How to Select and Buy Hardwood Lumber with Tom McLaughlin

Ep 3: In this episode we try to dispel the mysteries around the process of selecting and buying hardwood. Learn relevant terminology, tips for calculating how much to buy, and what you want to consider during the process of selection, etc.

SPECIAL THANKS to Highland Hardwoods in for allowing us to shoot the footage of this video on location at their amazing facility in Brentwood, NH: highlandhardwoods.com/
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