ABOUT WIDE PLANK FLOORING

Wide Plank Flooring is the traditional form of solid wood flooring. It gives an authentic look, particularly in period buildings. Wide Plank Flooring planks are available in widths from 6" to 2" and more. Lengths of up to 16' are available. The available types of wood for wide plank flooring include: Ash, Birch, Cherry, Hickory, Maple, Oak, and Walnut. To provide an antique appearance, wide plank flooring may be hand scraped or hand planed. Grades can vary from Select Grade, through to Country Grade, Rustic Grade, and Wormy Grade. The latter have more knots and variations, and give a rustic appearance.

The following leading wide plank flooring manufacturers have comprehensive websites, with information on all aspects of wide plank flooring, including online catalogs, colours and materials for wide plank flooring, and care and maintenance of wide plank flooring.

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LEADING USA WIDE PLANK FLOORING MANUFACTURERS

Kellogg Hardwood: Wide Plank Flooring. Kellogg Hardwood Lumber is a custom manufacturer of wide plank flooring, along with custom moulding and cabinet grade lumber. Kellogg is based in Bethel, Connecticut, and operates its facility there. Visitors are welcome to stop by, during business hours, to learn how wide plank flooring is made, and find out what kind of wood is best suited for their flooring project. Wide plank flooring is available in a very wide range of woods, including popular wood species such as red oak, white oak, mahogany, cherry, birch, maple, white pine, heart pine, and walnut.

Carlisle: Wide Plank Flooring. Carlisle, a family business founding in the 1960s by Dale Carlisle, is a specialist supplier of Wide Plank Flooring. Its headquarters is at Stoddart, New Hampshire, with showrooms also in Atlanta, Georgia, and Denver, Colorado. Carlisle supplies wide plank flooring Old Growth Pines, in Old Growth Hardwoods (including Ash, Birch, Cherry, Hickory, Maple, Red Oak, White Oak, and Walnut), and in Antique Woods (including Antique Pine, Hickory, and Oak). Carlisle aslo supplies Hand Distressed Wide Plank Flooring, including Hand Scraped, Hand Planed, and Saw Kerf Surface Wide Plank Floors.

Timber Knee: Wide Plank Flooring. Timber Knee, based in South Royalton, Vermont, has been supplying wide plank flooring in softwood and hardwood since 1986. Wood is hand selected from the highest grades. Timber Knee wood flooring is 3/4" thick, and up to 16 ft long. Widths vary from three to twenty inches. Timber Knee Wide Plank Flooring is available in three following woods: Ash, Cherry, Maple, Red Oak, White Oak, Yellow Birch, Rad Birch, Hickory, Walnut, Eastern White Pine, Red Pine, and Heart Pine. Hardwood Stairs and Trim are also available.

Country Plank: Wide Plank Flooring. Country Plank, founded in 1999 by Mark Harbold, is based in Woodstock, Maryland. It specialises in the supply of traditional solid wide plank wood flooring, including oak flooring. Its range of woods covers: New Woods, Antique Reclaimed Woods, and Exotic Woods. New Woods for oak flooring include Northern Red Oak and Norhern White Oak. Antique Reclaimed Woods include Northern Oak. New Northern Red Oak is available as: Select & Better Grade, Select & Better Rift Sawn, Select & Better Quarter Sawn, Country Grade, Rustic Grade, and Wormy Grade.

USEFUL LINKS RELEVANT TO WIDE PLANK FLOORING

American Floorcovering Alliance

Certified Floor Covering Installers Associaton

Floor Covering Installation Contractors Association

Floor Installation Association of North America

National Association of Floor Covering Distributors

National Floor Safety Institute

National Wood Flooring Association

Signatory Floor Covering Contractors

Wood Flooring Manufacturers Association

World Floor Covering Associaton

CONSTRUCTION PRODUCT DIRECTORIES

We recommend the following professional construction directories, which include standard specifications, manufacturers' specs, and CAD details: 4Specs at www.4specs.com, Arcat at www.arcat.com, Arcom at www.arcomnet.com, Reed at www.reedfirstsource.com, Sweets at www.sweets.construction.com.

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