We specialize in custom milled flooring and paneling using any type of wood you desire. Our most popular flooring choices have been Hickory, Douglas Fir, Black Ash, and Natural Hard Maple. Our most popular types of tongue and groove paneling are Knotty Pine and Black Ash, but we have made Cherry, Walnut, Maple, Oak, and many others from rustic looking to very clear.
As a family owned and operated business we can give you the attention you deserve and a unique and high quality product setting your home or lake home apart. The Past Projects button takes you to some beautiful examples of how clients have used these products in their homes.
As a family owned and operated business we can give you the attention you deserve and a unique and high quality product setting your home or lake home apart. The Past Projects button takes you to some beautiful examples of how clients have used these products in their homes.
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Great Lakes Lumber Company, Inc. began in 1990.
We are a small, family-owned business that tries very hard to give you a very nice, high quality, custom made, solid-wood product at an affordable price.
While we are small, we have all the equipment necessary to take a tree and turn it into a finished product such as lumber, flooring, or tongue and grooved paneling.
Some wood is bought from local loggers.
It is cut into boards, with our sawmill.
Then, the wood is stickered and air dried for several weeks (stickering is the process of putting "sticks" in between the boards every 16 inches to allow air to flow through the piles).
We are a small, family-owned business that tries very hard to give you a very nice, high quality, custom made, solid-wood product at an affordable price.
While we are small, we have all the equipment necessary to take a tree and turn it into a finished product such as lumber, flooring, or tongue and grooved paneling.
Some wood is bought from local loggers.
It is cut into boards, with our sawmill.
Then, the wood is stickered and air dried for several weeks (stickering is the process of putting "sticks" in between the boards every 16 inches to allow air to flow through the piles).
We plane the top of the flooring flat so that it has a nice tight fit, and put relief cuts in the bottom on every inch of the flooring to allow for shrinkage and also relieving some of the stress due to moisture fluctuations.
This helps to keep the flooring flat rather than cupping or bowing.
Before we machine the flooring we check that the wood has a moisture content at 8% giving the best results over the long run.
Many more examples of the floorings below can be found on the past projects page.
This helps to keep the flooring flat rather than cupping or bowing.
Before we machine the flooring we check that the wood has a moisture content at 8% giving the best results over the long run.
Many more examples of the floorings below can be found on the past projects page.
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