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Mount Airy Lowes is always well organized and straight. Good help there too.
 
awheelterd said:
Buncha rich folks going to Lowes. I've been hitting up builders discount the past few weeks while building my kids playset. It's a little twisty....
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BDC closes to damn early, by the time I’ve got my shit together enough on a Saturday it’s 12-1pm, BDC closes at 1.

and yeah, the wood there seems to have the wanders….
 
RatLabGuy said:
I will say, I don't know what happened, but the $2.87 2x4x8 studs from my local Home Depot are surprisingly straight. I'm used to having to hunt through the stacks to find decent ones - these have all been spot on, only a few have a slow bow.
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ponykilr said:
I noticed that too at Lowes, bought some 2x4s and all were fantastic. It was really weird.
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Neighbor had an interesting theory.
Normally they have a huge stock with a buffer, where it sits for some period of time before ending up at the local yard, and then sits a bit before you are pulling off the shelf.
At the moment the biffer is gone, people are nabbing it as fast as they can get it in.
No time for it to sit around and get warped, bowed from sagging on the pallet, etc.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Neighbor had an interesting theory.
Normally they have a huge stock with a buffer, where it sits for some period of time before ending up at the local yard, and then sits a bit before you are pulling off the shelf.
At the moment the biffer is gone, people are nabbing it as fast as they can get it in.
No time for it to sit around and get warped, bowed from sagging on the pallet, etc.
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My theory is that they used to buy the cheapest shit possible. Then everything became expensive so they started buying decent shit again. Give it a month or two and it'll be back to normal.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Neighbor had an interesting theory.
Normally they have a huge stock with a buffer, where it sits for some period of time before ending up at the local yard, and then sits a bit before you are pulling off the shelf.
At the moment the biffer is gone, people are nabbing it as fast as they can get it in.
No time for it to sit around and get warped, bowed from sagging on the pallet, etc.
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My thoughts are kind of the opposite. I would think being strapped together in a nice bundle while the wood dried would help keep it from warping up so bad.
 
awheelterd said:
My thoughts are kind of the opposite. I would think being strapped together in a nice bundle while the wood dried would help keep it from warping up so bad.
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This is regular non-PT kiln dried.
 
Stacked everything nice and neat in the order it's needed, so I can cover it and wait for a nice weekend and pop this sucker up and sheath it.

Shed in a box, lol.
 

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Our Lowes hasn’t had a “run” like y’all are talking about. They have plenty and folks weren’t panic buying.

This Lowes is a little different with a drive up lumber area in back where only pretty wood is inside and most is outside under big shelter. You drive around to get most framing , PT and sheet lumber.
 
ponykilr said:
Our Lowes hasn’t had a “run” like y’all are talking about. They have plenty and folks weren’t panic buying.

This Lowes is a little different with a drive up lumber area in back where only pretty wood is inside and most is outside under big shelter. You drive around to get most framing , PT and sheet lumber.
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Sounds more like a real hardware store, lol.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Finally making some headway on my shed.
Pulled all the advantech OSB out of my basement floor, decided it was better used as shed decking. Boy thst was a PITA but it saved a bundle.

Aside- I am totally sold on Advantech OSB. it is heavy and expensive but the water repulsion and stability are incredible.
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I used that stuff for my shed floor too. It sat out in the weather for probably a year before I got the shed 'dried in'. It got rained on MANY times, and even got snowed on at least once. They must put some great stuff in it because it still looked good and hadn't swollen up.

When I finally got my shed finished, I painted the floor a tan color just for appearance. I'm glad I took the time to do it.
 
drkelly said:
I used that stuff for my shed floor too. It sat out in the weather for probably a year before I got the shed 'dried in'. It got rained on MANY times, and even got snowed on at least once. They must put some great stuff in it because it still looked good and hadn't swollen up.

When I finally got my shed finished, I painted the floor a tan color just for appearance. I'm glad I took the time to do it.
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I've had a very small amount of swelling at the edges where the boards meet and on the ends, just enough that it isn't perfectly flat. But nothing like normal OSB.
My understanding is it has a much higher glue content, thats what makes it more hydrophobic than normal, and also why it is much heavier.
 
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Ramp idea and adding your winch might work too
 
Hire Matt Kroc to lift them into place.

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jeepinmatt said:
Stop being a little bitch and pick it up.
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Matt I know a guy...
you said before he was pretty much only good to pick things up andput them down...
 
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