Quarter Sawn Wide Plank White Oak Flooring

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.

Quarter sawn wide plank white oak flooring.

At vermont plank flooring we mill our white oak wide plank flooring for a variety of customer preferences. 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. Available in solid plank and engineered plank by special order unfinished or pre finished this grade is the natural tan to brown color of white oak with all the natural characteristics of the log from which it was cut including knots checking worm holes and a mix of plain sawn rift and quarter sawn grain. Plain sawn is the most traditional cut used for flooring.

We can provide s2s s3s s4s and sanding services as well. 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. Features wide plank flooring wall cladding and millwork stairs that is prefinished and available in engineered construction the engineered material comes standard at 5 8 thick with a substantial 4 mm wear layer or 3 4 thick with a full 6 mm wear layer for a truly superior product. This flooring is mostly quarter sawn but will have some rift sawn planks in the mix.

The european white oak products from resawn timber co. Our product line is comprised of rough sawn boards skip planed boards veneer and wide plank 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. 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.

How is quartersawn white oak cut. We have a limited inventory of crotch and flame feathered boards curly oak as well as burl. 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.