Character Grade Oak Flooring

Character grade wood flooring is the third in a series of four wood grades.

Character grade oak flooring.

3 8 bright sapwood entire length of strip or equivalent if not extending further than 1 for 1 3 length of piece. Character grade is used to classify wide plank floors 190mm wide the face of a plank may contain diverse color variation sapwood unlimited burls brown streaks tight knots and properly filled open knots as well as warm holes. We can can pre finishyour v groove or micro v groove flooring with a clear finish or you can choose one of baird brothers ten stain colors. Wood is a completely natural product and as such has features such as knots colour variation and sap when it is lumbered.

White oak has open grain and can range from light gray to warm brown shades. Will admit the following. These more rustic grades include. Custom flooring and tongue and groove products are available upon request.

Baird brothers premium white oak character grade flooring is made to order. Most customers don t realize that there are different grades of oak flooring. Available in solid and engineered wood flooring options it is an affordable and attractive option that not surprisingly is full of character. Clear oak a flooring product of mostly heartwood with a minimum number of character marks and discoloration providing a uniform appearance while allowing for all heartwood natural color variations.

Small burls and fine pin worm holes. It is also known as natural grade wood flooring. In the absence if these one thin brown streak 3 long to be. For oak flooring there are 3 main grades.

And equivalent characters such as small tight checks. Under grading rules developed by nofma there are four levels of oak flooring. Clear select no 1 common and no. Meanwhile black walnut planks have a deep brown shade that makes for extremely attractive home flooring.

Clear nofma oak is very uniform in color with very few small character marks. They just assume all oak flooring is the same. Maple 2 better hickory 1 better hickory character red oak 1 common character and white oak 1 common character. This character grade white oak flooring consists of the perfect blend of natural character markings to create a hardwood flooring that is perfectly.

Select grade is generally considered the highest grade as it has the least color variation. Select oak has more color variation and more natural character marks such as small knots. The two most common types of character grade wood are white oak and black walnut. Its average board length is 3 feet.

All these wood species are available in both prefinished or unfinished and in a myriad of plank widths.