"jloomis" wrote in message
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Redwood.

Wow. Former partner is revisiting a Frank Lloyd Wright-style custom
home in a high-dollar neighborhood here locally. Four or five years ago we
had to replace numerous redwood sills and 4X4s which formed the frames for
the plate glass and of which the house had a lot (glass, that is) on the
upstairs corner master bedroom. So now, former partner is again replacing
rotted posts and some partial sills on the outside wall of a first story
bath.
Swing and Leon will appreciate this. At Clark's Lumber, a large outfit
here in Houston, a clear redwood 2X4X8 is $5.55/lf! $48 including sales
tax! 4X4X10 was $135! YEOW!

Dave in Houston