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Old 02-22-2008, 01:50 PM   #8
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We don't have Lowes... but have Menards which is very similar to it.
We have spent a LOT of money there over the years in building 2 entire houses and remodeling a couple more. What we finally decided was that the savings in cash really wasn't worth the headache in the lack of quality and selection that they offer.

You literally have to stand and pick through all the lumber or you end up with knots, bows, twists, and so on that make it unusable for a decent project. We learned that the hard way... when we had them deliver several thousand dollars worth of lumber on a truck and had to figure out how to haul a bunch of it back to exchange.

Now we buy locally in a small lumber yard and pay more, but at least we get good quality stuff.
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