New Heart Pine

The word new in New Heart Pine alerts the buyer that this is not reclaimed or antique heart pine. Also known as heart-pine, and even hard pine, this classic species has been in our homes and building them since the Mayflower landed. Heart content, and therefore heart pine is created by age and species.  The price pine floors should be about age and species. Age creates stability, stability and character not to mention heartwood. Our ‘Pine Like Wine’ idea make perfect sense but there is one variable ruining it all, advertising.

Pricing New Heart Pine, when comparing two offerings should be ‘apples to apple’.  In fact, apples to apples comparisons rarely occur during the buying process. Furthermore, the true heart content and quality of the floors are not known until the pallet is unpacked. Samples can show the best board of a 1000 and pictures, no better. Therefore, pricing becomes about trusting your source. For example, find one that specializes in Heart Pine, offers local references and has an A+ BBB rating. Wow, that might be hard to find if you were not already on the website. SYP Direct.

New Heart Pine just means not antique because it is not new

Heart Pine flooring, it is sorted based on the amount of visible heartwood, not defects. An astounding 95% of pine floors are produced by dimensional lumber mills using Loblolly or similar farmed species. Age creates not only gorgeous colors and character, it creates stability. When comparing your local #2 SYP with our floors, get samples and ask for local customers. Comparisons reveal the facts, one is plain and void of character, while the other defines character.

What is heart content

Heart Content –Heart content consist of heartwood and sapwood. Prime grades or those without knots derive the majority heart content from heartwood. Rustic, or heart pine with knots has more sapwood, i.e. color variations. Heart content is expressed in percentage terms such as 50% or ranges such as 50-80%.