It has to be real wood. 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 fact, it […]
If you are finishing your own floor, as in DIY, SYP Direct will be the best partner you could have during the process. Finishing pine is not hard despite what you will hear locally. Two steps cannot be skipped; first pre-condition the boards and second take your time, practice to get your “style down”.
Finishing pine
We can help any DIY or installation professional who needs a good “recipe”. Our customers have provide us with some amazing pictures and most of the time, they will tell us how the got the look. Distressed, Antiqued, Face Nailed are all ways to enhance the finish, but for the money we love a clear coat.
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 […]
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 […]
he family was using a local installer, who assured them he had worked with Knotty Pine several times. As you will see, the local install professional is key to “non DIY” customers.
The main distinction between urethane or an oil finish; one sits on top the other penetrates. Beyond that simple definition you get into specific products and there are too many for that exercise.
But what about Tung Oil and Southern Pine? Every single finish, customer project using oils looks amazing, it is about time certainly not the protection.
Pictures #2 Southern Yellow Pine all customers of SYP Direct.
Real Wood floors an investment that provides real returns, versus a single use floor such as laminate or engineered wood. Single-use floor covers, investment in your local floor covers and carpet store, but not your home.
Until now, we have sold our unfinished Heart and Knotty Pine, allowing the homeowner to take care of the finish and install. Today, we have a partner in the New Orleans and are proud to offer a vetted, trusted professional that knows how to work with real pine flooring.