Strange question... We are getting ready to replace the original 25-year-old red oak hardwood flooring in our house. It is 3" wide, 3/4" thick solid hardwood with poly finish - standard stuff. When the contractor comes to replace it, they say that they just throw it out and send it to a landfill. I haven't ever really thought about where old flooring goes... I know that it would be a lot of work to clean up and mill the old stuff down - removing all the nails, etc. Monumental PITA.
Does anyone know if recycling old residential wood flooring is done anywhere? I could see going through the effort if it was century-old chestnut or something - but regular Bruce red oak... not so much...Just curious...
TedP