hi. i’m remodeling my house, and i’ve just gotten to the floors; I ordered maple, grade #1 plank flooring from a distributor after viewing a sample. however, maple, grade: ‘americana’ was delivered. it has more color variation than i expected. the distributor maintains that ‘americana’ is the same as grade #1. am i getting short changed? thanks for the advice.
–Brian
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'americana' is a brand trade name and it means exactly whatever they want it to mean, no more, no less.
Here you will find the industry standards on different flooring grades.
http://www.nofma.org/
bill, the nofma web site was very helpful. thanks for the reply.
--brian