Grades
Both Engineered Flooring and our solid hardwood flooring are available in the same standard grades:
Select Grade
Select Grade is produced from FAS/Sel & Btr grade lumber. It is 3′ to 12′ in length, which is heavy 6 to 10’, with up to 5% cutbacks to 30″. Stock is available as both Trimmed Ends and End Matched. Some spot filling for open characters is generally required.
The “Face” May Contain
- Color variations due to differences between heartwood and sapwood.
- Unlimited sound sapwood.
- Natural color variations in heartwood.
Not Permitted on “Face”
- End splits or heavy surface checks.
- Excessive dark mineral stain, sapwood stain, sticker stain, and / or pin wormholes.
- Skip, voids, chip out on groove edge.
- Open knots over 1/2″, holes, defects, deep chipping and / or excessive tearout.
- Wane on face or edge.
Character Grade
Character Grade is produced from custom sawn lumber with mostly sound defects and “character marks” distributed over the face. It is 3′ to 12′ in length, which is heavy 6′ to 10′, with up to 5% cutbacks to 30″. Stock is available as both Trimmed Ends and End Matched. Some spot filling for open characters is generally required.
The “Face” May Contain
- Unlimited sound knots and burls.
- Small “character” checks and splits 1/16″ wide x 1 to 2″ long.
- Color variations due to differences between heartwood and sapwood.
- Unlimited sound sapwood.
- Natural color variations in heartwood.
- Light to moderate skip/hit or miss planing.
- Slight imperfections in milling (light tear out that is less than 1/32″ deep, 1/2″ tongue.)
Small open knots/burls 1/2″ diameter or less. - Pinworm and grub holes, burls, mineral streak, light checks, stain.
Not Permitted on “Face”
- End splits or heavy surface checks.
- Moderate to heavy sticker stain.
- Skip, voids, chip out on groove side.
- Open knots over 1/2″ holes, defects and deep chipping.
- Wane.
