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Hardwood Wood Flooring Hardness Scale - Janka |
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Bay Area CA | Concord CA | San Ramon CA | Walnut Creek CA | Danville CA |
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The Janka Hardwood Scale measures the hardness of different species of wood. The test is a measure of the amount of force required to embed a 44 inch steel ball to half its diameter in wood.
This hardness scale is the best well known scale in the Hardwood Flooring industry. Although the scale gives a number of hardness of wood, you should not select a hardwood just based on its hardness, grain, color, environment and design in addition to hardness should be considered when selecting your hardwood flooring. |
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Hardwood Floors, Wood Flooring Species |
Hardness |
Ipe / Brazilian Walnut / Lapacho |
3684 |
Cumaru / Brazilian Teak |
3540 |
Chestnut / Southern |
3540 |
Ebony |
3220 |
Brazilian Redwood / Paraju |
3190 |
Angelim Pedra |
3040 |
Bloodwood |
2900 |
Red Mahogany / Turpentine |
2697 |
Spotted Gum |
2473 |
Brazilian Cherry / Jatoba |
2350 |
Mesquite |
2345 |
Santos Mahogany / Bocote / Cabreuva |
2200 |
Pradoo |
2170 |
Brushbox |
2135 |
Karri |
2030 |
Sydney Blue Gum |
2023 |
Bubinga |
1980 |
Cameron |
1940 |
Tallowwood |
1933 |
Merbau |
1925 |
Amendoim |
1912 |
Jarrah |
1910 |
Purpleheart |
1860 |
Goncalo Alves / Tigerwood |
1850 |
Hickory / Pecan / Satinwood |
1820 |
Afzelia / Doussie |
1810 |
Bangkirai |
1798 |
Rosewood |
1780 |
African Padauk |
1725 |
Blackwood |
1720 |
Merbau |
1712 |
Kempas |
1710 |
Locust |
1700 |
Highland Beech |
1686 |
Wenge / Red Pine |
1630 |
Tualang |
1624 |
Zebrawood |
1575 |
True Pine / Timborana |
1570 |
Peroba |
1557 |
Kambala |
1540 |
Sapele / Sapelli |
1510 |
Curupixa |
1490 |
Sweet Birch |
1470 |
Hard Maple / Sugar Maple |
1450 |
Coffee Bean |
1390 |
Natural Bamboo (represents one species) |
1380 |
Australian Cypress |
1375 |
White Oak |
1360 |
Tasmanian Oak |
1350 |
Ribbon Gum |
1349 |
Ash (White) |
1320 |
American Beech |
1300 |
Red Oak (Northern) |
1290 |
Carribean Heart Pine |
1280 |
Yellow Birch |
1260 |
Movingui |
1230 |
Heart Pine |
1225 |
Carbonized Bamboo (represents one species) |
1180 |
Cocobolo |
1136 |
Brazilian Eucalyptus / Rose Gum |
1125 |
Makore |
1100 |
Boreal |
1023 |
Black Walnut |
1010 |
Teak |
1000 |
Sakura |
995 |
Black Cherry / Imbuia |
950 |
Boire |
940 |
Paper Birch |
910 |
Cedar |
900 |
Southern Yellow Pine (Longleaf) |
870 |
Lacewood / Leopardwood |
840 |
Parana |
780 |
Sycamore |
770 |
Shedua |
710 |
Southern Yellow Pine (Loblolly and Shortleaf) |
690 |
Douglas Fir |
660 |
Larch |
590 |
Chestnut |
540 |
Hemlock |
500 |
White Pine |
420 |
Basswood |
410 |
Eastern White Pine |
380 |
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Does hardwood floors change color after installation? |
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Hardwood floors, being natural products, our subjected to color changes with exposure to normal sunlight. As with all natural products made from wood, these changes are expected and are a desired element of the beauty and distinctiveness of wood floors. It is advantageous to move or rearrange area rug, furniture, etc., periodically to avoid defined lines between the exposed and unexposed flooring. |
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Species of Hardwood |
Hardwood Flooring Color Changes |
Ash Wood |
Pale cream darkens to straw tan. |
Beech Hardwood Flooring |
Pink/tan tones to amber. |
Birch Hardwoods |
Freshly sanded tones to a more red/yellow color as it ages. |
Brazillian Cherry Hardwood Floor |
Pronounced deepening of all color tones. |
Cherry Wood Flooring |
Pronounced changes from pink hues to deeper red tone. |
Doussie Hardwood |
Substantial changes from orange/browns to deeper mahogany hues over time; color variation more pronounced as floor ages. |
Iroko Wood Floors |
darkening from golden and light browns to medium brown |
Jarah Wood |
Some muting of color variation darkening towards deeper reds/red browns |
Hard Maple |
Cream white to golden cream. |
Merbau Hardwood Floor |
Some muting of color variation darkening towards medium brown. |
Red Oak Hardwood Floor |
Pink to tan amber |
Rosewood |
Some muting of color variation – pink/reds become more red |
Sucupira Floors |
Little Change |
Walnut Harwood Flooring |
A medium to high degree of color change, the dark brown heartwood lightens over time to a golden brown |
White Oak Hardwoods |
Some muting of color variation to medium, straw brown |
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