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Discover Our Hard Maple Hardwood Flooring
Hard Maple hardwood flooring offers a clean, contemporary look with proven durability. At Pennington Hardwoods, we offer both 3/4″ thick solid Hard Maple floors and 3/4″ thick engineered Hard Maple floors with a 6mm wear layer. Known for its fine, consistent grain and creamy color, Hard Maple is a favorite in both modern and traditional design applications. Each floor is made to order and crafted to meet your unique design goals.
Hard Maple, also referred to as Sugar Maple, is the same species used for sports courts and bowling alleys—making it one of the hardest and most resilient North American hardwoods. Its clean surface and light tone make it a versatile option for clients seeking a bright, smooth floor with minimal grain movement.
With decades of experience and a commitment to craftsmanship, we create Hard Maple floors that offer precision, clarity, and performance. Whether you’re aiming for natural simplicity or a sleek stained finish, we’ll build a floor that enhances your space.
Ready to create a bright, clean foundation that lasts?
Characteristics of Our Hard Maple Hardwood Flooring
Appearance: Hard Maple is known for its smooth, fine grain and consistent creamy-white to pale tan color. Occasional mineral streaks and subtle grain swirls add natural variation without overpowering the floor’s clean, refined appearance. It’s an ideal choice for those seeking a light, contemporary look with quiet elegance.
Hardness: With a Janka hardness rating of 1,450 lbs, Hard Maple is one of the hardest domestic hardwoods available. Its density and surface strength make it a top performer in high-traffic environments, including commercial applications and active households.
Stability: Hard Maple is moderately stable, and like many dense hardwoods, it benefits from proper acclimation and humidity control. Engineered Maple flooring is a preferred option for environments with fluctuating moisture or when wide planks are desired.
Versatility: Hard Maple’s naturally light tone and smooth grain make it exceptionally versatile. It pairs well with modern, Scandinavian, and transitional interiors, and can be stained to match a variety of palettes—from natural finishes to deep, rich tones.
Popular Applications for Our Hard Maple Hardwood Flooring
Hard Maple is widely appreciated by homeowners, designers, and commercial builders for its strength, clarity, and neutral tone. It’s commonly selected for:
- Modern and minimalist residential interiors
- Kitchens, hallways, and high-traffic living spaces
- Commercial offices, retail boutiques, and showrooms
- Gymnasiums, dance studios, and performance spaces
- Spaces where light reflection and visual cleanliness are priorities
Hard Maple’s smooth grain and pale coloring provide a fresh, airy feel that works especially well in spaces with natural light and clean lines. Whether finished in its natural tone or custom-stained to match your vision, Hard Maple offers durability and understated beauty that stands the test of time.
Let’s talk about how Hard Maple can enhance your next project.
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Our Featured Options in Hard Maple Hardwood Flooring
We offer a curated range of customizable features that highlight the natural warmth and refined grain of Hard Maple hardwood. From structure to finish, each detail is designed to bring out the best in this timeless species.
Structure
Our solid Hard Maple hardwood flooring and engineered Hard Maple hardwood flooring are both great options. Depending on your climate, site conditions, species, cut, and width selections, either one could be strongly favored over the other. Neither is always the right answer, and we will help you make this decision based on real data, not common misconceptions.
- 3/4″ Thick Solid Hardwood Flooring
- 3/4″ Thick Engineered Hardwood Flooring with a 6mm wear layer
Grade
We offer a selection of grades to match your desired aesthetic. See our general grading descriptions below. Not all species are graded the same, however. Please inquire for potential differences and details in the grading of Hard Maple hardwood flooring and other species.
- Clear – no knots or other forms of character, and minimal color variation
- Natural – small to medium solid knots, other light character, moderate color variation
- Character – medium to large knots, other moderate character, and more color variation
- Rustic – larger knots, knotholes, other heavy character, and unlimited color variation
Width
We regularly offer widths from 3-1/4″ up to 11-1/4″ in Hard Maple hardwood flooring and most of our other domestic species. You may select any single width or a combination of widths. Other widths such as accent strip and extra wide planks up to 15″ are available on a limited basis. The selections below cover over 97% of what widths we are requested to run.
- 3-1/4″, 4-1/4″, 5-1/4″, 6-1/4″, 7-1/4″
- 8-1/4″, 9-1/4″, 10-1/4″, 11-1/4″, Combined Widths
Texture
We offer a variety of artistic textures to enhance the beauty of our Hard Maple hardwood flooring, and some are quite popular combined. It’s the perfect way to add old world charm to your home while minimizing the appearance of wear or damage over time. Our textures shown below can also be tailored to your preference of light, medium, or heavy. To view texture examples, visit our page here:
- Hand Scraped
- Wire Brushed
- Band Sawn
- Circle Sawn
- Distressed
- Worn edges
COLOR
We have many ways to achieve your desired color of Hard Maple hardwood flooring, ranging from simple staining to special chemical treatments, or even a complex combination of our color services described below.
- Simple Staining – single application of a transparent stain
- Complex Staining – multiple applications or more opaque stains
- Reactive Staining – combined chemical reaction and pigment in one
- Cerused Grain – color grain pores, often combined with staining
- Bleaching – used to create lighter versions of many species
- Oxidizing – used to create an aged, weathered, or gray look
- Ebonizing – used to create Oak that is dark brown to black
Finish
We provide industry leading finish options applied with a state-of-the-art finishing line, by Amish craftsmen who put great care and pride into their work. Shown below are our essential finishing options that satisfy that vast majority of Hard Maple hardwood flooring that we finish, but please feel welcome to inquire if you have different finishing needs or preferences.
- Rubio Oil – top rated UV cured penetrating oil finish with a flat to matte sheen
- Woca Oil – top rated UV cured penetrating oil finish with a matte to satin sheen
- Urethane – top rated UV cured and enhanced surface finish in a matte to gloss sheen
Get a Quote for Our Hard Maple Hardwood Flooring
Every floor we create is crafted to reflect your space, style, and practical needs. Whether you’re planning a light-filled modern home with wide-plank engineered Maple or a commercial space that requires high-performance solid flooring, we’ll help guide every step of the process.
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Compare with Our White Ash Hardwood Flooring
Trying to decide between Hard Maple and White Ash? Both are light-colored domestic hardwoods with excellent durability, but they offer distinct aesthetics and design versatility.
Hard Maple features a smooth, subtle grain with a consistent cream-to-light tan color. It’s denser than Ash, offering superior surface hardness and a clean, modern appearance that fits minimalist and contemporary spaces. It’s often chosen when uniformity, strength, and a sleek finish are top priorities.
White Ash, in contrast, has a more open grain and natural variation. Its appearance is often compared to White Oak, with longer, flowing grain lines and a slightly warmer tone. Ash is more forgiving underfoot and takes stain very well, making it a favorite for rustic, transitional, or bold design applications where movement and character are welcome.
Both species are excellent choices. Maple brings clarity and compression strength; Ash delivers softness in appearance and greater visual movement.
Explore our White Ash Flooring to see which species suits your style.
Ready to Build Something Timeless?
At Pennington Hardwoods, we believe timeless design is built on simplicity, quality, and integrity—and Hard Maple embodies all three. Its smooth grain, lasting durability, and light-reflective tone make it a clean, classic foundation for modern life. Whether your space is bright and contemporary or tailored and transitional, we’ll help you craft a floor that brings your vision to life
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Is Hard Maple a good choice for high-traffic areas?
A: Yes. Hard Maple has a Janka hardness rating of 1,450 lbs, making it one of the most durable domestic hardwoods. It’s commonly used in basketball courts, schools, and other demanding environments. With the right finish, it performs extremely well in kitchens, entryways, and family living spaces.
Q: How does Hard Maple’s appearance compare to other hardwoods?
A: Hard Maple is known for its consistent, creamy-white color and subtle grain. It has less variation and visible movement than species like Oak or Ash, making it a popular choice for clean, modern interiors. Mineral streaks or light swirls add natural beauty without overwhelming the floor’s smooth visual.
Q: Can Hard Maple be stained dark?
A: Yes, but it requires professional preparation. Due to Maple’s tight grain structure and density, it doesn’t absorb stain as easily as more open-grained woods. With proper sanding and finishing, however, it can be successfully stained to achieve a wide range of looks—from soft neutrals to deep, rich tones.
Q: Is engineered Hard Maple suitable for radiant heat?
A: Absolutely. Engineered Hard Maple is an excellent option for radiant heat systems, offering improved dimensional stability compared to solid wood. We’ll help you choose the right construction and installation method for long-term performance in temperature-controlled environments.
Q: Will Hard Maple show scratches more than other woods?
A: Because of its light color and dense surface, Hard Maple may show surface scratches more easily than darker, grainier woods. That said, it also resists dents better than most, and with the right finish, everyday wear is easy to manage and maintain.
Q: Do you offer matching millwork in Hard Maple?
A: Yes. We can provide stair treads, vents, trim, and custom millwork to match your flooring. All components are crafted to the same high standards and finished together for a consistent appearance throughout your space.
Q: Still Have Questions?
A: We’re here to help. Contact us for a one-on-one consultation, product recommendations, or design support. We love what we do—and we think you’ll love what we can do for you.
