On Mon, 5 Mar 2018 03:26:17 -0000 (UTC), Doug Miller
wrote:

Clare Snyder wrote in
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On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 17:52:15 -0500, Meanie wrote:

I plan to finish my stairs this summer (remove carpet and add treads &
risers) and want to match my hardwood floor at bottom of stairs (main
floor). I'm far from an expert at identifying wood species but think my
hardwood floors are red oak. I do know when I had the floors redone
years ago they use a honey maple stain. The home was built in 1949, what
type of wood do you think they would have used?

Here is a picture I took of an item on the floor which may help
identify. Disregard the item.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/182239...posted-public/



Thank you
From the colour and grain I'd say, better than 90% it is maple.

Nonsense. This doesn't even remotely resembly maple. It's red oak.
I didn't look at the other pictures - and only on the small
screen.and you are right - It's more likely oak

Around here maple, oak and ash are common - and the maple often has
the red tint, but not the defined grain. The ash has something of a
green tint, and is otherwise very similarto oak.

Today you can grt just about any kind of wood, but the older homes
have "local" wood - and I just iunstalled ash flooring in our
livingroomand diningroom - whuile the bedrooms are all in oak. Our oak
has a LOT less color variation than the oak shown