This beautiful Heart Pine floor has one amazing & crazy story. The beams used to make this floor were probably made in the 1800’s from trees that started growing before the Civil War. They were used as a roof in a cotton mill built in the early 1900’s. The cotton mill was disassembled recently. Turning those beams into flooring was one of the biggest challenges we have ever faced. The beams were full of old ‘cut’ nails. These nails are extremely hard, unlike the nails we use today. Even after scanning the beams two and three times for metal, we still hit nails. We went through 40 sawblades cutting this floor! The builder, home owner (a lawyer), and his son even came out to help re-saw the beams, creating memories that will last a lifetime. But the challenge did not end there. Before the flooring boards could be turned into tongue and groove boards, they had to be put in the kiln to set the ‘pitch’. The pitch is what many call ‘sap.’ When we ‘set the pitch’, we essentially crystalize the pitch through heat, which is what makes heart pine flooring so hard. Well . . . these boards had more pitch than I had ever seen. Normally we can set the pitch in a couple days. These boards had so much pitch that it took 7 days in the kiln! Nearly a 3rd of the boards came out looking like they had fiberglass resin poured all over them. But in the end, the results speak for themselves. A one of a kind floor with rich history and one hell of a story.