Scotia Flooring Site Content Quick Links Below: Ash Hardwood Flooring: Color: Ash heartwood is light tan to dark brown; ash sapwood is creamy white. Similar in appearance to white oak, but frequently more yellow. Grain: Bold, straight, moderately open grain with occasional wavy figuring. Can have strong contrast in grain in plainsawn boards. Hardness/Janka: 1320; 2% harder than Northern red oak. Dimensional Stability: Above average (7.8; 9% more stable than Northern red oak). Birch Hardwood Flooring: Color: In yellow birch, sapwood is creamy yellow pale while; heartwood is light reddish brown tinged with red. In sweet birch, sapwood is light colored and heartwood is dark brown tinged with red. Grain: Medium figuring, straight, closed grain, even texture. Occasional curly grain or wavy figure in some boards. Hardness/Janka: Janka:1260 (yellow); 2% softer than Northern red oak. Dimensional Stability: Average (Yellow: 9.5; 10% less stable than Northern red oak). American Cherry Hardwood Flooring: 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. Grain: Fine, frequently wavy, uniform texture. Distinctive flake pattern on true quartersawn surfaces. Texture is satiny, with some gum pockets. Hardness/Janka: Janka: 950; 26% softer than Northern red oak. Dimensional Stability: Above average (7.1; 17% more stable than Northern red oak) Jatoba Hardwood Flooring ( brazilian cherry ): Color: Sapwood is gray-white; heartwood is salmon red to orange-brown when fresh, and becomes russet or reddish brown when seasoned; often marked with dark streaks. Grain: Mostly interlocked; texture is medium to rather coarse. Hardness/Janka: Janka: 2820; 119% harder than Northern red oak. Dimensional Stability: Average (8.5; 1% more stable than Northern red oak). Hard Maple Hardwood Flooring: 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. Hardness/Janka: Janka: 1450; (12% harder than Northern red oak). Dimensional Stability: Average (9.9; 15% less stable than red oak). Red Oak Hardwood Flooring: 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. Hardness/Janka: Janka: 1290 Northern Red Oak Is The Benchmark Which All Hardwoods Are Measured Againts. Dimensional Stability: Northern: average (8.6) is considered quite stable. What Grades Of Hardwood Flooring Do We Sell ? Select & Better Flooring is uniform in colour and longer in lengths. The wood is usually from the outside of the log (sapwood). The light colour makes smaller rooms appear larger. Mill Run Flooing has an attractive mix of natural colours from the sapwood and heartwood all colour variations are accepted. This grade may contain small sound knots. This grade is usually shorter in length than select and better but the average length of pieces is not to be less than 33”. Rustic Flooing provides a floor just as the name describes. Knots are permitted and all the colours in the wood are permitted. This floor is very serviceable and a favourite of many. >>> Order Info. - Buy Hardwood Flooring In Nova Scotia, Canada At Discount Prices!