Not to leave out that big box store wood is all #2. Their premium 2x4s are what is a just a normal 2x4 at smaller lumber yards.
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DoubleDongle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Brotip: The Depot isn’t even cheap, it’s just bad. At least in my region, framing lumber from small-time lumber yards is like 2-4% cheaper than the same stuff at a Home Depot or Lowe’s, while simultaneously being considerably better stock. I get custom orders like doors and windows faster and cheaper too. I saved a couple hundred bucks on a flooring project by skipping the Depot a few weeks back.
Fuck the box stores. Slow, expensive, and bad. They have nothing left but brand recognition.
snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
D8lineContentCre8or@lemm.ee 22 hours ago
Protip: Home Depot is much cheaper on price.
shalafi@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I work at Lowe’s and am stunned at what people buy there. In the garden area, why would you count on Lowe’s to have sod?! Go to a fucking sod place if you want more than a few pieces. People pay stunning amounts of money for bags of various rocks when they can go down the road and pay 1/4 that at, guess what, the fucking rock place.
We’re a big box store for FFS. We’re not the best or cheapest at anything, we just carry it all.