Making a Pine Floor from a Tree - Building a House from Trees SE 8 EP 22

This is part one of a two part series on turning a big white pine tree into beautiful and solid flooring for the upstairs portion of the house we are building in the woods of Maine.

[dznnf]

Looks great! I don't envy you all that leaning over and the ups & downs!

[Nena]

What an awesome floor! That purple cauliflower is gorgeous!

[kdmedchill]

Looks great those cuts you put on the backside of the boards, are they to keap the boards from warping?

[cctknight]

Maybe I missed it, but did you check moisture content of your wood? Best I can ever get my pine to air drying is around 11%, and end up with a fair amount of expansion and contraction thru the seasons.

[Tomhohenadel]

Did you shiplap the boards or butt joint. Oops, just saw you mill them t&g. Thanks

[joshuasmith]

Did you run the screws into the joists?

[willd]

What made you choose to glue and screw, as compared to glue + nail?

[shephusted]

the screws look bad - better to do the fastening on edge so you have a seamless look but it is your floor and at least you are gittin it done