Lumber

Hurn Lumber has been around for many years and has sold enough material to build a few small towns if not more.

Many people treat scrap lumber as a nuisance that needs to be disposed of. The good thing about that is if you know where to find it and what to do with it scrap lumber can become a handy, and free, way for you to both make and save money.

You think you know how to visit a lumber yard and get the best deal, but do you really? There is more to buying lumber than pointing at a stack, paying for it and loading it into the truck.

Are the new "Green" lumber treatments safe for use in the garden where food will be grown?

Do you have a lot of leftover pieces of treated lumber from a deck or porch project? Try using those small pieces for this handy and easy project.

Using the motifs of America, the urban, love, and trees, John Ashbery's "The One Thing That Can Save America" is a reflective statement on the meaning of life in an ever-changing environment.

Follow this simple woodworking tutorial to build an open wood bookcase for your home office, bedroom or library.

The article tells about ash wood and oak timber for house building.

Is a conventional wood stud better than an engineered stud? Find out with this unique comparison.

Not all wood is created equal. Some can live for hundreds of years and produce lumber that is the equivalent of Raquel Welch. Then again, you may be stuck wit a Joan Rivers. Know what to look for in a piece of wood and how to use it.

It's hard to find store-bought dog stairs high enough to help dogs up to queen-sized beds, without being too steep. Here's how to build dog stairs with varying heights and step sizes, as well as highlighted paint for dark nights.

There are many options on the market to choose from if you are in search for fresh decorating ideas. For original ideas you just might want to start with the 'old is new' again theory.

Seven main natural wood distortions occur after logs have been processed into lumber.

Composite lumber made from recycled wood fiber and plastic wastes contributes to environmental sustainability and has performance advantages. Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, an Arkansas company, has patented plastic recycling processes.

Several forest products companies reported profits for 1Q 2010, but -- if demand continues to soften -- will likely return to showing losses for the final months of this year.

Discovering how to store lumber introduces the do-it-yourselfer to termite infestations, moisture damage and carpenter ants. Lumber storage requires a bit of forethought but - when done correctly - is actually simpler than you might think.

Plastic lumber is starting to command shelf space at local big-box home improvement stores. As the smell of fresh-cut pine decreases, the amount of recycled plastic wood increases; is it a workable material for the do-it-yourselfer?

Originally written for an published in The Redwood Coast Review; also appeared in the AVA in 2003.

The process of pressure treating lumber, developed over 70 years ago by Dr. Karl Wolman, involves forcing preservatives deep into the wood. Because of this chemical treatment, the wood is highly resistant to rot and insects.

Deforestation is a terrible concern in many countries, as is the filling of landfills with used plastic containers. Plastic lumber aims to solve both of these problems by creating an attractive consumer choice for construction.

Instructions and blueprints for building a simple child's step stool.

There are numerous names and types of lumber available, choosing from the different species, judging quality, how it is graded, sized and sold can be overwhelming.