let's talk about framing lumber most of
the lumber used around the tri-state
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 fir try to find one
that's got beautiful vertical granting
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
baseboard 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 a
really good material I enjoy using on my
projects and you should too if you want
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