How To Determine Wood Floor Species

If it s possible pick the piece of wood up and get a sense of its weight and compare it to other known wood species.

How to determine wood floor species.

The hardness of the wood helps determine how well your floor will stand up to wear and tear. Focusing on the color could be misleading because many hardwood floors are stained. To correctly identify the type of hardwood you need to perform a few tests. Each wood species carries a hardness rating known as a janka rating the higher the number the harder the wood.

Typical flooring hardwoods range from about 1320 white ash to 2820 brazilian cherry. The wood database online can show specific grain types color variations and hardness to help in the hardwood floor identification. About press copyright contact us creators advertise developers terms privacy policy safety how youtube works test new features press copyright contact us creators. Find an inconspicuous part of the floor perhaps in a closet or under a.

If you have a scale you can take measurements of the length width and thickness of the wood and combine them to find the density of the wood. Some types of wood have similar grains and you ll need to see the color to know which wood they are. The color of the wood the closeness and direction of the grain and its hardness are factors that help identify a species. If your dog or cat scratches the floor with its claws that will rule out any hardwood softer than oak.

How to identify different types ages of wood floors list and photographs of types ages of wood floors used in buildings examples of restoration of old antique wood strip floors wood parquet floors warnings to wood floor restorers mistakes to avoid wood inlay parquet flooring modern narrow width solid wood strip flooring modern thin width short length. Pull up high resolution photos of the different types of wood and lay them on your floor. Try gouging the edge with your fingernail to get a sense of its hardness. Wood flooring types ages.

Some species are easy to identify such as oak pine cherry and fir. There are few knots in red and white oak but a distinctive feature that makes it easy to identify the species is visible in a certain cut of the wood called quartersawn where it displays strong flecks of rays cells that run perpendicular to growth rings.