Making Hardwood Floors From A Tree

Cuts a log at a different angle than quarter sawn before it cuts the wood into hardwood flooring boards.

Making hardwood floors from a tree. Part of the improvements to our family room included replacing the carpet with hardwood floors. 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. A perfect project for this idea is to make a hardwood floor with wood from locally grown trees. Though it is more expensive than the other methods it is also more stable providing higher quality flooring.

Hardwood flooring is solid wood cut from the tree. Before we get started with how to install hardwood floors let s cover a few basics. The mill is indexed to lower the correct amount between cuts to make planks slightly over 1 thick. This room was only 250 sq ft.

There are three common hardwood trees in northeast montana they are the ash the siberian elm and the russian olive. I left the bark on. Prepare the material step 1 take the hardwood tree to the saw mill to have them cut down into rough planks. We ll cut it off when we turn the planks into flooring.

With no special tools you can go from subfloor to breathtaking in as little as a day. 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. Cuts a log into quarters before it cuts the strips of wood to make hardwood flooring boards. With the proper tools and a bit of hard work you can make your own hardwood floors from trees you have harvested yourself.

After building the sawmill i decided to make some ash flooring for my house. Making and installing hardwood floors from a tree. Hardwood floors are beautiful last a lifetime and are easy to install. Russian olive wood is probably the most distinctive being almost chocolate colored it is a very beautiful wood.

I have about 2000 square feet to do. November 10 2015.