Chestnut Hardwood Lumber
Reclaimed lumber beams.
Chestnut hardwood lumber. Growing to a girth greater than most oaks the chestnut provided the country s pioneers with wood for every imaginable use. A blight in the 1900s wiped out this species. European chestnut lumber pricing. Horse chestnut hardwood aesculus hippocastanum horse chestnut is confined to certain regions in europe.
With over 100 species of domestic and exotic hardwood lumber in stock hearne hardwoods is one of the largest specialty lumberyards in the world. Is chestnut a hardwood or a softwood. Made here in the usa. We have a long reputation for excellence in the production of 3 4 reclaimed hardwood flooring bbb a.
Then in the early part of this century a severe blight swept the chestnut reducing it to a nearly extinct species. This custom antique chestnut flooring and stair railing were all made from reclaimed chestnut dimensional lumber. Domestic hardwood this prolific hardwood used to cover the forests of the eastern us when settlers first came to this area. Chestnut lumber prices per board foot as of oct 05 2020.
Wormy chestnut in particular is usually salvaged from old barns and other structures and reprocessed and sold as reclaimed lumber. Reclaimed chestnut lumber please let us prepare a free custom quote to best fit your project. Hardwood comes from dicot trees and softwood comes from gymnosperm trees. This species was used for almost all types of buildings and structures as the settlers started carving out their new lives.
Prices are likely to be high for a domestic hardwood. Our products include logs live edge boards lumber guitar parts veneer flooring and much more. Prices are likely to be high for a domestic hardwood. Hardwood and softwood refer to the type of tree the wood comes from.
Chestnut floors earning our customers loyalty and repeat purchases and engaging in long term customer relationships. Online form or 800 333 7610. Often used in veneers and plywood the lumber has a hue which ranges from golden to off white and comes from trees around one hundred feet tall and three feet wide.