Friday, February 25th, 2011
Welcome back to Premier Flooring Solutions’ Demystifying Wood Species blog series. We return this week again to talk about three more exotic wood species featured in our Nature’s Beauty product line—Jatoba, Kempas and Merbau.
Jatoba (botanical name: Hymenaea Courbaril—), also known as Brazilian Cherry, is one of the most popular wood species. Jatoba wood, like most exotic wood species, is known for its dense texture and its hardness. On the Janka scale, it rates 2,350, deeming it as one of the toughest and most durable wood species. (more…)
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Wednesday, February 9th, 2011
The beauty of the Iroko species.
Oak, cedar, birch—is there really a difference? As if shopping around for hardwood floor isn’t already complicated enough, there’s another factor to deal with on top of pricing, color and board length: wood species. You probably have heard Premier Flooring Solutions throw around this cryptic term throughout our website and blog, but what is it? And why is it so important to hardwood flooring?
Wood, like all organic and living creatures, has characteristics that react differently to environmental factors. Wood from different tree species will each have different coloring, varying reactions to the weather, unique grain structure, etc. There are hundreds of varieties of tree species available, and having an understanding of each species helps both contractors and customers make educated decisions on flooring choices.
To kick off this wood species series, today we will be covering three tree species featured in our Nature’s Beauty product line. (more…)
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