Prefinished Flooring – Prefinished Hardwood Flooring

Prefinished Brazilian Cherry flooring is quite possibly the most popular exotic hardwood specie in the United States flooring market today. There are a variety of desirable aspects of the wood that make it appealing over both American domestic species and other exotic products:

1. Brazilian Cherry is quite hard. Its Janka hardness rating weighs in at 2350 lbs. Red Oak, the industry standard for hardness, is 1290lbs. This hardness makes it a desirable candidate for homes and places with higher traffic as it can withstand impacts and the presence of consistent wear and tear.

2. It’s beautiful and exotic, yet moderate enough in color and appearance to complement a variety of color schemes and decors.

3. Brazilian Cherry hardwood, when harvested under sustainable conditions, serves to help preserve the standing forests in the Amazonian region by stimulating the economy of the indigenous regions and preventing clear cutting that would otherwise be done in order to facilitate the cultivation of agricultural exports.

4. Among exotic hardwoods, Brazilian Cherry is dimensionally stable, making it a safe bet to install in a home without worry of large scale expansion and contraction causing crowning, cupping, or other structural defects.

Brazilian Cherry comes in a variety of formats, from engineered to prefinished to unfinished. If you are looking for more information about Brazilian Cherry, be sure to search for its other name, Jatoba, as well.