Grades Of White Oak Flooring

We offer high quality white oak flooring sourced from the finest mills in america.

Grades of white oak flooring.

Its average board length is 3 feet. A grade is very straight and uniform with no colour variation. Select grade is generally considered the highest grade as it has the least color variation. You can read more about the differences between white and red oak flooring here.

At vermont plank flooring we harvest white oak trees from sustainably managed woodlots and mill them into wide board planks specifically for your project. Custom flooring and tongue and groove products are available upon request. Under grading rules developed by nofma there are four levels of oak flooring. We have all grades available including select better 1 common character 2 common and 3 common.

Select 1 common and 2 common which is also known as rustic grade or builder s grade. Select number 1 common and number 2 common. Clear red oak is the best quality and most expensive red oak tig on the market. 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.

Clear select no 1 common and no. The upper grades of tongue in groove red oak flooring are divided into clear and select grades. Especially pertaining to oak hardwood flooring the 3 most commonly used grades are. Appearance alone determines the grades of hardwood flooring since all grades are equally strong and serviceable in any application red oak and white oak flooring grades 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.

With hundreds of options to choose from you are sure to find the unfinished white oak floor you are looking for at a wholesale price. Yes there are 2 main species of oak floors white oak and red oak and yes they are different. White oak raw material comes in grades from a to f. The result is a floor of unparalleled quality and splendor.

We can can pre finish your v groove or micro v groove flooring with a clear finish or you can choose one of baird brothers ten stain colors. For oak flooring there are 3 main grades. It costs the more. Select oak has more color variation and more natural character marks such as small knots.

To f where there are shakes and splits at the end and large dead knots that have fallen out and a large variation in colour.