Wormy Soft Maple Flooring

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Wormy soft maple flooring.

We sort this lumber by hand for the best looking wormy patterns. In soft maple flooring we mill a rustic grade. Widths of this flooring range from 3 to 12 wide. The wood has beautiful brown and gray stripes with small worm holes.

The distinctive wormy pattern in ambrosia maple is caused by the ambrosia beetle. The main instances where you would want to stick with hard maple would be in applications where hardness and strength are important such as. This flooring is sure to give your house a one of a kind. Hard maple 1 450 lb f janka is roughly twice as hard as soft maple 700 950 lb f janka primarily because it tends to grow about half as fast as most.

Case 7 79. Also known as ambrosia maple this comes from regular soft maple trees that have been infested by the ambrosia beetle. This lovely wormy pattern will not effect the final performance of the lumber in any negative way. Thick x 3 1 4 in.

Beautiful natural looking material with the tiger stripe figure scattered throughout. We carry red oak flooring in a rustic and select grade. The small beetle bores a network of tunnels and short galleries called cradles. Wormy maple is available in 3 4 5.

The figure will range from light to medium. Ambrosia or wormy maple flooring is very unusual and is hard to come by. The wormholes are caused by the ambrosia beetle. When the worm creates a whole and oxygen enters it creates a dark flag streak in the lumber.

Wormy maple flooring is often referred to as ambrosia maple due to the fact that the wormholes are caused by the ambrosia beetle. A fungus is responsible for the black and gray streaks that accompany each tunnel and adjacent wood. If you are trying to try to find suggestions for 12 nice wormy maple hardwood flooring this is the place to be. If you love the tiger maple select flooring but you are trying to watch your budget than this hardwood floor is for you.

For various dimension of floorings in different locations there are different suggestions that i could share to you. The small pinholes are where the beetles burrow into the lumber. The streaks add a unique look to this hardwood without affecting its structural integrity. Different areas need various kinds of floors however essentially they are somewhat similar concerning the type of it.

The result is a distinctive gray to brown streaking against the creamy white maple wood which gives it a great contrast. Widths of this flooring range from 3 9 wide. Boards will contain a mix of heartwood brown and. Tidewater selects through a lot of lumber to include the super wormy for a unique look.

Butcher blocks flooring workbench tops etc. The ambrosia beetle causes the wormy pattern in soft maple lumber and the result is very unique looking lumber. Ambrosia maple has unique features that include.