In 1925, an Italian immigrant, Antonio Valente, established a sawmill in the mountains of Taborton, New York. For $600, he bought a used tractor, sawmill, carriage and motor. With a 5 year-old son, Louis, in tow, he and two other men began to eke out a living. Using horses, axes and crosscut saws, they worked in the winter to cut down the logs and in the summer they turned those logs into lumber.

Antonio delivered his lumber to foundries in Albany. In 1941, the sawmill burned to the ground. At this time, Antonio decided to build his new mill closer to the location of a woodlot that he owned in east Poestenkill. A piece of property, near the Averill Park and Poestenkill town line, became the site of L.J. Valente, Inc.

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Flooring

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All of our flooring is precision made and END MATCHED for ease and speed of installation. Most mills allow a certain percentage of unusable flooring to be packaged along with the rest of their product. Unlike those mills, we have very tight standards that insure the quality of each and every piece.

Lumber Rough Cut

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Lumberyard is well stocked for 1 & 2 inch dimensional lumber for construction and other uses. Rough cut wood is a building standard. If your building houses, sheds, stairs or pouring concrete we have you covered. Our wood is nice and straight and full size unlike the big box stores. Common lengths are 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 feet.

Lumber by Species

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We keep on hand many different varieties / species of wood. If your building shelving, stairs or furniture we have a wood to fit your need. Our wood is nice and straight unlike the big box stores. We have sanded lumber called s4s (sanded on 4 sides) and we also keep some rough cut in thicker sizes.

Pergola

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Our Mill work shop handcrafts some of the finest Pergolas and Arbors in the area. All of our timbers are selected from the best hemlock logs, and then planed down to give a much finer look. Unlike most pergolas, instead of using the cheapest material available, we use a larger base material to give our product a more regal appearance.

Siding & Ceiling & Walls

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We have a wide variety of both Interior panels and Exterior sidings on hand. At Valente Lumber we offer both rough or smooth sawn also air or kiln dried sidings. This gives us the capability of being able to match or reproduce your siding whether old or new. Channel Lap/Gap - Basically is Ship lap with an intentional wide gap typically 1 3/8 inch.

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