Forest Salvage Wood

Description

Our forest salvage wood is salvaged from blighted butternut or culled sugar maple trees, offering a distinct aesthetic from traditional to contemporary.

Products

Materials are produced to order. Please allow 8 weeks for delivery. Minimum order requirement is 50 square feet. The collection includes:

Charred Wood
This material emulates an ancient Japanese wood finishing technique that preserves wood by charring it. The process involves charring and sculpting the wood, and finishing it with a natural oil or clear urethane. Suitable for walls and ceiling paneling applications.

Solid
Widths: 4",6", or 8"
Lengths: Random lengths between 6'-12'
Average Length: 8'

Spalted Maple
Spalted Maple is harvested from some of Vermont's oldest maple sugar orchards. Each Spring, maple sugar makers drill holes in the trees to gather sap. Over time, these trees decline in sap production and are culled to make room for new growth in the forest. Typically, these 100+ year old trees are considered unusable in the hardwood lumber industry, due to the tap holes. The spalted effect is produced using bio-mimicry to accelerate the aging process over a period of 18 months. Logs are then processed to reveal the black spalt patterns. Random streaking patterns as well as a range of colors are all part of the aesthetic of this gorgeous wood.

Solid
Widths: Random 4"-6" or 6"-9"
Lengths: Random lengths between 2'-6'
Average Length: 4'

Spalted Veneer Plywood Panels
Panel Thickness: 1/4" through 3/4"
Panel Size: 8x4 cross grain - grain running in 4' direction.

Tapped Maple
Tapped Maple Sugar Wood is harvested from some of Vermont's oldest maple sugar orchards. Each Spring, maple sugar makers drill holes in the trees to gather sap. Over time, these trees decline in sap production and are culled to make room for new growth in the forest. Typically, these 100+ year old trees are considered unusable in the hardwood lumber industry, due to the tap holes. By celebrating the distinct "tap streaks" found across the surface of the wood and by filling the tap holes with colored resin, Tapped Maple offers clients a refreshing alternative to traditional wood products.

Raked
Widths: Random 3"-6" or 5"-8"
Lengths: Random lengths between 3'-12'
Average Length: 6', approximately 5% of selection will include 3'-4' lengths.

Solid
Widths: Random 3"-6" or 5"-8"
Lengths: Random lengths between 3'-12'
Average Length: 6', approximately 5% of selection will include 3'-4' lengths.

Engineered
Widths: Random 3"-6" or 5"-8"
Lengths: Random lengths between 2'-10'
Average Length: 6'; approximately 5% of selection will include 2'-3' lengths.

Wormy Butternut
Wormy Butternut comes from disease-killed butternut trees, typically considered a waste product to be left on the forest floor or burned. Forest salvaged butternut may be used for sculpted paneling, flooring and veneer. Flooring is offered in two grades: Wormy (similar in appearance to wormy chestnut) or Non-wormy.

Solid
Widths: Random 3"-6"
Lengths: Random lengths between 2'-12'
Average Length: 6'; approximately 5% of selection will include 2'-3' lengths.

Engineered
Widths: Random 3"-6"
Lengths: 2'-10'
Average Length: 5'; approximately 5% of selection will include 2'-3' lengths.

Veneer Panels
Panel Thickness: 3/8" through 1¼"
Panel Size: 1' x 1' up to 5' x10'
Veneer may be plywood-mounted or encased in glass. Polycarbonate and acrylic panels are also available.

Applications

Forest Salvaged Wood may be used for raked wall paneling, flooring and veneer. Please contact your Stone Source Sales Consultant for more information.

Installation + Maintenance

The jobsite should be enclosed and climate-controlled before wood flooring is delivered or installed. In addition, other trades working on the jobsite can damage the wood flooring installation, so many problems can be minimized by limiting the amount of traffic at the jobsite after the wood flooring is installed. Potential problems at a jobsite should be addressed before the wood arrives and the installation begins.

Styles
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Charred Wood Rough Uncoated	Spalted Maple Smooth Water-Based Polyurethane	Tapped Maple Raked Water-Based Polyurethane	Tapped Maple Smooth Water-Based Polyurethane	Wormy Butternut Smooth Oil-Based Polyurethane

Installations
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