Lumber Briefs: Lumber: Why So High? Matt Layman Rationing On May 23, in its most active lumber futures day ever, the market traded $68 of volatility from $15 limit down to $30 limit up and back down $15 to unchanged. Why is that? Futures suspected what we Layman’s Lumber Guide members have known since mid-May. BC mills are not... Read More June 2018 Issue #10227 Page 83
How to Safely Select Nail Substitutions for Connectors Paul McEntee A few days ago, I was speaking to a customer about an application using alternate fasteners for a joist hanger installation. Her questions come up often, so I thought I would dedicate a post to some of the resources available that cover the use of different nails in connectors. Designers and... Read More June 2018 Issue #10227 Page 102
The Last Word: SYP Grades Component Manufacturers are Buying Joe Kannapell What better way to assess buying trends than to recap the lumber specified on truss designs? The following charts illustrate the material derived from 80,000 truss drawings totaling 12.8 Million Board Feet of wood. Not surprisingly, more than half the total volume is consumed by visually graded... Read More June 2018 Issue #10227 Page 111