| Flooring of any sort, probably takes more abuse then | | | | with an under 1500 Janka wood floor hardness rating. |
| any other decorating feature of your home. The | | | | Mequite wood then is almost double in dent |
| pets race across the floor to attract attention and | | | | resistance. |
| bond with the family members and the kids respond | | | | For the consumer this suggests that a mesquite |
| with all kinds of toys in tow. And your flooring, well | | | | wood floor will certainly handle the abuse without |
| it's expected to endure all and still add beauty and | | | | showing signs of wear as quickly as some of the |
| class to any home environment. Can a Mesquite | | | | more traditional woods. |
| Hardwood Floor meet this challenge? | | | | If you would like the more basic consumer test |
| Well first it might be important to understand how all | | | | without having to rely of a set of lab generated |
| lumber is tested for durability. Of course durability in | | | | numbers just lift up a box of hardwood flooring. |
| itself can imply many different things from impact | | | | Mesquite will weigh in at more than three pounds per |
| resiliency expected in a baseball bat to the | | | | square foot of three-quarter inch thick hardwood |
| environment ability of planking on a wood strip canoe | | | | flooring. Then lift up an equivalent box of oak or |
| to survive weather issues, but in this case we are | | | | maple hardwood. The weight should give you some |
| being very specific. | | | | idea. The heavier the wood then obviously the more |
| Durability of a wood used for a hardwood floor is in | | | | difficult it will be to damage. |
| reference to its compression, or dent resistance. It is | | | | Note that when discussing a wood floor hardness |
| a measure of the amount of force required to push | | | | rating, Mequite is ranked harder than all North |
| a .444 inch diameter steel ball half way into a piece | | | | American species but this is not meant to suggest |
| of wood. It is referred to as the Janka Rating. | | | | that it is the hardest wood species on the global |
| In layman's terms it is a way to measure the | | | | flooring marketplace. We can find wood floors like |
| hardness of a particular wood. It gives the consumer | | | | IPE that rank well above 3,000 so keep in mind that |
| some idea on how easy it will be to scratch any | | | | this scale is relative! |
| particular floor while moving furniture around, or | | | | This is only one of the advantages of Mesquite |
| corralling the children. | | | | Wood Flooring and you may wish to research it |
| Wood Flooring Hardness Rating: Mesquite Hardwood | | | | further to get a more complete understanding of |
| Flooring? | | | | what you have in the way of design options and |
| Mesquite lumber is rather unique in that it is the | | | | other appealing wood characteristics that make it a |
| hardest of all typical North American woods. It has a | | | | great hardwood flooring to survive the dog, the cat |
| Janka Rating of 2345, putting it well ahead of the | | | | and the kids. |
| normal species of flooring like red oak and hard maple | | | | |