Salvaging Old Wood Floors

These may also be reused if you are careful and don t damage them during removal.

Salvaging old wood floors.

Hardwood floors add value to a home because of their long lasting beauty. Helped his father demolish a building in west point ms. Our reclaimed wood products are salvaged from barns and other historic structures after they ve reached the end of their functional lifespan. And easy to pull off ways to use everything from bottle caps to crayons everything including old wood floors.

If you have access to an old house with wood flooring that s being demolished you may want to salvage the floors. Salvaged reclaimed wood. The rest as they say is history. Near a nail slide the pry bar underneath the board and elevate about inch.

Our reclaimed antique wood flooring is unique with our capabilities to bring wood to you right from the source. Furthermore we can find you the right look you want from our many ongoing salvage projects. Use your pry bar to remove baseboards. Salvaging is definitely the most lucrative of the options for hardwood disposal but it also requires the most care in removal.

Our various floors have different looks depending on the part of the structure. In addition to specializing in antique wood flooring we supply vintage recycled building materials mainly in chestnut oak and pine antique beams boards joists etc. Check out sites like pinterest for ideas on how to upcycle or repurpose old hardwood. Can be used for either decorative or structural purposes such as cathedral ceilings trim or molding tables or counter tops.

Then move to the next nail and do the same thing. Pry up a board with an exposed tongue. We salvaged the old hardwood flooring from my husbands childhood home. But along with the charm may come stains squeaks and other signs of age.

Rtc does way more than supply reclaimed flooring they have tin and barn siding beams brick and more. Old hardwood floors offer the extra allure of charm and a little history. Tennessee based reclaiming the past rtc began when 13 year old tom green jr. How do you decide whether to try to salvage that 50 year old hardwood floor or just replace it.