Rift Sawn White Oak Flooring
Rift sawn white oak lumber has straight tight grain with heartwood that is a light to medium brown and commonly with an olive cast.
Rift sawn white oak flooring. 2 99 solid wood floor specials. We offer almost all of your white oak selections with options to upgrade to longer lengths including 3 to 10 and 6 to 12 length options. Making woca samples on 8 rift and quarter sawn white oak flooring basketweave pattern. White oak rift quarter sawn flooring white oak quercus alba a symbol of strength and beauty it is no surprise that the oak tree is the national tree of the united states.
3 1 4 4 5 6. White oak rift and quarter sawn wide plank flooring is a great choice for this house both for its stability and its style. Whether you are looking for quarter sawn rift sawn or mixed rift quarter sawn midwest hardwood corporation s mills have the experience to bring a consistent colored. We are constantly evaluating the drying of lumber based upon how much revenue per day a dry kiln facility can make.
The principal uses for white oak are cabinetry furniture interior trim flooring boatbuilding barrels and veneer. You ll likely receive planks in varying widths with these options however whereas white and red oak can be milled at a consistent width of your choosing. While white oak and red oak are the most popular options we can also mill quarter sawn and rift sawn in walnut cherry ash and sapele a tropical african species. White oak rift quartered.
While not a huge number when 4 4 white oak rift quartered takes 34 days to dry and plain sawn takes 30 days those extra days represent a cost to the kiln in terms of days it could be drying something else. White oak live sawn. We produce and sell quarter and rift sawn oak lumber in widths from 4 20 and quarter and rift sawn wide plank oak flooring in widths from 6 12. Exotic prefinished engineered specials.
Rift sawn white oak is favored in markets wanting a more homogeneous look. We specialize in quarter sawn rift and rift quartered white oak flooring. Installation white oak is hard and strong works fairly easily glues well and takes stain extremely well. The woods sapwood is nearly white to light brown and not always sharply demarcated from the heartwood.
It is widely used in paneling and architectural millwork especially in modern contemporary settings. The white oak tree grows straight and to magnificent heights within the forest. In our region of northwest pennsylvania you will.