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Is heart pine hard enough for flooring?

April 26, 2017flooring hard heart Pine

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Is heart pine hard enough for flooring?

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Longleaf heart pine is by far the hardest and most dense of all southern yellow pine. It is rated nearly as hard as oak at 1225 on the Janka hardness scale while red oak is 1290. It is also 29% more stable than oak and therefore less likely to warp or cup.