Rift & Quartered Maple Flooring

When rift or quartersawn, Maple (Acer saccharum) is both harder and more dimensionally stable than in plainsawn flooring.  The face of rift & quartered maple presents an unobtrusive vertical grain appearance, with a light brown heartwood running down the edge of some pieces.  Pure quartered pieces do exhibit a small figure or ray fleck, but this does not predominate in the floor.

NOFMA Unfinished Rift & Quartered Maple Flooring

Please download our latest retail unfinished flooring catalogue from the tab below to see current pricing and grade descriptions in rift & quartered maple flooring.

NOFMA Prefinished Rift & Quartered Maple Flooring

Select Rift & Quartered Maple

As with plainsawn Maple, this is a predominantly light-colored floor that excludes knots, wormhole, birdpeck, and other such characteristics.  However, it may be expected to present somewhat more light-brown heartwood than a plainsawn floor and to have slightly more contrast in the floor as laid.  Wider widths will exhibit a larger percentage of brown, up to 15-20% in 5″ widths.  Riftsawn pieces will predominate with only the occasional appearance of light figure in the floor from quartered pieces.

Select Rift & Quartered Maple is available in a natural finish.

Select Rift & Quartered Maple

2 1/4″ – $5.49/SF

3″ – $5.99/SF

4″ – $6.99/SF

5″ – $7.99/SF

(Prices are for a 500 SF minimum order.)

 

Character Rift & Quartered Maple Flooring

An excellent choice for a light-colored natural rustic floor, Character Rift & Quartered Maple will be harder and more stable than plainsawn Maple and will present all the rustic characteristics found in plainsawn.  It will tend to have slightly more brown heartwood than in plainsawn, a tendency that increases in wider widths.  The floor is largely riftsawn with only occasional pieces of pure quartersawn.

Character Rift & Quartered Maple is available in a natural finish.

Character Rift & Quartered Maple

2 1/4″ – $5.19/SF

3″ – $5.49/SF

4″ – $6.29/SF

5″ – $6.99/SF

(Prices are for a 500 SF minimum order.)