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Warped and Bowed Lumber!

16 years ago

We have built the frame of our new deck and have noticed so much of our lumber is warped and bowed! It is next to impossible to notice this at the lumberyard. We got all of the support lumber installed and many of the boards are crowned in the middle! This is tough when it comes time to lay the decking on top of it.

Sooooo, when it comes time to build the overhead pergola with the decorative lumber standing on end (2x8s or 2x10s?) what is it going to look like if those boards are warped, crowned and bowed too? How do you get nice looking lumber?

We bought this lumber at our local mom and pop lumberyard thinking it would be much better than what we'd get at the box stores. WRONG!

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