Woody's Hardwood Flooring and Refinishing - Utah, Salt Lake City, Park City, Sandy, Draper and Murray » Wood Species

Birch

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:30:57 +0000

Appearance:
Color: In yellow birch (B. alleghaniensis), sapwood is creamy yellow or pale white; heartwood is light redish brown tinged with red. In sweet birch (B. lenta), sapwood is light colored and hearwood is dark brown tinged with red.
Grain: Medium figuring, straight, closed grain, even texture. Occasional curly grain or wavy figure in some boards.

Properties:
Hardness/Janka: Yellow: 1260 (2% softer than Northern red oak).
Dimensional Stability: Average (Yellow: 9.5; 10% less stable than Northern red oak).
Origin:North America

White Oak

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:19:16 +0000

Appearance:
Color: Heartwood is light brown; some boards may have a pinkish tine or a slight grayish cast. Sapwood is white to cream.
Grain: Open, with longer rays than red oak. Occasional crotches, swirls or burls. Plainsawn boards have a plumed or flared grain appearance; riftsawn has a tighter grin pattern, low figuring; quartersawn has a

Properties:
Hardness/Janka: 1210 (6% softer than Northern red oak)
Dimensional Stability: Average (10.5; 22 % less stable than red oak)
Origin:North America

Walnut

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:07:51 +0000

Appearance:
Color: Heartwood ranges from a deep, rich dark brown to a purplish black. Sapwood is nearly white to tan. Difference between heartwood and sapwood color is great; some flooring manufacturers steam lumber to bleed the darker hardwood color into the sapwood resulting in a more uniform color. .
Grain: Mostly straight and open, but some boards have burled or curly grain. Arrangement of pores is similar to hickories and persimmon, but pores are similar in size.

Properties:
Hardness/Janka: 1010 (22% softer than Northern red oak)
Dimensional Stability: Average (7.8; 9% more stable than Northern red oak).
Origin: North America

Cherry

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:53:36 +0000

Appearance:
Color: Heartwood is light to dark reddish brown, lustrous; sapwood is light brown to pale with a light pinkish tone. Some flooring manufacturers steam lumber to bleed the darker heartwood color into the sapwood resulting in a more uniform color. Color darkens significantly with age.
Grain: Fine, frequently wavy, uniform texture. Distinctive flake pattern on true quartersawn surfaces. Texture is satiny with some gum pockets.

Properties:
Hardness/Janka: 950 (26% softer than Northern red oak).
Dimensional Stability: Above average (7.1; 17% more stable than Northern red oak).
Origin:North America

Hickory

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:43:35 +0000

Appearance:
Color: Heartwood is tan or reddish; sapwood is white to cream, with fine brown lines..
Grain: Closed, with moderate definition; somewhat rough textured. .

Properties:
Hardness/Janka: 1820 (41% harder than Northern red oak).
Dimensional Stability: Average (8.9; 3% less stable than Northern red oak).
Origin: North America

Red Oak

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:27:57 +0000

Appearance:
Color: Heartwood and sapwood are similar, with sapwood lighter in color. Most pieces have reddish tone. Slightly redder than white oak.
Grain: Open, slightly coarser more porous) than white oak. Plainsawn boards have a plumed or flared grain appearance; riftsawn has a tighter grin pattern, low figuring; quartersawn has a flake pattern, sometimes called tiger rays or butterflies.

Properties:
Hardness/Janka: Northern: 1290 (benchmark) Southern: Below average (1060; 18% softer than Northern red oak)
Dimensional Stability: Northern: Average (8.6). Southern: Below average (11.3; 31 % less stable than Northern red oak)
Origin: North America

Maple

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:10:17 +0000

Appearance:
Color: Heartwood is creamy white to light reddish brown; sapwood is pale to creamy white.
Grain: Closed, subdues grain, with medium figuring and uniform texture. Occasionally shows quilted, fiddleback, curly or bird’s-eye figuring. Figured boards often culled during grading and sold at premium.

Properties:
Hardness/Janka: 1450 (12% harder than Northern red oak).
Dimensional Stability: Average (9.9; 15% less stable than Northern red oak).
Origin: North America

Alder

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:45:52 +0000

Alder is a soft but stable wood, with uniform color and grain. There is no clear delineation between heart- and sap-wood, creating a worm, honey color throughout.

In our Mesa grade, Alder will contain color variation, knots up to 2” in diameter, including open knots, holes up to ¾” in diameter, cracks which don’t compromise the integrity of the flooring, along with other character marks. We do allow edge defect in this grade. Lengths of planks vary from 1’ to 10’, with an approximate average of 6’.

Bamboo

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:37:59 +0000

Appearance:
Color: Typically available in light (manila/yellow tones) or dark (tannish brown) shades. Colors vary between manufacturers.
Grain: Distinctive grain pattern shows nodes from the bamboo stalks.

Properties:
Hardness/Janka: Bamboo is grass. Janka values vary widely between various manufacturers and between horizontal and vertical construction.
Dimensional Stability: Engineered construction.
Origin: Asia

Bay Laurel

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:03:24 +0000

Bay Laurel (also known as Myrtlewood) is a hard and uniquely colored wood. It is quite stable, and as hard as Red Oak. Color ranges to a deep yellow and often contains some gray staining. It is little known outside its region (Oregon and California).

All the Big Leaf Maple flooring we run comes from mills that are part of the “Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities Partnership,” an organization of wood manufacturers, rural leaders, and community groups dedicated to forest restoration and community vitality.

Our wide-width, extra Dry Canyon grade in bay Laurel includes all sizes of sound knots, open holes up to 1” in diameter, some splits, cracks, all variations of color, along with other character marks. Lengths of planks vary from 3’ to 10-12’. This floor will have a rustic look with a lot of grain variation.

Bay Laurel is also available in Madera grade in widths 7” and under. This grade will contain color variation, numerous knots (both sound and open) up to 2” in diameter, holes up to ½” in diameter, some cracks, along with other occasional character marks. Lengths of planks vary from 1’ to 10’, with an average of about 5’.