{"id":11960,"date":"2000-01-01T10:37:21","date_gmt":"2000-01-01T17:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/?p=11960"},"modified":"2019-06-28T14:58:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T21:58:00","slug":"where-do-i-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/lumber-help-faq\/where-do-i-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Do I Start?!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\n know that buying lumber can be a fairly daunting task. You are worried \nthat not seeing\/selecting this lumber yourself may have impact on your \nproject. To counter this fear, we offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee \nwhich means if there is any damage or you are unhappy with your order ( \nwithin reasonable limitations ) simply bring it to our attention, so \nthat we may asses the problem, while also giving us the opportunity to \nremedy the situation as needed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two options for ordering your lumber<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>placing an order online or&nbsp;<\/li><li>calling in an order over the phone<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Each process only take a few minutes to do if well prepared!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The key to having a prepared order is knowing what is you need and knowing what to expect from your lumber.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep\n in mind you are purchasing a material produced from a living organism. \nIt is natural for nature to have waves, slight flaws and defects I.E \nsmall knots, sapwood, checks, and\/or cupping. It&#8217;s only when these are \namplified and extrapolated that there should arise for concern. &nbsp;Just \nthe same as when purchasing a new tool, you want to be familiar with \nyour product prior to ordering it! We have detailed information for \nunderstanding and how to work with these small flaws. &nbsp;We do our very \nbest to to pick boards that have as little defects as possible (within \nGrading Guide Lines) &nbsp;to be sure that you don&#8217;t run into these issues as\n well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When placing an order online be sure you know  what it is you will need for your project. Do you know the species of  lumber you&#8217;d like to use? Do you have the exact dimensions? Do you know  how to add up your total Board Footage? \u00a0Did you take in account for  waste? See, article &#8220;How Do I Buy The Sizes I Want?&#8221; for further  explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are just few important questions you&#8217;ll want to have answered  prior to ordering. Once you feel that you are adequately prepared to  make your order you can either follow the options of the attached  picture for &#8220;How To Order Online&#8221; \u00a0or simply give us a call at our Mail  Order Office number 800-423-2450. If you&#8217;re having any issues or just  have some questions that needed to be answer, we suggest that you call  in your order so that there is no doubt in your mind that you will  receive exactly what you were expecting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know that buying lumber can be a fairly daunting task. You are worried that not seeing\/selecting this lumber yourself may have impact on your project. To counter this fear, we offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee which means if there is any damage or you are unhappy with your order ( within reasonable limitations ) <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/woodworking-101\/lumber-help-faq\/where-do-i-start\/\">&#8230;<br \/><small><em><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/em> <i class=\"fa fa-arrow-circle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/small><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[324],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lumber-help-faq"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11960"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12032,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11960\/revisions\/12032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodworkerssource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}