Is heart pine hard enough for wood flooring? What about heart cypress?
Heart pine is almost as hard as red oak (1225 vs. 1290 on the floor hardness scale) and is 29 percent more stable than Oak according to the NWFA. George Washington’s floor in Mt. Vernon is over 250 years old and is still walked on every day. Heart cypress is a softer wood, comparable in hardness to Douglas fir, however many clients rave about it as flooring.
