Madrone Wood Floor

Being a shrub it is not easy to find enough wood to make say exotic floors.

Madrone wood floor.

A true west coast classic renowned for its rich varied palette of mocha browns burgundy reds warm creams and salmon pinks. Very durable more than 15 harder than red oak. However young pacific madrone trees don younger stems which may range from green to chartreuse. Madrone is burned for firewood though since it is a very hard and dense wood that burns long and hot surpassing even oak in this regard.

The 5 wide engineered flooring is available unfinished or prefinished with a natural satin oil that provides a low sheen without harmful chemicals. Our thick unfinished flooring has plank lengths up to 12 with an average of 5 in most items. However water based glue joints should be thoroughly dry before further machining to avoid subsequent sunken glue lines. For most of its common applications e g flooring or furniture its resistance to indentation and abrasion is a plus.

Arbutus tends to die slowly from the inside out as it ages often leaving part of the center hollow and the wood much darker than new growth. We offer widths from 2 1 4 to 10. Pacific madrone a unique northwestern hardwood with an incomparable warm look pacific madrone is prized for its rich burgundy salmon and warm cream color range. Pacific madrone wood has good strength properties.

Pacific madrone has exceptional resistance to breakage making it suitable for joinery. Its rich orange red outer bark peels in large thin sheets to reveal a smooth satin sheen polished greenish silvery color. Conservation edit although drought tolerant and relatively fast growing arbutus menziesii is currently declining throughout most of its range. Pacific madrone hardwood flooring part of the west coast naturals collection of sustainable hardwood flooring at greenhome solutions.

Manzanita wood when dead turns its pale wood into a stunning deep red darker than mahogany. Ours is sourced from the umpqua and rogue valleys of oregon where it grows well in the rich soils. Set apart by its medium toned warm colors and smooth even grain. Madrone is an excellent turning wood and also takes stains and finishes well.

All the woods we utilize are grown and milled in the u s. The older madrone wood can be a lovely salmon pink color and even darker near the center heartwood on very old trees. Madrone grows in forest openings from british columbia to southern california. Madrone wood has by far the most varied colors from pale white to very dark brown almost black with pinks browns and reds in between.