Comment on Why are engineered studs so expensive? by KurtGranroth

Comment on Why are engineered studs so expensive? by KurtGranroth Yeah, "waste" was the wrong word to use. I was thinking in terms of how unusable those trees would be for traditional lumber, so they wouldn't be competing with traditional lumber for sourcing the raw material.And thank you for the reminder about Advantech! Yes, I completely spaced on the fact that there is absolutely different grades of OSB.If I re-do my back-of-the-envelope calculation for OSB-based ersatz studs but this time using Adventech 3/4" @ $36.55 a sheet, I end up with individual studs at $5.62 each. That's much closer to an LSL cost.