How Much Do You Know About SYP? Take a walk around any lumber yard, and odds are good you’ll be treated to the distinctive aroma of Southern Yellow Pine. SYP – the nickname given to this wood by those in the know – is hugely…
The Natural Answer As people rely on the fun and frills of high-tech living, they also turn to natural answers for modern problems, such as how to live a green lifestyle and how to make a good choice for building materials among the myriad…
By Dannea Moneva, WIR Contributor Southern Yellow Pine is an ideal building material: beautiful, strong, versatile, and affordable. And we could go on, so we will. Here are 6 reasons Southern Yellow Pine is awesome. Strength and Density …
When colonists settled Florida, Virginia and the Carolinas in the 1500s and 1600s Southern Yellow Pine (SYP) played a significant role in their survival. As the first settlers stepped ashore, forests of the four main varieties of SYP – Loblolly,…
By Esme Purdie, WIR Contributor One of the things we love most about Southern Yellow Pine is that it has a negative carbon footprint and is completely sustainable. So if you want to plan an environmentally friendly building project, then look no…
By Fergus Mason, WIR Contributor Southern Yellow Pine, in many cases, can be considered a ‘locally grown’ resource. However, here’s a story about how some SYP trees traveled a long, long, long way…like, to the moon and back. It makes for a…
