Wormy Chestnut Lumber Buyers

We sell beautiful antique and reclaimed wormy chestnut lumber.

Wormy chestnut lumber buyers.

Current lumber sale items. Rustic barn wood rare wormy american chestnut lumber 2x4 rough cut 2t2 boards. Or call 828 528 5533. Available in 4 4 or 8 4 thicknesses.

At the turn of the 20th century american chestnut came under distress from the chestnut blight and by 1920 almost all of the chestnut trees were dead. Remember 2 x 4 s cut 100 yrs ago were usually 2 1 8 thick x 4 1 8 wide not today s 1 1 2 x 3 1 2. Do not sell my personal information and adchoice. Reclaimed wormy chestnut lumber.

Material is graded on 1 side only. Antique heart pine beams. We were able to fill the order by using antique wormy chestnut framing which was almost always full thickness or thicker. Moore is the best in wormy chestnut and supplies.

13 reclaimed wormy american chestnut boards 24 long 5 to 9 wide nails removed. Antique circle sawn beams. Our wormy chestnut wood comes in custom widths and lengths and 97. Antique douglas fir beams.

Mountain lumber company buys wood from around the world and remakes it into exceptional quality wide plank antique flooring. Antique wormy chestnut farm table. Antique timbers beams. The trees were then subsequently harvested and converted into lumber.

As an example a customer ordered full 2 thick wormy chestnut lumber 12 wide. Antique hand hewn beams. 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.

Perfect for furniture trim and many other applications. Grading of wood is lot specific not piece specific. Today the american chestnut society is doing wonderful work restoring the species by breeding blight resistant trees. Norton secured powered by verisign.

Most chestnut lumber is reclaimed material cut from old timber beams. I e the total overall look. Wormy chestnut is not a distinct species of chestnut but rather refers to american chestnut castanea dentata trees that were killed by the chestnut blight of the early 1900s which were subsequently damaged by insects leaving holes and discoloration in the standing trees.