Believe it or not, your Douglas fir flooring is really subfloor. Victorian-era houses were often balloon framed -- meaning rough-sawn Doug fir studs ran from foundation to rafters.

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That tends to go over well in thick, second-growth Douglas fir stands clear-cut and replanted decades ago. Mills set up for small logs can process them into commodity lumber and other products.

The chalet was built almost entirely of boards sourced from the Jura forests. Vertically oriented rough sawn fir clads the exterior, while the interior boards — also nailed vertically — were ...