Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about our products, services, and how Houston Hardwoods can support your woodworking projects.
About Houston Hardwoods
Anyone can purchase lumber from Houston Hardwoods, including businesses, contractors buying in bulk, or hobbyists needing a single board or sheet of plywood. All are welcome to explore our inventory.
Yes, you can visit our conveniently located Houston lumber yard to browse and select the perfect boards for your project. Our staff is available to assist if you need help choosing.
Absolutely! With over 40 years of experience, our team can provide expert guidance to help you choose the right materials for your project.
Yes, exceptional customer service is a priority at Houston Hardwoods. Here are some recent customer reviews:
“Houston Hardwoods offers a wide range of exotic and domestic woods, along with excellent woodworking services. The staff is knowledgeable and always helpful. It’s a pleasure to work with them.”
“They have everything or know someone who can help. Great team in the woodworking industry.”
“This place is incredible! I handled everything over the phone with Victor, who was accommodating and finished my order ahead of schedule. I can’t recommend them enough.”
“Superior wood selection and customer service. Choose Houston Hardwoods over big box stores for your woodworking needs.”
“Houston Hardwoods is professional, helpful, and courteous. They offer a vast selection of wood species at reasonable prices, and both staff and owners are knowledgeable and eager to assist.”
“Houston Hardwoods is very professional helpful and courteous. You can find anything and anything, dealing with wood species and if they don’t have it they will get it for you quick at a very reasonable price not only the workers on the floor help you the owners don’t mind helping you too and they’re very knowledgeable. They’ve been doing this for many years I recommend them for your cabinet makers, your professionals and just DYI at home people.”
“Coy was very helpful and knowledgeable, he took great care to help me get what I needed despite how relatively small my project was. Lumber was delivered on time and in excellent condition. Cannot thank Houston Hardwoods enough!”
“Great selection of select woods and plywood. Coy was professional and helpful. He listened to me discuss my project, and offered me some choices and opinions. I came back the next day and bought five sheets of 3mm Okoume plywood. It is working very well for my project. It bends as expected and is more durable and better built than other plywoods that I have used. I will be visiting them when I have another project.”
“Good prices, quality wood. They can trim and plane your piece, a lot of time saved on our end- and very decent price.”
“I am a local business owner, and working with Guy Pike at Houston Hardwoods has been a breath of fresh air. They make ordering so seamless and easy, and always show up with deliveries on the timelines they provide. I have not always had this experience working with other vendors, so we are so grateful for the team at Houston Hardwoods! Especially for Mr. Pike!”
“Knowledgeable staff helpful and good prices as well. I had to look for almost 2 hours all over the area to finally find marine grade plywood And they have it in stock so I’m really grateful.”
“The best hardwood store in Houston. Really nice helpful employees, large selection, clearly marked prices.”
“I buy a lot of my hardwoods from Houston Hardwoods. They generally have everything that I want or need whenever I go there. What makes them exceptional is their customer service. The staff are extremely helpful and will many times help me load my purchase into my truck. This is very helpful to me as I’m an older gentleman.”
Yes, our customers frequently praise our competitive prices for high-quality lumber, in fact we are often told that we have some of the best prices in Houston.
Yes, we’re happy to share pricing details upon request. As prices can fluctuate, please Contact Us for the most up-to-date information.
No, we welcome all customers, including hobbyists purchasing a single piece of lumber or plywood.
We can cut your lumber or plywood to your required size. Additionally, our delivery services ensure you get what you need, even if it doesn’t fit in your vehicle.
Products
Houston Hardwoods carries a diverse selection of lumber and plywood to meet various woodworking needs. Below is an overview of our offerings:
Lumber:
Offered in rough cut thicknesses including 4/4, 6/4, 8/4, 12/4, etc. with varying widths and lengths depending on availability. Also offer milled lumber (S4S, S2S1E, etc.) in various thicknesses (3/4″, 1″, 1-1/4″, 1-1/2″ etc.) and can also mill to your exact specifications.
- Hardwood Lumber: Available in multiple species. Check out our species here: Houston Hardwoods Hardwoods.
- Exotic Lumber: Available in multiple species. Check out our species here: Houston Hardwoods Exotic Woods.
- Softwood Lumber: Limited selection.
Plywood:
Cabinet and Furniture Grade Plywood, Marine Plywood, Specialty Plywood, MDF, etc. are available in a variety of thicknesses, species, etc. including 1/8″, 1/4″, 1/2″, 3/4″, etc. as well as various panel sizes.
Check out more about our plywood offerings here: Houston Hardwoods Plywood.
As our inventory changes daily, please Contact Us to check current stock and receive updated pricing.
Yes, we offer both rough-cut and custom-milled lumber to meet your specifications.
Our typical inventory includes Alder, Knotty Alder, Ash, Basswood, Birch, Aromatic Cedar, American Cherry, Cypress, Pecan Hickory, African Mahogany, Honduran Mahogany, Birdseye Maple, Curly Maple, Hard Maple, Soft Maple, Red Oak (Plain, Quarter, and Rift Sawn), White Oak (Plain, Quarter, and Rift Sawn), Pine, Poplar, Redwood, and Walnut. Check out the lumber we stock here: Houston’s Premium Lumber Supplier. Please Contact Us to confirm current pricing and availability in the dimensions you’re looking for.
Our typical exotic wood inventory includes Bloodwood, African Bubinga, Spanish Cedar, Cocobolo, Curupay, Gabon Ebony, Texas Ebony, Brazilian Walnut, Iroko, Jatoba, Lacewood, Mesquite, Moabi, Monterillo, Okoume, African Padouk, Purpleheart, Canary Red, Honduran Rosewood, Teak, Tornillo, Tulipwood, Peruvian Walnut, African Wenge, Yellowheart, and Zebrawood. Check out the lumber we stock here: Houston’s Premium Lumber Supplier. Contact Us to verify current pricing and stock in the dimensions you’re looking for.
We stock a variety of plywood and sheet goods in various thicknesses, including veneer species, Baltic Birch, MDF, marine plywood, and more. Check out more about our plywood offerings here: Houston Hardwoods Plywood.
Houston Hardwoods inventory is constantly changing. We frequently have live edge wood in stock, but we recommend calling to discuss our current inventory and what you’re looking for. We have a wide variety of lumber species available. Sometimes we even have unique items in stock for a limited time, such as whiskey barrels.
We provide a range of products and services, including edgebanding, corbels, posts, legs, live edge planks, stair treads, cabinet hardware, hinges, drawer slides, drawer guides, drawer box sides with dado, drawer box bottoms, dowels, adhesives, stains, wood filler, butcher blocks, countertops, and more. We also offer resawing, sanding, glue-up, moulding, and custom milling services. If you need something specific, Contact Us to discuss sourcing options.
Yes, we can mill lumber to your exact specifications and perform glue-ups to achieve your desired width for desk or table tops.
Services
Yes, custom moulding is a specialty! Since 1990, we’ve built a database of over 3,000 moulding profiles. Bring us a discontinued moulding sample, and we can replicate it or design a new profile to match your vision.
Visit our Houston lumber yard showroom to see our moulding display walls or explore our online moulding database, where you can filter by type, width, and other criteria.
Yes, we maintain an inventory of crown moulding, baseboards, siding, panel moulding, quarter round, half round, and more, in several species in addition to our custom moulding services. To see our in stock mouldings click here: In Stock Mouldings. Don’t see the exact profile that you’re looking for? Feel free to learn more about our mouldings here: Houston Hardwoods Mouldings or browse the entire database here: Moulding Database.
At Houston Hardwoods, our experienced staff specializes in milling lumber to your exact specifications. While most of our work involves milling lumber purchased directly from us, we do offer opportunities for customers to bring in their own projects. In these cases, our skilled team can operate select equipment—such as our industrial sander—to deliver a flat, precise and professional finish efficiently. Contact us to learn more about equipment availability, scheduling, and pricing.
At Houston Hardwoods, our experienced staff specializes in milling lumber to your exact specifications. While most of our work involves milling lumber purchased directly from us, we do offer opportunities for customers to bring in their own projects. In these cases, our skilled team can operate select equipment—such as our industrial sander—to deliver a flat, precise and professional finish efficiently. Contact us to learn more about equipment availability, scheduling, and pricing.
Order fulfillment time varies, but we aim to be one of the fastest Houston lumber yards for completing orders, typically targeting 1-2 business days. Contact Us for an estimated completion time for your order.
We deliver from our Houston lumber yard throughout Greater Houston, including Pasadena, Pearland, League City, The Woodlands, Sugar Land, Conroe, Baytown, Atascocita, Missouri City, Cypress, Texas City, Spring, Katy, Friendswood, Channelview, La Porte, Rosenberg, Humble, Tomball, and more. We also serve areas beyond Greater Houston, such as Galveston, Beaumont, Huntsville, College Station, Brenham, and Lake Jackson.
We may quote prices in dollars per linear foot or per board foot. For linear foot pricing, multiply the quoted cost by the length in feet.
For per board foot pricing:
1) When all dimensions are in inches:
2) When thickness and width are in inches, and length is in feet:
Then multiply the board feet by the quoted price per board foot to determine the total cost.
