1/ Need lumber Don't have a truck So...delivery. Lowes' website sucks, delivery costs $100. Local hardware store is great, but there's a building boom here outside the cities (...go figure!), and they can barely keep up. $500 min order for delivery, won't delivery under that
I have a Home Depot that does that. I have to drive 40 minutes there, rent a truck, drive 40 minutes home, unload, drive 40 minutes back, drive 40 minutes home in my car That's 2.5 hours of my life driving. I can just call the local lumberyard 2 miles away & get free delivery