DeadHead Lumber Reclaimed Hardwood Flooring

Despite the myriad of flooring choices available today, it is difficult to find a truly ecologically-friendly product. DeadHead Lumber Company’s mission is to provide eco-friendly lumber products by reclaiming an existing resource in an ecologically responsible way. There is peace of mind in knowing your floor wasn’t cut from a rainforest or mass-produced in an overseas factory. DeadHead wide plank floors are eco-friendly, unique and rich in character.

DeadHead’s logs are indigenous hardwoods that grew in Maine’s pristine virgin forests. Shaded and protected, these hardwood trees were allowed to grow slowly, resulting in the tight growth rings, unrivaled size and density, and rich color that are coveted trademarks of old-growth lumber.

These logs share a rich history with Maine’s legendary logging industry. They were sunk during the log drives across Maine’s lakes and rivers beginning in the early 1600’s. As the hardwood ridges were cut, the logs were brought lakeside by horse teams and then “rafted” (chained to buoyant spruce logs) and towed down the lakes to the mills for processing. Since the weather on these northern Maine lakes can change quickly and dramatically, many of these rafts were lost or cut loose during storms to become sunken treasure and rediscovered hundreds of years later.

Resting undisturbed, they have been preserved in fresh Maine water, protected from timber’s worst enemies—direct sunlight, pests and oxygen. Today, DeadHead Lumber Company is honored to reclaim this existing resource while assisting the return of Maine’s waters to a more natural state.

Honoring their lumber’s rich history, DeadHead works closely with architects, builders, designers and homeowners to complete their custom projects with their hand-picked, wide-plank flooring.

Your floor took 300-500 years to grow, lay sunken in a lake to cure for 200 more, was carefully reclaimed, slowly dried, and custom fit to your home.

What else in your home took 700 years to make?