One of the most common and widely used North American woods, the Hard Maple is an eastern North American maple tree. While grown in abundance, it is more expensive to get the pure white sapwood. In flooring, you will get a combination of heart and sapwood in any hard maple. Maple hardwood is a very clean looking wood with not much grain at all, and very little colour variation which gives a very consistent look. If you don’t like much grain and want a smooth, even tone to your floor, maple is for you.
Specie – Hard Maple (Acer saccharum); relative hardness – 1,450 (Janka); thickness – 3/4″ (solid, engineered T&G & Enhanced); widths – 3-1/4″ & 4-1/4″ (solid), 4-1/4″ & 5-3/16″ (engineered T&G) or 6″ & 7″ (Enhanced); grades – Premier, Heritage or Select; finish – Smooth (Low Sheen or Matte); made in Canada.
