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One piece of advice that I would like to offer is to not order wood for delivery - whether from your local hardware store or a lumber yard, etc. You will recei
by rsync 6y ago
One piece of advice that I would like to offer is to not order wood for delivery - whether from your local hardware store or a lumber yard, etc.
You will receive the crummiest batch of warped, twisted, banana shaped boards. You're getting all of the rejected pieces that the smart people rejected.
While I typically bemoan the time I spend hand picking lumber at the lumber yard, it is always time well spent - even the high quality material (kiln dried, clear, etc.) has a very wide range of quality and defects.
- TwoBit 6y agoI think it depends on the store. Big box lumber racks are often rummaged by buyers who want the better stuff and an employee who loads it for shipping is left with junk. But a lot of pro lumberyards either don't let people rummage or all their lumber is better quality. I ordered 40 4x4x8 pressure treated boards from a pro yard last year and only one of them came with any problem (a split).
- rsync 6y agoPT boards (for some reason) tend to be relatively straight and true - at least that has been my experience in California.
- war1025 6y ago> not order wood for delivery - whether from your local hardware store or a lumber yard I just had 45 1x8s delivered from the local lumberyard. After they dropped it off, they said, "We have some more in stock still, so if you find any that are bad, let us know and we'll swap them out. They all looked good to us though" Having now gone through all of the wood, they were spot on. It's great wood.
- rsync 6y agoSorry - I should have qualified my comment as relating to framing lumber - 2x4 and 2x6, etc. 1x8 and so on is usually of decent quality and relatively uniform.