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im really curious the home was built in 1890 northern WA and if its nothing great I wont try and find reclaimed wood to match, there was a addition built in the 60's and has just plywood.

You'd be the second person to discover a fir or heart pine floor this week.

was-fir-common-suitable-flooring-for-storefront-t10529.html

SP:

How can guess that with one picture? I wasn't going to try when I saw it earlier. First glance I thought..."Hmmmm, kinda light looking, no grain, in the NW..near Canada...maybe it's birch?"

I also doubt the other one is heart pine. Such little to go on and it appears to be on sleepers (or some kind of shim?) combined with the fact there'a asphalt felt (AF) under it. When era did AF start being used? I'm guessing after heart pine was almost eradicated or raped from the land.

Ken, I actually see alot of it out here in old buildings. Scroll down to the middle of this page till you see clear vertical grain. It looks very unique with straight grain..

http://www.douglasfirfloors.com/photos/

I will post more pictures this weekend for a more definite answer a guy where I live has about 3000 SQ feet of 1905 doug fir reclaimed floor same width I would need to cover about a 10x10ft area where the addition was built, I just find it odd that what is there is not woven in all the same length from wall to wall but maybe thats how they did it back then, if its going to cost me a fortune to get reclaimed he has it for $3.00 a SQ ft plus sand and refinish I may find it easier to lay on top of it

My guess would have been Douglas fir, too. I see a lot of it out here, esp in homes that time period (we have a lot of older homes here)

Bear in mind that fir/pine darkens a lot over time, and your floors have been around for a while, so new wood will probably look lighter. possibly, you could add a tint to the poly to help.

Looks like it helps to have experience with these kind of floors. Doing all my work in Florida, you'll never see Douglass Fir except during Christmas. I thought it was primarily a NW type wood. Guess they grow bigger out west.

Yea, right on SP with those pictures. Thanks for that link.

Dang mlowe, I wish I had that in my house. Wanna trade? Some people are just lucky.