White Oak Flooring
White Oak flooring has characteristics of the White Oak tree. White Oak's sapwood is a cream brown and heartwood is a light brown with gray tinge. The grain is open and coarse. White oak is slightly harder than red oak and average stability. White oak is durable. White oak can have a greenish hue when bleached. White oak is available in quarter sawn and rift grain. Rift and quarter sawing are ways to saw a log to yield a specific grain orientation. This method is not as efficient as plain sawing and does waste more of the tree. The boards have uniform and predominately straight grain. There can be iridescent flecks. Rift and quarter sawn boards tend to exhibit less movement across width than traditional plain sawn boards. This can be a marginal improvement on performance so choose rift or quarter sawn for the grain patterning.
Grades
Rift and quarter sawn select white oak flooring
Each board is hand selected for straight grain. Flecks are not considered defects. no knots, checking or Milling defects.
Select white oak flooring
Similar coloring in boards. minimal sap. minimal knots, checking. or Milling defects. A nice floor.
Natures Rustic white oak flooring
The whole tree finds new life in Sampson’s rustic grade. Knots, checking, small holes 1/4” in diameter or less and variations in color are allowed. Natures rustic floors are generally random width. Random width floors maximize the usability of every board rather than wasting some to meet specifications. A random width floor is very traditional in pre 1880 historic homes. When a rustic floor is received, the amount of lineal footage of each width is listed. From this the installation pattern can be determined. If help is needed just call. Natures Rustic is always sold with endmatching. The grade name, Natures rustic can be misleading, many formal homes have chosen this grade in addition to cottages, camps and commercial spaces.
Note: All flooring is milled in Warren, Maine by the Sampson family to your specifications and is packaged by order.
3” up to 5” Rift and quarter sawn select;
3” up to 13” select;
3” up to 10” random mix rustic
3/4” up to 2 1/2” available in all grades
25/32” (3/8” up to 1 1/2” are available)
ranges available, oak usually averages between 6’ to 8’
Tongue and groove with back relief.
Endmatching option available for widths up to 8”.
Flooring can be ordered with endmatching (a tongue or groove at the end of board length).
Rustic grade is endmatched up to 8”.
wagon bottoms, pews, pulpits, boat building