Birch Wood Floors: Birch a Domestic Wood Flooring Species

Birch Hardwood Floors

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Birch Wood Flooring Properties

Birch Wood Floor Appearance: Color: Sapwood is creamy yellow or pale white in yellow birch; heartwood is light reddish brown tinged with red. Sweet birch has light colored sapwood and heartwood is dark brown tinged with red
Birch Wood Flooring Grain: Medium figuring, straight, closed grain, even textured. Occasional curly grain or wavy figure in some boards.
Availability: Moderately
Properties: Hardness:1260 Janka Table, 2% softer than Northern red oak. Durability: Hard and stiff; very strong.
Workability: Sawing: Good machine tools, difficult with hand tools. Nailing: Excellent Sanding: Satisfactorily Finishing: No known problems

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