Custom Wood Flooring Flooring can be a big income producer for kiln operators. There are many wood flooring species, domestic and imported, available to the consumer today. The following chart reveals the relative hardness of some of the most common species used for wood flooring.
All grades are equally strong and serviceable, yet afford the consumer different looks.
Oak and ash have four basic grades. Common has a variegated appearance, light and dark colors, knots, flags and worm holes. No 2 Common is rustic in appearance and allow all wood characteristics of the species. Custom Wood Floors Wood flooring can be enhanced with something as simple as a strip border around the perimeter of the room or as ornate as a coat of arms in a foyer or a great room. Adding detail with paint is another alternative.