THE PROCESS OF MILLING RECLAIMED WOOD

WHERE THE WOOD COMES FROM: Sources for the wood we reclaim have ranged from the back woods of the Appalachian mountains to the heart of Boston. Primarily, however, the wood we salvage comes from 19th-century industrial buildings and barns in the northeast. The vast majority of these buildings no longer meet contemporary building codes and are impractical for modern businesses to occupy. In many cases they represent a liability to their owners and to the communities around them.

Sometimes our material comes from odd places.We have resawn water tanks, pickle vats, huge doors, tobacco poles, crane mats, pilings and barges, to name a few. If it's interesting, we are interested.

THE MILLING PROCESS: We dismantle buildings stick by stick, as carefully as we can. Salvaged beams are brought to our mill, denailed and cut into slabs, which are dried in the kiln.
Wood can be sold at this stage as rough sawn material. Flooring, however, is usually the final objective. Therefore, blanks are then created by planing the wood to a certain thickness and ripping it to a certain width.  These blanks are put through the molder to produce flooring with a finished top surface, a tongue and groove on the sides and rebates cut from the bottom. The ends of each flooring piece are square edged.  Watch Our Video
		CUSTOM ORDERS: We are a fully equipped mill and will custom mill to specifications. Very often highly specific architectural standards need to be satisfied and we are capable of meeting those demands

WHAT WE MAKE: We produce and inventory finished products such as tongue and groove flooring, stair treads, counters and other millwork. We also sell rough-sawn material for projects such as cabinets, furniture and beams. Please call us to discuss the details of your specific project.

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