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    Default 84 lumber vs. Lowes vs. Home Depot, etc.

    Looking to build seating around my deck and a built in for a hibachi grill. Need some lumber. I live Mt. Pleasant. Where do you go to get the most bang for your buck? I've always gone to Lowes but their wood is crooked as hell.

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    Guy C Lee. Buy KDAT for treated, costs more on the front end.
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    Southern Lumber

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    Southern Lumber.

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    Home Depot is slightly better than Lowe’s but they both suck
    Go to a real lumber yard
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    I work at Southern Lumber, What you looking for?

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    Fishinmission, I'll PM you. Appreciate all the input guys!

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    I like Guy C. Lee but their hours make it hard or a weekend warrior.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Palmetto Bug View Post
    I like Guy C. Lee but their hours make it hard or a weekend warrior.
    Every time I have tried to shop at a "real lumber" yard as a weekend warrior, I get treated with contempt. At least that has been my experience in Florence. Lowes and Home Depot all have sh!t lumber that must be picked through and even then it is questionable, but I will be damned if I am going to be looked down upon while trying to purchase something. At least at the big box they just ignore you. MG
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maggie Glover View Post
    Every time I have tried to shop at a "real lumber" yard as a weekend warrior, I get treated with contempt. At least that has been my experience in Florence. Lowes and Home Depot all have sh!t lumber that must be picked through and even then it is questionable, but I will be damned if I am going to be looked down upon while trying to purchase something. At least at the big box they just ignore you. MG
    That's because you call or send in your order to a real lumber yard and they ship that shit to your job/house. Hell, I'm a contractor and those guys that work the yard hate to see me pull in because they know if it is dimensional lumber, I'm picking through it.
    Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.


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    I haven't been treated poorly by Guy C. Lee.

    I can understand why they'd prefer not to deal with little piss-ant quantities for picky customers but even the yard guys have always been happy to move stuff around or load my hand picked lumber. Heck, I even get annoyed at some of the people I run into in the yard. They block the passageways like they are alone in the world, take forever to pick out three boards and leave the rest of the stack looking like a beaver arranged it.

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    I second Salty with the KDAT. I used it on our arbor on the back of the house 5 years ago and it's still straight. It's pine, but Kiln Dried After Treatment.
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    Go see FiddlaCrab @ Guy C Lee

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    Any where you go- better get #1 KDAT and hand pick every piece if you want it to look good. I do many projects that are spec'd no wane, knots or splits allowed= even getting select grade #1 KDAT- 25% is rejected

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    I got with Fishinmission at Southern Lumber and the wood should be in my driveway this afternoon! So far it's been a very easy process and William Albrecht has been very responsive and helpful. I'll let y'all know how everything turns out! Appreciate all the feedback.

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    Quote Originally Posted by southernbip View Post
    I got with Fishinmission at Southern Lumber and the wood should be in my driveway this afternoon! So far it's been a very easy process and William Albrecht has been very responsive and helpful. I'll let y'all know how everything turns out! Appreciate all the feedback.
    Don't hesitate to return bad wood- the yard guys don't hand select- they load from the top of the pile.
    I don't know Fishinmission but William Albrecht was easy to work with on my special lumber for the Sol Legare landing fishing dock roof- even with the owner telling the head yard guy to hand select my wood and only send perfect lumber- we still had to return some.

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    I got a quote from Grayco in Beaufort to build JFields dock on St. Helena Island, when I called for the first delivery- they dropped the entire package, all framing, decking, handrail material and roof framing- guess who got 35% back- and their best was still pretty bad.

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    Let’s see pics when done
    Interested in something like that

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bad Habit View Post
    Don't hesitate to return bad wood- the yard guys don't hand select- they load from the top of the pile.
    I don't know Fishinmission but William Albrecht was easy to work with on my special lumber for the Sol Legare landing fishing dock roof- even with the owner telling the head yard guy to hand select my wood and only send perfect lumber- we still had to return some.
    They are one and the same person!

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