Both have a 1290 rating on the janka hardness scale.
Red birch flooring reviews.
Despite its name red birch tends to have a golden color with slight red undertones.
Finally any discussion on birch wood floors would be remiss without mention of flamed birch.
Red birch hardwood flooring is a beautiful wood floor that stands out from your standard oaks.
One interesting aspect of birch is that it usually has a light colored sapwood and darker heartwood.
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This is a name given to a type of birch that produces a visual shimmer or waviness which looks like tongues or waves of flames in the wood usually perpendicular.
Birch is generally separated during the grading process at the saw mill and red birch is generally known as being.
It is generally straight grained with a fine uniform texture characterized by a plain and wavy patterns.
Red birch is a treasure that s often overlooked when it comes to hardwood flooring.
It has the same beautiful shimmering grain as cherry but red birch is harder and doesn t darken as significantly as cherry.
This wood is taken from the heart of the birch tree.
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The birch species can be divided into two subspecies that are most often used for flooring the yellow birch and the red birch.
The lack of the lighter sapwood gives this birch floor a richer more red toned color.