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reclaimed solid oak patterned floor squares
Reclaimed oak for flooring or wall panels: 1 metre squares of
18mm thick boards to the design as shown.


June 2009
A giant redwood tree in California contains up to 2000 cubic metres of timber. Cut into 2 cm thick floor boards, a large individual would make over 15 acres - 6 hectares - of flooring.

Thank goodness this no longer happens to the biggest and best trees in protected forests. But why do we insist on measuring forest destruction by area of land occupied on the ground instead of their 3-dimensional volume, or mass, or the surface area of their bark and leaves and habitat for other plants and animals?

The webmaster has been reading 'The Wild Trees' by Richard Preston. It's a great adventure and 'page-turner' but also a fascinating and true account of some pretty eccentric characters who discovered the unknown ecosystem up there in the canopy of redwoods and Douglas firs, 250 -370 feet above ground. Salamanders that never leave the treetops, birds and berried shrubs living in a piece of the world we never suspected to be inhabited. Nature once again putting a spell on human beings. More on redwoods

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Heron Syke House
Burton in Kendal
Carnforth
LA6 1LG

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cast iron loo-roll holder (paper not supplied!) working door bell, brass replica of victorian
escutcheon - other designs availableglass door pull brass replica regency rimlatch

above: a 4-panel door in reclaimed wood (treated with colour stain)

our logoReclaimed floor, door, panel and beam timber is our speciality. Wide boards, custom width, tongue and groove, oak, pine, pitch pine, maple and other wood as salvaged from ongoing demolition of 50 to 150-year old buildings.Find that timber: specialist reclaimed wood location service.

.wide reclaimed oak was sawn to these wide boards laid in a Cumbrian cottage with a simple wax finishdoors in salvaged pine made to order for included glass panels or standard interior and exterior sizes.
reclaimed oak wide board flooring ....standard pine doors
We are specialists in sourcing and supplying salvaged materials for repair, renovation and conversion of period and heritage properties including barn conversions. We also supply real wood floor boards to new build as a value-adding and durable alternative to fitted carpets, especially where owners wish to minimise dust and artificial chemicals.
Flooring planks and wide boards can be supplied; tongued and grooved or plain. Whole floors or usable sections thereof are sold as they come out of buildings on a first come first served basis.

Where does our salvage come from? Our biggest source of material is demolition sites, of nineteenth and twentieth-century buildings. We also have contacts in Europe and the USA.

Where do we send it to? UK and overseas worldwide.

How long does it take? We can normally supply materials like timber planks at a few days' notice. Because each demolition is individual and different, we might have, say, a school and a hospital one week and a factory the next, each with its particular treasures. So a little advanced notice of your requirements does help us. If we know what you are looking for, we can enquire of demolitions about to commence and reserve special items for you.

A source of restoration help and a calendar of interesting social and learned events can be found at the Victorian Society

A treasure rescued from a demolished building
Above: a decorative frieze reclaimed from a building front