Madrone Wood Floor

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

Madrone wood floor. 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. However water based glue joints should be thoroughly dry before further machining to avoid subsequent sunken glue lines. Very durable more than 15 harder than red oak. Our thick unfinished flooring has plank lengths up to 12 with an average of 5 in most items.

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. We offer widths from 2 1 4 to 10. Set apart by its medium toned warm colors and smooth even grain. Pacific madrone wood has good strength properties.

Pacific madrone hardwood flooring part of the west coast naturals collection of sustainable hardwood flooring at greenhome solutions. For most of its common applications e g flooring or furniture its resistance to indentation and abrasion is a plus. A true west coast classic renowned for its rich varied palette of mocha browns burgundy reds warm creams and salmon pinks. Few woods compare to the natural beauty of our pacific madrone.

However young pacific madrone trees don younger stems which may range from green to chartreuse. Wood floor lovers crave the spectral bark hues of this tree. Conservation edit although drought tolerant and relatively fast growing arbutus menziesii is currently declining throughout most of its range. Manzanita wood when dead turns its pale wood into a stunning deep red darker than mahogany.

Madrone is an excellent turning wood and also takes stains and finishes well. Ours is sourced from the umpqua and rogue valleys of oregon where it grows well in the rich soils. The 5 wide engineered flooring is available unfinished or prefinished with a natural satin oil that provides a low sheen without harmful chemicals. All the woods we utilize are grown and milled in the u s.

Its rich orange red outer bark peels in large thin sheets to reveal a smooth satin sheen polished greenish silvery color. Pacific madrone has exceptional resistance to breakage making it suitable for joinery. 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. The older madrone wood can be a lovely salmon pink color and even darker near the center heartwood on very old trees.