finding wood under wood in an 1895 home

Sometimes we get surprised and this was one of those times. We were scheduled to remove damaged 1 inch red oak from a beautiful historic 1895 home. We had new 1 inch red oak acclimating in the home before we arrived for demo and install but as we began demo we noticed a big surprise…..another layer of hardwood, heart pine to be exact. You never know what you’re going to find in old homes. Since this home already had a mixture of heart pine and red oak throughout we, along with the homeowners, decided to refinish the existing heart pine.