Hard Maple is a close-grained wood with tight defined grain patterns. It has excellent working properties and is very hard. Quarter cut will give a uniform straight grain appearance.
| Industry Standard | Architectural Lumber Specification Beyond the Grade | |
| Grade | NHLA Select & Better | NHLA Select & Better |
| Color | NHLA - no heartwood or sapwood specification | Lumber sorted to minimize heartwood discoloration and sapwood stain |
| Widths | 4" minimum | 4" minimum |
| Lengths | 6' and longer | 6' and longer |
| Clarity | No current NHLA specifications | Lumber is dried at a rate to ensure brightness of sapwood |
| Grade & Manufacturing |
Product of allowable defects per NHLA grade for flat cut | Manufactured to minimize wane and heartwood along the edge |
Pictures are for illustration purposes to show the variation of the species and cut and will not be an exact representation. Lumber is a product of nature where every board is unique in grain, color and defects.