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Good plywood on top from Boulter Plywood north of Boston (a 3 hour round trip for me). Horrible plywood from Lowe’s (a 15 min round trip for me). Both are 3/4” “Maple” plywood, but I swear the Lowe’s wood has a finish on it. It is shiny and very smooth. The inner ply’s are garbage. I normally don’t mind exposed plywood edges on my personal projects but I can’t do that with the Lowe’s wood.
I live in Los Angeles, the land of things being overpriced. I called up a bunch of lumber yards, and the cheapest i could get a 4x8 3/4" Birch plywood sheet for was 40 USD. Not terrible, but I'd love to see if i can get something for cheaper, since I need like 7 of them.
Are there any websites that don't charge extortionate shipping where I can find the stuff? Or, are there lumber yards in LA where I can find them for cheaper?
If not LA, I'm more than happy to leave the county and go on a little adventure to a lumber yard where I can find it for cheaper.
I'm very new to this, so any wisdom would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
I’m going to be redoing my roof in a few weeks and I know there are sections of plywood that need to be replaced. And I’ve been seeing lately that a lot of contractors are using OSB because it’s a lot cheaper than the CDX plywood. Of course I would rather spend less money, but I also want quality, I’m just looking for the opinions of some professionals.