The Wood Flooring Exchange goes to great lengths to ensure the correct representation of our flooring grades. In North America, the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association (NOFMA) sets the grading standards.

However, there are no such standards overseas, so many who label their flooring Clear grade are actually shipping Select and Better grade or worse. When comparing mills please pay close attention to each mill's notes on how each of these mills grade as well as how the region where they get their wood compares to other regions.

Below are detailed descriptions of the grades we find are most applicable to Oak.