Blackheart sassafras exotic wood tasmanian blackheart sassafras is a strikingly dramatic australian timber with a cream colored sapwood and wild reddish brown heartwood.
Sassafras wood flooring.
It is typically 3 4 thick and must be nailed to a wood sub floor for proper installation.
Solid wood is dependent on the natural grain structure to remain flat and straight.
Sassafras wood sassafras is a fragrant north american hardwood.
Solid flooring is milled from a single slab of wood including all character marks and defects grown into the tree.
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Sassafras is a really great wood and would have a more general market if there was more of it.
The wood takes stain easily and given its high quality it comes at a bargain price point thanks to its abundance in our forests.
Robi decking currently offers sassafras in a variety of choices for.
Sassafras trees are generally too small to be commercially viable on a large scale but limited quantities of lumber and turning blanks are available for a modest price.
Because of its light weight and resistance to water sassafras has been harvested for boats barrels and fence posts.
Sassafras is an attractive wood but probably too soft to use for flooring.
It is used for both veneer and lumber and might be at its best when quartered.
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The wood which continues to be used in furniture was often used in flooring and bedsteads because people believed the sassafras fragrance would drive away bedbugs and other pesky insects.
Cabinetry furniture flooring musical instruments carvings and turned objects.
The australian species shows beautiful spider webbing graining.
If you are looking for a sustainable outdoor wood option at an economical price give sassafras a try.
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Not to be confused with common sassafras an unrelated species native to north america.