yes I know. But it's what HD calls it. it's their personal grading , not the official industry standard.There is no official grade of lumber known as "Premium" this is just a label, coined by the store to sell such "Frankinboards".
Grade | Designation | Description |
A | Select | Does not exhibit knots, splits or visible defects. |
B | Select | A few small visible defects. |
C | Select | Small knots, but one side may be completely clear of defects. |
D | Select | May contain pin knots and other small blemishes. |
1 | Common | Contains small knots that give an overall knotty appearance as with knotty pine boards. Knots are tight and are unlikely to fall out. |
2 | Common | Have tight knots but larger in size than the No. 1 Common. |
Yeah that's what irritates me about those stores, they change the names so you don't really know what you are getting.yes I know. But it's what HD calls it. it's their personal grading , not the official industry standard.
I get a lot of my hardwoods from a local guy who buys trees and mills them. For years he milled them with a chain saw, and about 6 years ago bought a wood mizer. I can't believe he would do it with a chain saw.. you lose a lot of wood that way, and it's very labor intensive. The thing I like about his wood is it's all air dried so no un-natural stresses unless he stickers them twisted. He's easy to work with. After a storm he gets lots of wood,so it's all good, unlike many lumber places that won't touch wood that's been in residential and small woods.. He does. So a lot of that wood gets reused, instead of chipped or burned.Yeah that's what irritates me about those stores, they change the names so you don't really know what you are getting.