The main difference between unfinished and prefinished hardwood is that prefinished flooring arrives already sealed with factory-applied coats (often aluminum-oxide finishes). Because there’s no on-site sanding or curing time, your floor is typically ready to use soon after installation. Our crew specializes in prefinished installations, and many projects can be completed in one to two days, reminding that timelines vary by scope.
If you need a floor to be ready fast this is one of the best options in the market, Our crew is specialized on those kind of installation and most of the time it’s done in one or two days..
Prefinished wood floors are manufactured in almost any width. Some of the most popular styles are strip, plank and parquet. Each style is available in a variety of species, colors, and widths, so choosing the right one is a matter of preference. Strip flooring is less than 3” wide and often makes a room appear larger.
Plank flooring is equal to or greater than 3” wide and often creates a more casual look. Parquet flooring varies in size and generates a geometric, non-linear look.
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 heartwood color into the sapwood.
GRAIN
Mostly straight and open, but some boards have burled or curly grain. Arrangements of pores is similar to hickories and persimmon, but pores are smaller in size.
COLOR
Heartwood is light brown; some boards may have a pinkish tint or a slight grayish cast. Sapwood is white to cream.
GRAIN
Open, with longer rays than red oak. Occasional crotches, swirls and burls. Plainsawn boards have a plumed or flared grain appearance; riftsawn has a tighter grain pattern, low figuring; quartersawn has a flake pattern, sometimes called tiger rays or butt.
COLOR
Heartwood and sapwood are similar, with sapwood lighter in color; most pieces have a 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 grain pattern, low figuring; quartersawn has a flake pattern, sometimes called tiger rays or butterflies.
COLOR
Heartwood is creamy white to light reddish brown; sapwood is pale to creamy white.
GRAIN
Closed, subdued 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 a premium.
COLOR
Sapwood is gray-white; heartwood is salmonred to orange-brown when fresh and becomes russetor reddish brown when seasoned; often marked withdark streaks.
GRAIN
Mostly interlocked; texture is medium torather coarse.
COLOR
Pecan heartwood is reddish brown with darkbrown stripes; sapwood is white or creamy white withpinkish tones. Hickory heartwood is tan or reddish;sapwood is white to cream, with fine brown lines.
GRAIN
Pecan is open, occasionally wavy or irregular.Hickory is closed, with moderate definition; somewhatrough-textured.
COLOR
Heartwood is light tan to dark brown; sapwoodis creamy white. Similar in appearance to white oak,but frequently more yellow.
GRAIN
Bold, straight, moderately open grain withoccasional wavy figuring. Can have strong contrastin grain in plainsawn boards.
COLOR
In yellow birch (B. alleghaniensis), sapwood iscreamy yellow or pale white; heartwood is light red-dish brown tinged with red. In sweet birch (B. lenta),sapwood is light colored and heartwood is dark browntinged with red.
GRAIN
Medium figuring, straight, closed grain, eventexture. Occasional curly grain or wavy figure insome boards.
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