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Grades: Select and Country
Widths: 3″ – 10″
Profile: T&G Square edge, micro bevel, V-groove
Lengths: 6′ – 12′
Thickness: ¾” standard, other custom thicknesses available
Lead Time: 2 – 3 weeks
Select Grade: Hard Maple is manufactured in principally in the Middle Atlantic and Great Lake States. The heartwood is usually light reddish brown, but sometimes considerably darker. The sapwood is commonly white with a slight reddish-brown tinge. Hard Maple has a fine, uniform texture. It is heavy, strong, hard, stiff and resistant to shock. The grain is generally straight. Hard Maple is used in flooring, furniture, cabinets, cutting boards, pianos, billiard cues, handles, bowling alley, gymnasium and dance floors, and more.
Country Grade: Knots and defects give the floor a country, or an Antique look, and can be enhanced even more by skip planning to show saw marks, adding to the flavor.

Grades: Select and Country
Widths: 3″ – 9″
Profile: T&G Square edge, micro bevel, V-groove
Lengths: 6′ – 12′
Thickness: ¾” standard, other custom thicknesses available
Lead Time: 2 – 3 weeks
Select Grade: Soft Maple includes quite a few Maple species, and is found in the Eastern United States, except for bigleaf Maple which comes from the Pacific Coast. The heartwood and sapwood are similar to Hard Maple. The heartwood is somewhat lighter in color and the sapwood somewhat wider. It resembles Hard Maple, but is not as heavy, strong and hard. It is used for furniture, flooring, veneer, wooden ware, and more.
Country Grade: For an antique country look character grade, with a variety of knots and defects, can be enhanced even more by skip planning and distressing the wood on site. Undesirable defects can also be removed on the job site.