Origin of Wood Type: |
USA & Canada |
Botanical Name: |
Castanea dentata |
Specific Gravity: |
.48 |
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2.5 lb/ft |
Color Range: |
Blonde- Gold- Brown |
Rarity / Availability: ( ?): |
Reclaimed Material- please call for availability 1-888-814-0007 |
Typical Avg. Width: |
3" to 8 1/2", rarely found 9" to 15" |
Typical Avg. Length: |
4' to 12' feet, rarely found up to 16' feet |
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50% |
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Posts, Rafters, Beams, Flooring, Furniture, Picture Frame Mouldings, Restoration |
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Wormy, Unselected, Timbers / Beams |
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Wormy Chestnut |
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American chestnut comprised over 60% of the eastern hardwood forest when the first settlers arrived in North America. Do to its wonderful stable disposition, chestnut was used for every utility purpose by the colonials. At the turn of the 20th century American chestnut became under distress from the chestnut blight and by 1920 almost all of the chestnuts were dead. Today the American Chestnut Society is doing wonderful work restoring the species by breading blight resistant trees.
*American Chestnut was the most common domestic hardwood tree up until a 100 years ago until it virtually was wiped out by a blight.
*Most Chestnut lumber is reclaimed material.
*Cut from old timber beams. These beams are de-nailed and re-sawn into boards for sale.
*This rustic look is very prized and widely used in old homes.
*Usually the more defects the better
*This material is prized when full of worm holes
*Has a coarse texture with a beautiful goldish-brown color
*Very stable wood that is lighter then normal
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