Our Unique Flooring Options

Whether you're looking for long and wide planks or mixed widths, reclaimed barn woods, we have the flooring to create whatever vision you have for your home. National Hardwood offers a variety of exotic, domestic, hand distressed, engineered, wood-like, waterproof, solid and laminated specs of hardwood flooring.

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Pre-Finished Hardwood Flooring

There are predominately six grades of pre-finished hardwood flooring, which include:

• Clear Grade is the top grade of hardwood flooring because of it’s consistent color, an minimal amount of knots and pinholes.
• Select or Better is similar to clear, but is slightly lower in grade.
• #1 Common contains more color variation, is shorter in board length with occasional longer lengths and an increased amount of knots and pinholes.
  
• #2 Common are popular because they snow more of the natural character of the wood. They feature shorter dark and light boards and more visible knots and pinholes.
• Cabin Grade are for those people who are looking for a rustic look, welcoming unfilled knotholes, worm holes and color variations.
• Shorts contain the most visible wood character with many knots, pinholes and color variations.

Unfinished Hardwood Flooring

There are predominately five grades of unfinished hardwood flooring, which include:

• Clear Grade is considered the most consistent grade; with few color variations, and little to no visible knots or pinholes.
• Select or Better is similar to clear, but is slightly lower in grade.
• Country Grade contains more color variation, is shorter in board length with occasional longer lengths and an increased amount of knots and pinholes.
• Cabin Grade features the greatest amount of variations in color and amount of knots and pinholes.

Miscellaneous Terms

F.A.S. is short-hand for “Firsts and Seconds”

Quarter Sawn - has amazing straight grain. It is defined as when the annular growth rings interest the face of the board at a 60 to 90 degree angle.

Rift Sawn - The annual rings are typically between 30 to 60 degrees. It is the most expensive cut and the least common.

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