Quarter Sawn Wide Plank White Oak Flooring

At vermont plank flooring we foster that beauty by milling visually dramatic quarter sawn and rift sawn white oak options in addition to plain sawn.

Quarter sawn wide plank white oak flooring. And we ll produce it to your specifications for your project and at an affordable price. Sometimes the live sawn cut of white oak flooring is referred to as european center cut oak or french oak because this method is an old world style of sawing that maximizes the use of. At vermont plank flooring we mill our white oak wide plank flooring for a variety of customer preferences. How is quartersawn white oak cut.

You can choose from three different styles of white oak boards plain flat sawn on which we ll focus here and rift sawn and quarter sawn. Plain sawn is the most traditional cut used for flooring. This results in boards with a lively variety of grain from quarter sawn to rift sawn to plain sawn and this cut makes a floor that is very stable. Quartersawn white oak is cut by first sawing the timber into quarters and then slicing each quarter like a loaf of bread at an angle to the surface of the timber.

Installation white oak is hard and strong works fairly easily glues well and takes stain extremely well. 3 1 4 4 5 6. Quarter sawn white oak has a long tradition of use in both furniture and in flooring. Quartersawn white oak has a more consistent grain pattern than plain sawn timber with more rays or flecks in the grain pattern than rift sawn timber.