lumber
gruvystarchild
"Nah, why would anyone intentionally leave a piece that they paid
for.
Lots of that wood is sold by the linear foot, so the person who
bought
it and had it cut didn't pay for the leftovers. If you buy one
that's
"by the piece" you should take the whole thing home."
I don't know where you're buying lumber, but running our own
construction business has taught me a little bit about this. Lumber
is not sold by the linear foot, can you imagine what a mess that'd be
for companies like Home Depot and Lowes?
They sell it by the piece and it comes in several different lengths,
for example,
4x4 posts come in 8,10,12,14 or 16 foot lenghts here.
2x4, 2x6, 2x8 etc...also come in 10, 12, 14 etc...foot lengths.
Anyone selling lumber by the linear foot would be an idiot.
There are some materials that sell by the linear foot, typical lumber
is not one of them.
Ren
for.
Lots of that wood is sold by the linear foot, so the person who
bought
it and had it cut didn't pay for the leftovers. If you buy one
that's
"by the piece" you should take the whole thing home."
I don't know where you're buying lumber, but running our own
construction business has taught me a little bit about this. Lumber
is not sold by the linear foot, can you imagine what a mess that'd be
for companies like Home Depot and Lowes?
They sell it by the piece and it comes in several different lengths,
for example,
4x4 posts come in 8,10,12,14 or 16 foot lenghts here.
2x4, 2x6, 2x8 etc...also come in 10, 12, 14 etc...foot lengths.
Anyone selling lumber by the linear foot would be an idiot.
There are some materials that sell by the linear foot, typical lumber
is not one of them.
Ren
KT
>I was just there (Home Depot) yesterday, buying some trim for a
>
>I don't know where you're buying lumber, but running our own
>construction business has taught me a little bit about this. Lumber
>is not sold by the linear foot, can you imagine what a mess that'd be
>for companies like Home Depot and Lowes?
>
project, I cut 3 feet. My experience is that the cutting table located
in the store is smack-dab in front of the material that is sold by the
linear foot. Of course, 2x4's, etc., are sold by the piece, but if
you're doing something with 2x4's you oughta wait until you get home
before you cut it, don't you think? Measure twice, cut once?
The only situation I could think of where I would leave part of a 2x4
behind (cutting at the store) is if I needed a piece of scrap to help me
attach something or fix something temporarily and I wasn't going to be
going home or something. In those circumstances (and things like that
have happened to us!), I probably would buy the scrap anyway, if there
were a suitable one available, and wouldn't mind that I paid twice for
something someone already paid for.
I guess my point is....if you do have your wood pre-cut at the store,
take it all with you if you paid for the whole piece! lol.
Tuck
gruvystarchild
Anyone selling lumber by the linear foot would be an idiot.
I should have qualified this statement better, I was specifically
referring to the big chains like Home Depot, not the little guys.
And I said typical lumber, not all lumber...sorry for not being more
clear.
That's why you get people needing 11 feet of something and buying a
12 foot piece and leaving the leftover, as the first poster suggested.
Happens all the time.
Check out your local fence/deck/construction type companies, they all
have a huge debris pile full of good stuff!!
Maybe some of you live where there is still an 84 Lumber...they used
to sell "typical" lumber by the linear foot.
Dh had to go get a huge 4x12x20 and cut it to the customers
specifications.
Even many lumber yards don't sell it this way anymore, but if you
need a special size, they are much better than Lowes or Home Depot.
There is a lot of waste going on in our country....lumber is no
exception. Take advantage of those that don't want a bunch of scraps
sitting around and relieve them of their wood!! :)
Or marry a contractor and let him bring scraps home to you (which is
what happened in my case, lol)
Ren
I should have qualified this statement better, I was specifically
referring to the big chains like Home Depot, not the little guys.
And I said typical lumber, not all lumber...sorry for not being more
clear.
That's why you get people needing 11 feet of something and buying a
12 foot piece and leaving the leftover, as the first poster suggested.
Happens all the time.
Check out your local fence/deck/construction type companies, they all
have a huge debris pile full of good stuff!!
Maybe some of you live where there is still an 84 Lumber...they used
to sell "typical" lumber by the linear foot.
Dh had to go get a huge 4x12x20 and cut it to the customers
specifications.
Even many lumber yards don't sell it this way anymore, but if you
need a special size, they are much better than Lowes or Home Depot.
There is a lot of waste going on in our country....lumber is no
exception. Take advantage of those that don't want a bunch of scraps
sitting around and relieve them of their wood!! :)
Or marry a contractor and let him bring scraps home to you (which is
what happened in my case, lol)
Ren