Pitch Pine Floor 2.jpgThe Salvage Wood business is one of the oldest forms of Recycling, saving our precious resource, the tree.  In many of the woods that we sell, they may often be 100’s of years old.   Like wine, good woods mature with age.  In some of the photos in the galleries you will see 150 year old pitch pine beams that are 40 feet long, 1 foot by 1 foot, that once held up an old mill behind the Point in Dublin.  These beams would have sailed to Ireland, probably from the US, for this construction.  The area around the Point may be “renewed” with concrete and glass, but these beams still are in full use gracing a home in Wicklow.

It is not just a Green issue of the recycling of old wood, it is an issue of quality.  Woods grown fast for profit make poor wood.  Even the structural modern woods do not have the strength of an old pitch pine beam. The pitch inside acts as a natural preservative to the wood, providing its own protection against insects and rotting.  When we make flooring out of this wood, the natural smell of the wood and the oil protects it, making a floor that will outlive the building it is in.

Although it is getting more difficult to find Salvage Wood and sometimes the prices can be almost equal to new wood, both in character and durability flooring or beams made of Antique Pine, Antique Oak, Pitch Pine or Antique Ash is a much better choice.

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