Origin
Hjælmø end grain brick floor is upcycled from offcuts and cut-outs accumulated during the production of pine glulam boards and window frames. Today, the sorting criteria are so rigorous that excessive amounts of good-quality wood are wasted. The wood is sorted out due to knots, which do not matter in terms of durability and strength when used as a brick floor. Furthermore, offcuts from ordinary production can be further cut down and also used as end-grain flooring. If this waste source had not been saved, the wood would have been ground up and burned for heating, despite the high value of the wood. In the past, hard-wearing end-grain floors have been used for industrious indoor environments, such as workshops.
