the face, it becomes a #2 grade, not because of defects but lack of proximity to the center of tree. Our Heart Pine floors range 50-80% heart content with more narrow grades having a higher percentage of heart to sap.

Rustic Style Post

Repurpose real wood

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 […]

Glue down Southern Pine

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 […]

How to identify Heart Pine

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 […]

Stop listening to them

Yes, you can have real wood floors, even with concrete sub-floors because, yes you can glue real wood. The solution is adhesive that moves like a nail, (Bostiks Best) but I digress. The reasons “they” tell that real wood is not the right choice for your home or business, are revolve around the old adage that ‘time is money’. Real wood takes time, has no big commissions or sales contest and does not come in […]

Antique reclaimed heart pine with saw marks

Baseball, Apple Pie and Southern Pine

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 […]

Syp direct sells white oak solid hardwood flooring

North Carolina

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 […]

#2 grades rustic heart pine southern yellow pine direct

12 Jul

Rustic in eye of beholder

Knotty Pine

What is #2 Southern Yellow Knotty Pine?

Simple, it is a generic term for pine with knots, not a big surprise. What may surprise you, Knotty Pine is not a grade. #2 SYP is not a true grade and differs from mill to mill, i.e., floors or lumber. Lumber mills sort based on defects; knots included. But when a mill produces flooring, Heart Pine flooring, it is sorted based on the amount of visible heartwood, not defects. An astounding 95% of pine floors are produced by dimensional lumber mills using Loblolly or similar farmed species. Age creates not only gorgeous colors and character, durability and stability.

More about Rustic #2 Southern Pine

Southern Yellow #2 Knotty Pine differs from mill to mill depending on the end product. For example, we produce Heart Pine, therefore our #2 knotty pine simply lacks the heart content. Distance from the middle of the tree, not defects, determine our #2 grade. Southern Yellow Pine Direct tells you truth about your options.

More about Rustic Flooring from SYP Direct

Rustic floors, or rustic by definition refers to simplicity, rural or country style. What about flooring? Do knots automatically indicated a “rustic” style or simplicity? The word comes from Latin Rusticus or Rus, “to be country”, or Shabby Chic as we call it today.

Find your inner rustic

Knots or No Knots Email Us

Sometimes you feel like a knot, sometimes you don’t! (Anonymous with apologies)

1×8 Mill Run Heart

Our Mill-Run (rustic) Southern Pine floors might be perfect for you, if you understand real wood grades. And more importantly, when purchasing the unfinished version, experience and or a real wood professional are a firm requirement. Unless you simply buy enough it to “learn as you go”, made possible by the low price. We do not suggest the latter and the 1×8 Mill Run Heart Pine requires only 10% waste just like any other grade.

#2 Knotty Pine Southern Yellow Pinewith gloss clear coat

22 Apr

#2 SYP pictures

Knotty Pine

Local installers found for DIY customers

02 Jan

Rustic Floors

Knotty Pine

The best rustic floors are all about character and color, derived from knots

The word rustic, is subjective. It is Southern Pine with sap and heartwood, a 7″ wide plank mill run heart pine. We shipped our unfinished 12′ boards to our finish partner who created for us an amazing floor, just perfect really. Fawn, the finish name sits on top of our 3/4 x 7″ tongue and groove, ends matched including a micro bevel along all four sides. This floor offers, what I consider to be the common characteristic of gorgeous rustic flooring, color variations. Rustic floors are how we define character

Do all rustic floors have knots?

Rustic floors, or rustic by definition refers to simplicity, rural or country style. Rustic handwriting and lumber, but what about flooring? Do knots automatically indicated a “rustic” style or simplicity? The word comes from Latin Rusticus or Rus, “to be country”, or Shabby Chic as we call it today. All well and good but some may believe rustic indicates a lack of sophistication and style. We will argue that those two characteristics are not always one the same, simple is good. Want great recent example what rustic means in Colorado?

Caribbean Heart Pine Rustic Grade

Caribbean Heart Pine gives you the type of floor that creates envy, intended or otherwise. Every single person that comes into your home will complement the floor while having no idea what type of pine they are admiring. Perhaps one of the most desirable traits of Caribbean Heart Pine is that its natural beauty becomes more evident with time. As the wood ages, its patina emerges providing a palette of rich, vibrant colors ranging from yellows to vibrant reds and coppers that deepen and intensify with age. Want to see more pictures, Pinterest site.

“Sometimes you feel like a knot, sometimes you don’t”

NO, I will ‘knot’ apologize for that and if you do not get it, you are too young to remember! How about Not all Knots are created equal? No, the perfect example our #2 grade, aka Knotty Pine. Our #2 SYP does not indicate defect but rather a lack of heart pine. Remember not all Southern Pine is created equal, age and species matter.

Rustic with Knots

“Knots are not holes

“A few knots are ok, but”; the number of times we hear this or some version probably exceeds 50% of all callers. Rustic yes, but that does not mean huge knots all over every board, no. Of course, we get those of us that believe it is not the frequency but the stability of the knots that matter most. A knot is solid, not falling out or on the edge of board and never holes. However, notches or small holes a very different story. (see waste factor)

Repairing Scars

Repairing scars pays off

Repairing a knot with a notch missing, what we call a scar, is easy and looks amazing. Ok, with dozens of wood fillers on the market which one works best? Well, just like our customer service we prefer to go old school with sawdust. For information on the process check YouTube, but essentially you mix some adhesive with sawdust, fill and sand. If your floors have a color/stain, drop some of that into the mix but don’t give up unless you can see all the way through.

Knotty Pine

Glue down Southern Pine don’t buy engineered and pay more for a veneer.

We have 1/2 inch glue down Southern Pine

More about buying Southern Pine from us

SYP Direct offers 1000 square feet of 3/4 x 3 1/8 clear pine (no knots) finished as seen with Aluminum Oxide top coat.

What is #2 Knotty Pine

What is Knotty Pine and what it is not!

What is knotty Pine- it is not full holes.

Questions such as What is Knotty Pine are fine when you are researching, but when are shopping it opens you up to misinformation.

About Southern Yellow Pine Direct

What is Knotty Pine and what it is not!

What is Knotty Pine Select?

Pictures of #2 Grade Southern aka Knotty Pine

#2 based on lack of heartwood

Rustic Style Post

Repurpose real wood

Glue down Southern Pine

How to identify Heart Pine

Stop listening to them

Baseball, Apple Pie and Southern Pine

North Carolina

What is #2 Southern Yellow Knotty Pine?

More about Rustic #2 Southern Pine

Find your inner rustic

Sometimes you feel like a knot, sometimes you don’t! (Anonymous with apologies)

1×8 Mill Run Heart

Is Knotty Pine a grade?

#2 Southern Yellow “Knotty” Pine

Alabama Longleaf Pine

Alabama Pine Lumber

Arizona 2021

Heart versus Knotty Pine

Do all rustic floors have knots?

“Sometimes you feel like a knot, sometimes you don’t”