Reclaimed Timber Floor
Floorboards salvaged from existing buildings, de-nailed, kiln-dried where needed and re-machined to a consistent profile. Character marks and colour variation are carried through.
Carbon and evidence
How This Is Made
An Environmental Product Declaration is issued by a manufacturer against a declared unit. This record has neither, so it states sourced facts about process and provenance instead of a carbon figure.
Reclaimed boards have been relaid for as long as buildings have been taken down
Process
Feedstock
Reclaimed
Existing floorboards and structural timber recut as flooring
Process heat
Low temperature
Binder
Mechanical
Fabrication
Workshop-made
Sourcing: yard-dependent; ask where the stock actually came from
Who Builds It
Trained contractor
Limited UK availability
Moisture content on delivery is the failure mode — reclaimed stock stored in an unheated yard will shrink after laying if it is not conditioned first
End Of Life
Demountable
Secret-nailed or screwed boards lift and relay again; a glued installation does not
Maintenance: Oiled or waxed and refinished in place; a solid board takes several sandings over its life
Specification Risk
What a specifier has to resolve before this can be built.
- Certification
- No EN 13489/13629 declaration; graded by the yard, not to a published standard
- Fire
- Combustible; reaction-to-fire class is untested on reclaimed stock
- Warranty
- Supplier warranty on grade and quantity only
- Insurance
- Not normally an issue
- Supply
- Finite and non-repeatable. Secure the whole quantity, plus wastage, in one lot
Read This Honestly
- •No declaration is held for this stock. An EPD covering recovery, processing and transport is possible in principle for a reclamation supplier — Reclaimed Brick Company published one for reclaimed brick in 2025 — so this is evidence not yet held, not evidence that cannot exist.
- •Some boards are kiln-dried before machining, which is a real energy input; this record does not claim zero processing.
- •Confirm any historic preservative or paint treatment before specifying for an interior.
Design & Specification Notes
Floorboards salvaged from existing buildings, de-nailed, kiln-dried where needed and re-machined to a consistent profile.
Typical Uses
- •Primary flooring
- •High-traffic circulation
- •Work areas
Key Performance
Hard-wearing surface for high footfall.
Specification Actions
- •Provide FSC or PEFC chain-of-custody proof (and origin details if reclaimed).
- •Confirm treatment for pests/rot is non-toxic
- •Specify refinishing rather than replacement where possible
Indicative Health & Indoor Air
- •lead-paint
- •treatments
Test for lead paint or historic treatments on reclaimed material. Once verified clean, excellent indoor air quality.
Products in this category
2 products from 1 manufacturer. Ordered by the evidence each record holds, never by commercial standing.
Specification
- Finish
- Salvaged oak or softwood boards, re-machined
- Service life
- 20 years