Domestic Wide Plank Flooring

Domestic wide plank flooring products are very popular and economic. Baltimore Floor Works offers a full range of grade, width, and length options for the different domestic specie listed here. These products are milled from timber harvested from sustainable, managed forests here in the United States. Wide plank flooring is offered in a variety of woods including: oak, pine, maple, cherry, ash, hickory, walnut, and birch in solid and engineered products. Many species are offered in quarter sawn and rift sawn cuts that display a distinctive grain pattern. Many woods are also available with custom distressed surface textures including hand-scraped, wire brushed, circle sawn, and skip sawn. Take time and explore our domestic wide plank flooring to find the floor that best meets your tastes.

Red Oak
Milled from the superior timber found only in the Appalachian region of the United States. More consistent in color and grain pattern than Red Oak from other regions of the U.S. Red Oak has a bold open grain. Heartwood has a reddish tone while the sapwood is slightly in color. Red Oak makes a strong, durable floor and is the most prevalent specie used for hardwood flooring. Its popularity stems from its durability, and pleasing grain and color. Hardness/Janka: 1290. Red Oak is used as a flooring benchmark.

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White Oak
Choice building wood since Colonial times. White Oak is renown for its use in timber framing, ship building and tight cooperage. The heartwood is a light brown while the sapwood is a creamy white color. White Oak has a tighter less pronounced grain than Red Oak. White Oak is a popular choice in older home renovations because of its tighter "older" looking grain. Quartersawn White Oak is prized for its uniform straight grain and high ray flake figure which are similar to building materials used in the late 19th century.Hardness/Janka: 1360. 5% harder than Red Oak.

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Hard Maple
Hard Maple makes a beautiful, strong, dent resistant floor. Hard Maple has been used extensively in bowling alleys and basketball courts. A closed grained wood with uniform texture and occasional figuring. Heartwood is a light red to reddish brown color while the sapwood is a creamy white. Hardness/Janka: 1450. 12% harder than Red Oak.

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Ash
Ash makes a beautiful, durable floor. The wood of choice for major league bats, Ash holds up well in any busy household. The sapwood is a creamy white color while the heartwood can range in color from light tan to dark brown. Ash has a bold open grain, similar to Oak, with occasional wavy figuring. Hardness/Janka: 1320. 2% harder than Red Oak.

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American Cherry
Cherry is one of North America's most prized furniture and cabinet woods. Its sapwood is a pale white to light reddish brown color. Heartwood ranges from light to reddish brown and naturally darkens with age. Cherry is a fine grained wood and, when properly finished, displays a deep lustrous look. Planks are selected and milled to provide the maximum amount of red (heartwood) on the top face of our flooring. Cherry makes a floor as beautiful as a fine piece of furniture.Hardness/Janka: 50. 26% softer than Red Oak.

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American Walnut
The finest North American cabinet wood. Walnut has a heartwood that ranges in color from light to chocolate brown. The sapwood, after steam treatment, can be light tan to chocolate in color. Walnut is a fine grained wood with occasional curly and burly figure. When finished, Walnut displays a deep elegant look. A Walnut floor is as unique as a fine piece of furniture. Hardness/Janka: 1010. 22% softer than Red Oak.

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Hickory
Hardest of all North American hardwoods, hickory is prized for its use in tool handles. Unsurpassed in its qualities of hardness, strength, toughness and resiliency, it makes an extremely hard, durable floor. Heartwood is a tan to reddish brown color, sapwood is a creamy white with occasional fine brown lines. Hickory is a semi-closed grained wood with moderate grain definition. Good contrast between sapwood and heartwood, Hickory makes a beautiful rustic floor. A favorite among log home owners. Hardness/Janka: 1820. 41% harder than Red Oak.

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Pennsylvania Birch
Milled from the Yellow and Black Birch that is native to Central Pennsylvania. Birch's sapwood ranges in color from creamy yellow to white with a pinkish hue. The heartwood ranges from light reddish brown to dark brown in color. Birch is a closed grained wood with uniform texture. Occasional curly or wavy figure is found in some planks. Planks can vary greatly in color. Hardness/Janka: 1260. 2% softer than Red Oak.

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Red Leaf Maple
Similar to, but not as hard as Hard Maple, Eastern Maple is an economical alternative to Hard Maple flooring. Eastern Maple is a closed grained wood with occasional figuring. The sapwood is white and nay occasionally have a pinkish hue. The heartwood may be grayish brown, greenish brown, or sometimes have a purplish hue. Wormy Maple flooring is also offered which displays prominent gray tracking caused by a trees reaction to infestation by ambrosia beetles. Each Wormy Maple floor is truly a one of a kind product of nature. Hardness/Janka: 950. 26% softer than Red Oak.

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Yellow Pine
Milled from the Southern Yellow Pine that grows in the coastal plain of the Southeast. Yellow Pine has a yellowish white sapwood and a reddish brown heartwood. It is a closed grained wood that is highly figured and displays numerous dark knots and character markings. Hardness: Janka 690, 47% softer than Red Oak.

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Douglas Fir
The predominant timber specie of the Pacific Northwest. Douglas Fir was used throughout the 20th Century as the primary specie for building and construction throughout the Country. Growing tall and straight, these large trees may reach 300 ft. in height. This provides us with straight grained lumber that may have an occasional wavy texture. Douglas Fir has a yellowish tan heartwood and a tannish white sapwood. In flooring, the grain appears as darker parallel lines that run the length of the plank. This gives a Douglass Fir floor a classic refined look. A true softwood, Douglas Fir may not be suitable for all applications. Hardness/Janka: 660. Available in 3 1/8” select only, NOT end-matched, lengths 6’ to 12’, all straight grained.

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New Heart Pine
Milled from slow-grown longleaf pine found in the coastal plain of Southern Georgia. Planks will contain a minimum of 80% heartwood and 6 growth rings per inch of width. The dense heartwood is high in resin content and gives a heart pine floor a beautiful reddish brown color that deepens and mellows with age. Longleaf heart pine was the building material of choice in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. New heart pine flooring is an economic alternative to antique heart pine flooring that has been reclaimed and re-milled from earlier buildings. Hardness: Janka 1090 15% softer than red oak.

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