April 30: Eco Flooring and Reclaimed Fir Trim

The new EcoTimber floor is installed in the loft.

The top Douglas Fir timber tread meets EcoTimber floor...and its underlayment...
all atop gypcrete, which was poured over radiant heat tubes.

Scotty cuts trim to size while Erik and I discuss work in progress.

In the stair tower, Erik and I admire the window trim and the view.
The finished landing is protected with a covering of thick cardboard.

Work is moving along quickly as the floor goes down in the loft and window and door trim goes up in the loft and in the main space.

We're installing an EcoTimber floor, an engineered product made with sustainably harvested hickory. EcoTimber makes flooring from forests with the highest standards of sustainable management, and utilizes no toxic materials to ensure healthy indoor air - these qualities were high on our list when choosing a floor.

Erik has milled, planed and cut trim material from leftover pieces of timber, and from scrap material reclaimed from a local lumber yard. The effect is so natural - and the trim, treated with a penetrating oil finish, blends perfectly with the mighty posts, beams and knee braces.