Reclaimed American Elm
Reclaimed American Elm is a specie that can be frequently found throughout the Northern Midwest. Elm tree’s grew to be very large and were used as structural beams in many buildings. These timbers can be reclaimed and reused for new construction timber frames or be sawn, kiln dried and processed to create flooring.
Timbers hewn on 2 sides are referred to as carrier beams or sleeper beams. These types of timbers allow for wide width flooring boards to be created.
This timber will yield nice 11″ boards all day!
These timbers will be sawn to yield the best widths possible. With some of the cracks and rot not all large timbers create quality wide boards. All boards will be stacked with stickers for kiln drying.
This stock of Elm was sawn in half and also run through re-saw’s to speed up the cutting process.
Stickers are placed every 2 feet within each stack allowing air to circulate thru the stack while the wood is in the kiln drying process.
After kiln drying the lumber is planed to thickness and ripped to width
Planing and ripping the boards to thickness and width helps provide efficiency in the milling process and consistency in grading process.
American Elm creates beautiful flooring with its natural color and also takes stain and other coating’s well.
Photo from Elmwood Reclaimed Timber which offers a variety of Elm flooring styles.
Photo from Elmwood Reclaimed Timber which also offers Antique Elm as a wood counter or a table top option.
