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Discover Our Red Oak Hardwood Flooring
Shop for high-quality Northern Red Oak hardwood flooring at Pennington Hardwoods. We offer both 3/4″ thick solid Red Oak floors and 3/4″ thick engineered Red Oak floors with a 6mm wear layer. Available in a wide range of grades, widths, textures, and finishes, our Red Oak flooring is a classic choice known for its warmth, visible grain, and timeless appeal. Each floor is carefully crafted to your specifications, ensuring a result that suits both your space and your style.
Our enduring goal is to serve discerning and creative clients across the U.S. and beyond—as we’ve done for decades. With thoughtfully selected lumber, precise milling, and extensive customization options, we provide a refined alternative to the ordinary. Flooring from Pennington Hardwoods adds lasting value and character to your home, backed by our high-quality guarantee. It’s an investment that will stand the test of time and reflect your personal taste for decades to come.
Ready to transform your space with premium Red Oak flooring?
Characteristics of Our Red Oak Hardwood Flooring
Appearance: Red Oak features a warm, reddish undertone with a prominent open grain pattern that brings visible character and texture to any space. Its color can range from light pinkish-tan to deeper amber hues, making it a classic choice that works well with traditional and transitional design styles.
Hardness: With a Janka hardness rating of 1,290 lbs, Red Oak offers a solid balance of durability and workability. It’s slightly softer than White Oak, but still well-suited for everyday living, especially in homes where impact resistance is not a primary concern.
Stability: Red Oak performs reliably in most environments, offering moderate dimensional stability. While it responds more noticeably to fluctuations in humidity compared to White Oak, it remains a practical choice for most residential applications when properly installed and maintained.
Versatility: Known for its widespread use across North America, Red Oak continues to be a staple in flooring thanks to its timeless look, ease of staining, and adaptability. It is especially favored in traditional and rustic settings, but can also take on a contemporary look with the right finish.
Popular Applications for Our Red Oak Hardwood Flooring
Red Oak is widely appreciated by homeowners, builders, and designers for its traditional warmth, visible grain, and dependable performance. It’s commonly selected for:
- Classic residential interiors
- Historic restorations
- Traditional and transitional renovations
- Farmhouses and rustic retreats
- Light commercial or boutique spaces
Its warm tone and strong graining allow it to complement natural finishes, stained cabinetry, and both soft and bold color palettes. Red Oak’s versatility makes it a popular choice across a range of settings, offering a welcoming aesthetic with reliable durability.
Let’s talk about how Red Oak can elevate your next project.
BROWSE RED OAK HARDWOOD FLOORING PROJECTS
Our Featured Options in Red Oak Hardwood Flooring
We offer a curated range of customizable features that highlight the natural warmth and refined grain of Red Oak hardwood. From structure to finish, each detail is designed to bring out the best in this timeless species.
Structure
Our solid Red Oak hardwood flooring and engineered Red Oak 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 Red Oak 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 Red Oak 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 Red Oak 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 Red Oak 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 Red Oak 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 Red Oak Hardwood Flooring
No two homes—or homeowners—are alike, which is why we craft every order with your unique vision and preferences in mind. Whether you’re choosing a wide-plank engineered floor for your modern renovation or a solid character-grade Red Oak floor for your farmhouse, we’ll help you design a floor that fits your space and lifestyle.
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Compare with Our White Oak Hardwood Flooring
Trying to decide between Red Oak and White Oak? While both are excellent hardwoods, each brings its own distinct personality to a space.
Red Oak offers a warmer tone with a more pronounced open grain pattern, lending itself well to traditional or rustic interiors.
White Oak tends to be more neutral in color with a tighter, more refined grain, making it a favorite for modern or transitional designs.
Both are highly durable, versatile, and well-suited to a wide range of finishes and applications.
Explore our White Oak Hardwood Flooring to see which species best suits your space.
Ready to Build Something Timeless?
At Pennington Hardwoods, we don’t just make floors—we create heirloom-quality foundations for your life’s most meaningful moments. Our Red Oak hardwood flooring is crafted with care, shaped by experience, and designed to reflect your unique style and standards.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Does Red Oak show wear more than other hardwoods?
A: Because of its open grain and slightly lighter density compared to White Oak, Red Oak may show wear patterns a bit more quickly in high-traffic areas—especially if finished with a high-gloss sheen. However, many customers appreciate how the grain helps camouflage everyday scuffs and scratches. With the right finish and care, Red Oak performs beautifully and ages with character.
Q: Do you offer millwork that would match my hardwood flooring?
A: Yes! Additional materials available include trim, stairs, flush vents, and even custom doors. All are produced to the same exacting standards as our flooring and finished together to ensure consistent quality and color throughout.
Q: What makes your Red Oak flooring different from others on the market?
A: Our Red Oak flooring is handcrafted from premium, sustainably sourced hardwood. We focus on custom craftsmanship, precision milling, and natural finishes to showcase the unique character of each plank. Unlike mass-produced options, our flooring reflects the attention to detail that comes from building one order at a time.
Q: Is Red Oak a good choice for high-traffic areas?
A: Yes, Red Oak is a durable domestic hardwood with a dense, open grain that handles everyday wear well. While slightly softer than White Oak, it performs reliably and retains its beauty with proper care.
Q: Can your Red Oak flooring be installed over radiant heat?
A: Yes, our Red Oak hardwood flooring can be installed over radiant heating systems, provided proper installation guidelines are followed. For plain sawn or live sawn applications, we recommend engineered Red Oak. For rift or quarter sawn, use solid Red Oak for nail-down installation or engineered for glue-down over concrete. Our team can advise you on the best option for your space.
Q: Is your Red Oak flooring environmentally friendly?
A: Absolutely. Our Red Oak is responsibly harvested from well-managed forests, and we follow eco-conscious manufacturing practices. Through the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, forest health, biodiversity, and habitat preservation are prioritized. Our long-lasting floors are a sustainable investment in both your home and the environment.
Q: Still Have Questions?
A: We’re passionate about helping you choose the perfect floor for your home or project. Reach out today to schedule a one-on-one consultation. We love what we do—and we believe you’ll love what we can do for you.
