Hardwood Floor Janka Rating Chart

The janka hardness test from the austrian born emigrant gabriel janka 1864 1932 measures the resistance of a sample of wood to denting and wear.

Hardwood floor janka rating chart.

Still the very impressive janka ratings accurately depict the excellent durability of these non wood flooring products. It measures the force required to embed an 11 28 millimetres 0 444 in diameter steel ball halfway into a sample of wood. These ratings were calculated using the janka hardness test which measures the force needed to embed a 444 inch steel ball to half its diameter in a piece of wood. Forest service list the relative hardness for numerous wood species used in flooring.

Janka wood hardness chart by jeff. The janka hardness test is often applied to bamboo and eucalyptus flooring products after manufacturing a process that artificially hardens the material by the addition of resins. Though no wood on the scale has this rating a rating like this would not make for a good floor. The janka hardness scale starts at zero with this option being the softest wood choice making it easy to dent and scratch.

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