Trees To Make Hardwood Floors

How to make a wood floor from raw wood.

Trees to make hardwood floors.

In this particular project wood logs are sliced 1 thick and are being positioned to create the most beautiful natural hardwood floor i ve ever seen. More than half of hardwood harvested domestically is oak that grows from new england to the midwest. In addition we have a couple of trees that will need to come down in the not too distant future. This room was only 250 sq ft.

I have about 2000 square feet to do. Part of the improvements to our family room included replacing the carpet with hardwood floors. Send them through the gang saw and have them ripped a full half inch wider than the size flooring you want. This needs to be cut to 1 1 8 inch thick.

I decided to use ash for the floor because it s lighter color. Cordwood construction cordwood construction is a technique dating back many years where the builders use fallen trees or logs cut from logged trees. Take the hardwood tree to the saw mill to have them cut down into rough planks. There are three common hardwood trees in northeast montana they are the ash the siberian elm and the russian olive.

Would it be possible to have someone make wood flooring from some of these trees. Species include some oak varieties hickory cherry walnut poplar and a number of others. There are a few trees here and there that have fallen due to storms age etc. After building the sawmill i decided to make some ash flooring for my house.

Russian olive wood is probably the most distinctive being almost chocolate colored it is a very beautiful wood.