Ab Grade Oak Flooring

Each plank is constructed of a hardwood top layer multi plywood core and a supporting layer which are bound together under extremely high pressure.

Ab grade oak flooring. No surprise as only about 5 10 of all hardwood flooring is graded as cabin grade. The upper grades of tongue in groove red oak flooring are divided into clear and select grades. Ab prime grade this is the highest grade available in wood flooring. Prime grade engineered wood flooring is probably the closest you ll get to ab grade solid oak flooring.

Below is the national wood flooring association nwfa grade descriptions for red oak and white oak and continuing down are the grade descriptions for other common domestic and exotic species. Oak flooring is a natural product and no matter what finish you decide to buy it will require some maintenance over time and usage. Although any natural wood product will have knots as part of its nature engineered prime grade wood flooring normally only has small knots of less than 5mm in diameter. We grade our american and russian white oak as follows and the price will depend on the grade finish length and width and thickness of the board and top layer ab grade is the most expensive with normal cde grade the least expensive.

Also known as select or ab grade is the highest of the three grades of flooring and would usually have the following characteristics. Slight colour variation between the boards and more uniform look except for timbers where variation in colour adds to its beauty and is the main feature of the wood. Clear red oak is the best quality and most expensive red oak tig on the market. The ab select grade can also be site graded to further reduce the amount of natural features included but obviously an extra percentage needs to be ordered to allow for this.

Oak prime a b grade engineered flooring engineered wood flooring is specially designed to maximise the strength and durability. This wood is cut from the centre of the tree and the wood from the centre is much more uniform and has far less knots imperfections. We get asked that a lot. Prime grade with little or no colour variation no knots with a fairly.

Due to the small percentage and the unpredictability of available inventory most stores do not stock cabin grade floors. Ab grade flooring has a much lower sap content usually no more than 5 of the board which leads to a more uniform colour across different.