Category: Our Products
Our locally harvested Montana dead standing timber is distributed across the globe. We have consistently received feedback about the amazing stability of our products, especially in humid climates. This prompted us to take a closer look at our wood under a microscope. We contacted Oregon State University College of Forestry and asked them to do […]
We at Sustainable Lumber Co. believe we have the finest Douglas Fir Flooring available. We know that sounds a bit arogant and we’re sorry, but here’s why: 100% of our Douglas Fir Flooring is sourced from either SFI Certified (Sustainable Forest Initiative) or salvaged dead standing timber. Our flooring is slowly custom kiln dried to […]
We are very excited about our new Douglas Fir pre-finished Natural Living Series. Our Natural Living series features a Tung Oil Floor Finish specifically formulated and designed for our Douglas Fir flooring. Finishing floors with Tung oil will provide years of enjoyment with very little maintenance for your busy lifestyle. Our Natural Living Series is […]
After numerous requests from our customers to start producing a circle sawn flooring, we are now proud to offer our new “Mill Cut” flooring line. Our Montana Mill Cut flooring is a traditional flooring product that has been popular out West for years. Flooring trends have changed in recent years from clear (no knots) flooring […]
Picture compliments of: Flooring Service Group Atlanta Finding a good flooring installer is as important if not more than the floor itself. Rustic flooring continues to gain popularity, but is also a bit more challenging to finish and install. We’ll periodically recommend or endorse other companies, installers, and builders. If you live in the Atlanta […]
After doing this for so long we sometimes forget to answer the most common questions. A common question we get is, “So, what exactly is standing timber?” Dead-standing trees refer to trees that have been killed in the forest by a naturally occurring event. The majority of dead-standing trees in Montana are a result of […]
Click this link to contact us and receive a delivered price to your project. Douglas Fir Timber Properties: Wood Strength and More Description: Douglas Fir has the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any wood species. Primarily found in the western US and Canada, Douglas Fir is frequently used for structural dimension lumber and for interior finish work in […]
Most of our customers know we live in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. What many don’t know is that a small little beetle (Mountain Pine Beetle) about the size of a grain of rice has killed millions of acres across Montana, the Western U.S., and Canada. So what happens to these trees? After the […]
A friend of mine in the lumber industry asked if our Douglas Fir flooring could be classified as an exotic wood. Being that I live in Montana and see Douglas Fir trees every day I never looked at it as being exotic. It wasn’t until I started to look into the term “exotic wood” that […]
We would like to give Joe Jurenka of Jurenka Custom Homes a personal thank you. Joe has been instrumental from the time we got started. He actually helped us pick our original 5 colors and used or flooring in 2 of his homes in the Helena Building Industry Association 2011 Parade of homes. Joe has […]
Looking for an aged, reclaimed, barn wood, vintage, or antique appearance? Look no further, Sustainable Lumber Co. is a distributor of Lifetime Wood Treatment. LifeTime Wood Treatment has been treating marinas, houses and decking for over 60 years with a recipe handed down through three generations of wood-working craftsmen. This product is unique to the […]
Ever wonder why we are so passionate about Montana? Video provided by: Mercury CSC Montana Governors Conference 2011
We’ve recently been fortunate enough to be interviewed from the National Wood Flooring Association’s Green Blog. We are very excited about this opportunity to tell people about our sustainable wide plank flooring and thank the National Wood Flooring Association and Elizabeth Baldwin for this interview. The interview will be posted in June, here is a […]
We’ve been getting feedback from our customers regarding the amazing stability of our flooring. We never gave this much thought since our wood flooring is old growth and naturally cured and dried for years. It wasn’t until one of our customers cut some 8×16’s into 1×16’s and ran it into flooring that we started to […]
How nice would it be to purchase sustainable building materials from one location. Everything would match, there would be no variation in quality or sizing, everything would show up at the same time, and you’d have the comfort knowing it came from one sustainable source. Well at Sustainable Lumber Co. you can. We produce custom […]