Quarter Sawn Flooring

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Quarter sawn flooring. This method of quarter sawing does leave some waste but much less than rift sawn lumber. There is widespread confusion between the terms rift sawn and quarter sawn with the terms defined both with opposite meanings and as synonyms. The quarter sawing method can also produce rift sawn lumber which is considered to have growth rings that are 45 to 80 degrees to the face of the board.

The resulting lumber can also be called radially sawn or simply quartered. The graf name is synonymous with the hardwood lumber industry and is proud to have three generations to help build the name and reputation. To mill quarter sawn wood each log is sawed at a radial angle into four quarters.

Although there are differing opinions on the term fully quarter sawn lumber is generally defined as growth rings that are 80 to 90 degrees to the face of the board. In store samples are free. Harvested from the best regions in the world the ohio river valley and western new york our rift and quartersawn white oak grow patiently in the colder climates which nurture tight growth rings and nutty brown cocoa hues.

This flooring is mostly quarter sawn but will have some rift sawn planks in the mix. We produce and sell quarter and rift sawn oak lumber in widths from 4 20 and quarter and rift sawn wide plank oak flooring in widths from 6 12. Visit your local store today.

Simply pay 1 for each additional sample and receive credit for any paid samples when you complete a flooring purchase. Rift and quarter sawn white oak 8 49 6 25 sf unfinished select and better our rift and quarter sawn white oak makes for an amazing wood flooring for any residential and commercial space. Ll floors tm ll flooring tm.

Quality graf brothers flooring lumber is one of the largest manufacturers of rift and quartered lumber and flooring in the world and specializes in the super wide and the super long planks. 1 2 x 7 1 2 willow manor oak engineered hardwood flooring. When white oak logs are sawn so that the grain is perpendicular to the plank faces a unique characteristic is revealed.