My dogs ate my dryer vent.

Long story short, the whole expandable aluminum thingamajig that gets the hot dryer air out into the hot summer air was disintegrated into a spiral of disjointed puppy angst. So I had to buy a new one.

I walked in to the Depot (it’s the closest, and that’s got its appeal) bent on buying whatever they gave me. After all, you can’t dry without this vent. (Did I mention I had a load of towels in the washer?) Turns out that the single option in the appliance department was in fact stamped Made In The USA.

Total success and utter failure all rolled into one.

Well hell.

I just called the only Home Depot in the area that sells FSC certified lumber, in order to speak with Bob at the Pro Desk who I was told could order my FSC lumber. 

And he can.

This fence thing is getting to be ridiculous.

This post was almost called “_uck Home Depot” after a particularly difficult experience getting FSC certified information from the only Home Depot in the area that (I’ve been told) sells FSC certified lumber. Here’s how it went.

I called the only Home Depot in the area rumored to sell FSC certified lumber. I pressed 3 when prompted to go to the lumber department. They answered immediately.

Home Depot _ucks.

While I’m generally hesitant to get my facts from any web site with the word “sucks” in the URL, this web site has some interesting “information” about Home Depot and wood. More than anything, it seems to have some interesting info about lumber and logging as a whole. Things like:

Home Depot Responds

Less than 12 hours after I sent my customer service inquiry re: lumber sourcing and FSC certification via the Home Depot and Lowe’s web sites, I have received a response. It is from Home Depot.

The note is a simple one: