Order a Custom Pergola Package

Now is the time to get your backyard ready for a summertime BBQ! Building a pergola can provide a touch of shade on hot afternoons and can impress all the people you haven’t seen lately. While we don’t have any ready-to-go pergola kits, we have supplied many pergola “packages” throughout the last few months. Please…

Yellow Cedar Stair Treads

These Yellow Cedar Stair Treads are being produced for a customer, they are 3″ x 11-1/2″ x 45″ and are ready to install. Luckily the customer doesn’t need to treat or paint or stain these treads, they will go a nice steel grey colour, they resist mould and moss, but will need pressure washing every…

Yellow Cedar Bridge Decking

Lumber Store supplied Yellow Cedar bandsawn for this decking project. Our customer installed and then replaced the existing handrailing system. Nice place to walk the dogs!

Yellow Cedar Landscape Ties

These 6″ x 6″ Yellow Cedar timbers make ideal trail building abutments. These are in North Vancouver, famous for mountain biking and recreational trails.

How Do I Keep Fence Posts From Rotting?

So you’re planning on replacing the rotten fence on your property, make sure you increase the lifetime value of your new fence by helping to prevent rot. Exposure to moisture in the soil is one of the biggest reasons fence posts will rot, but here are 4 suggestions to help avoid rot: Choose a rot…

Home Gym Squat Rack!

Once gyms re-open, you might want to avoid the crowds. Why not build your own squat rack?  With some 4″ x 4″ Yellow Cedar and a little creative thinking, one of our customers build their very own functional and fully adjustable squat rack. Very cool! Except there is no way to avoid your New Years…

Timber Bridges for Swampy Conditions

We hope you and your family made it through the rain and flooding safely. If you find yourself in flooded area or swampy conditions, please call us. Our industrial division manufactures wood products to provide temporary safe, stable driving platforms that will protect your vehicle and the ground you need to drive on. If you…

Our Monday View!

Just a gorgeous picture of the sunrise on Monday, November 22nd from the front porch of our office. Beauty!

Azumaya Yellow Cedar Gazebo

This is an Azumaya Gazebo – a traditional Japanese style gazebo structure. The posts are 6″ x 6″ with a custom S4S (surfaced four sides) finish, the rafters are 2″ x 6″ bandsaw finish, and the bench is made from 2″ x 4″ S4S. This gazebo has been built with Clear Yellow Cedar and is…

Timber Furniture

Another Western Hemlock customer project! This is a very heavy duty table created with a dovetail joint. The table is made with Western Hemlock 12″ x 12″ timbers. The good news is, no one will be able to steal this piece of artwork because it’s too heavy… the bad news is if you stub your…

Timber Toby Tuesday

Here is an appreciation post for our shop dog – Toby. We get a lot of questions about what kind of dog Toby is… so we did a DNA test! He is a bull terrier, rat terrier, and boxer mix that we adopted from Mexico in 2018. He takes his job very seriously and loves…

Western Hemlock Live Edge

We still have some gorgeous Western Hemlock kiln dried slabs in stock. Perfect for a table top or bench seat project! This customer purchased one of our slabs and turned it into a custom cabinet top. They ripped one edge to sit flush against the wall and sanded the top before applying a few coats…

It’s Fall Y’all!

The rainy season has arrived! Is your backyard ready? You can increase your useable space by building a deck covering, no one likes BBQing in the rain and snow. These are totally customizable, from simple post and beams to extravagant gazebo structures. It all depends on your personal taste and skill level. Need help deciding…

Lumber 101: Understanding Lumber Sizing

We are back with another Lumber 101 to answer a popular question about our sizing options! The key to understanding lumber sizes is in understanding the milling process and exactly what you are purchasing. Milling Process When a log reaches a sawmill, it is sawn into specific sizes. Let’s use a 4″ x 8″ timber…

Yellow Cedar Raised Garden Beds

Spring has certainly sprung! Now that the growing season is here, it is time to get the garden ready. Whether you are new to gardening or a seasoned green-thumb, we can all agree that raised garden beds and planter boxes are the way to go. Wood garden boxes are easy to build and durable enough…

Our Family History

The Carl family has been involved in the lumber industry for many years, here is a little of our family’s history: Robert McGregor married Mabel Carl in 1930. In 1946 he started a company called  McGregor Lumber and soon after he formed West Coast Hardwood. Later he founded Vancouver Sawmills and purchased Esmond Lumber and…