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Pine plank flooring has been part of American architecture since the early colonists settled New England. The abundance of Pine trees and the wide, long boards they yielded made Pine flooring the primary choice for houses and other structures throughout the Southeast and Eastern Seaboard. Longleaf Heart Pine flooring was even called “the wood that spawned the American Industrial Revolution.” Today, home and business owners turn to Pine plank flooring when they want a floor that combines rustic charm with stunning elegance.
In this brief guide to Pine plank flooring, you’ll find answers to frequently asked questions and details about all the flooring options available from Carlisle Wide Plank Floors.
To make every wide plank floor unique, Carlisle offers a number of ways to customize your Pine plank flooring to make it a true reflection of your sense of style and beauty.
We offer a number of different kinds of Pine plank flooring, including:
Pine plank flooring at Carlisle is available in widths from 5″ to 20″. Using consistent widths in the floorboards produces an even and uniform look, while varying the widths can add striking visual appeal.
Pine plank flooring at Carlisle is available in several grades. Original Grade boards reveal more of the character of the Pine tree, with more grain, knots and color variation for a more rustic look. Heirloom Grade planks have less variation for a more luxurious and refined look. And Signature Grade floorboards are a nice balance between Heirloom and Original Grade planks.
While it’s not necessary to stain Pine plank flooring, Carlisle offers a virtually unlimited assortment of color possibilities to help you meet your project requirements.
Carlisle craftsman can texture Pine plank flooring to give it an antique appearance. In addition to adding saw marks and hand scraped edges, we offer several proprietary techniques that give floorboards a Timeworn, Footworn and Brushed appearance.
Distressed floors, also known as textured floors, are given a variety of treatments to make new boards resemble reclaimed or antique floorboards.
Reclaimed or antique floors are made with timbers that are salvaged from old buildings like barns, farmhouses, factories and warehouses before these structures are demolished. The wood in reclaimed Pine plank flooring retains its original character, full of nail holes, wormholes, saw marks, cracks and splits, color variations and other imperfections. Reclaimed floors have a sense of history and heritage that only time can create.
Prefinished floors are delivered for installation having already been sanded, stained and sealed at the manufacturer’s facility. That means with prefinished Heart Pine flooring, for example, there is no finishing required on-site, enabling homeowners or business owners to avoid the mess of sawdust from sanding and the noxious odors from staining and ceiling. Prefinished Pine plank flooring can also accelerate the installation process, reducing the cost of installing new floors.
Yes. Pine floors can be stained in a wide variety of colors.
As a softwood, Pine plank flooring is not as resistant to wear and tear as hardwood floors. Nevertheless, Pine is strong and durable and with proper care can last for generations. It’s not unusual to find homes today with original Pine plank flooring that is more than a century old.
Customers often choose Pine plank flooring for one of these reasons:
Wide plank flooring is made with floorboards that are much wider than narrow boards in traditional commercial flooring, which typically run from 2¼” to 3″ in width. In contrast, a wide plank floor may use floorboards that are anywhere from 5″ to 20″ wide and up to 16′ long. The extra width and length mean there are very few seams between boards, adding a sense of spaciousness to the room and giving the floor a much less busy feel. Wide plank Pine flooring adds a sense of rustic elegance and visual appeal to any room.
Pine plank flooring is a wooden floor surface made with floorboards from Pine trees. Pine plank flooring is considered a softwood floor, rather than a hardwood floor like Oak, Cherry, Maple or Hickory. Consequently, Pine plank flooring may be more easily scratched or dented and may require a bit more care to keep it looking pristine. (Some customers actually prefer the “worn” quality of Pine plank flooring, feeling that the wear and tear add texture to the wood.)
For more than half a century, Carlisle has produced wide plank floors for world-class museums, upscale restaurants, trendy boutiques and exceptional homes around the world. Every floor we create is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece, handcrafted and painstakingly rendered to reflect the style and aesthetic of the homeowner or business owner who commissions it. Every floor at Carlisle is crafted by New England artisans who live and breathe fine wood and have a passion for perfection. They carefully inspect and work each board to produce a wide plank floor that meets your exact specifications and exceeds your high expectations.
The only thing that matches the quality of our Pine plank flooring is the dedication of our customer service team. From helping you select the right wood, grade, texture and color, you’ll find our team to be exceptionally responsive and incredibly knowledgeable, making the process of creating your wide plank floor truly pleasurable.
