Thread: Select grade jarrah flooring

One would think that it would be nearly free of any blemishes. You will need to take the issue up with the supplier. Was it loose racked timber that you could see and pick the pieces or was it bulk packed? Who's the supplier and what is their reputation like? Here's a link with another definition of select gradehttp://www.lifewoodfloors.com.au/glossary-of-timber-terms/default.aspx

That certainly does not look like select grade,go back to your supplier and give them the works!!!

Definately standard grade. No bug holes in select grade and no prominant gum vain.
(Structural Product Exec. Flooring. Retired.)

Definately not select grade. it can contain gum veins as long as they are less than 10cm long and no sap wood. you have standard grade, good luck.

Most jarrah is produced by wittakers in WA it is not uncommon to get bits like that in a select grade floor the it depends on the frequency of it that would be a better determining factor. If it is few and far between dock it out if it is throughout the floor then you definatle have std grade

To have a few gum veins is 15 boards...
Hardly is something to jump about, unless you only ordered 15 boards. But if you have a pack of timber with about 500lm in it, surely your floor layer can use them as cuts at the start end of a room, in a corner. Or perhaps that's the extra 5% you ordered and will not use them at all.

But remember the squeaky wheel gets the oil.

Steve

Welcome to the forums Nathans. Judging from the standard and the coments of others there seems little doubt that the flooring is below spec. I think you meant that these boards with the defects came from the first 20 boards you checked (as opposed to these were the defective boards from the whole pack).

If you bought them from a reputable seller I think you have case to have defective boards replaced. You may have to examine the whole pack for this of course.

The other possibility is that they only charge you for standard grade and refund the difference, but this would depend on whether you like the look of the defects.

The argument here would be that while you are prepared to accept the boards as they are, you are not keen to to pay a premium for a product that was not supplied.

Regards
Paul