The word new in New Heart Pine alerts the buyer that this is not reclaimed or antique heart pine. Also known as heartpine, and even hard pine, this classic species has been in our homes and building them since the Mayflower landed. Heart content, and therefore heartpine is created by age and species.  The price pine floors should be about age and species. Age creates stability, stability and character not to mention heartwood. Our ‘Pine Like Wine’ idea make perfect sense but there is one variable ruining it all, advertising.

What makes it New Heart Pine?

Heart content consist of heartwood and sapwood. Prime grades or those without knots derive the majority heart content from heartwood. Rustic, or heart pine with knots has more sapwood, i.e. color variations. Heart content is expressed in percentage terms such as 50% or ranges such as 50-80%.

Alabama New Heart Pine

Pricing New Heart Pine

Pricing New Heart Pine, when comparing two offerings should be ‘apples to apple’.  In fact, apples to apples comparisons rarely occur during the buying process. Furthermore, the true heart content and quality of the floors are not known until the pallet is unpacked. Samples can show the best board of a 1000 and pictures, no better. Therefore, pricing becomes about trusting your source. For example, find one that specializes in Heart Pine, offers local references and has an A+ BBB rating. Wow, that might be hard to find if you were not already on the website. SYP Direct.

New Heart Pine just means not antique because it is not new

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, it creates stability. When comparing your local #2 SYP with our floors, get samples and ask for local customers. Comparisons reveal the facts, one is plain and void of character, while the other defines character.

What is heart content

Heart Content –Heart content consist of heartwood and sapwood. Prime grades or those without knots derive the majority heart content from heartwood. Rustic, or heart pine with knots has more sapwood, i.e. color variations. Heart content is expressed in percentage terms such as 50% or ranges such as 50-80%.

New Heart Pine just means not antique because it is not new

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, it creates stability. When comparing your local #2 SYP with our floors, get samples and ask for local customers. Comparisons reveal the facts, one is plain and void of character, while the other defines character.

What is heart content

Heart Content –Heart content consist of heartwood and sapwood. Prime grades or those without knots derive the majority heart content from heartwood. Rustic, or heart pine with knots has more sapwood, i.e. color variations. Heart content is expressed in percentage terms such as 50% or ranges such as 50-80%.

Amazing Wide Plank New Heart Pine (SYP Direct Houzz)

SYP Direct, or Southern Yellow Pine Direct sells newly cut, not reclaimed, heart pine and rustic long leaf pine flooring.  Furthermore, SYP Direct simplifies the pine flooring market. In fact, we spend time with almost every customer discussing common misconceptions and misinformation.  An easy way to understand the big picture; pine should be sold just like wine, age, species (grapes) and location define the final product, and therefore price. Solid wood floors, pine or hardwoods, constitutes and investment that will outlive your house, i.e. reclaimed one day.

Southern Yellow Pine Direct

With an A+ rating from the BBB, it is no surprise that we never misrepresent our flooring in any way shape or form. We have no surprise cost, and our business was, and will continue to be, dependent on word of mouth and repeat business. The larger orders get only get a volume discount; the customer service is the same with 200 to 2000 square feet. We are willing educate our clients and go to bat for them, in a variety of forms. We have been on the phone with contractors, builders, installers and too many salespeople at box stores to count. Once customers realize the marketing tricks such as, warranties, scratch resistant and water proof.

Amazing Wide Plank New Heart Pine (SYP Direct Houzz)

SYP Direct, or Southern Yellow Pine Direct sells newly cut, not reclaimed, heart pine and rustic long leaf pine flooring.  Furthermore, SYP Direct simplifies the pine flooring market. In fact, we spend time with almost every customer discussing common misconceptions and misinformation.  An easy way to understand the big picture; pine should be sold just like wine, age, species (grapes) and location define the final product, and therefore price. Solid wood floors, pine or hardwoods, constitutes and investment that will outlive your house, i.e. reclaimed one day.

More about us- With an A+ rating from the BBB, it is no surprise that we never misrepresent our flooring in any way shape or form. We have no surprise cost, and our business was, and will continue to be, dependent on word of mouth and repeat business. The larger orders get only get a volume discount; the customer service is the same with 200 to 2000 square feet. We are willing educate our clients and go to bat for them, in a variety of forms. We have been on the phone with contractors, builders, installers and too many salespeople at box stores to count. Once customers realize the marketing tricks such as, warranties, scratch resistant and water proof.