I thought you'd enjoy those pics. To give you perspective on the grain, the head of this tack is no more than 1/4" in diameter.
There are 3 projects we're working on in a block. One is a teardown and they're hoping to salvage materials for reconstruction. The other two we are bracing the existing structures and stripping the interior/exterior skins, salvaging what we can.
The green building from the group shots had heart pine tongue and groove ceilings, which we removed for salvage. I think the wainscoting is being restored in place.
Wow. That *is* cool. If you're down there and you happen to find a waste-piece that's 8" wide or so by an inch thick by 24" long, let me know; those make interesting guitar tops. Good stuff.
Interesting factoid: In the old South, a lot of flooring is pine. Now it's mostly oak. Why? Well, old-growth (slow-grown) pine is very hard and wears well, but the slash-cutting growth that lets trees grow fast makes for soft, low-grade pine that doesn't wear well at all. Oak, grown slow, is relatively soft - but fast-grown oak is much harder and better wearing.
Which is why those old floorboards are so heavy and hard and generally durable.
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Was what you pulled out all heart pine? Gah. In the Bay Area, that would be worth a fortune - people queue up at salvage yards for that stuff.
How much pure teardown are you doing versus reconstruction?
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There are 3 projects we're working on in a block. One is a teardown and they're hoping to salvage materials for reconstruction. The other two we are bracing the existing structures and stripping the interior/exterior skins, salvaging what we can.
The green building from the group shots had heart pine tongue and groove ceilings, which we removed for salvage. I think the wainscoting is being restored in place.
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Interesting factoid: In the old South, a lot of flooring is pine. Now it's mostly oak. Why? Well, old-growth (slow-grown) pine is very hard and wears well, but the slash-cutting growth that lets trees grow fast makes for soft, low-grade pine that doesn't wear well at all. Oak, grown slow, is relatively soft - but fast-grown oak is much harder and better wearing.
Which is why those old floorboards are so heavy and hard and generally durable.
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