Engineered vs. solid 5" white oak floors/select vs. character
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Comments (5)Houses14 = I too thought about using Hickory as I like a lot of variation in color and was interested in having floors with character... What changed my mind was when we cleared the trees to build our house we had a truck load of saw logs and I couldn't bear to see them go to waste. I thought the least I could do for imposing on them was to give them a place in my home. I had a mill cut them into rough boards then finished them out at a local kiln. They were planed, cut, and milled. I had them cut to yield, which gave me 3" - 4" and 5" planks. I asked them to leave in the knots and sawmarks. The first picture is a close up of the floor boards and the second is a picture of the room. These are site finished natural with a touch of brown in them to make the knots pop... The floors just had the final coat put on them and look even better than these pictures... We are very happy with our red oak... I'm sure whatever you choose will be great... Good luck. Saftgeek-...See MoreFlooring decision - White vs Red Oak, Q&R vs Select, 5 vs 7 inch
Comments (4)With the dark stain, it visually won't matter that much. White oak will tend to have tighter grain (softer texture) than red oak. It is also a slightly harder wood which is better for dents. Rift and quartered has a different look than plain-sawn flooring. It is linear looking with annual rings running more or less in straight lines along the planks. 10-20% of the R&Q lot will exhibit ray fleck, which is quite pretty. Plain-sawn produces a cathedral pattern with the annual rings, what most people think of with oak. R&Q is superior in dimensional stability and should seriously be considered if you go with solid wood and 5" or wider planks. Anything over 8' in length is probably overkill unless you have huge rooms or very wide hallways where it might show. I installed a mixed width and I don't care for the 7" wide by 1' long. It seems out of proportion. Average length is the key and look for 4'-5'. An 8' long by 8" wide is actually as large as I would recommend for a typical remodel because of access (unless the wood comes in through the windows). Here is what I did (you can zoom in on the pics to see the grain and fleck): Here is a link that might be useful: Waterlox on Oak...See More1/2" vs 5/8" vs 3/4" engineered floor
Comments (4)IMO the wear layer depends on many things but mostly on your life style. How mant kids how many pets where you live in the city or out in the country Wide plank flooring has issues sometimes when installed on concrete for instance . Many things come into play when choosing flooring and to help we nneed more info....See MoreWhite oak flooring - rift/quarter-sawn vs. live sawn - advice needed!
Comments (8)Here's info on an engineered option. Engineered gets you a stable plank up to 12 inches wide. And at least 7 inches wide. Wider shows off more of the structure of the wood with character when you choose flat cut. Of course, that doesn't work well with the open grain of North American white oak quercus alba. An alternative is French or European Oak, quercus robur. That species doesn't have grain as open as NA white oak. Lots of flooring sources including Monarch Plank. Link. Unfinished rustic French Oak. LaGrande...See MoreRelated Professionals
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