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Forum topic by Michael Clark posted 145 days ago 242 views 0 times favorited 5 replies Add to Favorites Watch
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Michael Clark

20 posts in 223 days


145 days ago

I purchased a house recently. It was built between 1949 and 1956 depending on who we ask.

I don’t know enough to tell the difference.

It looks like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25455931@N07/3539814399/in/set-72157618284764125/

and an unstained bit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25455931@N07/3696466354/in/set-72157618284764125/

I’m guessing that because of the age of the house, it is either Heart Pine or Oak. Both are/were common in the Georgia area.

At some point in the past 50 years, those floors were covered by carpet. There should be a law.

-- Sometimes... At night... My router tells me to do things to wood. Bad Things.

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a1Jim

17138 posts in 476 days


145 days ago

It’s hard to tell from the photos the one with out stain could be oak but it’s hard to see with photos you have.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

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Michael Clark

20 posts in 223 days


145 days ago

Yeah. I’m not in the country right, so I told the wife to cut a small piece off in a closet or take a little bit off the end of where it transitions to tile and bring it to the lumber yard and ask them.

-- Sometimes... At night... My router tells me to do things to wood. Bad Things.

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Durnik150

536 posts in 221 days


145 days ago

That second picture and some of the grain in the first one almost looks like walnut. I don’t think it is commonly used for flooring. I would lay my two cents that it is oak instead of pine.

-- Behind the Bark is a lot of Heartwood----Charles, Centennial, CO

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John Gray

1757 posts in 784 days


145 days ago

I just looked thru a box of reclaimed hardwood flooring samples that are in the shop and my guess is Oak.

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

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barlow

105 posts in 639 days


144 days ago

Its oak

-- barlow

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