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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.
Zebrano
Also called:
african zebrawood, allen ele, zingana, ele, amouk, okwenDescription
The sapwood is normally whitish in colour, whereas the hardwood is a light golden-yellow or pale brown, with narrow darker streaks or veins that range from dark brown to near-black. These give the wood the zebra-stripe pattern from which it gets its name. The grain is typically interlocked or wavy, with a medium to coarse texture and a hight lustre. The interlocked grain, which is alternately hard and soft, can produce an attarctive ribbon figure.
Typical dry weight 740kg/m3
Specific gravity 0.74
Properties
Zebrano is a hard dense and heavy wood with high strength propoerties and very high stiffness. It is not suitable for steam bending. It works well with hand tools and in most machining operations. Planing can be tricky, since interlocked grain can tear badly, so sanding is advised for a final finish. The wood routs, bores, moulds and mortises well, and gluing is satisfactory if care is taken. Pre-boring is advised for nailing and screwing. If a clear filler is used, the wood can be brought to an excellent polished finish.
Durability the heartwood is resistant to preservative treatment, but the sapwood is permeable.
Grows West Africa, particularly Cameroon, Congo and Gabon
Typical Height 45m
Trunk Diameter 1.2-1.5m
