Trees To Make Hardwood Floors

Take the hardwood tree to the saw mill to have them cut down into rough planks.

Trees to make hardwood floors.

More than half of hardwood harvested domestically is oak that grows from new england to the midwest. Part of the improvements to our family room included replacing the carpet with hardwood floors. There are three common hardwood trees in northeast montana they are the ash the siberian elm and the russian olive. 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. Species include some oak varieties hickory cherry walnut poplar and a number of others. This room was only 250 sq ft. How to make a wood floor from raw wood.

After building the sawmill i decided to make some ash flooring for my house. I have about 2000 square feet to do. A perfect project for this idea is to make a hardwood floor with wood from locally grown trees. Would it be possible to have someone make wood flooring from some of these trees.

There are a few trees here and there that have fallen due to storms age etc. This needs to be cut to 1 1 8 inch thick. In addition we have a couple of trees that will need to come down in the not too distant future. Send them through the gang saw and have them ripped a full half inch wider than the size flooring you want.

Also imports quite a bit of exotic hardwood like mahogany rosewood teak and wenge which typically grow in more tropical regions like brazil and indonesia.