Knotty Alder Wood Floors

Mccoy s knotty alder cabinets flooring showroom.

Knotty alder wood floors.

The craft belleville collection utilizes wide plank alder flooring that displays a wonderfully textured grain pattern with beautiful intergrown knots. Wood floors can get scratched or dinged easier than the hard floors. Notice the kitchen photo on the right has stained cabinets and stained wood floors but the floors are darker than the cabinets which makes the kitchen look grounded and appealing and the dark stain on the flooring picks up the color from the darkest parts of the knotty alder cabinetry. General description alder a relative of birch is almost white when freshly cut but quickly changes with exposure to air becoming light brown with a yellow or reddish tinge.

While there are many species of alder throughout the world the most commonly used in woodworking today is the red alder in the flooring industry hardwood harvested in north america is referred to as domestic which is less expensive than the imported. Distribution principally the pacific northwest where it is the most abundant commercial hardwood. Wood floors can look good with many different styles and are often considered timeless meaning they wont go out of style. Liquid spills can damage the floors so you ll need to be really.

Alder is currently used for a variety of specialty interior products including mouldings furniture cabinets floors and doors. Call and schedule an appointment today to come in for a personal tour of our showroom. We loved it then because it was a beautiful closed grain wood making it great for staining and finishing. Alder hardwood flooring can be used for a casual formal or contemporary look.

If you didn t buy it from us you probably paid too much. Using a pre stain wood conditioner. To help even out the color when working with bare woods you can try using a pre stain wood conditioner. Alder is a fast growing pioneer species and has nitrogen fixing nodules on its roots.

And we still admire the way the knots grow soundly and flow together with the rest of the wood s grain. In addition to maple other problematic woods include pine fir alder and birch. The conditioner works by penetrating and temporarily sealing the wood to even out the rate of absorption thereby. Known for its character this fast growing and semi knotty hardwood produces a fine grain with natural tan rusty red and brown tones.

We have a wide selection of beautiful cabinets and flooring that we know you ll love. When we started crafting floors well over a decade ago knotty alder was the only wood we used.