From Our Forest to Your Floor

From our Forest

to your home

www.hickmanwoods.com

The Hickman Family is involved in

the entire process of the flooring

creation


From the forest

management


FSC certified in 1999


To the Sawmill

To the Flooring Plant


Allegheny Flooring Species

• White Oak

• Red Oak

• Beech

• Cherry

• Hickory

• Walnut• Ash, Hard Maple, Spaulded Maple, & Aspen Ceiling also available


White Oak


• Native to Eastern USA• Great Strength • Tall strong powerful looking tree• Bark is a light grey color• Deer & Animals love the acorns

and small saplings for food• average height– 65’-80’ high,• 36” – 48”diameter


White Oak

• Classic Flooring with a diverse range of possibilities

• Rift & Quarter Sawn Available• Beautiful Grain Patterns• Quarter Sawn shows magnificent

fleck character• Clear or Natural Grades• The Original Allegheny LIVE SAWN• Looks amazing in modern homes

to traditional homes• Takes color stain very well• Great floor for Pets!


Red Oak

• PA grows great Red Oaks• Oaks are key in America’s history• One of the largest and most

important timber trees• Ave. height 80’ • 20” – 40” diameter• begins to bear fruit at about age 25

but usually does not produce seeds abundantly until about age 50


Red Oak

• Classic Hardwood Floor• Beautiful Tight Grain• Rift & Quarter Sawn Available• Clear & Natural Grades• Natural grade allows for color

variation along with knots• dense type of hardwood so it is more

resistant to regular wear• World Renown for it’s quality• Sapwood is white to light brown and

the heartwood is a pinkish reddish brown


American Beech

• Known as “Mother of the Forest” for its nutrient- rich humus

• Typically reaches 120’ high• Produce large amount of seeds• Soft smooth pliable grey bark• Like an Aspen, Beech trees are

clone organisms • Chips of beech wood are used in

the brewing of Budweiser beer as a fining agent


Beech

• Attractive and cool floor• Clear & Natural available • Rift & Quarter Sawn Available• Light toned • Strong and durable• Very uniform appearance• Subtle straight grain with a

close uniform texture


Cherry

• Cherry belongs to the rose family.• Colonists used Cherry Tree for its

fruit, medicinal properties, and home furnishings.

• Easily identifiable by its very dark, thick, corn flake like bark.

• Fruit is used in jam, pies, soda and ice cream.

• Ave. height 60’ -80’ feet. • Beyond 80 – 100 years diameter

growth slows, and mortality of cherry increases rapidly.


Cherry

• Cherry is Fine Grained • Wood has a fine uniform, straight

grain, satiny, smooth texture.• The heartwood varies from a rich red to

reddish brown and hues will darken with age on exposure to light

• Sapwood is creamy white. • Often used as a border along with an

oak or hickory floor


Hickory

• Grows to 80-90 ft.• Nuts are edible & tasty• Hickory nuts were used for cooking

oil and to repel mosquitoes by the Native Americans

• Does not start producing seeds until 40 years old

• Shagbark hickory is easily identified in the woods due to it’s shaggy bark.


Hickory

• A tough, beautiful floor full of character

• Great floor for kitchens, high traffic areas, and families!

• contrasting color tones come through from the lighter blonde sapwood and darker brown heartwood to create a very interesting pattern from board to board.


Walnut

• Attaining heights of 100 -130 ft.• Valued for its edible nuts.• From the time of ancient Greeks

until modern European history, Walnuts symbolized fertility and were strewn at weddings.

• Scratching the shell of the nut creates a wonderful citrus aroma

• Walnut’s lifespan is only approximately 120 years


Walnut

• Matures to a rich warm color• Beautiful without a stain• Wavy grain that produces an

attractive and decorative figure• Natural grade will have creamy

white sap wood• Heartwood is light brown to dark

chocolate brown.• Tough hardwood of medium

density, has more potential for dings than hickory or oak.

Let us help you with your dream floor!


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