Choose Your Floor
We can provide many North American native species of hardwood flooring in different lengths, widths, thicknesses, and grades, including hard-to-find flooring materials. Many of these are available in solid or engineered as well. Options of live-sawn, plain-sawn, quarter-sawn, rift-sawn, and rift/quarter-sawn are also available. Milling options such as “V” grooves in multiple depths are available, as well as eased edges crafted by hand with a block plane or sander. Also available are textured surfaces by bandsaw, circle saw, or scrapped by hand. Any of these combinations can be stained to any color with sheen levels of high gloss, semi-gloss, satin, or matte.
White Oak
White Oak Clear
White Oak Select Better
White Oak #1
White Oak Clear RQ
White Oak Character RQ
Sawing Options
Red Oak
Red Oak Select Better
Red Oak #1
Red Oak #2
Sawing Options
Hickory
Hickory Clear
Hickory Character
Hickory Mill Run
Maple
Maple Clear
Maple #1
Maple #2
Walnut
Walnut Clear
Walnut Character
Grading
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Highest grade of hardwood, even color, no mineral streaks, knots or holes.
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Slight color variation, minimal character markings. Longest average individual board length, 1′-7′ bundles.
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Moderate color variation, some mixed sap streaks, closed knots, rare worm holes, 1-7′ board lengths, average board lengths.
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Moderate to heavy color variation, various sap and mineral streaks, various closed knots, occasional small open knots, various worm holes, various split checks. 1′-7′ board lengths, average board lengths.
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Heavy color variation, frequent sap and mineral streaks, various open knots and frequent closed knots, frequent split checks, 1-5′ board lengths, mostly short boards.
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Mixed lengths, mixed grades, moderate color variation, various sap and mineral streaks, tight knots and rare worm holes.
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70% Select/Better, 20% #1 Common, 10% #2 Common.
Longer lengths are available by special order up to 10′.
Hardness Scale
This number is incredibly useful in directly determining how well a wood will withstand dents, dings, and wear.
Solid vs. Engineered
Strip Floor = 2 1/4” and 3 1/4” wide
Plank Floor = 4″ and wider
Henschen Hardwood installs strip floors in solids and plank floors as engineered.
Why Solid– Quality that has stood the test of time. Efficient manufacturing.
Why Engineered– Adds stability to wide plank floors to keep the planks tight and flat.