Wood Floors 101
Wood Floors 101
"We had been using several different floor sanding contractors, but none matched Bill's service and performance."
~ Bill Nardi
Property Manager, Imagineers, Inc.
Species
Hardness and moisture content are important in determining how a wood floor will behave after installation. There are two general categories of wood: Classic/Native and Exotic.
The listings for each category are in order of hardness.
Classic
- Southern Yellow Pine
- White Pine
- Douglas Fir
- American Cherry
- American Walnut
- Hearth Pine
- Birch
- Red Oak
- Beech
- White Ash
- White Oak
- Hard Maple
- Birdseye Maple
- Bamboo
- American Hickory
Exotic
- Brazilian Mesquite
- Anigere
- Amendoim
- Australian Cypress
- Canadian Maple
- Brazilian Cherry
- Sapele
- Padouk
- Bubinga
- Purple Heart
- Mahogany
- Acacia
- Golden Teak
- Brazilian Cherry
- African Padauk
- Bloodwood
- Wenge
- Brazilian Redwood
- Cypress
- Brazilian Chestnut
- Brazilian Ebony
- Brazilian Walnut
- African Teak
