Common Lumber Flooring

Additionally you can use higher grades of lumber for the small parts of your project that require larger cuts while saving money by using 2 common for the rest.

Common lumber flooring.

Softwood includes cedar pine spruce and fir wood. There are several reasons why oak flooring is ideal. It blends well with a wide range of furniture and décor. Wood flooring finished boards another benefit of the industrial revolution was the invention of steam driven woodworking machinery that permitted the mass production of finished boards.

It grows abundantly in the us. Most customers don t realize that there are different grades of oak flooring. Thick x 2 1 4 in. Oak hardwood flooring is a great choice in traditional style homes.

Two main varieties of oak hardwood flooring are available. For oak flooring there are 3 main grades. We specialize in white pine red pine and blue stain ponderosa pine tongue and groove and shiplap lumber plus a variety of beautiful wood flooring including black walnut wormy maple and white oak. Select number 1 common and number 2 common.

They just assume all oak flooring is the same. Select grade is generally considered the highest grade as it has the least color variation. Hickory is the hardest common wood that is commercially available followed by pecan hard maple and white oak. The main difference between the two is color.

Oak is by far the most common type of wood used for wood floors in the us especially red oak. Thus oak is an affordable hardwood. It costs the more. We also carry a continuously changing supply of reclaimed barn wood flooring.

The lumber industry uses a scale called the janka rating system to measure and rank the relative hardness of wood. Of course 2 common is also good for projects where its rustic character would be an asset. Red oak and white oak. Product overview this 1 common oak 3 4 in.

There are two categories of wood. This traditional flooring has a janka wood hardness rating of 1 290 and is suitable for commercial or residential floors.