Domestic Flooring

Domestic Flooring

• Domestic Flooring
• South American
• Asian and Other Exotic

Want traditional American looking floor? FERMA offer the most popular domestic North American species in a variety of sizes in both solid and engineered planks and strips.

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  Red Oak

  Red Oak

  Red Oak Floors

  Red Oak is one of the most popular wood types in North America due to its abundance and its balance between beauty and durability. Our Red Oak is the preferred species grown across eastern United States and southeastern Canada which is finer, and denser than its southern counter-part. Depending on the grade of the floor, there can be a somewhat significant variation in color.

  Red Oak in the Wild

  More than 200 subspecies of oak are found in North America. The Northern Red Oak can be found all over the eastern United States and in the southeast of Canada. The colder temperature makes the red oak in the north denser and finer in texture.

  The tree can grow up to 150 feet tall, and its trunk can grow to 4 feet in diameter.

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  White Oak

  White Oak

  White Oak Floors

  White Oak is the cousin to Red Oak with distinctive characteristic of its own. Unlike Red Oak which has pores in its planks, White Oak has tyloses in its cellular structure which prevent water from seeping through, that’s White Oak is also often used for wine barrels. In addition, White Oak is relatively resistant to rotting and bugs.

  White Oak sapwood is relatively light in color and its heartwood is light to dark brown. It has a coarse texture and is usually straight grained.

  White Oak in the Wild

  White Oak grows naturally in  the eastern side of North America in a variety of environments. Depending on the environments, White Oak can be a shrub in high altitude and harsh places, or up to about 85 feet in most common environments. Because White Oak’s branches like to grow laterally to the ground, it is an excellent shade tree.

  The tree can grow up to 150 feet tall, and its trunk can grow to 4 feet in diameter.

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  Hickory

  Hickory

  White Oak in the Wild

  Hickory is known for its exceptional hardness and its extreme contrast in color between its heartwood and sapwood. In fact, it is the strongest wood known across North America. Its tan and reddish brown heart-wood creates a distinctive look with its creamy white sapwood.

  Because of its exceptional toughness and shock resistant property, it can be hard to work with hand tools, but hickory wood floors hold down glue and nails well.

  Hickory in the Wild

  Hickory is primarily grown in the Eastern part of North America. Hickory have two main groups: true hickory and fruit bearing hickory or more commonly known as pecan hickory; however, they are very similar in all aspect so they are commonly sold together.

  The trees can grow as tall as 120 feet and can take as long as 200 years to mature.

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  American (Black) Walnut

  American (Black) Walnut

  American Walnut Floors

  American walnut is a moderately hard floor. It has heartwood ranging from a deep, rich dark brown to a purplish black. Sapwood is nearly white to tan. American walnut shows little color variation when exposed to intense light. Unlike many other wood species; walnut actually lightens in color over time.

  The grain of a walnut wood floor is usually straight, with some burly patterns if the wood has been cut close to a limb. The burly pattern gives walnut wood flooring a hint of exoticness within the domestic species.

  American Walnut in the Wild

  The American Black Walnut tree is a native species to the eastern area of North America but can grow westward toward central Texas. It can attain heights of about 30 to 40 feet.

  The walnut nuts are shelled commercially in the U.S. for a variety of abrasive cleaning, cosmetic, and oil well drilling and water filtration products. Its popular nutmeats provide a robust, and distinctive natural flavor, and also high nutritional value.