Focus on Green Building Materials — Reclaimed Exotic Hardwood

TerraMai floors are a mixture of numerous tropical hardwood species, reclaimed from antique railroad ties and other salvage sources in Southeast Asia. Our floors are used in residential, municipal and commercial applications where environmentally responsible, beautiful, stable and durable solid wood is desired.

TerraMai flooring can easily be used in kitchens and bathrooms, providing it is professionally installed, finished and sealed for moisture control. TerraMai flooring can also be used over concrete slab floors and with radiant heat systems, using industry-accepted techniques. Specific product recommendations are available upon request.

Composition and Materials
TerraMai flooring is a genuine, unfinished, solid wood product composed of a variety of reclaimed tropical hardwoods. It is likely to include Asian rosewood, merbau, ironwood, padauk, chengal, takien, narra as well as other species. Latin names of the dominant species are available upon request and on our web site. TerraMai flooring provides a beautiful and resilient floor under light or heavy wear. Every variety in the species mix is hard fibered, minimizing slivering and splintering. TerraMai flooring polishes with use (under friction) actually increasing its wear resistance.

Color
TerraMai flooring can be purchased in a random color mix (Jungle Mix) or color sorted to create floors of a generally distinct hue (ie. Rose, Gold, Cinnamon and Blonde Mix). All mixes will contain a variety of species and colors. Color can vary widely within any given species of tropical hardwood. TerraMai floors offer a wider spectrum of color than a single species floor. Due to size limitations and the natural variation in wood, TerraMai samples cannot be guaranteed to represent all color possibilities. Lighting and room color can also change the perception of hardwood floor coloration. Wood color will change when finish is applied.

Our exotic reclaimed woods include:

• Teak
• Tropical Mixes (Cinnamon Mix, Gold Mix, Jungle Mix, Rose Mix)
• Hevea

Teak
Our Teak is approximately 50 to 100 years old, reclaimed from pilings under structures in northern Thailand, Burma and Laos slated for demolition. Age and environment have seasoned this wood into an incredible swirl of mellow browns, tans and silvers.

This wood begs to be touched. Plantation grown wood cannot compare.

Cinnamon Mix
A blend of our darkest woods running from musty golds to deep chocolate browns. It is comprised of Merbau, Alan Batu, Sepetir and Ironwood reclaimed from antique railway ties.

Cinnamon Mix offers steadfast durability and features the rich inviting warmth that only the finest antique rainforest woods can achieve.

Gold Mix
Gold Mix has a rich amber hue distinct from any other hardwoods. Oxide stains, seasoning checks and spike holes imbue Gold Mix with history and character, denoting the untreated hardwood railroad ties that are its source.

Comprised of Keledang, Balau, Giam and Chengal.

Jungle Mix
Inspired by the vibrant, random array of colors found in our Asian hardwoods, we have mixed bright roses, muted golds and chocolate browns to create a playful and unpredictable grab bag of marvelous looking wood.

Rose Mix
Rosewood railroad ties? In Thailand, they used what they had and what they had was Rosewood! This amazing blend may also contain Pyinkado and Narra and other rose-toned species.

Burgundies, pinks and purples laced with gold create a deep, plush patina. Laden with character this mix is one of our most rare and most desired.

Hevea
Our Hevea flooring is produced from “orchard salvage” - from rubber tree plantations of Southeast Asia.

After about 25 years of producing latex for the rubber industry, rubber trees are culled from the plantation and replaced. The wood from these trees is utilized to produce our Hevea flooring.

It is similar in appearance to Oak and nearly as hard as Teak. It is available as either an unfinished or a pre-finished product, and for those desiring a custom color, Hevea takes a stain nicely.

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