Let’s talk pine. It’s a soft wood that makes it easy to work with and less susceptible to warping, especially in places where heat and moisture levels vary, like a cottage or weekend home.
Like any wood, it not all created equally. We pay attention to the grade of woods we carry, and aim to provide the best quality. Our pine is all kiln dried, a process that removes the natural moisture of wood to allow us to use it for building purposes without too much movement and twisting.
Natural pine will turn yellow-orange over time as it is exposed to sunlight. To keep a light colour for years we recommend a whitewash stain be applied to the raw product.
Pine Tongue and Groove
Pine tongue and groove cladding (commonly called T&G) is one of our most popular sellers. While our profiles may change slightly based on supply options, we carry a high quality 6″ Pine T&G Rustic Grade Sheeting.
This is a solid pine grade that will have minimal wastage with knots. The knots will generally be solid and light in colour.
Some knots will be dark but smaller and tighter than what you will find in a Cottage or Contractor Grade lumber.
Most of our solid pine products are only available in random lengths – a mixture of 6’, 8’, 10’, 12’, 14’ & 16’.
While this product can be installed on both walls and ceilings, it is most commonly used to cover ceilings.
If you’re looking to paint your pine, and don’t want the pesky knots to bleed through we suggest using our 6″ Pine T&G Paint Grade Sheeting.
We’ve been working with pine for nearly 30 years, and have yet to be introduced to a product that covers knots to a point they won’t eventually bleed through.
This product is a finger-jointed pine (a process where the knots are cut out and the clear pieces are glued back together) and is finished with a baked-on primer which gives it a smooth finish, ready for paint.
Installation
The name kind of gives it away, but the T&G has a groove on one side and a tongue on the other which fit snuggly together when installing.
The nails are driven into the tongue side of the board at an angle, so there is no visible nail heads or holes to fill.
Pine Trim
Many cottages using our pine T&G and other cladding products tend to use a simple square edge board for their baseboard and casing trims instead of colonial profile mouldings you see in many homes.
We carry a premium grade pine in various widths for just this purpose. We often suggest using a basic 1×5 along your floors as a baseboard and a 1×4 as a window and door casing to finish off your space.
We often carry other sizes, depending on availability from our suppliers. 1×6, 1×8, 1×10 and 1×12 are sometimes required for furring out deep windows or other projects.
If you’re looking to add the warmth of pine in your trims other options include our solid pine mouldings which are available to be made in most all of our wood moulding profiles.
We manufacture these trims at our facility in Blaketown, NL which gives us the control to make them as needed out of solid premium grade pine or in a finger-jointed paint grade option.
Perhaps you’re looking to add chair rail, crowns, baseboards or casings, we make them all in house. No matter what you choose, our pine trims make the perfect accent to any space.
