Heart Pine
Heart Pine Flooring

A tight, vertical grain structure and density yields strength that rivals oak. Heart pine's amber-orange patina has warmed spaces from colonial ballrooms and drawing room floors to modern bedrooms and kitchen floors.

Appearance

COLOR: Heartwood is yellow after cutting and turns deep pinkish tan to warm reddish brown within weeks due to high resin content. Sapwood remains yellow, with occasional blue-black sap stain.

GRAIN: Dense, with high figuring. Plain-sawn is swirled; rift- or quarter-sawn is primarily pinstriped. Curly or burl grain is rare.

VARIATIONS WITHIN SPECIES AND GRADES: Moderate color variation.

Properties

HARDNESS (JANKA): Average

DIMENSIONAL STABILITY: Above average

DURABILITY: Natural resistance to insect infestation; dense.

Resources

Grades - Prefinished

TIMELESS: Strict grading rules limit the size and number of any natural defects such as knots, streaks, or sap wood. Select or Timeless grading is for the customer looking for the clearest and most consistent look to their flooring.

VINTAGE: This grade allows tight filled knots, as well as other naturally occurring characteristics of wood such as streaks, mineral, limited worm holes, color variation and sap wood.

COLONIAL: This grade allows unlimited character markings that are found naturally in solid wood.