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01 Sep

Pine Floors in Michigan

Wood Floor Shopping

 

Finished to order 1x4 Clear Southern Pine flooring

Maize and Blue

Michigan Wolverine Fans- Congratulations on making it to the National Championship game.

We celebrated your year by creating a Michigan Wolverine, Maize and Blue

finished Southern Pine.

 

Clear grade 3/4 solid 3 1/4 wide in all 10′ boards!!! This floor is one of a kind, seriously; because unique

does not do it justice. End matched all 10′ boards, all of them! That makes the floor unique but the color

makes it cool. floors The finish, has a UV aluminum oxide coating plus a micro-bevel on the (again) 10’not

10″. So, comparing anything else will be tough- but the price makes it easy. $4.95 for all 1600 sq ft.

Southern Pine floors in Michigan does not include White Pine

Please note: THIS IS NOT WHITE PINE! Nor is it utility grade box store farm grown plantation trash pine. This is old growth authentic longleaf southern yellow pine. The differences are abundant and easy to spot when comparing boards. White is plain, void of character and 1/2 as hard as Southern Yellow Pine. In our opinion, White pine is good for walls only and should not be considered an option for SYP.

Do it yourself Southern Pine Michigan

Michigan Do it Yourself and then review us!

“ Jason and Heather from SYP Direct Flooring have been an absolute delight to work with during our recent transaction. My wife and I are involved in updating, while trying to retain the character of a 124 yr. old building along Michigan’s lake shore. The original flooring was local Yellow Pine and trying to find authentic Southern Pine floors in Michigan can be difficult. Jason was an invaluable part of recreating the building as it once was. Heather was on top of getting back answers to questions of any sort. The quality of the was outstanding and just what we needed. These folks were helpful, friendly, gracious and fun throughout the process. This has been one of the best purchasing/customer service experiences I’ve had.” – Gary Miller, Grand Rapids, Mi. – 2017 Heart Pine Floors Michigan

Perfect for the lake cabins

Authentic Southern Pine shipped to your job site

Our floors are unique and the absolute best value in solid flooring. Call to have us explain this statement. SYP offers the best product, in this grade- bar none. Tongue and groove with relief grooves on back or v groove with flat back. KILN dried, precision mill and surface planed- barefoot ready. Standard lengths 8’-14’ or mix. All orders are based on minimum of 1 pallet, approximate 820 square feet, varies slightly based on width and length of the boards.

Michigan customer reviews SYP Direct

Michigan customer provides best flooring review for SYP Direct, excerpt from full review on Google.

“This project, on paper, should have been a real challenge:  The floor is about 25 feet from the water’s edge so there is plenty of humidity in the summer, and in the winter the temperatures can plunge well below zero and cold air is dry air!  Also, the floor is over a crawl space.  So, lots of moisture change in this location.  i went with a historical look using antique ‘hand-cut’ nails face-nailed in counter-sunk holes.  I then finished with a hand-rubbed oil finish.  The results are stunning!  We receive many compliments from visitors and craftsmen alike.  And the floor is as flat and stable as the day(s) I installed it.  Very, very happy with how it turned out. ” (Newbury, G.)

Michigan

SYP Direct is local for you.

Michigan we love you guys- call us now before the weather gets too bad, or to plan for when you thaw. Jason Howard

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Amazing Southern Pine colors and character shown in our samples boards
27 Oct

Heartwood, what is it?

Heart Pine

Heartwood

South Carolina example of heart content of Knotty Pine from SYP Direct

The price of New Heart Pine floors should depend on the amount of heart content on each board. Why? Heartwood is harder than the rest of the pine, we measure hardness using the Janka scale.

Heartwood and the Janka hardness scale

The Janka rating of New Heart Pine, is 1,240 lbs. (564 kg.), by comparison Northern Red Oak’s value is 1,290 lbs. (585 kg.). Full disclosure a Janka rating is hard to measure when the percentage is not 85% or more, as with our Caribbean Heart Pine. However, we see the color represents two desirable qualities in a pine floor, age and hardness.

Heartwood, commonly known as heart content consist of heart and sapwood. A good example is our character grade Heart Pine which has more knots and therefore more sapwood than a clear grade. Heart pine without sapwood will usually have more vertical grain, with tones that are more brown than the red found in sapwood. It should be noted that sapwood becomes as hard as heart pine as it is exposed to oxygen (dies), so the stability and hardness are equal no matter the percentage of heart to sap. Heartwood is where you find the character and color variation that makes pine floors desirable. The variations in sapwood and heartwood provide color changes that scream character.

What is Southern Pine – the tree which gives us heart pine

Southern Pine is not a species but rather a geographic marker from Texas to Virginia. The word yellow indicates the ‘hard’ pine species of Southern Pine, so yellow means hard and white soft. Loblolly the fast-growing species is what you farmed from Texas to the east coast. Alabama pine serves as the raw materials for our mature new Heart Pine floors. Alabama Heart Pine, while new is 4 -5 times older (more mature) than anything you are getting locally, no kidding. Farm raised Loblolly pine, fast growing pine, represents 95% of all pine harvested. For more information on the industry, i.e., what happens from tree to your job site, call SYP Direct today.

Heart content and Heartwood

Heartpine is a grade given to flooring with more than 50% visible heart content on the face over every board. Sapwood is alive and Heartwood is dead, what does that mean? Heartwood has less moisture than sapwood, until the Kiln. However, over time the tree “promotes” layers of sapwood to heartwood status. As the sapwood  stops flowing through selected layers of the tree (dying) it becomes as hard as heart pine.  The tree pores fill up with organic matter and the cell walls change color, ultimately becoming dryer and stronger to form Heartwood layers. In terms we can understand; sapwood becomes heartwood with time and a good Kiln.

Heartwood is function of age and species

What is Heartwood?

explains what is heartwood with visual example of percentage heartwood

#2 Knotty up to 40% Heartwood

Be honest, did you realize these pictures were #2 Knotty Pine? Does it look anything like your local pine or box store stuff? No, and the reason is simply the percentage of heart pine in our #2 grade. Think about this, you can create a heart pine floor from our #2 grade, with just a little bit of planning. You simply sort for high heart content and strategically place those boards in high traffic areas of your house.  Imagine creating a “Heart Pine” living room, with Knotty Pine in the bedrooms, which is one way to go.

More about US

With an A+ rating from the BBB, it is no surprise that we never misrepresent our floors in any way shape or form. #2 Knotty Pine, the perfect example of telling the 100% truth about the grade. We have no surprise cost, nor do we ever want a customer disappointed in quality.  It is today, and our business  will continue to be dependent on word of mouth and repeat business. Without quality, we have nothing.  Email the real owner

Or visit Houzz to more more heartwood.

 

 
 
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Wood Flooring Shipping Pallet
22 Jun

Delivery and Shipping

Wood Floor Shopping, Customer Bill of Rights

No Surprises during delivery

The best way to have a good shipping experience starts with no surprises. Gate codes, overhead powerlines, gravel road, bridges; no detail is too small. Why? Because commercial shipping companies charge for everything. If there is some type of last-minute change or “surprises” they can abort the delivery and take your pallet back to the terminal. Does not sound too bad until you get the re-delivery charge. Think of LTL carriers as ‘land-pirates,’ they can, if they so choose, hold your floors for ransom.  

Long & Heavy

Buying flooring online means custom crates and pallets
Crated with usable boards

“Waste factors are 10%, period. Over that amount is a tavern or ‘unusable grade’.

The good news

Only about 5% of deliveries have any type of issue because our team addresses them upfront. After 10 years we navigate all of it for you, until the delivery (residence). You become the boss, so we impower you to handle the role if necessary. And more importantly, our A+ BBB rating tells you what you need to know about SYP Direct. Homeowners, we are your advocate and can be trusted to make things right 100% of the time.  

View of back grooves

Shipping nationwide bundle of Caribbean Heart Pine backside with grooves
wide plank Heart Pine back view

Current Lead Times Southern Pine

In GENERAL, we run 10- 14 days on our Clear, Heart and #2 or better flooring. We have dedicated logistics partner who will speak with you prior to shipping if there are any issues to resolve. We track your floor from pick up to destination insuring you have plenty of time to prepare for your delivery or arrange your pickup.

“The price per square foot means nothing if installation takes twice as long.”

Document damages

Shippers are not on our team. Note any damages, no matter how small, on that release they have you sign. This must be done at delivery – you cannot call the terminal later & say you found damage. Documenting damages on the release form allows you to take delivery, then access any damages. Once you open it up – if there is real damage, we can get a detailed inventory & file an official claim, if you document the damages on the release.  

Shippers want to make money and they have your stuff

Be there when the floors arrive, they do not hang around.  The driver is not going to wait and certainly will not off-load your floors. Herein lies the difficulty with residential delivery, the catch if you will. SYP Direct floors are long, and they are heavy, so lift-gates are hardly ever an option. In plain language, the floors must be off-loaded by (your) hand and or your equipment.  

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Caribbean Heart Pine prefinished uv
wide plank
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Southern Yellow Pine Direct offer homeowners the reliability of an A+ rated BBB company; the best quality, pricing and service bar none. We operate under an "old school" philosophy that the customer is always right. We make sure you are just that by educating and dispelling myths about Southern Pine and Heart Pine flooring.
Remember we are a mill to order manufacturer of unfinished and prefinished Southern Pine, including our speciality Heart Pine. Our lead times are normally about two weeks, with Hardwoods and Imports the lead times vary and that is an understatement. 2 days -2 months has bee the answer since COVID. But things are imporving, as White Oak prices continue to fall. (Jason Howard 9/9/2022)
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1x10x12 wide plank new heart pine flooring
17 Jun

10″ Heart Pine

Heart Pine

1 x 10 Heart Pine is the widest of our wide plank New Heart Pine. Remember when you see 1x10x12, those numbers are neither 1″ nor 10″, the 12′ is accurate. Only with pine, new pine for that matter.  Southern Yellow Pine is not one species, actually there are dozen varieties but Loblolly and Longleaf are the two that matter. Loblolly is grown and farms, sold in box stores and offered at your lumber yard as 2×4’s or tongue and groove. Our Longleaf timber is taken from North Alabama from private landowners and very small batches. A Longleaf pine require 150 to reach maturity whereas farm grown pine will be harvested every 30 years.

3/4 Solid Wide Plank 10″ Heart Pine

In 2016, we shipped 4000 square feet of 1x 10 Heart Pine to the Richmond Virginia area for a new construction project. At the time we had no idea the customer would generate what most at SYP Direct believe to be our “best looking floor”. Professional photography, an amazing site finish in a 5 million dollar home, it does make for a great picture.  The good news, if you know how to finish Heart Pine you can create this exact floor for much less than you might think. At somewhere around $3.50 per square foot, unfinished this 1 x 10 Heart Pine can become your million dollar floor.

Matching Treads

Southern Yellow Pine Direct offers stair treads to match our heart pine

12-14' lengths

One of our favorite heart pine flooring pictures from VA customer
1x10 Wide Plank

1 x 10 Heart Pine versus #2 “Knotty Pine

Heart Pine or Knotty Pine floors sounds like you are choosing between knots and no knots or at least fewer. Not true, New Heart Pine has knots in the 50-80% grade. When you look at descriptions, you will see percentage ranges such as 50-80% or 85% plus. These percentages tell us how much heartwood is visible on the face of each board.  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. Heart Pine ranges 50-80% heart content with more narrow grades having a higher percentage of heart to sap. For information about our standard grades, check out our floors. 

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We want to talk to you about your project, let us get you an amazing floor. Need it prefinished? We offer both finished to order floors using our materials and standard prefinished floors from trusted sources. Southern Yellow Pine Direct, first in price and the best customer service you will find anywhere, bar none. Honest numbers with accurate delivered cost per square foot, no hidden fees or surprises.

Please send us an email. If you need a call back, ask us and guess what? We actually call you back and handle your questions, one by one.
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Southern Yellow Pine Direct offer homeowners the reliability of an A+ rated BBB company; the best quality, pricing and service bar none. We operate under an "old school" philosophy that the customer is always right. We make sure you are just that by educating and dispelling myths about Southern Pine and Heart Pine flooring.
Remember we are a mill to order manufacturer of unfinished and prefinished Southern Pine, including our speciality Heart Pine. Our lead times are normally about two weeks, with Hardwoods and Imports the lead times vary and that is an understatement. 2 days -2 months has bee the answer since COVID. But things are imporving, as White Oak prices continue to fall. (Jason Howard 9/9/2022)
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$2.50 per square foot DIY finished the most amazing Heart Pine flooring and Stairs
09 Feb

Arizona & Southern Pine

Walls and Other

The Crary family of Prescott Arizona, sent amazing pictures of our Heart Pine Floors. The photos you see here are the end result of an “aging” process using an undercoat and patience. After 8 years and thousands of floors only the truly unique catch our attention, this fits the bill. Instead of explaining the ‘recipe’, we can get it directly from the source.  “We wanted the floor to look rustic, we put an undercoat on first and sanded it off, before applying the finish coats. (Waterlox) VERY labor intensive but we like the result 🙂 We probably should have done one more layer of Waterlox at the end, but we just wanted to move in. So, it is imperfect like us and we love it!”

Arizona & Southern Pine

You may not think of Arizona when you think Southern Pine, or Heart Pine. Think again, SYP Direct makes it possible for people like the Crarys to obtain authentic materials at a reasonable cost.  The finish job on these floors is amazing but the underlying materials made it  possible. Full disclosure, Allan Crary runs Haley Construction and along with his wife Alison who designed this floor, they are not your normal DIY. The caption reads Bean Bleed, which refers to the Jatoba Bean stain wiped on and off, would not be as dramatic without the character underneath.

Haley Construction, Prescott Arizona

Started in 1955 by CJ and Francis Haley as a residential developer in Globe, AZ, the company moved to Prescott in 1960 and soon became one of the largest construction companies in Yavapai County. Haley boast 1,000 projects in the Prescott and northern Arizona. These include notable municipal and commercial buildings, historic restorations, medical, green buildings, and award-winning custom residential homes. Want to move to Arizona? Check out Prescott and Haley Construction- it is a growing area, and we already found you a builder!

New Heart Pine

To display the amazing job Arizona DIY did with SYP Direct wide plank Southern Pine
See the "Bean Bleed"?

Prescott

Prescott described as an “historic desert mountain city”. located about 60 miles south of Sedona, a popular arts and retirement community. Downtown is clean, quiet and is a mix of old West and Midwest with a number of historic structures. Older homes, mostly of Victorian vintage, are nicely kept and restored, due in part to preservation incentives. There are more than 700 structures listed in the National Register of Historic Places in Prescott county.

SYP Direct- Local no matter where you live

What is SYP Direct, how about an A+ rated mill to order online pine flooring mill; delivering the best Longleaf Heart and Rustic pine floors, bar none. Seriously, checking one box is not possible when asked the question what is SYP Direct?   What we do is an easier question to answer since there is no category for our business model. We mill to order Southern Yellow Pine (SYP) floors one customer at a time, i.e. mill direct. Mill Direct brings continuity which creates an easier installation with better performance over the life of the floor.

More about SYP Direct

What about SYP Direct makes us so unique? Southern Yellow Pine Direct aka SYP Direct is the only true online pine flooring mill. Furthermore, our mill partnership (s) allows us to manufacture using custom specifications aka milled to specs or milled to order.  Milled to order is really big deal. How so? Nothing is sitting around on a shelf waiting to be matched with another run, weeks later. Every board of your floor comes from the same timber which is milled all together creating a continuity important to the look and the ease of installation.

How did you find Southern Yellow Pine Direct in Arizona?

“Honestly, I think I just did a lot of google searches initially about pine floors and ran across your site. It seemed professional but personable, with a LOT of good information. I emailed a lot of people initially, but Heather was the one that responded with the most detail. I never felt like there was anything I could not ask her unlike other places. She went above and beyond communicating and answering my questions in great detail which I appreciated. I knew what to expect for every step from her from the samples to the delivery of our actual flooring. And of course, your pricing and quality is great!”

Faux Beam T/G Floors

Leftover flooring become heart pine beam in Arizona DIY project
Leftovers are good

Creating a decrotive beam with extra tongue and groove floors

I don’t know about you but I am not this creative or talented. Alison claims it “wasn’t that hard” but I am not sure our defintions of hard are not quite the same. Of course the undercoat process and the finished product is very impressive but how about the beam. Over the years customers have sent pictures of bartops, doors, shelving, accent walls and a chicken coup but never a beam using all t/g floors. Creating it might seem easy but look closely, at the finish and quality of work that is not easy at all. It requires precision and a complete understanding of the desired outcome, aka the look. And by the way, the Crarys also ended up with a matching window, too.

window bonus

Pine flooring used to created rustic window
Please send us an email. If you need a call back, ask us and guess what? We actually call you back and handle your questions, one by one.
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Remember we are a mill to order manufacturer of unfinished and prefinished Southern Pine, including our speciality Heart Pine. Our lead times are normally about two weeks, with Hardwoods and Imports the lead times vary and that is an understatement. 2 days -2 months has bee the answer since COVID. But things are imporving, as White Oak prices continue to fall. (Jason Howard 9/9/2022)
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Kentucky diy customer pine walls
08 Apr

Kentucky

Walls and Other

Kentucky quick fact: the state has more navigable miles of waterways than any other state in the union. Probably not what you think about when you think about the Bluegrass state, right? Basketball tops my list when I think about Kentucky. As an LSU alumni and Louisiana “boy”, I wonder;  How many times did Kentucky beat LSU in the SEC tournament, all of them? OK, not every time but awfully close! If that doesn’t top your list, how about that little horse race they hold every year.

Kentucky Derby

Frankfort is the capital city of the  Commonwealth of Kentucky, but Louisville is the largest city. Louisville is home to the Kentucky Derby, the renowned horse race held at Churchill Downs on the first Saturday in May. Dubbed “The Run for the Roses,” stemming from the blanket of roses draped over the winner. It is also known in the United States as “The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports” or “The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports” because of its approximate duration. The Kentucky Derby has run uninterrupted since 1875. Even with the Olympics and major professional sports leagues canceled at those points, the Derby, Preakness, and Belmont took place during the Great Depression and both World Wars.

SYP Direct & the Blue Grass state

SYP Direct depends on word of mouth, specifically referrals. Kentucky provides a perfect example of how our business has grown to cover the state. During our first two years, we only had 4 customers from the Bluegrass state, last year (2019) it was 10. And while that number ranks 20th comparing total sales by state, almost ½ of those started with one customer. Word of mouth business is direct result of the quality and service received. An A+ rating from the BBB, confirms, we take care of our customers.

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Ownensboro Kentucky Workshop

We send so much time talking about our tongue and groove floors, walls get over-looked. In Owensboro our customer used tongue and groove on his walls, running the boards vertical, as shown above. “Here is the finished building. I built a bar and workbench (with leftovers) also. I am VERY happy with it. Thank you for all your help!” (McClarty 2020).  When comparing t/g walls to widly popular Shiplap, one interlocks producing straight edges, whereas Shiplap rest on top one another.

Ship-lap or Shiplap

Shiplap Southern Yellow Pine siding profile using pine lumber

Buying Solid Wood Flooring? You have certain rights!

You have the right to real

First, it must be real wood, a floor not a floor cover that will be thrown away one day. Nobody calls carpet a hardwood, but it outlasts most LVT and all laminate. Solid wood, i.e., engineered by Mother Nature! – It is a shame that we even use the same word, hardwood to describe both real and fake flooring. Laminate Hardwoods, the term has no meaning. It is not wood, much less hard. Laminate, LVT and cheap (less than 4mm wear layer) engineered flooring all ends up in the same landfill.

Long boards are not a luxury

Long lengths- When did trees get so short? 95% of all prefinished hardwoods are sold as 7’ nested bundles, meaning box. The average board will be under 30”, all chopped up is what you get. Not the case with our finish to order heart pine, we run long boards up to 10’ with an average over 7’; 80% of boards are 8’ and up. In fact, we offer a version with all 12’ boards; however, the shipping and packaging becomes more expensive. Why long boards are so cool? They look like they cost a fortune because everyone else has chopped up short boards.

You have the right to the truth

You cannot refinish engineered wood with less than 4 mm wear layer, warranties are, in general worthless and nothing is waterproof except water. These are topics that, of course, generate questions; and the answers should be given in the form of true statements not marketing garbage. You will find that with each question answered, the truth becomes clear. Single use floor covers mean repeat business and that is what supports the industry. Nobody wants you to get a solid real hardwood because you will not need another one, nor will the person who moves in after you. Solid hardwood flooring increases the selling price by up to 10% because the new owners can re-finish rather than repurchase.

  • shows the gorgeous look of real wood floors comparing engineered floors
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New England customer in Maine
10 Jan

SYP in Maine

Wood Floor Shopping

So, SYP in Maine doesn’t sound right, you think that it might be a problem to find real Southern Pine floors in ME?  Welcome to SYP Direct, the nationwide online pine flooring mill with an A+ rating from the BBB. Not only do we ship our unfinished Southern Pine to all 50 states (even Hawaii, 2018), we make sure every customer has support from inquiry to installation. The mild weather this year has spurred demand in New England. Most of our business occurs in the summer months. Whatever the reason, we love sending our pine to Maine and all of New England. Homeowners and builders love authentic Southern Pine, and having it delivered to the job site at an amazing price.

Maine the “Pine Tree State”?

The “Pine Tree State “recognizes the white pine tree, as an officially designated state symbol. Maine possesses over 17 million acres of forests, much of its Eastern White Pine. Also, Maine, is the northeastern most state in the U.S. Maine is known for its rocky coastline, maritime history and nature areas, like the granite and spruce islands of Acadia National Park. One of the most surprising facts about Maine is the amount of coastline in the state. Maine has 3,478 miles of coastline. This is more than California (3,427), in fact, Maine has over 5,000 miles of coast if you include all of the islands. Only Florida and Louisiana (mostly bayou) have more miles of coastline. Furthermore (Maine Facts), “Maine has 3,166 off-shore islands. Only about 1,200 Maine coast islands have an acre or more, 600 comprise 95% of the island acreage”.

Cities in ME 201

To find real Southern Pine floors in Maine, no matter what city, call us! So far in 2020, we shipped to homeowners in these cities; South Portland, Dixmont and Bristol. Each of the orders we unique, one was a massive number of stair treads, one Heart Pine and the other our #2 grade. One was a repeat customer who moved and wanted to get our floors for their new home. We love repeat customers and what a tremendous compliment not only for the quality but the overall experience of working with SYP Direct.

acclimation is about moisture content

Shipped nationwide

Solid wood is heavy

Remember, we sell solid real wood. It is long, it is heavy and shipping it is not like ordering shoes from Amazon. The process involves milling, packing and shipping pallets over 1500 miles, all while protecting your boards. Southern Yellow Pine in Maine, is not a oxymoron. We do this like no other company, our BBB A+ rating is valuable to our company and we work very hard to keep it! What this means is that we manage every detail, no surprises, no extra fees and shortage of boards.

New England Builders

Southern Yellow Pine in Maine is not impossible, in fact we make it easy. Builders and installation professionals who understand that real wood takes time, welcome to SYP Direct. We do not take shortcuts and we do not sell to those of you that do, end of story. However, if you are a real wood pro, with or without pine experience, welcome to the best source you will ever find. As long as you have your customers best interest in mind, we can work together.

2023 Maine Southern Pine

If you live in Maine and want to buy the best Southern Pine, quality and price- you have come to the right spot. We have been blogging about SYP floors since 2016, and by we I mean me. My name is Jason and along with my wife Heather (co-founders) want welcome homeowners and pine lovers. Wide plank Heart Pine, V Groove walls, and the best #2 Knotty pine bar none.

Update for New England

Maine is not the only New England state doing business with SYP Direct. In 2021, the states that make up this area have increased year over year sales by 50%. The lumber shortage and our strong referrals in the area are both key reasons for the surge. However, the main reason is the massive amount of money we save residents compared to local options. For example, SYP Direct offers a prefinished 1 x 8 x 12′ New Heart Pine, delivered to NE for under $7.00 per square ft. Want to know more? 

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07 Aug

South Carolina

Wood Floor Shopping

South Carolina Pine Floors

Since 2014, SYP Direct claims the source for local South Carolina pine floors. Charleston, Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach, Columbia, Mount Pleasant, Summerville, Rock Hill, and Greenville have multiple projects. In fact, Mount Pleasant had 5 one summer. South Carolina ranks in our top 3 states for overall sales, every year. A pick up option exists in Charleston, our partners include imports, finished flooring builders, and  installation options. Trusted locals to verify the manner in which SYP Direct treats our homeowners. Searching online using the search term, Southern Pine Floors in SC reveals Lumber Liquidators pine. Before you buy Clover Lea call us we can explain to how they fooled you, and save your project!

Houzz Beach Floor Projects

Charleston’s French Quarter and SC Southern Pine

South Carolina Southern Pine and the French Quarter of Charleston, what? As a native of Louisiana, the writer understood historic restorations a from monetary point of view. Charleston customers and builders changed our perspective. Charleston does not keep  history alive for tourism, they love this city. Restorations are an obligation, a birthright almost and monetary concerns secondary at best. Did you know that Charleston is not the capital of South Carolina? Nope, and New Orleans is not the capital of Louisiana. Charleston was at one time, long ago and New Orleans never wanted (state) politics to get in the way of the party.

Beach Style Floors

South Carolina is a southeastern U.S. state known for its shoreline of subtropical beaches and marsh like sea islands. Our Beach style floors, the whitewash with a hint of blue , was borrowed from our first SC DIY beach floor. Maryland and South Carolina both claim Whitewashed Southern Pine as there own, with Maryland featuring a  “Chesapeake version”.  However, our SC Do It Yourself customers have become experts in the hybrid whitewash showing off blue and even green.

Myrtle Beach

A little further north, a roughly 60-mile stretch of beachfront known for golf courses and the vacation town Myrtle Beach. Myrtle Beach, a city and vacation resort on South Carolina’s Atlantic coast, is the hub of the Grand Strand, a 60-mile string of beaches. Along its beachfront boardwalk are arcades, souvenir stands and restaurants, as well as the old-fashioned Family Kingdom amusement park and the Sky Wheel, one of the country’s tallest Ferris wheels. Myrtle Beach also offers world class golf with courses designed by leading professionals.

White Oak, Hardwoods and Imports

Why hardwoods from Southern Yellow Pine Direct? Simple, we remove the people that either take a commission or shorten your boards. “Farther from the blade, the more you paid”, true 100% of the time. The best White Oak prices are always found at the mill in long lengths. We allow (end-users) homeowners to buy direct from the mill floor. We don’t eliminate the middleman, we take it tree to delivery meaning we eliminate several of them.

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29 Jul

Prescott Construction

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Prescott Construction, located in Roanoke, Virginia easily qualify as real wood experts and SYP Direct partners. Southern Yellow Pine Direct has no agreement with Prescott, nor do we profit other than informing other Virginia residents about our partners in the state.  It is simple, we market ourselves as  the homeowner resource and introducing VA to Prescott construction  is part of our model. Sure we are bragging, but we are also validating your search for real wood and hopefully our Southern Pine floors.

Prescott Philosophy

It is not what we do, it is the way we do it. “Over the years we’ve managed to build, along with our many projects, a reputation for impeccable craftsmanship and attention to detail. We specialize in residential and commercial construction, new custom homes, and historic renovations and rehabilitation’s. It’s not just the work itself we take pride in, but the way we do it.”

Prescott Construction uses Real wood

Real wood kitchens are a perfect example Prescott Construction does business. Most customers are unaware, 90% of builders and professionals in Virginia would have pushed the customer towards an engineered floor, or tile in the kitchen. Why? Higher margins, easier installation and most customers believe that is the best choice for a kitchen. It simply is not true, not for real wood professionals who understand the process and how much value they add by giving you a real wood kitchen.

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Restorations in Virginia

In Virginia a restoration or renovation can mean taking the property back in time, or in can be a blend of modern updates and the past. From what we have observed Prescott Construction is integral in the design and planning process, acting as consultants. Matt Prescott, told us during our first conversation that “each client gets 100% of our attention, no matter the size or scope of project”. Upon hearing this, we knew we wanted to work with this company, they get it.

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More about SYP Direct

Southern Yellow Pine Direct was founded in 2012 specializing in Alabama Pine. Today we have delivered Southern Pine in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Canada. Our mission from day one was to  target homeowners and not builders or re-sellers. However, professionals such as Prescott Construction make great partners.  The relationships we build with homeowners and select builders, the key to our success, with 75% of business are referrals. This relationship was built one job at time and we make sure we take care of each customer no matter what the order size.

We urge you to listen to offers and then read our reviews…a pattern emerges; great materials, amazing prices and customer service over and above. It is not magic what we do it is just really old school. We approach with a ‘one house, one floor’ attitude where repeat business happens when customers add on or move. We are the homeowners source for building materials, including; Knotty Pine, New Heart Pine, Caribbean Heart Pine and Antique Reclaimed Heart Pine in small batches from select producers when available.

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11 Jul

Texas

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Welcome to Southern Yellow Pine Direct trip through Texas, “Goats, Wine and Heart Pine” or “Deep in the Heart Pine of Texas, we like both names. Many of you may not understand the pride which exists in residents from  Abilene to Corpus, “bigger is better and everything’s bigger in Texas”, “Don’t Mess with Texas”, it’s real. Do not take our word for it, visit the Hill Country and see what Texas is doin’ with wine. What goes good with BBQ from Rudy’s, a red  I assume but plan on  finding out.

Engineered by God, Heart Pine in Texas

Texans like real wood, we only sell real wood ‘engineered by God! Since we began publishing post such as Made in America and Investment flooring, all about real wood our Texas business has taken off. And we begin our tour in Paige Texas, 90 miles from Austin as we visit a creative Texan that certainly understand real wood.  Peter M. Peter M purchased 1600 square feet of wide plank Caribbean Heart Pine flooring.  Along with the CHP, Peter bought several pallets of v joint (groove) utility grade heart pine, for the walls and ceiling. And of course, he did this knowing the challenges of installing that volume in those lengths, not to mention waste factor. So before emailing about cabin grade, please know we cannot possibility provide our coverage or satisfaction guarantee, you better buy plenty!

About Pete’s Paige Heart Pine TX project

About the project, the sub-floor is 3/4 CDX plywood treated with a Borax based mixture, for  fire and water protection. Next the sub-floor sealed using an outdoor deck finish, before covered in #15 felt, to control any noise.  Peter told us ” he could not be happier with the way they turned out and that “the installation could not have been easier because the quality of the mill work. The quality of preparations, installation and finish are evident in the finished product, we love it”. 

Is Texas in the South?

Ask most northern folks they immediately say yes. However, ask a Texan and the answers vary with one constant, nothing compares to Texas. Somewhere around 1977 the writer asked his uncle the question, to which the reply came “yes but don’t tell them cause they don’t think so”. The answer is yes Texas is a part of the South but Texas is still Texas! From diversity to  the economy no other ‘southern’ state can compare with it. However, we had a few more questions about the Longhorn state. 

Is Austin a part of Texas ? 

Many argue that Austin is to Texas as New Orleans is to Louisiana, like a “whole other state”. Of course, Austin is the state capital of Texas, an inland city bordering the Hill Country region. Home to the University of Texas flagship campus, Austin is known for its eclectic live-music scene centered around country, blues and indie rock. As for SYP Direct Austin means, Reclaimed Spaces, and their amazing custom floors. Want a Heart Pine in Texas? And certainly in Austin we urge you to check out the site and the ‘spaces’ which have been created in your area. ‘Austin is the heart of Texas’ we heard more than once during our project with Reclaimed Spaces. 

Is Austin part of The Texas Hill Country? 

The consensus seems to be that yes, Austin is in the Texas Hill Country. The Texas Hill Country is a geographic region of Central and South Texas, forming the southeast part of the Edwards Plateau. The Hill Country plays host to a diverse population across 25 counties. Austin and San Antonio are the two metropolitan areas, each worthy a visit for sure. San Antonio with a population of 1.4 million is now larger than Dallas where we end our trip through Texas. But first, wine country is our vacation stop before any more business. 

Did you know Hill Country was Wine Country? 

Texas Wine Country? SYP Direct did  the 15 things we did not know about Indiana and now we have ‘did you know the fact about Texas.’. How about that 1.7 million tourists visit wine country, every year. Not impressed, those visitors and wine sales generated over 13 billion dollars of economic impact throughout the hill country.  SYP Direct is headed to Fredericksburg. “The Burg” , a city in central Texas, is known for its wineries and B&B’s.

City on Hill at Spring Creek

During the SYP Direct “tour”  we searched for Bed and Breakfast in the area and found the City on the Hill at Spring Creek. What caught our eye? Look around their website we found our Southern Pine in the Hill Country! Seeing the pictures of the Cabins, we knew exactly where we were going to stay. Something about that place felt like home, later we found out it was the people, and the place. We met the nicest most down to earth people who made both of us feel like part of the family. We had a fantastic weekend touring the wine and sampling the wine country. Fredericksburg and the whole area is just a cool place to visit but our trip would not be the same without staying at City on the Hill at Spring Creek, 100% thumbs up. 

Toledo Bend Tung Oil & SYP Direct

And finally on the way back to the real south we find the Texas Tung Oil Finish of Toledo Bend! Thanks to Lynn and crew we have these two pictures an amazing floor. “We just kept rolling it on until it stopped soaking it in”, the recipe for this floor. Shown here, 3 cycle sand, apply and dry. Thanks for traveling with SYP Direct through Texas, we could not get to everyone and not everyone sends pictures because they want to let people think they spent a JR Ewing fortune, sorry last bad joke we promise.

Fancy Goat Boutique B & B on Main

 So why is a flooring site writing about Goats in the wine country of Texas?  Well sometimes stuff is so good that you want to tell other people about it. The Goat Milk Soap made at the Fancy Goat Boutique B&B on Main is one of those things! Not only did we  use the amazing Goat Milk Product, our dogs benefited too. Everyone is silky smooth thanks to those cute little Nigerian Dwarf Goats, which you can visit as you shop or stay over. My spouse loved the boots, and boots are very important to her, I mean us.  Southern Knotty Pine in the Texas Hill Country along with Wine & goats- you gotta love Texas. 

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