These more rustic grades include.
Character grade oak flooring.
All these wood species are available in both prefinished or unfinished and in a myriad of plank widths.
Open splits and knots create the effect of antique wood and emphasize authentic oak texture.
For oak flooring there are 3 main grades.
Baird brothers premium white oak character grade flooring is made to order.
This character grade white oak flooring consists of the perfect blend of natural character markings to create a hardwood flooring that is perfectly.
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.
Character grade wood flooring is the third in a series of four wood grades.
Select grade is generally considered the highest grade as it has the least color variation.
Maple 2 better hickory 1 better hickory character red oak 1 common character and white oak 1 common character.
Select number 1 common and number 2 common.
Will admit the following.
Select oak has more color variation and more natural character marks such as small knots.
Meanwhile black walnut planks have a deep brown shade that makes for extremely attractive home flooring.
These planks range from a very respectable 2 to 10 feet long and feature just the right amount of knots worm holes mineral streaks and other natural character flaws that make this white oak flooring naturally beautiful.
Most customers don t realize that there are different grades of oak flooring.
Its average board length is 3 feet.
It is also known as natural grade wood flooring.
Clear nofma oak is very uniform in color with very few small character marks.
Under grading rules developed by nofma there are four levels of oak flooring.
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.
Clear select no 1 common and no.
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.
Custom flooring and tongue and groove products are available upon request.
White oak has open grain and can range from light gray to warm brown shades.
3 8 bright sapwood entire length of strip or equivalent if not extending further than 1 for 1 3 length of piece.
And equivalent characters such as small tight checks.
In the absence if these one thin brown streak 3 long to be.
The two most common types of character grade wood are white oak and black walnut.
Small burls and fine pin worm holes.