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Jatoba - A very hard durable flooring with a deep red/brown cherry appearance.	Cabriuva - Very hard and durable species with a red / tan / salmon appearance and clean lines.	Tamarindo - A classy and extremely hard floor with a deep rose-red / brown color and nice striations.	Cumaru - Extremely hard and durable species with a medium to dark green / brown appearance.


Goiabao - A better alternative to domestic maple flooring, with a yellow/cream/light brown appearance.	Ipe - One of our hardest products. Great for heavy duty use - extremely durable dark brown wood.	Cerezo - A nice alternate to Brazilian Cherry, very hard and durable flooring with a deep red ting.	Tauari - An alternative to domestic oak, with a light brown appearance. A stylish and bright look.


A nice alternative to oak or maple, a light flooring with a bright yellowish tinge and clean lines.	Our hardest product. Truly a magnificent flooring found only in the most upscale homes.	A very popular flooring. Bright stylish and made from sustainable materials.	A darker version of natural colored bamboo for rooms that require a darker floor.


Ash's color is nearly pure lustrous white, ranging through cream to very light brown. It has an attractive, straight, moderately open, pronounced grain.	Maple is light with fine grain & has a highly figured grain pattern including wavy, curly, quilted, blistered, fiddle-back, leaf figure, maple bur & bird’s eye.	A pale yellow wood with a color from light to dark or reddish brown. Cypress machines well,l, sands easily and readily accepts finishes.	Beech works very well with many tools and has great nailing and gluing properties. It is also highly suitable for staining & steam bending.

ABOUT HARDWOOD

Color: Most of our exotic imported woods are not stained at all. The colors you see are the natural wood colors only. Domestic woods such as Oak are often stained in medium or dark stains or even tinged with colors such as red, blue or green

Finish: You can purchase flooring the old method - Unfinished - then apply a urethane or other finish to the wood floor once installed. These days however Prefinished flooring has become more the norm for many reasons. The quality and consistency of the finish is in most cases superior to any that can be applied on site. In addition time is saved on the construction site and more importantly the toxic vapors associated with finishes are completely eliminated from the home or construction site.

Gloss: There are 4 types of gloss: high gloss, semi-gloss, satin, matte. High gloss finishes can tend to highlight scratches or imperfections as well as dirt. Semi-gloss finishes or the most common. Satin and matte finishes minimize the appearance of scratches and marks and stay looking new longer. A matte finish gives the appearance of an oiled floor but with the advantage of scratch protection inherent in the finish.

Dimensions: Solid hardwood comes in thicknesses from 5/16 to 7/8 of an inch. The most common for standard installations is 3/4 which can sustain many sandings and refinishes giving potentially lifetimes of use. However if you a installing over concrete you will need to 'float' or 'glue down' your floor. It is not advised to use anything thicker than 1/2 inch solid wood for glue downs and 3/8 is a safer width to insure no popping up. Width of planks range from 2-1/4" to 5" depending on the type of wood. Wider planks are typically more costly. Thinner planks make a room seem longer and thinner when compared to wider planks.

Grade: The quality of a particular wood is graded based on the amount of imperfections such as knots. A lower quality of wood is given a grade of 'rustic' or 'character grade'. For many applications this may be desirable as the flaws can be artistic, adding character. However for upscale homes typically only the highest grade 'clear grade' is chose, while 'select or better grade' is commonly used in all but the finest applications to save money.