Let's talk about framing lumber
Most of the lumber used around the tristate area for walls is basically spruce pine or fir
These are typically stamped on the lumber, you'll see SPF. A lot of the floor joists that are used are yellow pine
Great lumber, nice and strong, and it's characteristically got a yellow tinge to it
For example, if you're getting ready to use outside lumber, It's very common to use redwood
Redwood and cedar are both good lumbers for outside projects, and they're both naturally
rot resistant. Redwood, of course, has got the characteristic red color. Cedar, you'll notice, has got a nice brownish tone to it
Now, you can find a really good lumber for, for example, matching old porch floors, Douglas Fur
Try to find one that's got beautiful vertical graining like you see in this particular piece
Interior projects. If you're getting ready to do doors, you might either find
white pine or poplar both very popular woods and of course the trim the
base board trim around windows and doors same thing you'll commonly find
that poplar is a good choice for this particular job because it either stains
well or you can get a paint grade variety the forests here in North America
they are abundant and growing for every tree that we harvest we plant three in
its place and guess what we have 20% more trees than we did 25 years ago on the
First Earth Day. Woods are really good material. I enjoy using it on my projects and you should too
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