http://www.realoakfloors.co.uk/maple_engineered_wood_flooring.php About Engineered Maple Wood Flooring Maple flooring is hard wearing and lightly coloured wood flooring. Maple wood flooring will not splinter with age making it ideal for sports and school flooring. The sap wood in in maple wood flooring provides the a range of natural colours in the wood. The Maple is one of North America's most versatile and best-loved deciduous trees. Depending on the variety, Maples are used for rough construction or in the making of fine furniture. The sap of sugar Maples is the only ingredient in Maple syrup, the delicious elixir produced in Ontario, Quebec and New England every spring. Maples are also a major tourist attraction - their breath-taking leaves captivate visitors to eastern North America every autumn. A single Maple Leaf is even the proud centrepiece of Canada's national flag. Maple Wood, which varies in hardness, toughness and other properties, is in demand for wood flooring, maple skirting, furniture, interior woodwork, veneer, small woodenware, and supports several flourishing industries in eastern Canada. Maple is also highly prized in furniture building and cabinet-making. Maple lumber comes principally from the Middle Atlantic and Lake States of America, which together account for about two-thirds of the production. The wood of Sugar Maple and Black Maple is known as Hard Maple; that of Silver Maple, Red Maple, and Boxelder as Soft Maple. The Sapwood is commonly white with a slight reddish-brown tinge; the Heartwood is light reddish brown, but sometimes is considerably darker. Hard Maple has a fine, uniform texture, turns well on a lathe, is resistant to abrasion and has no characteristic odor. It is heavy, strong, stiff, hard, and resistant to shock, and it has large shrinkage. Sugar Maple is generally straight grained but the grain also occurs as birds-eye, curly, and fiddleback grain. The wood of Soft Maples resembles that of hard maples but is not as heavy, hard and strong, the better grade of soft maple has been substituted for hard maple in furniture. The sapwood in the Soft Maples is considerably wider than that in the hard maples and has a lighter heartwood color. Maple wood stains well and takes a high polish. It is intermediate in gluing and has low decay resistance Real Oak Floors stock and supply a variety of beautiful Solid, Engineered and Laminated flooring options in a range of finishes. Please browse this section and, if there is a product that you need that is not shown here then please contact us (08700 116 914) as we are able to source more products than we can show here. We also stock products from many of Europe's leading manufacturers such as Kahrs, Junckers, Boen and Quickstep. If you are interested in a product from any of our manufacturers then call us on 08700 116 914 as we are able to supply all of their products Real Oak Floors 2006 http://realoakfloors.co.uk/media/thumbs/713_Lacquered_Rustic_Oak_Narrow_Plank.jpg http://www.realoakfloors.co.uk/maple_engineered_wood_flooring.php http://realoakfloors.co.uk/silver_engineered_maple_200mm.php This excellent quality Lacquered flooring, newly available, excellent design engineered board perfect for a living room or kitchen floor or a large project. Silver Engineered Maple Flooring Type: Engineered Width: 189mm Thickness: 15mm Lengths: 600/900/1200mm Finish: Factory Lacquered Construction: Cross-ply birch maple infor@realoakfloors.co.uk, (Real Oak Floors) http://realoakfloors.co.uk/silver_engineered_maple_200mm.php Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:05:31 +0200 http://realoakfloors.co.uk/engineered-maple-flooring.php Maple flooring complements any type of home and its light tones open up the room. These 1-strip engineered boards include a 3mm top layer of premium quality maple giving you the full organic effect of a real wood floor without the hassle of installing solid wood. Product Specification: Species Width: 136mm Length: 1820m Depth: 14mm (with 3mm top layer) Board Composition: 1-strip Engineered infor@realoakfloors.co.uk, (Real Oak Floors) http://realoakfloors.co.uk/engineered-maple-flooring.php Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:04:46 +0100