Are studs not made straight anymore?

[cpalm]

Now I don't know what it looks like at Byggmax today

Here they get the timber from the "usual" large suppliers, e.g. Sodra. I'd guess it's the same across the country, Byggmax seems quite centrally managed(?)

Winter-felled is drier, definitely.

The problem is presumably that they are not workshop dry when unpacked

Construction timber is not workshop dry. There is probably a standard for how dry it should be upon delivery, but what I mean is that the process affects the tendency for warp. How dry the timber was when felled is just one link in the chain.

 

[Trafikverket1]

In Finland, I saw that you could buy LVL/cross-laminated beams in 45x70 and 45x95. Unfortunately, I haven't seen that here in Sweden, only in much larger sizes.

 

[HenrikHuslöse]

The customers before you took the straight studs and left the remaining ones jumbled up, so they've become banana-shaped over time. Even those that were straight from the start. That's the problem with letting customers load themselves.

That guy who "helps with loading" at the real lumber yard isn't there as a service, he's there so customers don't ruin the lumber.

 

[Huddingebo]

No one looking for good timber would shop at byggmax, right?

 

[mattoys]

At the Byggmax I have been to, the timber has been stored outside in a large shed, where it is exposed to the weather at one end. I don't know if it's because of that, but I feel that the timber is better at Bauhaus where it's stored "indoors".

 

[Hep]

Lovely with that internet truth about Byggmax buying inferior timber. Probably the same people who believe and spread the rumor that there's a mysterious night shift at Chinese factories sewing a bit more carelessly and cheaply.

If you want to know where the timber comes from and what sorting it is, it is labeled on all bundled packs, whether it is at Byggmax or someone else. The idea that timber suppliers would sort and wrongly label inferior timber for their biggest customer sounds a bit strange. As mentioned, they buy centrally and get an extreme bulk discount. It's not more complicated than that.

 

[Ossian K Olsson]

No one looking for good lumber would shop at byggmax, right?

Why not?

 

[cpalm]

If you want to know where the timber comes from and what sorting it is, it's marked on all banded bundles regardless of whether it's at Byggmax or anywhere else.

Classified studs are also stamped at the end.

 

[Fujim]

Maybe they are heavier because they have not dried and bent yet?

So if I want to build really straight and maintain it, I should always make sure that the wood is wet.

 

[jhall]

Finger-jointed battens are usually fine.

Are there any disadvantages other than price with battens?

 

[fribygg]

Are there any disadvantages other than price with short studs?

Often they are too short on one end..

 

[Hep]

Graded studs are also stamped on the end.

Yep, and I think we can assume that those stamps are genuine and not something the crooks at Byggmax drew on themselves.

A mistake that some happy home builders make is selecting heavy, wet, and straight studs that they bring home and leave in the sun to build in bit by bit when they have time. It doesn't make it easy for themselves.

 

[Intet]

Often they are too short on one end..

Thanks for the first laugh of the day.

I buy studs from various places and notice no difference in quality, whether it's at Beijer or Byggmax.
I inspect each stud individually. Three bent for every straight one.

 

[Alfredo]

I buy studs from various places and notice no difference in quality, whether it's at Beijer or Byggmax.

One difference might be that Byggmax is more exposed to discerning private individuals who (have the time to) just pick the best pieces, and if you come at the wrong time, only rejected wood is left.

 

[Intet]

One difference might be that Byggmax is more exposed to picky private individuals who (have the time to) only cherry-pick and if you come at the wrong time, only rejected timber remains.

Good thought.
That's probably true. Private individuals at Byggmax are likely more meticulous than professionals at Beijer.