Threshing Floor Boards

So a threshing floor has hundreds of years of wear from farming animals people and tools.

Threshing floor boards.

To keep the grain from falling out the open doorway s a board was sometimes placed across the doorway called a threshold but the term threshold was originally the floor itself or well foot worn floor boards. Jc woodworking only sells this product unmilled. In biblical days there was no machinery so after the harvest the grain was separated from the straw and husks by beating it manually. Reclaimed antique oak barn threshing wood flooring is the most rustic and primitive wood flooring that we offer.

What is a threshing floor answer. The massive flooring planks are worn with the character from farmers flailing wheat from the chaff generations ago on these boards. These threshing floor boards each tell their own story with every scrape and dent that create their rustic beauty of the animals and old machines that once wore them down over years of traditional farming. These boards were salvaged from the first floor of the barns where the threshing took place the process of separating the grain from the stalk.

Our formaldehyde free epoxy finishing brings out the natural depth and patina of the wood and fills the deep crevices to create an easy to. With its untouched original surface and historic patina our true grit 100 original barn threshing floors have the authentic look of a rustic cabin or barn. Our antique vintage thresher flooring is our original face barn board oak flooring. A dirty top oak plank that gives the look of original threshing floor.

Antique threshing flooring is ideal for decks patios period workshops and barns. In syria at the threshing season it is customary for the family to move out to the vicinity of the threshing floor. The mother prepares the meals and takes her turn. Threshing floors are in danger of being robbed 1 samuel 23 1.

For this reason someone always sleeps on the floor until the grain is removed. The wear on these boards was created by the people who built our country. A threshing floor is a smooth flat surface that was used in the process of harvesting grain. Many ontario barns built in the 1800s and 1900s were made from pine and hemlock.

Today reclaimed threshing boards can be repurposed in a variety of applications including flooring stairs railing and counter tops. A booth is constructed for shade. This one of a kind rustic wide plank wood flooring is reclaimed from 150 200 year old threshing barns. Threshing in barns was mostly done by hand with a flail until threshing machines became available in the 19th century.

Threshing is the process of separating grains. The harvested produce would be spread over the threshing floor and then animals cattle or oxen would be led over it to crush and break the sheaves apart.