About Us
Antique Beauty
Over 40 Years Experience
We have been building dreams for over 40 years in the wood business. We specialize in antique wood of all sizes, shapes, and styles. We do beams, floors, ceilings, doors, antique bricks, and much more. Our custom handcrafted work is something we take great pride in, and satisfying our customers is what we enjoy most!
Some companies sell Southern Yellow Pine, Loblolly, Shortleaf, Slash, or a combination and call it heart pine. Although they are pine and have heartwood, longleaf pine is stronger, more durable, more stable, and has a richer patina and color. At Linzay Antique Wood & Milling, we use only the finest pure Longleaf Pine. We can find you anything you want, if you want wood we are competitively priced, but we major on quality and character!
Quality
Our Guarantee
We take pleasure in satisfying our customers and will ensure you get the design you have always dreamed of! We recommend you use the terminology provided by the Reclaimed Wood Floor Association when you specify the grade you want for your project. Get your grade in writing to guarantee you get what you specified. We will spend as much time with you from planning to installation to ensure you get the design of your dreams!
Quality
What is Heart Pine Wood?
Longleaf pine is the best source of antique heart pine. Heartwood is prized because its tight grain means it is stronger and more stable. In other words, more is better. Less heart, which means more sapwood, results in softer wood that can be scratched and dented. Heartwood’s hardness and strength come from its resin, and longleaf has more resin than the other 200+ species of pine.
The more growth rings, the stronger the wood. Each pair of light and dark rings is from one growing season. When pairs of rings are very close to each other it means the tree grew slowly and the wood had time to become dense and strong. Longleaf pine trees usually grew only an inch in diameter every 30 years and lived 400 to 500 years. It’s no wonder the wood is so hard and durable. True antique heart pine has at least 6 growth rings per inch. Four or less indicates new growth trees.
The grain is not your usual oak pattern (found in 75% of homes) and is a rich, red color thanks to the resin. One hundred percent heartwood means the color will be consistent. Even 98 percent heart will have yellow sapwood streaks that produce a strong/obvious color variation.
Plus, Longleaf heartwood is beautiful.
