Green, eco-friendly floors are about longevity Our company offers homeowners the power to choose an investment versus a product. The difference? An investment increases in value when a product is designed to wear out and then replaced. One outlives the house, the others on average, about 7 years. So I ask, which is the green floor? But wait don't you cut down trees to get real wood? Yes, once and it does not involved any [...]
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Southern Yellow Pine Direct Welcomes Red Lodge Montana to our list of cities in Big Sky Country. Montana is a western state defined by its diverse terrain ranging from the Rocky Mountains to the Great Plains. Its wide-open spaces include Glacier National Park, a vast wilderness preserve that passes into Canada. The park’s many snow-capped peaks, lakes and alpine hiking trails are showcased along its famed Going-to-the-Sun Road, stretching 50 miles. Montana is also home [...]
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Maryland and Southern Yellow Pine Direct have been a perfect match since 2014 when we launched the Online Mill concept. The state understands the versatility of Southern Pine, from the beach styles to very early American, the classic pine, MD seems to "get it". Of course our Beach floors are popular, but 3 to 5" Heart Pine remains the favorite. SYP Direct markets directly to residents using our network of installers and Do It Yourself [...]
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Sustainable timber, i.e., timber that has been harvested and replenished which may occur naturally or farmed. ‘Sustainable Forestry’, however, involves more than just planting a tree when you cut one down. Sustainable timber management or forestry means doing no ecological damage to the surrounding environment. Plant a tree To those who want to help stop Global Warming- buy a real wood floor and plant a tree. Healthy, sustainably harvested timber creates forest that become more [...]
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Gated Community 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 redelivery charge. Think of LTL carriers as ‘land-pirates,’ they can, if they so choose, hold your floors for ransom Damages- Inspect [...]
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Reclaimed or salvaged? What is the difference between reclaimed and salvaged? If you were in the flooring industry someone might say $15 a square foot, and they wouldn't be far off. So, if you're shopping for reclaimed oak or heart pine it's important to know what you're looking at it's important to know where it came from or its provenance. Salvaged Heart Pine Accent Walls Salvaged is something like an old floor being taken up [...]
Read MoreRustic 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.
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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