The Cost of Hardwood

Cost of hardwood Front Range Lumber Fort Lupton CO Lakewood CO

The name of the game in the cost of hardwood is yield. Hardwood is simply a different animal than “plain” (construction or common) lumber like 2×4’s and 1x boards. Most hardwoods do not come off-the-shelf in convenient readymade sizes like 1×4, 2×6 and so on. A few like oak, poplar, maple, cherry, etc. do –…

Building a Pergola

Pergola at Front Range Lumber Company Fort Lupton CO lumber yard

Ready to Build a Pergola? Read This First! Have you considered adding a pergola to your yard? Building one has become a very common DIY project. They are attractive, low maintenance, and increase your property value. Pergolas can be either free-standing or attached to your home. What is the reason for having a pergola? Made…

Your Guide To Pressure Treated Lumber

Guide to pressure treated lumber Denver

What is pressure treated lumber? Pressure treated (PT) lumber is wood that has been infused with chemical preservatives to protect the wood from rot and insects. The wood is placed in a depressurized holding tank that removes the air and replaces it with a preservative. This process is the best way to avoid harmful rot…

Product News

Front Range Lumber Product News

Updates on the building industry products we sell. Building materials change as the industry changes. Here is the latest on some of the products our Lakewood and Fort Lupton lumber yards sell. Timbers. There are HUGE differences in the quality of timberes. Front Range Lumber prides itself on stocking mainly “FOHC” (free of heart center)…

Lumber Prices

Front Range Lumber 2023 lumber price review

September 2023 Framing lumber pricing continues to sag downward bit by bit. Everyone seems concerned about a long winter, “business” is going and holding inventory. Directly tied into that is very low inventory levels on most products all throughout the distribution chain. This also includes construction OSB and plywood. The general consensus contradicting low inventories…

Things To Consider When Buying Hardware.

Front Range Lumber hardware for sale at Lakewood and Fort Lupton lumberyards

This advice will help when buying hardware for your upcoming project. Many customers purchase joist hangers, gate hardware, fasteners and other hardware items elsewhere because they had not thought about those items at the same time as buying their lumber. They might believe the “boxes” are less expensive. We urge you to think again! The…

March 2023 Lumber Prices

Front Range Lumber March 2023 lumber price review

Lumber and Building Material Prices are Down! Framing lumber prices are relatively stable as of the middle of March 2023. They are also less than HALF of the levels they were at in March of 2022. Most other categories – cedar, engineered wood products, plywoods, molding and others are almost significantly less in price than…

Our Review of Lumber Prices in 2021/2022

Front Range Lumber reviews lumber prices

Lumber prices have been on quite a roller coaster ride! Lumber prices continue to change and unfold constantly – seems like on a weekly basis. So we’ve started providing our monthly 2-cents on the subject… December 2022 – lumber and building materials price review. Lumber pricing has (and is) frankly just dumped downward. Good old…

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