Product Specifications

Antique Heart Pine

Imagine your floors being the first antique in your new home.

From old, weather worn timbers, Authentic Pine Floors craftsman carefully cut exquisite planks and veneers to produce our Antique Heart Pine flooring. This collection has been RECLAIMED-literally, from the massive beams of distilleries and warehouses built in the 18th and 19th century.

Only the combination of the highest quality material and our state of the art milling produces an Authentic Pine Floor. We are proud to offer the most precise and consistent milling on the market.

To achieve the best job of recycling, it is important to maximize the yield from each beam. This is most efficiently done by milling the antique material into random widths, providing you the most affordable antique product.

Antique Heart Pine Solid, Site Finished Flooring

Lovers of antiquity can now choose from three grades of antique heart pine flooring. Heart content, grain pattern, knot/nail hole size and content are all considered when determining the grade of each plank. The floors are 3/4" solid, precision milled, tongue and grooved with relief grooves on the back. Lengths are 2' to 12' with an overall average length of 8'.

Antique Heart Pine Solid, three grades

Tavern grade - Antique Heart Pine

Our most popular selling grade of Antique Heart Pine, tavern grade displays the rich feel of antique wood. Structural checks, nail and bolt holes add character to the grade. With leaf and linear grain and heart content 50-100%, knots are up to two inches.

Available in nominal widths of 3", 4", 5", 6", 8" and 10"

Choice grade - Antique Heart Pine

Sawn from the oldest of beams, choice grade showcases tight grain and consistent heart pine color. Nail holes are small and infrequent and knots are limited, less that 1½". With a mixture of vertical and flat grain, heart content ranges from 85-100%.

Available in nominal widths of 3", 4", 5", 6", 8" and 10"

Vertical grain - Antique Heart Pine

Often used in restoration projects of 18th and 19th century structures, vertical grain grade is known for its linear grained face. Knots and nail holes are small and infrequent, very minor surface checks are allowed. The heart content is from 75-100% and quantities are limited.

Antique Heart Pine - Beams - Mantles

Antique beams are available for mantels or as exposed beams. They are available in their original reclaimed condition or with one or more faces sawn. Custom made to your order, call for size and lengths available.

Antique Heart Pine - Accessories

A complete line of stair parts, moldings, vents and Authentic Oil Finish is available to complete your project. Call our experienced staff at 800-283-6038 for all the details.

Antique Heart Pine Flooring Engineered - Prefinished

In our efforts to preserve our past for future generations, we have crafted antique veneers into stunning Antique Heart Pine Engineered Flooring.

The veneer wear layer is 4mm thick, making it a floor that should last the lifetime of your home.

Authentic Oil Finish is what truly sets our Antique Engineered Heart Pine Flooring apart. The oil helps the floor develop a rich patina with age creating a rich, old world appeal. Unlike aluminum oxide and other topcoat finishes, the oil penetrates deep into the wood so the finish does not scratch, chip or peel! Topcoat oil is available in varied colors to enhance the color of the floor. Its greatest charm is that it is easy to maintain, reapply and refinish. While many floor manufacturers offer "lifetime finish warranties", only good if you don't walk on them, mop them or let your dog in; when your oil finish begins to wear, simply re-apply another coat of Authentic Oil Finish.

Engineered floors are more resistant to high moisture levels than solid wood floors. Perfect for coastal and arid climates, engineered floors can be installed on any grade level, in basements and over radiant heat. They can be glued, stapled or floated and have a lifetime structural warranty.

Specifications: Antique Heart Pine Engineered has one of thickest wood veneer wear layers in the market, similar to that of ¾" solid wood flooring. The wear layer is 4mm thick with an overall thickness of 9/16", tongue and groove and end matched with lengths from 2' to 6' (60% 6'), packaged in boxes. It is 3-ply engineered with a SPF filleted core.

Antique Heart Pine Engineered Prefinished floors are Tavern Grade and available in three styles (Natural, distressed, and hand-scraped)

Antique Heart Pine - Engineered - Prefinished

Natural

This wide plank engineered flooring is available in 5.125" and 7.08"widths and looks fabulous in random widths. Should you want to add color to this floor, topcoat with one of our darker Authentic Oil Finishes.

Handscraped

A work of art, there is no substitute for hand crafted, old world style. Offered in a wide 7" board, every last plank has the telltale markings of a talented craftsman. The Authentic Oil Finish enhances the unique characteristics of this hand crafted floor. Color: Aged Bourbon

Distressed

Textured to replicate the floors of old, but smooth to the touch, this 5" wide plank floor was the 2006 "Floor of the Year" at the Southern Living Custom Home Builder conference. The distressed floors rich color is darkened with Authentic Oil Finish. Color: Aged Bourbon

Wide Plank Oak - Handscraped - Engineered - Prefinished

For more formal applications, wide plank 7.5" handscraped oak works perfectly. Light in color, with the depth handscraping adds and completed with the Authentic Oil Finish, it is easy to maintain. Solid wide plank oak is not stable so rarely used, however, it performs perfectly made into veneers and manufactured into engineered wide plank flooring. This gives you the opportunity to have a very unique floor. Can be glued, stapled or floated and has a lifetime structural warranty.

Specifications: 4mm wear layer, 9/16" thick, 7.5" wide, 3 ply engineered, SPF filleted core, #1 Common White Oak

Heart Pine Solid, Site Finished Flooring

Like heart pine of the 18th century, today's vintage promises to be the masterpieces of tomorrow. Heart pine flooring has been used since America was founded in homes all along the Eastern coast, across the country and abroad because of its strength, durability and beauty. Our heart pine is produced from American managed plantations and sustainable forests using the highest quality material and state of the art milling. Heart pine is the dense, center section of the tree.

Three grades of Heart Pine Solid wood flooring are available. Heart content and knot frequency and size are considered when determining the grade of each plank. The floors are ¾" solid, precision milled, tongue and groove with relief grooves on the back.

Colonial grade - Heart Pine Solid Flooring

Colonial heart pine is our premier grade, defined by high heart content, classic lines and limited knots. Heartwood is 85-100% with infrequent knots, less than 1 ½". Chosen for the most formal applications, colonial heart pine grade is available in limited quantities.

Available in nominal widths of 4", 6", 8", 10" and 12" 4", 6" and 8" widths, defect cut and bundled in lengths from 2' to 12'. 10" and 12" widths, random long lengths of 2' to 16'.

Victorian grade - Heart Pine Solid Flooring

Victorian grade heart pine solid flooring is our most popular product. Loaded with 75-100% heart content and more frequent knots, Victorian showcases real pine floors. Knots and slight imperfections are the characteristics most loved in pine and Victorian grade is the perfect balance. Knots will vary in size up to 2 ½".

Available in nominal widths of 4", 6", 8", 10" and 12" 4", 6" and 8" widths, defect cut and bundled in lengths from 2' to 12'. 10" and 12" widths, random long lengths of 2' to 16'.

Country grade -- Heart Pine Solid Flooring

Country heart pine appeals to a more casual lifestyle and is often distressed on site. It remains most popular in random widths of 6" and 10" and is often face nailed. With 50-100% heart content, knots are allowed in any size and frequency.

Available in nominal widths of 4", 6", 8", 10" and 12" 4", 6" and 8" widths, defect cut and bundled in lengths from 2' to 12'. 10" and 12" widths, random long lengths of 2' to 16'

Handscraped - Prefinished - Heart Pine Solid Flooring

Custom crafted, wide plank handscraped solid floors in random widths of 6", 8" and 10" are prefinished and darkened with "Aged Bourbon" Authentic Oil Finish and contain 50-100% heart content. Featured in the Southern Living Idea Home in Charleston, South Carolina, these handscraped floors were the most popular element in the home. Many people asked how the floors were made to look like they had been there forever. Thousands of people toured the home. To refurbish the floors for the new homeowner, the floors were simply buffed and an additional coat of oil was applied.

Available in random nominal widths of 6", 8" and 10" Random lengths from 2' to 16'

Southern Yellow Pine Solid Site Finished Flooring

Procured from American managed plantations and sustainable forests, Southern Yellow Pine is a renewable resource. It is twice as hard as its Northeastern white pine counterpart. There is no guarantee of heart content though some is often present. It is ¾", tongue and groove with relief grooves on the back. Lengths are from 4' to 16'.

Wide Plank - Southern Yellow Pine Flooring

To achieve the look of original wide plank flooring, Southern Yellow Pine in widths up to one foot is often used. To keep the wide planks from cupping, they are often face nailed using cut nails that imitate old hand forged nails. These floors stain beautifully and look particularly good in the wider widths.

Wide Plank Southern Yellow Pine is hand graded to a flooring grade #2 allowing unlimited knots and imperfections to achieve the character of pine while greatly eliminating unwanted defects.

Available in nominal widths of 6", 8", 10" and 12" 6" and 8" widths, defect cut and bundled in lengths from 2' - 12'. 10" and 12" widths in random long lengths from 4' to 16'.

Vertical Grain - Southern Yellow Pine

Perfect for restoration or to re-create a period home, Vertical Grain Southern Yellow pine is prized for its linear grained face. Knots are infrequent and less than ¾".

Available in nominal width of 4" Lengths from 8' to 16'

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