Ash Wood Flooring: Ash, A Domestic Hardwood Flooring Species (Fraxinus americana)

Ash Wood Flooring

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Ash Wood Flooring Properties:

Appearance: Ash Wood Flooring Heartwood is light tan to dark brown; sapwood is creamy white. Similar to white oak but more yellow
Grain: Bold, straight, moderately open grain with occasional wavy figuring, and can have strong contract in grain in plainsawn ash wood flooring boards.
Availability: Moderately available
Properties: Hardness: 1230% Janka Table, 2% harder than Northern red oak
Durability: Elastic, hard, excellent shock resistance.
Workability: Sawing: Good Nailing: Good holding; good resistance to splitting Sanding: Satisfactorily Finishing: Ash Wood Floors Stains well, no known finishing problems

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