Wormy chestnut lumber prices. We measure every board individually on a net tally we do not add shrinkage like many suppliers or block tally charging for air spaces between each board. Chestnut lumber prices per board foot as of jun 03 2020. Prices are likely to be high for a domestic hardwood. If it is reclaimed or salvaged lumber you are looking for call us.
They are making lumber out of chestnuts that fell prior to 1930 by going back into the forest of appalachia and pulling out what are called sogs or trees where the outside is soft but the inside is solid. Antique lumber refers to wood that has been recycled or reclaimed from old homes barns and other buildings. Reclaimed wormy chestnut lumber. Perfect for furniture trim and many other applications.
Available in 44 or 84 thicknesses. Chestnut has been extinct since the 1930s and what made the wood wormy is what caused its extinction. Wormy chestnut wormy oak and wormy maple are the most common types of wormy wood available in the southern appalachians. Although larger trees are no longer available for milling we have wormy chestnut reclaimed lumber from historic barns to be refashioned into furniture flooring cabinets and other woodcraft items.
Get the best deals on wormy chestnuts. This wood species is not listed in the cites appendices or on the iucn red list of threatened species. Prices are likely to be high for a domestic hardwood. Wormy chestnut in particular is usually salvaged from old barns and other structures and reprocessed and sold as reclaimed lumber.
Being rich in tannins wormy chestnut is highly resistant to decay and therefore used for furniture cabinetry split rail fences shingles flooring and structural construction beams. Reclaimed wormy chestnut lumber. The heartwood is a light to medium brown darkening to a reddish brown with age.