Peterman Lumber Inc

Great experience every time I have been there. Friendly people, very knowledgeable, easy for a first time visitor.
Jan 31st, 2024

Michael at the service desk is awesome.
Sep 19th, 2023

Very professional. Barely any wait time!
Jul 26th, 2023

Outstanding selection, and excellent service.
Feb 28th, 2023

I started woodworking in Vegas so this is the first lumber yard that I've used. Given that, it's hard for me to judge how well they stack up to other yards so this review should be read with that in mind. I enjoy their selection of woods and finish options. I've never yet not been able to find the wood species that I was looking for. They have a small supply of exotic woods that I've dipped into on occasion for special projects; which is handy. Selecting wood is easy, as is loading into onto carts and getting it to your vehicle. They even offer to help with loading if you need it. The staff is friendly and helpful for the most part. My only beef is with pricing. I'm sure some of this is due to the spike in lumber prices during COVID but prices seem high. I'm also not happy with the way that they calculate BF for finished wood. They don't list their prices anywhere that I can find - not on the website, not on the bins. You have to ask someone up front. They give the price in boardfeet, which is fine. However, if you buy finished wood (S2S, etc.), the price they quote you is not the price you pay. They take the board feet and do some mathematical gymnastics to it (I think it's "divide by 0.9 and then multiple by 1.2" for S2S). It adds about 30% to the price. When I noticed that I was being charged for more BF than I had, I asked someone about this. They stated that they do that to account for the wood that is removed when it is finished and for the effort it takes to do the finishing. (Eventually. The first guy that tried to explain it was just spouting hot air that made no sense.) I don't know if this is standard when buying finished wood but it's misleading. First of all, the boardfeet of wood that shows up on the receipt is NOT the boardfeet of the wood that you take home. If you try to calculate how much wood you need and use the invoice to determine if you have enough, you're going to be surprised how short you are. Secondly, though, I see no reason to do this. If you are going to charge more for finished wood, that's fair, but don't quote me one price and charge me another. (And I don't really care if you inflate the boardfeet of the wood or the price per bf; it's the same thing.) Figure out what it is per boardfoot for finished wood and quote me that figure when I ask for a price for finished wood. Or at least tell me straight up that "this species is $x per BF plus 30% for finishing"). At the very least, train your people so that they can explain what's going on. I almost walked out the first time a floor person tried to explain this to me. He spouted so much BS that I thought I was in a cow pasture.
May 3rd, 2023