On Dec 13, 12:27*pm, ls02 wrote:
I mean in price,
availability of relatively large quantities needed to build big
addition. I guess both HD and Lowes deliver.

I think you left out one factor: Quality (at least for lumber)

I personally have never built anything where I need a lot of lumber,
so I can deal with sifting through the piles at HD to find a few good
pieces, but most of what they have looks like crap to me. (Or maybe
I'm too picky.)