" OK now we are talking some of the most fantastic lengths of eastern white pine that you can imagine how long has this one -- it's about fourteen feet long line what's the width. Seventeen inches imagine act. Now the beauty of this is that it's selected old growth. Quite pine from new England and it is the real straight growing pine tree that when it hardly ever meanders or hurt her or twists so that you get this beautiful grain pattern. And you get not that that's part of the part of the story right tight red knots is what the columns and it's and they stay nice and firm for. In antique floors have seen 350 years -- you have to worry about them popping out now. Tell us about this trim saw other issues that are out here opposites. For cutting these really really wide pieces it has the ability to affect a really wide piece and -- off and not give us a square cut. Where's the actual saw song as the heroes growing area with a guy. In the office and place. These are German tools right yes. And did they have the built in vacuum and everything else that's highly specialized setup for a professional floor installer. Would you pay for that I was about 1700 dollars for them blow dryers are setup yeah."

" Now we need to switch the -- here. All right one more square squaring off -- but this time. You're measuring so that we know that it's going to be staggered joint I want to stop the joint a couple of feet short of the doorway when I put the next piece and then out into the hall right what's what's that. Okay. That's."

" Now you've put down. This black stuff which is fifteen pound felt paper. Tar paper whatever you want to call it what's the purpose of that Howard well it's paper -- harder and it also. Increases the surface friction of the subfloor so that the the old floor doesn't move as much when it shrinks and swells which has deserted this one. So that that's an important component in the whole installation isn't it yes that's what makes our you better long term performance. And that's all there is -- and there's no. Tongue in groove here so we just get ready to nail right yeah one thing we're gonna need to do Bob it's not. And here we need to wedge this together all right and I can do that right against the --"

" Because this species grows so tall and straight. Carlisle lumber can get a full sixteen feet with no knots and no limbs and -- common average width of about thirteen to twenty inches. Old growth timber has a great dense grain and knot structure as you move up to treat you start to see more knots that blend nicely when they're applied to the floor -- sure real traditional look. Because eastern white pine has a relatively short life span from 15280. Years cutting at maturity is actually good for the forest. This lumber is also cut during the winter months when the ground is frozen and logging does less damage to the forest floor when the sap has stopped running which makes drying the lumber more efficient."

" And now you're ready for nailing. That's great so you've determined that all the nailing which is face nailed and which is part of the look of the installation. Falls along the joists that are already down. Yes that's one nice straight line on that joist. And at the nails that are being used. That's cut nails which if you look closely they have. -- through them. And this is made exactly the -- made a couple of centuries ago what. What's the point of the curve in the nail it well didn't nail gets a little bit wider and and gets narrower again and that. City streets is a whole. That's. Is the main thing is you don't want details to back. And now every nail in the entire room has to be set. That's tonight frightening -- outset. Just one pounding the two or three just give loans just slows service that you. And then eventually we'll be sanding it very very lights. -- down a tongue oil finish which will really not change the color of it it's the sunlight hitting it every morning that was slowly darken it and give it a very mellow look."