Making Tropical Decking Boards Look Magazine Picture Perfect. As we began discussing in Part 1, a decking board is not a finished wood product. Tropical decking especially must endure a lot of moving before it’s finally at your job site. A good cleaning isn’t all a decking … [Read more...]

Tropical Decking Boards Are Not Finished Lumber Products. Perhaps you’ve never contemplated the question of what exactly is a tropical decking board, but if you’re involved in the installation of decking in any way (including wanting it installed for you at your residence or … [Read more...]

At J. Gibson McIlvain Lumber, we’re committed to providing our discriminating customers with only the highest quality and grade of lumber possible; at the same time, we want to protect our customers from overspending or overbuilding their projects. We absolutely love the … [Read more...]

Avoiding Potential Problems with Tropical Hardwood Decking. In Part 1, we looked at ways to avoid warping and encourage stability of tropical hardwood decking. Now, we’ll look at two more potential problems and how to avoid them. First, these dense hardwoods can be pretty … [Read more...]

All lumber will change color after it’s been milled — and will continue to do so throughout its lifetime. When it comes to interior lumber, the amount of extractives or lignins in a given lumber species will determine how much color change it exhibits. (We looked at this issue in … [Read more...]

Avoiding Potential Problems with Tropical Hardwood Decking. While tropical hardwood decking is a great upscale option, it does have some drawbacks. Anticipating and allowing for them can help ensure a positive experience. The first major potential problem to look out for is … [Read more...]

We can’t promise you’re going to like it any better, but our aim in this series (see Parts 1 & 2) is to help take some of the mystique out of lumber pricing. As a more informed lumber customer, you’ll be better able to strategically time your orders and maybe even employ a … [Read more...]

We might all wish that lumber pricing, like lumber ordering, were more straightforward. But it’s not. While the principle of supply and demand certainly weighs in, there’s definitely more to it than that. In Part 1, we talked about how grading combines with the timing of an order … [Read more...]

Just like lumber ordering cannot be as straightforward as we might wish it could be, lumber pricing is full of nuance, as well. In another series, we discussed how lumber ordering really requires a conversation; if you are using a quality lumber supplier, the same will be true … [Read more...]