A close up of the engineered antique “barn wood” floor installed throughout.
The store brand describes this product as “reclaimed antique barn wood” pine flooring. We place the description in quotations given they are not really reclaimed. The product is manufactured to look aged, varied and is easy to install.
It needed no sanding or finishing. The flooring simply needs to be either tacked or nailed down to a sound sub floor. This floor is a great one for families on a budget. It was a good product for this renovation.
The half inch thick boards are durable and able to withstand a good amount of traffic. We were able to advise on the flooring choice, so offered up this rustic style. It matched the original aged ceiling and vigas throughout this older adobe home. (Vigas are the rounded posts used as ceiling supports in adobe homes).
This home is many decades old, the exact age we cannot say. It was built with double adobe walls and has a traditional ceiling. Dirt was used “back in the day” as insulation as an old building technique. When upgrading old homes, entirely new roofs are often built over the old. And new ceilings placed below. So the dirt is often kept intact. The idea is to not disturb the old technique, but upgrade around it.
In the past we have found surprises when working on old adobe homes. Techniques and building skills may decades ago varied quite a bit. Family member would pass down building methods. And now and again they would make-up some methods along the way.
This home didn’t hold many surprises, just older items that had been sitting in the home for years, unused.