“Harmony by Makihara Long Length Engineered Flooring is manufactured using only the top grade offered in the domestic hardwood lumber industry

2x8 Clear VG Fir photo – First and Seconds grade (FAS). Top grade offered by the domestic lumber industry. Makihara Wood Products uses this grade of lumber exclusively for the manufacture of its custom flooring.
2x8 Clear VG Fir photo – First and Seconds grade (FAS). Top grade offered by the domestic lumber industry. Makihara Wood Products uses this grade of lumber exclusively for the manufacture of its custom flooring.

We only use the finest grade of lumber harvested from sustainable forest practices. Additionally,  the lumber is sourced from the best growing regions of each specific species such as Douglas Fir from the West coast of British Columbia to Eastern Hard Maple from Quebec and Black Walnut and White Oak from the Northern US.

Harmony by Makihara Long Length Engineered Flooring is manufactured using only the top grade offered in the domestic hardwood lumber industry. This grade is commonly referred to as FAS grade or “First and Seconds” grade which must contain a high percentage of clear wood cuttings in each board ranging between 83 1/3 to 100%.

No 2A Common photo – Number 2A Common (No.2AC)- “Economy Grade”. The grade of choice for the mass manufacturing of flooring in the general manufacturing industry.
No 2A Common photo – Number 2A Common (No.2AC)- “Economy Grade”. The grade of choice for the mass manufacturing of flooring in the general manufacturing industry.

The grade of choice for the general flooring industry is “Number 2A Common” (No. 2Ac) also referred to as “Economy grade” lumber. This grade is available at the lowest lumber price range and also in the large volumes required for mass manufacturing of engineered flooring. The defects in the low grade lumber are chopped out to produce a clean grade of flooring but results in a floor of mostly short pieces with only an average length of approximately 30”.

There is not enough volume of higher grade FAS lumber for the general flooring industry to sustainably mass manufacture top grade engineered flooring. Please refer to the following link for further information regarding hardwood lumber grading.