Introduction
Oak is a strong, hardwearing timber, replete with the grain, small knots, pips and burrs that charachterise a Real wood floor. It is light tan to biscuit in colour and usually straight grained. Both Native and European oak are available to order. The native flooring is offered in 80mm, 135mm and 182 mm widths, with lengths ranging up to 3.0m. The picture opposite shows an 80 mm Irish Oak floor in Rathcool, Co. Dublin.

General Description
The heartwood is light tan to biscuit in colour and is usually straight grained, though irregular cross-grain does occur.
Some boards will exhibit the characteristic silver grained figure, (due to the broad medullary ray ). Occasional boards may have dark mineral streak.

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