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High Quality Flooring Distributor and Manufacturer

Rex Lumber is a wholesale flooring distributor and manufacturer. We are proud to offer the highest quality custom solid wood and engineered wood flooring run to your specifications. Although Rex Lumber Company can make any size and type of flooring, we specialize in wide plank, long length products.

  • Custom widths are available up to 10-1/4″ (10″ face) end matched, and 11-1/4″ (11″ face) not end matched. (Wider widths are available as square edge.)
  • Our Custom Wide Premium Wide Plank Flooring typically runs 3 to 12′ lengths, with 60% (or more) 8 to 12′. Lengths up to 16’ available based on species selected.
  • For most species the flooring can be run as flat sawn (plain sawn), rift sawn, or quarter sawn.
  • We can run flooring for you in any of the species we stock including FSC® Certified species.

Why Choose Wide Plank Flooring?

Typical Strip Flooring

A narrow, standard strip floor with many pieces less than 1′ in length that looks manufactured and artificial. Pre-Finished versions often result in numerous uneven dips between strips that can trap dirt.

A Typical Strip Flooring

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Custom Premium Wide Plank Flooring

A beautiful, natural choice that adds character, warmth and elegance to any space. Re-finishable and long-lasting.

If you are interested in stocking custom premium wide plank flooring, then we can help you! Custom flooring is a Rex Lumber Company specialty, and we are proud to make the highest quality custom flooring to order to your specifications.

Premium Wide Plank Flooring

Custom Solid Wood Flooring

Custom flooring is a Rex Lumber Company specialty, and we are proud to offer the highest quality custom flooring that is run for you to your specifications.

Popular Species for Custom Flooring

Flooring can be run in any of the species in our extensive and diverse kiln-dried inventory, including FSC® Certified stock.

  • Ash
  • Beech
  • Birch
  • Bubinga
  • Cherry
  • Cumaru
  • Eastern White Pine
  • Hickory
  • Hard Maple
  • Ipe
  • Jatoba
  • Red Oak
  • White Oak
  • Santos Mahogany
  • Sapele
  • Red Grandis Eucalyptus
  • South American Mahogany
  • Wenge
  • Yellow Pine
  • Walnut

Rustic, Antique, & Reclaimed Species

  • Antique or Rustic Oak
  • Heart Pine
  • Reclaimed Douglas Fir
  • Reclaimed Hemlock
  • Wormy Chestnut

CustomPatterns

RX50765-T FlooringOur standard T & G “butt” pattern with backout and relief matches our end match profile. Other patterns such as micro bevel, center match, and v-joints are also available.

Engineered Flooring Distributor and ManufacturerCustom Run to Order

The same beautiful high-quality flooring that you have come to rely upon from Rex Lumber is also available in engineered form.

Engineered Flooring is a combination of a solid wood wear layer and a plywood base. Rex Engineered Flooring is produced using our own solid lumber that is sawn from the same diverse extensive top-quality lumber we use to manufacture our solid flooring. Plus, all standard and custom widths are available – from narrow to wide.

How Is Engineered Flooring Made?

Solid lumber is saw cut into veneers, not rotary cut like commodity products, and then is glued to a premium grade Baltic Birch plywood base layer. The use of saw cut veneers provides an identical appearance to solid wood flooring.

Baltic Birch plywood is used for exceptional strength and dimensional stability. Engineered Flooring that uses Baltic Birch plywood is less prone to warp, twist, and cupping than other flooring products. Our Baltic Birch plywood uses exterior grade / water resistant glue which adds additional durability to the flooring.

Engineered Flooring Specs Sheet

Engineered Flooring Species

Engineered flooring is available in virtually any species or width available in today’s marketplace. Rex Engineered Flooring is available in all standard species, including:

  • Quarter-Sawn White Oak
  • Rift Sawn White Oak
  • Plain Sawn White Oak
  • Character Grade White Oak
  • Quarter-Sawn Red Oak
  • Rift Sawn Red Oak
  • Plain Sawn Red Oak
  • Plain Sawn Hard Maple
  • Plain Sawn Cherry
  • Plain Sawn Hickory
  • Plain Sawn Sapele

Additionally, it is also available in virtually any species available in today’s marketplace.

Now in Stock!Plain Sawn White Oak Engineered Flooring

  • 3/4 x 5-1/4” (5” Face)
  • 3/4 x 6-1/4” (6” Face)
  • 3/4 x 7-1/4” (7” Face)
  • 3/4 x 8-1/4” (8” Face)
  • 3/4 x 9-1/4” (9” Face)

Are you looking for Herringbone, Chevron and other custom configurations? These styles are also available in engineered flooring, contact us for more information.

Grades

Both Rex Engineered Flooring and our solid hardwood flooring are available in the same standard grades: Rex Select Grade and Rex Character Grade. Custom grades are also available.

Select Grade

Rex Select Grade is produced from FAS/Sel & Btr grade lumber. It is 3′ to 12′ in length, which is heavy 6 to 10’, with up to 5% cutbacks to 30″. Stock is available as both Trimmed Ends and End Matched. Some spot filling for open characters is generally required.

The “Face” May Contain

  • Color variations due to differences between heartwood and sapwood.
  • Unlimited sound sapwood.
  • Natural color variations in heartwood.

Not Permitted on “Face”

  • End splits or heavy surface checks.
  • Excessive dark mineral stain, sapwood stain, sticker stain, and / or pin wormholes.
  • Skip, voids, chip out on groove edge.
  • Open knots over 1/2″, holes, defects, deep chipping and / or excessive tearout.
  • Wane on face or edge.

Rex Lumber is an engineered flooring distributor

Character Grade

Rex Character Grade is produced from custom sawn lumber with mostly sound defects and “character marks” distributed over the face. It is 3′ to 12′ in length, which is heavy 6′ to 10′, with up to 5% cutbacks to 30″. Stock is available as both Trimmed Ends and End Matched. Some spot filling for open characters is generally required.

The “Face” May Contain

  • Unlimited sound knots and burls.
  • Small “character” checks and splits 1/16″ wide x 1 to 2″ long.
  • Color variations due to differences between heartwood and sapwood.
  • Unlimited sound sapwood.
  • Natural color variations in heartwood.
  • Light to moderate skip/hit or miss planing.
  • Slight imperfections in milling (light tear out that is less than 1/32″ deep, 1/2″ tongue.)
    Small open knots/burls 1/2″ diameter or less.
  • Pinworm and grub holes, burls, mineral streak, light checks, stain.

Not Permitted on “Face”

  • End splits or heavy surface checks.
  • Moderate to heavy sticker stain.
  • Skip, voids, chip out on groove side.
  • Open knots over 1/2″ holes, defects and deep chipping.
  • Wane.

Product of the GradeRip & Run

Rip & Run-Product of the Grade is produced from #1 Common or FAS/Sel & Btr grade lumber, depending on the end user’s needs. It is 3′ and longer in length, which is heavy 6′ to 10′, with up to 5% cutbacks to 30″. Stock is not Trimmed and is not End Matched.  All defects that are allowed in NHLA lumber grade are shipped. Pre-Finished flooring options are available.

Trimming

  • Customer responsible for all defecting and end trimming.
  • Selective trimming done only to avoid breakups in machines.

Stock AccessoryMouldings

We’re not just a flooring distributor! We can provide solid wood mouldings to compliment and accent any wood flooring including both REX Engineered Flooring and Quarter-Sawn Wood Flooring.

Stock accessory mouldings are available in numerous profiles and various species. They are:

  • Reducer Strips
  • Thresholds
  • Nosing
  • Saddles
  • T-moulding
  • Carpet Strips

We have a full library of stock profiles to choose from, or we can match your custom profiles.

 

Accent Strip Species

Accent or feature strips are available in all species offered. Some of the more common species are:

  • South American Mahogany
  • Santos Mahogany
  • Peruvian Walnut
  • Jatoba
  • Hard Maple
  • Padauk
  • Bubinga
  • Wenge
  • American Walnut

Contact RexTo Get Started

Member of the National Wood Flooring AssociationPlease send us your quotes and inquires to get started. Rex Lumber Company is a member of NWFA- National Wood Flooring Association. As a member of NWFA we have access to NWFA’s vast technically libraries and expertise.

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