Flame Birch Flooring

Black birch has a creamy yellow sapwood and a darker reddish brown heartwood.

Flame birch flooring.

Burls check out our extensive inventory of unique and one of a kind burls. Birch flooring is known for its warm hues from pale yellow to light red with brown tones and for its grain patterns that can range from subtle swirls to flame like effects. Flooring high grade joinery furniture veneer and many other uses. This flooring is rare because birch trees which produce this distinct graining pattern are difficult to find.

The cost of birch wood flooring generally falls within the lower to average price range of other common hardwood floor types. Birch flooring can be stained in a wide variety of colors. Prices for flooring by volume producers like bruce armstrong and muskoka are typically less than the more specialized producers that sell wide plank floors and flamed birch. Request a quote on flame birch flooring for your home or business.

This is actually not that common but if you happen to spot it this is a neat unique look for your hardwood floor. For the specific properties of the lumber please refer to the birch lumber page. The wood has a fine even texture and is classified as heavy and strong. We carry native hardwoods a wide variety of premium specialty woods and specialize in curly maple red flame birch and birds eye maple.

Red birch is essentially the heartwood of the black birch tree. 1 common curly birch flooring contains some character such as dime sized knots as well as mineral streaks. Common 1 2 select and better fas flitch figured heavy figured medium veneer premium. Large knots light yellow sapwood dark heartwood worm holes and other surface defects.

North america birch is a domestic wood reported to be full of natural waxes that render it waterproof. Red figured birch may be referred to as flame or curly birch. Flame birch floors also known as curly birch floors are so named because of their unique wavy graining pattern. 2 common curly birch flooring includes all the character found in the wood.

Flame birch has a beautiful wavy grain figure. The tough and durable bark is also reported to remain in the soil long after the inside of the tree has rotted away. It is very hard with a relative rating of 1470. It is rather scarce because only an occasional tree is found to produce this peculiar grain.

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