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A guide to unfinished White Pine flooring
When you want wood floors with a sense of rustic charm, unfinished White Pine flooring is the way to go. Eastern White Pine floors are a true piece of Americana, bringing authentic character to everything from American Colonial architecture to contemporary loft flooring. With light blonde hues, smooth grain and subtle knots, unfinished White Pine flooring wears in quickly to give any space a more lived-in appearance.
You’ll find a nice range of options for unfinished Pine flooring at Carlisle Wide Plank Floors. From wide plank knotty Pine flooring to textured Hit or Miss Pine and Reclaimed Heart Pine, our Pine floors bring warmth and a sense of history to any space.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the benefits of unfinished White Pine flooring?
Unfinished White Pine flooring offers a more rustic feel than other pine and hardwood options. White Pine is also more affordable than hardwoods like Maple, Ash and Hickory.
How durable is White Pine flooring?
Eastern White Pine is a softer wood. When comparing Pine vs. Oak, Eastern White Client has a hardness rating of 380 compared to 1290 for Red Oak or 1360 for White Oak. This softness makes White Pine floors more susceptible to scratches, dents and dings, which build up over time to create a more "lived-on" look.
What does unfinished White Pine flooring look like?
Unfinished White Pine flooring is very light in color with dense grain and subtle knots.
What's Yellow Pine vs. White Pine?
Yellow Pine is much denser than White Pine and tends to have bolder, more pronounced grain patterns. The softness of White Pine makes it easier to work with.
What is prefinished vs. unfinished White Pine flooring?
A prefinished floor arrives at your home ready for installation – no sanding, staining or sealing required, as these steps have already been completed at our facility. With a prefinished floor, you can speed installation while avoiding the mess and inconvenience of finishing your floor on site.
What is dirty top Pine flooring?
"Dirty top" refers to a rustic grade of flooring that retains the saw marks and other imperfections of floorboards that were created generations ago. Dirty top Pine flooring can be made with reclaimed floorboards or with new floorboards that are treated with a variety of texturing techniques. Carlisle craftsmen uses several methods to texture Pine floors, including techniques that add reproduce the saw marks once left on boards cut at early sawmills as well as the hand-scraped edges that were common on boards prepared for installation by hand.
Can White Pine floorboards be made with engineered wood?
Carlisle does not produce engineered White Pine flooring, as the cost of these boards would be nearly 3 times as much as solid pine floors and would offer no additional benefits to the homeowner.
Find Inspiration from Recent Eastern White Pine Projects
Whether you want a look that’s sleek, chic, or unique, we can provide a floor that fits your individual style.
What you can do with unfinished White Pine flooring
When you choose unfinished White Pine flooring from Carlisle, there are many ways to customize your floor and make it your own.
- Select a grade. Our Original Grade floorboards show more of the personality of the timber – you’ll see more variation in color and grain, along with more knots, mineral streaks and ingrown bark. Our Heirloom Grade shows less variation for a more formal look. And our Signature Blend is a nice combination of the two.
- Decide on width. While the average Carlisle floorboard is 8″ in width, it’s possible to order some species in widths up to 20″. The wider your floorboard, the fewer seams you have and the more beautiful and spacious your floor will appear. Choosing consistent widths produces a more formal look, while varying the widths offers a more casual appearance.
- Consider texture. Your floorboards can be stressed by Carlisle craftsmen to give new unfinished White Pine flooring the appearance of planks that were crafted centuries ago and lived on for generations. Our we offer texturing techniques that recreate the saw marks and imperfections of boards of fashioned at early sawmills, as well as techniques that reproduce the wear that time and foot traffic create.
- Pick a color. Your unfinished White Pine flooring can be finished with stains and sealants that let the natural color of the wood shine through, or with stains in a virtually limitless variety of colors.
What makes Carlisle unfinished White Pine flooring special?
Carlisle has been producing the finest wood floors in America for more than half a century. Every wide plank floor from Carlisle is produced with pride and passion by expert woodworkers who painstakingly craft every detail to create a surface that will be a defining feature of your home for years to come. From sourcing the soundest and most reliable timber to selecting individual planks that meet your vision for your floor, we craft unfinished White Pine flooring that is certain to exceed your expectations.
We create our floors with a strong commitment to sustainability. Our timber is strategically sourced from growers who share our commitment to sustainable forestry practices. Our forest-to-floor ethic allows us to preserve natural resources while producing floors of the highest quality and greatest beauty. And by crafting one floor at a time, we avoid mass production and dramatically reduce waste.