American Chestnut Wood Flooring

The american chestnut was once considered one of the most important forest trees throughout its range and was considered the finest chestnut tree in the world.

American chestnut wood flooring. This custom antique chestnut flooring and stair railing were all made from reclaimed chestnut dimensional lumber. This custom 1 5 flooring was crafted from reclaimed chestnut lumber. In addition to giving your living or work space a look and feel that are truly unique installing reclaimed wormy chestnut flooring instead of newly manufactured flooring helps to protect the environment. Due to its wonderful stable disposition chestnut was used for every utility purpose by the colonials.

Chestnut flooring in the upstairs of an early american log cabin. In fact we are so happy with the product and the helpfulness of everyone at appalachian woods that we are already talking about installing the same product in the entire upstairs of our home. Heartwood is a light to medium brown darkening to a reddish brown with age. The american chestnut castanea dentata is a large monoecious deciduous tree of the beech family native to eastern north america.

Antique reclaimed american wormy chestnut flooring. In the beginning in 1904 a blight spread across the us killing the american chestnuts. The history of american chestnut lends itself to the beauty of this flooring. For centuries the american chestnut was prized for its strong straight grained wood that was easy to saw and split.

The wood can be identified as pre or post blight by analysis of worm tracks in sawn timber. At the turn of the 20th century american chestnut. Wormy chestnut is also seen which is chestnut that has been damaged by insects leaving holes and other discoloration in the wood. Highly resistant to decay chestnuts were used in a variety of applications from furniture and split rail fences to chestnut hardwood flooring and telephone poles.

We are thrilled with our wormy chestnut floor. Of course the american chestnut tree s enduring natural beauty completes the look that you can only get from antique wormy chestnut flooring. American chestnut wood american chestnut comprised over 60 of the eastern hardwood forests when the first settlers arrived in north america. Reclaimed chestnut flooring american castanea dentata chestnut is prized for its rustic character memorable visual depth and profound rarity.

Today harvested from early american structures most of this desirable and rare wood for flooring. Available exclusively as reclaimed and recycled wood chestnut s color ranges from dark chocolate to latte. Chestnut wood doesn t refer to wood from a single tree but rather from a family of trees.