Flame Birch Flooring

Flame birch has a beautiful wavy grain figure.

Flame birch flooring. We carry native hardwoods a wide variety of premium specialty woods and specialize in curly maple red flame birch and birds eye maple. It is very hard with a relative rating of 1470. 1 common curly birch flooring contains some character such as dime sized knots as well as mineral streaks. Red birch is essentially the heartwood of the black birch tree.

Common 1 2 select and better fas flitch figured heavy figured medium veneer premium. Red figured birch may be referred to as flame or curly birch. Burls check out our extensive inventory of unique and one of a kind burls. The wood has a fine even texture and is classified as heavy and strong.

Black birch has a creamy yellow sapwood and a darker reddish brown heartwood. Birch flooring can be stained in a wide variety of colors. Large knots light yellow sapwood dark heartwood worm holes and other surface defects. Request a quote on flame birch flooring for your home or business.

Flooring high grade joinery furniture veneer and many other uses. It is rather scarce because only an occasional tree is found to produce this peculiar grain. For the specific properties of the lumber please refer to the birch lumber page. Curly birch flame birch grades properties of wood flooring.

The tough and durable bark is also reported to remain in the soil long after the inside of the tree has rotted away. 2 common curly birch flooring includes all the character found in the wood. The cost of birch wood flooring generally falls within the lower to average price range of other common hardwood floor types. 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.

Flame birch yellow birch american birch grey birch hard birch sweet birch. Flame birch sample photos. It s not necessarily a type of birch but rather a reference to a waviness that runs perpendicular to the grain of wood that looks like tongues of flame. 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.

This is actually not that common but if you happen to spot it this is a neat unique look for your hardwood floor.