On Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:20:36 -0800 (PST), Larry Fishel
wrote:

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.)

No you're not. You owe it to yourself to go to a real lumberyard one
day. Ask the guy out in the yard to show you what select lumber
really looks like. Check out a pile of 12' long 1x6 pressure
treated with 2-3 tight knots in the length- and nary a twist or warp.

Look at a pile of cedar 4x4s that stays together even after the
banding is released.

Show up for a dozen 2x4x8s 7 just throw them in your truck without
having to sight down each one and discard most of them. . . .

Ah, the pleasures of seeing *real* select lumber. And because they
really care- sometimes it is even cheaper than the big box crap.

Jim