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Yeah, Home Depot and Lowes
By:John Caldeira
Date: 1/6/2011, 12:11 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: What would would you suggest? (Bill Hamm)

: I've had really good luck finding the variation in colors of WRC
: from the yards selling cheap decking material. Yes it's full of
: knots, you have to cut around them and put up with that, but
: they arn't so selective of color compared to places selling
: clear stock.

Hey Bill, that's exactly what I did when I was building in the U.S. Generally, I found the best decking timber in the outer suburbs, where more decking work was being done. Lunch hour, I was often out seeing if a new pallet of 2"x8" had been opened. The 1" lumber is usually too picked-over to be worthwhile.

John
PS: I always left the stacks neat when I was finished searching, and I think it helped on my later searches, with help opening new pallets.

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Strip: What would would you suggest? *PIC*
Damian wentzel -- 1/3/2011, 8:05 pm
Re: Strip: What would would you suggest?
Charlie -- 1/3/2011, 9:20 pm
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Al Edie -- 1/3/2011, 11:08 pm
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John Caldeira -- 1/4/2011, 1:53 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/4/2011, 12:47 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/4/2011, 12:49 am
Re: Strip: What would would you suggest? *PIC*
John Caldeira -- 1/4/2011, 1:44 am
Re: Strip: What would would you suggest?
Al Edie -- 1/4/2011, 9:46 am
Re: Strip: What would would you suggest?
Bill Hamm -- 1/5/2011, 1:18 am
Yeah, Home Depot and Lowes
John Caldeira -- 1/6/2011, 12:11 am
Re: Strip: What would would you suggest?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 1/4/2011, 1:58 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/5/2011, 1:20 am
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Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 1/5/2011, 6:08 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 1/4/2011, 5:54 am
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Fred Gasper -- 1/4/2011, 6:56 am
Re: Strip: What would would you suggest?
Damian wentzel -- 1/4/2011, 9:29 pm