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Simple… For these very old houses they’re not going to import lumber. What are the species growing in the general area that should narrow it down to maybe five maybe seven species

I hope you get an answer

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Yes I would save it. It looks like red oak or chestnut

I have the same.species om my basement walls. I'm curious myself as to what it is

Old lumber has a MUCH more dense grain structure. If you count the "rings" on modern lumber vs older lumber, you would most likely get 5-10x the amount of "rings" which results in a much stronger, more dense wood. There's a reason older houses are still stand with 24 inch centers while modern houses are falling apart woth 16 inch centers. We've "progressed" into our downfall.

Don't burn it your throwing big money away!

You should be saving and reselling

Well first of all you got to hold the camera still for 5 seconds on a piece of it so we can see what it is bud

If it's hard to drive a nail into it, it's probably worth a fortune!

We’re always watching those makeovers on HGTV.
Maybe you could reach out to them. You just never know. But stop burning the wood. One man’s trash, is another man’s treasure.

I’m thinking American chestnut, almost everything was made from it now the species is almost extinct.

Probably tree wood

That stuff is gold

9/10 in older homes its either pine, oak, or hemlock.

It is redoak yellow pine and what was known as bodark it is a very hard wood that when it is green it is easier to work with but when it cures it gets really hard.

My gut says black locust.

I will say, if you are trashing it or burning it, you are an idiot. The value of reclaimed lumber is high. My house in the eastern Texas panhandle is around 1200sqft. Most of it was built in the 1920s(about 800sqft). You measure a 2x4 and it measures 2x4. It's old growth lumber as well and I believe it's oak. Even though I'm paying $40k for the house, there's probably $250k of reclaimed lumber value

Probably long leaf

You've been burning big money, so yes stop doing that! Wood today is worth a fraction of what you're throwing away. Look into crafters who want smaller pieces of really good wood or some cabinet and table carpenters.

Call the Forestry Extension department in your state. Your tax money pays for it. They are experts. I used to go to people's properties and tell them what was wrong with their trees free of charge for the Oregon Department of Forestry.

Jesus Christ please tell me this is a joke a lot of times you can’t buy wood like that anymore. For example, if you have a house that has American chestnut in it it doesn’t exist anymore really chrissakes don’t burn it don’t throw it away.

Google wood data base!

"Identifying wood" on Amazon.

Cheap worm drive rigid

All of it should be saved regardless of type of wood. That's old growth lumber and far superior to the crap we push out today. I work on homes that were built as far back to the early 1800's. It can be so hard to cut that a new carbide blade can only get two or three rips before it's useless on it

After thinking about it, it would probably be faster and easier to just take a freshly planed or sanded piece to a good hardwood lumber dealer, not a big box store. The end grain should be smooth and clean.

Depending on the region your in. A lot of century homes are old growth. I work on the same type of homes in the southeast and it's almost always "heart pine". Dont burn it!!

Douglas Fir , gets extremely hard with age , nails are hard to hammer in

Regardless of wood species, the wood gets harder over time. The wood by itself is worth something. You would probably earn more money for a finished table with these materials than what you are making on the demolition or the whole remodeling project.

As any building ages, the wood dries and hardens even more. The various oaks around my city led to the slang term "Ironwood." You will wear out drill bits trying to bore one hole through a joist.

Im 100% confident you could sell the hell out of that

Did you just remove all of the lateral strength in the roof?

It’s mainly oak, hickory and chestnut.

It depends on your geographic location.

It could be old Growth heart pine

Black Oak possibly

Whatever it is you can bet that it's old growth timber that has value.... stop throwing it out!

SAVE EVERY SCRAP! 💰 It’s either heart pine or White Oak

Anything straight or easily straitened I'd keep without question. As for species you need to talk to an old builder because whatever they used, it came from a local sawmill. Especially keep anything oversized, furniture makers would kill for it. Find a spot out of the rain where you can pile it tidily so you can see it, someone will buy it. I don't want to get your hopes up, but some of that old wood can be pretty darn dear these days, go check a specialized dealer.

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It may be easier to guess the year to the building and what was native to the area then to understand the choice s. Sounds like you're talking about hardwood and you definitely think of some projects for that 😉

Trashing it? Burning it? Please tell me this is comment bait, theres no way you can put your own pants on in the morning without help, but think it would ever be a good idea to waste 100 year old lumber.

Old growth pine probaby, there might be some oak joists.

Trash and burn some of the nicest wood I've ever seen. Omg u got me f*cked up😑

Some of the old homes in my town are built outta railroad lumber