by DanaDCole on Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:53 pm
As I understand the materials list, they are giving you the true dimensions of lumber you need after perhaps milling it to size yourself, not the "North American Dimensional" sizes. I have found "dimensional" lumber to keep getting smaller. For example, some 1"x4" lumber I purchased lately was only 5/8" thick, not 3/4"!
I have not purchased any lumber from CLC, but I am assuming, and I hope I am right, that what they list, for example, as 3/4" x 7 1/4" is the actual size, and you will not end up with something smaller. Perhaps I should check before ordering $400 worth of lumber.
It has always amazed me that the lumber industry has been able to get away with this kind of deception (lie). What they are giving us is the dimension of the rough-sawn lumber before they mill it down to a more usable piece. That is fine and I am willing to pay for the wasted material, but why aren't they required to list the actual size? I guess that is why now they are able to list as 1", boards that are only 5/8' thick. I guess pretty soon it'll be down to 1/2". Like I said, I don't mind paying for the wasted material, but I like to know exactly what I am getting.
Well, enough of my rant. I hope someone at CLC weighs in soon to reassure us that the size they list is the actual size.