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