Lumber yard keeps sending warped two-by-fours

It wastes my day straightening them out. How do you check wood before it leaves the yard?

4 comments

4 Comments

Lay each two-by-four on a flat surface and sight down the length... any curve will be obvious. Reject boards that don't sit flat without rocking. It's a quick check that saves hours later.

evan_burns1mo ago

Actually, sighting down the board won't catch a TWIST. You gotta check for that separate by looking at both ends.

derekn181mo ago

You say to reject boards that rock, but what if the floor itself isn't flat? Doesn't that throw off your whole check?

drew_walker1mo agoTop Commenter

Couldn't the yard just check the whole stack for obvious bends before loading?