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A solid wood floor is a flooring which will last for many decades and can come in many varieties, with different wood types, forms styles, and finishes, meaning there should be something for every taste. Such floors can also come in solid wood and engineered wood types, which offer different attributes and will suit different situations. Oak Flooring is one of the more popular types of wood in this range. wenge Flooring, is a exclusive hardwood it is moisture-resistant and is very durable like other hardwoods such as sucupira, afromosia or Jatoba.
Buyers can choose between two ways of installing the wood, these being to either glue or secret nail it to the subfloor.
Using the correct glue and taking account of potential moisture are the key issues when installing this wood, in order to ensure it remains in good shape. It may require the use of but again this is depending on the subfloor.
Garapa
Botanic Name:
Apulela LeocarpaAlso called:
south american ashDescription
The narrow sapwood is yellowish-white to pale yellow and clearly demarcated from the heartwood. The heartwood is yellow when newly cut, but matures to a lustrous golden-brown or russet, and can be streaked. This translates to either a bright yellow plank, or a yellow plank which will turn brown over time, thus making the floor a mixture of brown and yellow- both plank by plank and even within a single plank. Its grain can be irregular, straight or interlocked, with a medium to coarse texture, distinct rays, and a lustrous surface. The interlocked grain can produce a broad stripe.
Typical dry weight: 830kg/m3
Diameter: 0,83 g/cm3
Properties
Garapa is a heavy, dense and hard wood, with high crushing strengths. Pre-boring is recommended for nailing and screwing, and these fixings hold well. Interlocking grain may cause tear-out when planning, but generally a clean finish can be obtained. It takes glue, stains, paints and varnishes well, and is capable of being brought to a highly lustrous finish.
Durability: It is durable, and resistant to white and brown rot fungi. The heartwood is difficult to treat with preservative.
Grows: Amazonian Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Surinam
Typical height: 27m
Trunk diameter: 0.5-0.6m