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A framing job in Bend taught me to always check the grade stamp
We were about to start sheathing a roof when the foreman pointed out a whole stack of 2x4s were #2 grade, not the #1 we ordered... that was two years ago and I still check every single piece now. Anyone else get burned by a lumber mix-up like that?
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mary_wells3mo ago
Got a buddy who built a whole shed with a pallet of warped studs he didn't check, said it looked like a funhouse when he was done lol. Makes you wonder how often that stuff slips through. I'm not even in framing and I side-eye every piece of wood I buy for my own projects now.
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caseyclark1mo ago
Exactly, there's a good chance your buddy just grabbed a random pallet without looking, but the yard I've been hitting for years at Norwood Lumber sorts their stuff pretty well. I've pulled a few thousand board feet out of their bin and maybe found 10 warped studs total, and those were probably from a bad batch that slipped past a tired forklift driver. People love to blame the supplier, but half the time it's guys rushing through the load and not checking their own picks. You side-eye the wood now which is smart, but if you're buying from a place with a decent rep, you're probably worrying over nothing 9 times out of 10 lol.
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