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specs for new home are based on white oak, but I am not fond of the pronounced grain. Am I better off going to quarter-sawn oak, or to a different species of hardwood that is comparable in price? I lean toward a honey pecan to light cherry tone, nothing too dark or yellow. Whatever I end up with will need to work with the cork planks in the kitchen.
Suggestions? Advice? Cost increase estimates over regular sawn white oak?
I suggest you contact 2-3 local hardwood installers for pricing. Quarter-sawn oak will definitely be more than standard 2-1/4" strip flooring. But the cost maybe justifiable for you and your concerns. Staining obviously will be different also (as far as overall color), due to the lack of grain.
Another to consider- maple.
my specs are for 3.25" white oak select, which gives me a little more room to comparison shop. I HAVE been checking out various hardwood joints, and am getting some ideas. Saw a Brazilian Kempas wood yesterday, but am betting it is not FSC certified, which is really important to me. Not to mention the embodied energy costs that were involved in getting it from Brazil to NC.
Today I am researching bamboo. I'm eager to get this flooring choice made, since many other design decisions hinge on this.
White oak is a very good wood compared to red oak which varies more in natural color and grain. But of course like anything the quailty of oak can vary as far a grain/color matching.Oak is a very hardwood which makes it idea for wood flooring also. Maple is harder but more expensive. The honey should be no problem if it is a unfinihed hardwood flooring.Normally a honey tint satin is used to even out the grain/color especailly in red oak flooring;cabinets etc.
White Oak is harder than Ash. Ash is harder than Red Oak. Ash is actually a very affordable wood floor because Ash trees grow in abundance in the Great Lakes Region.
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