Floors of Distinction (International Hardwood Flooring)





HARDNESS

HARDNESS

Unlike domestic species most of our woods are exceedingly hard and dense. These special properties allow our woods to be used in the most demanding commercial installations where heavy traffic would produce excessive wear in the softer domestic species. The hardness chart below offers a comparison of the various woods' durability.

Domestic Woods

domestic chestnut	540
domestic yellow pine	690
domestic heart pine	870
domestic cherry	950
domestic walnut	1010
domestic red oak	1260
domestic ash	1320
domestic white oak	1360
domestic maple	1450

The THF Collection

mahogany, honduran	800
lacewood	840
mahogany, african, khaya	845
imbuia	950
aniegre	1100
oak, tasmanian	1010
walnut, peruvian	1080
cherry, african, makore	1110
teak,true	1155
iroko/kambala	1260
angelique	1290
walnut, african, mansonia	1290
cypress, australian hard	1375
mahogany, african, sapele	1500
teak, striped, shedua	1650
zebrawood	1575
wenge	1630
padauk	1725
rosewood, bolivian	1780
bloodwood	3300
yellowheart	1820
jarrah, australian	1915
bubinga	1980
goncalo alves	2160
rosewood, asian	2170
bocote	2200
mahogany, santos	2200
purpleheart	2090
rosewood, honduran	2200
cherry, brazilian	2820
chestnut, southern	3540
walnut, brazilian	3680
ebony, s. american	3692

NOTES:

The domestic woods are not available through IHF. They are listed for hardness comparison.
All hardness numbers from the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory in lbs per inch per Janka hardness test.

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