Lowes Vs Home Depot Lumber

Looking for input from those who have made a sizeable order and got it home to work with.

Lowes vs home depot lumber. Home depot prices we drew up a list of items from flooring to lumber to mulch. Minimizes my wasteand i get alot of save 10 dollars with 50 dollar purchases with further increases my discount the home depots of the world serve a purpose. Smaller items such as light fixtures electrical parts blinds and tools are serviced from warehouse distribution centers and delivered by parcel post through fedex usps or ups. Hi about to make a sizeable lumber order for the basement and was wondering if the hd or the lowes store has better quality.

Below weve outlined the price differences for common sizes and types of lumber between 84 lumber lowes and the home depot. Your lumber yard is going to offer you more options as far as quality go even for the same size lumber they will have different grades where is home depot and lowes pretty much only carry cheap junk. Lowes these home improvement competitors are similar in many ways but lowes needs one thing to beat home depot. As a general rule i always try to shop local rather than a chain whenever possible.

However since 84 lumber operates its own lumber yards you may be able to find higher quality lumber there. Lowesbut i have found the local lumber yards a little cheaper and far better qualityrecently i checked on the price of 5cove molding at home depot and found the same at a local lumber yard 128 a foot lessand the quality was far better same gos for a lot of gardening supplys chick the local hardware storesyou will be surprised. The prices at 84 lumber are typically higher than the home depot and lowes. I dont see any difference in the pressure treated i buy from hd lowes or any lumber yard.

I also got much better quality brand name drywall there. Hd lowes or menards 07 20 2006 1223 am im going to build a work table or two and im wondering who has the best dimensional lumber 2x4 to 2x8 or so between home depot lowes or menards. To compare lowes vs. I prefer to buy the less expensive lumber at a center where i can pick and choose every piece.

Both home depot and lowes will deliver heavy items from local stores including fence panels masonry landscape rock and lumber. The drywall from home depot and lowes was so brittle and full of air pockets that sheets often broke just loading and unloading them. The home depot vs. When i lived in michigan there was one called wolohans that had excellent lumber actually as cheap or cheaper than the big box stores.

Hard to tell walking through the store and looking at the lumber.