Product Specs
Solid red oak, 2 1/4 inches wide and 3/4 inch thick, milled tongue and groove on all four sides and kiln dried before it ships.
Red oak reads warmer than white oak — a pink to russet cast rather than tan — and its grain is more open, so the pores show plainly and the figure is busier. It takes stain readily, which is why it has been the default American floor for generations. Being open-pored it is less suited to wet rooms than white oak.
Quartered boards only. The grain sits tight and vertical and the ray fleck shows plainly across the face — the ribbon look people come looking for. Its stability makes it a sound pick over radiant heat.
Select & Better grade keeps colour consistent and leaves out most knots and mineral streak, so the floor reads as one field rather than a patchwork.
It ships unfinished, so the stain and sheen are decided on site after the floor is down and sanded — the only way to match an existing floor exactly.
Random lengths run 3 to 10 feet. Each box covers 19.5 square feet.
Nail or staple down over an approved wood subfloor. Solid wood is not rated for below-grade installation.
