Our hemlock box beams are salvaged from local mushroom houses, and they keep the weathering they picked up there. It is the most characterful face in the line, a step beyond the three rustic options. Hollow, lock mitered, built to order in any size, and supplied unfinished. Two to three weeks.
Mushroom houses are long low growing buildings, and the hemlock inside them spent decades in constant humidity with very little sun. That is an unusual way for wood to age, and it produces a look you do not get from barn siding or fence board.
The color variation is heavy. You get cracks, weather lines, and knot holes across the face, and the tone shifts board to board within a single beam.
Hemlock takes weathering visibly. The grain is straight and the surface roughens rather than smoothing out, so decades of humidity leave a face with real depth in it.
It is also light for its size, which matters more than it sounds on a box beam. A long hemlock beam is manageable for two people on a ladder where a solid oak timber of the same dimensions would not be.
This is the one that looks oldest. Set beside the rustic options it reads a step further along, because weathering marks a face in a way that knots and grain alone do not.
If the room already has reclaimed material in it, siding or paneling or a mantel, the hemlock is the beam that will sit with it. If everything else in the room is new, the hemlock can read as the only aged element and that can work either for you or against you.
Hemlock box beams come two ways: with a rough face, which has raised grain and deep texture, or with a smoother circle sawn face. Each sample below is captioned with its face.
Common profiles: 3 by 6 by 3, 6 by 6 by 6, and 7 by 7 by 7 inches. Any custom size can be built.
The three numbers in a profile are the three exposed faces. A 6 by 6 by 6 beam shows 6 inches down each side and 6 inches across the bottom.
Beams longer than 16 feet are seamed. A single continuous board is rarely available at that length, so the face is joined. The seams are tight and read as part of the beam, but you should expect them.
Box beams are built to order, which is the reason for the two to three week lead time. Depending on inventory, we may have a few in stock, so reach out and ask. Samples are at the yard too, and visits are by appointment only.
Minimum order is four beams.
You are welcome to pick up at our yard in Hopewell Junction at no charge, by appointment, or we will quote delivery to your site.
Send the species, the profile, the lengths, and how many you need. We quote each order individually, including freight to your zip code. Because a custom order is made to size anyway, a non standard dimension does not add to the lead time.
Local mushroom houses. Those are long low growing buildings, and the hemlock inside them spent decades in constant humidity with very little sun. That is what produced the weathering you see in the face.
No. It ships unfinished, with no stain and no sealer, so the finish is applied on site.
Common profiles are 3 by 6 by 3, 6 by 6 by 6, and 7 by 7 by 7 inches, in lengths from 12 to 20 feet. We build any custom size, so tell us what the ceiling needs.
They will be consistent in character but they will vary in color, because reclaimed material always does. Order the full set at once so they come from the same run.
The board is kiln dried and milled before it becomes a beam. The weathering stays, the rest does not.
Send the profile and the lengths you need and we will quote the beams and the freight together. If you want the reclaimed look on a ceiling that can carry real weight, the solid reclaimed beams in our yard are the other way to get there. Call (845) 232-8943.
