Making Hardwood Floors From A Tree

With no special tools you can go from subfloor to breathtaking in as little as a day.

Making hardwood floors from a tree.

Prepare the material step 1 take the hardwood tree to the saw mill to have them cut down into rough planks. Mar 21 2018 explore panel town floors s board leftover wood ideas on pinterest. Cuts a log into quarters before it cuts the strips of wood to make hardwood flooring boards. I have about 2000 square feet to do.

Making and installing hardwood floors from a tree. You can either pile those pieces off to the side and return them to the mill later to cut the bark off or deal with the bark as part of the milling process. Part of the improvements to our family room included replacing the carpet with hardwood floors. We ll cut it off when we turn the planks into flooring.

With the proper tools and a bit of hard work you can make your own hardwood floors from trees you have harvested yourself. The mill is indexed to lower the correct amount between cuts to make planks slightly over 1 thick. Russian olive wood is probably the most distinctive being almost chocolate colored it is a very beautiful wood. After building the sawmill i decided to make some ash flooring for my house.

There are three common hardwood trees in northeast montana they are the ash the siberian elm and the russian olive. This room was only 250 sq ft. November 10 2015. See more ideas about wood flooring projects wood floors.

Hardwood floors are beautiful last a lifetime and are easy to install. I decided to use ash for the floor because it s lighter color would brighten the room because it is hard and because i had access to it. Before we get started with how to install hardwood floors let s cover a few basics. Hardwood flooring is solid wood cut from the tree.

This needs to be cut to 1 1 8 inch thick. I left the bark on.