Information about oak floors

Oak

Oak is the most popular species for floors and furniture in Europe and the USA due to its lovely appearance and long life. An Oak can live for up to 1,000 years in favourable conditions and possesses a straight long graining with a silvery texture. Oak can be processed easily to give numerous colour tones ranging from light brown to darker tones, depending on the origin and grading of the wood, and undergoes a medium degree of colour change with slight ambering over time. Heartwood and sapwood are similar, with sapwood lighter in colour and contains rays or butterflies.

An example of colour change over time
Oak colour change
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