Grade 2 White Oak Flooring

Select grade is generally considered the highest grade as it has the least color variation.

Grade 2 white oak flooring.

Yes there are 2 main species of oak floors white oak and red oak and yes they are different. Select number 1 common and number 2 common. Blue ridge hardwood flooring castlebury french roast eurosawn white oak 3 4 in. For oak flooring there are 3 main grades.

White oak raw material comes in grades from a to f. We offer all available grades of wood including select better 1 common character 2 common and 3 common. Check out our selection of unfinished solid white oak hardwood flooring. It costs the more.

The little white streak is the small amount of sap wood you will get which is less than most suppliers. Under grading rules developed by nofma there are four levels of oak flooring. Each grade has its own particular characteristics and appearance. Clear oak a flooring product of mostly heartwood with a minimum number of character marks and discoloration providing a uniform appearance while.

You can read more about the differences between white and red oak flooring here. Typically used in the manufacturing of high end furniture wine and whisky barrel construction and exposed timber frame construction it is durable beautiful and timeless as a hardwood flooring species. Select 1 common and 2 common which is also known as rustic grade or builder s grade. The picture below shows the sort of effect you will get with our walnut flooring.

Both red and white oak are great choices but if i personally had to choose one over the other i d go for white oak and you ll see why below. When harvested white oak becomes a beautiful durable and stable flooring material. Clear nofma oak is very uniform in color with very few small character. Higher grades of flooring usually have longer boards so be prepared for many shorter boards if you order a lower grade of wood flooring.

At vermont plank flooring we harvest white oak trees from sustainably managed woodlots and mill them into wide board planks specifically for your project. 2 common creates a uniquely charactered floor that will present all of the natural characteristics of the forest. Grading of american and russian white oak. This is followed by no 1 which has more color variation and some occasional knots and that is followed by no 2 which has a lot more color.

Especially pertaining to oak hardwood flooring the 3 most commonly used grades are. We provide white oak wood flooring that is kiln dried and milled according to nwfa standards or better. With a variety of. T x 5 in.

Clear select no 1 common and no. Below is the national wood flooring association nwfa grade descriptions for red oak and white oak and continuing down are the grade descriptions for other common domestic and exotic species.