Grading Options

Explore our wood flooring videos, where we randomly open two boxes of each grading type: witness natural characters, grading types, and make informed decisions confidently.

Character Grading

  • 15% planks with less than 1″ diameter knots or no knots
  • 85% planks with bigger knots and other natural characteristics of the wood

Natural Grading

  • 50% planks with less than 1″ diameter knots or no knots
  • 50% planks with bigger knots and other natural characteristics of the wood

Select Grading

  • 85% planks with less than 1″ diameter knots or no knots
  • 15% planks with bigger knots and other natural characteristics of the wood

Premium Select Grading

  • 100% planks with less than ½” diameter knots or no knots
  • Minimal color varations

Wood Characters

Color Variations

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Sapwood

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Small checks and shakes

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Less than 1″ diameter knots

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Bigger knots filled w/ wood filler

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Medullary Rays or Flecks

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