finally got a few picts of last months Ash job…helped a friend finish a room before the relatives showed up for his daughters wedding – –
anyway, a big part of the job was laying the floor – 3/4″ flat sawn ash T&G, random lengths, v-groove between the boards (no sanding necessary), ‘honey maple’ stain, over 1 1/2″ subfloor – blind nailed – I believe it’s my favorite floor…
“there’s enough for everyone”
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the room was drywalled, but untrimmed - - we manufactured window trim/baseboard out of southern yellow pine - - the casings and such was 3/4" material, run thru a delta finishing planer to clean it up, the crown was 1 1/2" framing material planed down to 1 1/8" - - made extension jambs from SYP also - - nothing fancy, but a clean honest look...
half-circular window trim was cut out of a sheet of A-C plywood with a router and steady hand (except for one little spot...) - stain is 'natural teak' -
there was an awkward outside corner - log wall on one side, out of plumb 4" over 10 feet - - drywall around the corner - - here's what I did - -
nice goin there buddy..lookin good. I was afraid I'd see a lot of brown ash there!..whew.
That log corner detail MAY have a use here too!...gee, only 4'' outta plumb?..
How's whatisnames white oak deck..? the guy with the sweat lodge? Man, I'm terrible with names..
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...white oak deck..?
'Larry' - 'Rachelle' - deck is done, in that it is fully functional - truly an outdoor living room - party there monday - L&R led a small group out to S Dakota and the 'Sun Dance' last week - third time for them, first for a couple of graduates of the local college - we'll have a feast, a ceremony, and great craek, as they say in Ireland -
I want to do something decorative for the deck underneath, right now poles and 45's - unsightly from the lake - I'm seein' a whale mouth - or shark - - would work well with the lake -
maybe I'll get a couple of shots and post 'em, take suggestions
looks like if we travel to RI, I-80 is the hot route - maybe y'all just meet me here and we'll go on north to 80?"there's enough for everyone"
Nice. I've trimmed a couple of houses out in ash. Ash floors & cabinets. It was mostly pretty bland. That flooring used has a lot more color & character. Maybe I do like ash. Don't worry, we can fix that later!
Ash...mostly pretty bland. That flooring used has a lot more color & character. Maybe I do like ash.
the color is the 'honey maple' stain, for the most part - - I've given some thought to this specific material - it's not really a commercial product - - it's machined in Logansport, 2 county seats west - - the fellow it was procured from didn't reveal the source, so as to stay in the middle and collect his mark-up - -
but...I guessing that it's material culled out of lots at the large hardwood buyer/sawyer/kiln operation located there - - it's all flat sawn, not a quartersawn board in the bunch, and all contained flaws, some gross, some subtle - we cut out knots, and being all flatsawn really made the look - - it was carefully machined to tight tolerances and smooth finish, very little wang - they might well be doing it right at the business, or some enterprising employee picking up some side $ - -
made me feel a little sad, I manufactured a small (10' X 11') floor of quartersawn hickory for myself last year, and thought it looked pretty good - - but this ash is better - oh well..."there's enough for everyone"
I loike Ash, but the flat awn - while pretty - islikely to move more with moisture, swelling and shrinking.
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no doubt about it...but this is conditioned space, I don't see it being an issue - -
ash has been a traditional floor material here - I've pulled up some 15/16" X 5" X 16' T&G quarter sawn out of a cabin, nice stuff, and more stable and durable than this modern installation - this stuff has been thu the kiln, and done well, the lack of internal tension was obvious when working with it, for all its 'character', it layed flat and straight - - I like the weight and hardness of ash, a lot easier to work with than oak - drawbacks are easy splitting, open grain (if that's an issue), and it can have a mind of its own, weight/strength, that's why they use it for baseball bats - - "there's enough for everyone"
I just used ash to trim my new windows, in the 1925 style of casing with backbanding. The grain pattern is amazing. I've ordered flat panel interior doors in ash. I'm hoping for a repeat performance in wild grain patterns!
--TJM
David: Real nice work...I have never worked with ash...I take that back....years ago when I was working for a contractor...he bought a bunch of Loisville slugger bats and I had to split them down the middle...and then used the half bats for chair railing.
The stain you used really livens up the grain. Very nice.
I-80 is the hot route - maybe y'all just meet me here and we'll go on north to 80?
That may be the best..I looked at the atlas too..either way ya slice it..I get NORTH to miss all the mtns..till we hit 80 in Pa. I know that route by heart..prbly snag 81 and head north from Scranton/WilkeBarre..into NY..then Blue Hiways to RI..
L and R how could I forget..haha..glad the deck is cool..ya, seems like carving fish is old hat to you..
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Hey thanks for remembering!
The pictures look great. I don't think I've seen Ash used all that much, a kitchen or a small amount of trim here and there.
In Iowa where I grew up oak is so available that its everywhere, now I cant stand seeing it anymore. Down here in Texas they think oak is the cats meow.
I built a kitchen when I was young(way back in the day) I thought that I was building it out of oak until my FIL came along and told me it was ash, somehow the lumber yard got a hold of some ash ply by mistake, consequently I bought it by mistake. looked close but completely different!
Doug