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    • Hardwood Floors
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      • Capella Hardwood Flooring
      • Bruce Hardwood Floors
      • HomerWood Flooring
      • Indusparquet Exotic Floor
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      • Mirage Hardwood Floors
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      • Triangulo Exotic Flooring
    • Wood Species
      • Janka Ratings
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      • Acacia
      • Amendoim
      • Black Walnut
      • Birch
      • Brazilian Cherry
      • Brazilian Teak/Cumaru
      • Brazilian Walnut/IPE
      • Hickory / Pecan
      • Pine
      • Red Oak
      • Santos Mahogany/Cabreuva
      • Sapele African Mahogany
      • Brazilian Tigerwood Koa
      • White Oak
    • Vinyl, LVT, Laminate
      • Armstrong Vinyl Flooring
      • BeauFlor Vinyl n Laminate
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      • Tarkett ProGen Vinyl
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    • FYI
      • Formaldehyde Free Floors
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      • Flooring Warranty
      • Terms n Conditions
  • Home
  • Hardwood Floors
    • Armstrong Wood Flooring
    • Appalachian Wood Floors
    • Capella Hardwood Flooring
    • Bruce Hardwood Floors
    • HomerWood Flooring
    • Indusparquet Exotic Floor
    • Lauzon Hardwood Floors
    • Mirage Hardwood Floors
    • Mullican Hardwood Floors
    • Somerset Hardwood Floors
    • Superior Hardwood Floors
    • Triangulo Exotic Flooring
  • Wood Species
    • Janka Ratings
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    • Acacia
    • Amendoim
    • Black Walnut
    • Birch
    • Brazilian Cherry
    • Brazilian Teak/Cumaru
    • Brazilian Walnut/IPE
    • Hickory / Pecan
    • Pine
    • Red Oak
    • Santos Mahogany/Cabreuva
    • Sapele African Mahogany
    • Brazilian Tigerwood Koa
    • White Oak
  • Vinyl, LVT, Laminate
    • Armstrong Vinyl Flooring
    • BeauFlor Vinyl n Laminate
    • Mannington DuraMax Vinyl
    • Tarkett ProGen Vinyl
    • CoreTec Plus Vinyl
  • FYI
    • Formaldehyde Free Floors
    • Installers n Contractors
    • Relative Humidity Control
    • Flooring Warranty
    • Terms n Conditions

Phone: 732-287-9979 Email: njfloor@gmail.com

Birch

 

Botanical name: Betula spp. Grows in: North America and North Asia.

Color: In yellow birch (B. alleghaniensis), sapwood is creamy yellow pale while; heartwood is light reddish brown tinged with red. In sweet birch (B. lenta), sapwood is light colored and heartwood is dark brown tinged with red. In white birch, sapwood is light colored and heartwood is slightly brown.

Grain: Straight, smooth, elegant, closed grain, even texture. Occasional curly grain or wavy figure in some boards, similar to maple.

Yellow birch, sweet birch, paper birch. Paper birch (B. papyrifera) is softer and lower in weight and strength than yellow or sweet birch. However, yellow birch is most commonly used for flooring. Boards can vary greatly in grain and color.

Hardness/Janka: Janka:1260 (yellow); 2% softer than Northern red oak.

Dimensional Stability: Average (Yellow: 9.5; 10% less stabel than Northern red oak).

Durability: Average.

Workability: Difficult to work with hand tools, but good machining qualities. It is good with sanding and nailing, but may be difficult to stain.

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  • Appalachian Wood Floors
  • Capella Hardwood Flooring
  • Bruce Hardwood Floors
  • HomerWood Flooring
  • Indusparquet Exotic Floor
  • Lauzon Hardwood Floors
  • Mirage Hardwood Floors
  • Mullican Hardwood Floors
  • Somerset Hardwood Floors
  • Superior Hardwood Floors
  • Triangulo Exotic Flooring
  • Janka Ratings
  • Wood Relative Stability
  • Acacia
  • Amendoim
  • Black Walnut
  • Birch
  • Brazilian Cherry
  • Brazilian Teak/Cumaru
  • Brazilian Walnut/IPE
  • Hickory / Pecan
  • Pine
  • Red Oak
  • Santos Mahogany/Cabreuva
  • Sapele African Mahogany
  • Brazilian Tigerwood Koa
  • White Oak
  • Armstrong Vinyl Flooring
  • BeauFlor Vinyl n Laminate
  • Mannington DuraMax Vinyl
  • Tarkett ProGen Vinyl
  • CoreTec Plus Vinyl
  • Formaldehyde Free Floors
  • Installers n Contractors
  • Relative Humidity Control
  • Flooring Warranty
  • Terms n Conditions

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1677 Lincoln Highway, 2nd Floor Rear, Edison, NJ 08817

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