Austin Hardwoods

Austin Hardwoods sells to both trade and public customers. The home page names builders, professionals, DIYs and hobbyist wood workers in the Denver area as its customers, and the sheet goods page names the cabinet and furniture maker, fixture and construction industry as well as DIY and hobbyist buyers. The about page says the facility enables the company to service customers' individual needs, from retail to industrial. The site does not state any minimum order or require an account to buy, and it does not say the store is trade-only.

A credit account is a separate matter and is restricted. The accounts page states that to open an account a customer must have a licensed business within the trade. The process described is to download and complete the Credit Application and/or the COD Application from the site, then either scan and email the completed forms to accounting@austinhardwoods.com or drop them at the front desk at Austin Hardwoods. Applicants are asked to provide a business card, voided check or a company credit card showing the business name. The page describes a processing period after approval before an account becomes active; confirm the current timing with the accounting department.

Austin Hardwoods operates from one location. The address published on every page is 975 W Mississippi Ave, Denver, CO 80223. The site describes the company as the go-to source for builders, professionals, DIYs and hobbyist wood workers in the Denver area.

Business hours published on the site are Monday through Friday 7:30am to 5:00pm and Saturday 7:30am to 1:00pm. No Sunday hours are listed, and the website does not publish holiday hours or closures.

Austin Hardwoods stocks domestic and exotic hardwood lumber at its Denver location, 975 W Mississippi Ave, Denver, CO 80223. The site describes the company as the area's leading supplier of hardwoods with over 7 acres of inventory, and invites customers to stop in for projects of any size.

Domestic species listed on the site include Alder, Aromatic Cedar, Ash, Aspen, Basswood, Birch, Butternut, Catalpa, Cherry, Rift and Quartered Cherry, Coffeenut, Douglas Fir CVG, Hickory, Holly, Hard Maple, Soft Maple, Rift and Quartered Maple, Mesquite, Osage Orange, Eastern White Pine, Poplar, Red Oak, Walnut, Rift and Quartered Walnut, White Oak, Rift White Oak and Quartered White Oak.

Austin Hardwoods offers in-house milling services on orders placed with the company. The milling services page says customers who buy their lumber at Austin Hardwoods can, for a small fee, have it straight-lined, S2S or S3S while they wait, and that the services help cut a project's time frame down. The page states explicitly: no sheet-good cutting.

The services listed are straight-line ripping, which gives one straight edge on the lumber; surface planing, to have one or two sides cleaned up and taken to a desired thickness; sanding, with any S2S, S3S or S4S sanded to 120 grit; lockmiter, described as a lock miter product that can easily be added to any order; profile sanding, available on both stock and custom mouldings; wire brushing, available on products purchased from Austin Hardwoods, with the site asking customers to check which items can be accommodated; and knife grinding, run as a complete in house operation used to match an old profile or create a unique one for a project.

Austin Hardwoods produces and stocks moulding as well as selling lumber. The moulding page states the company produces and stocks nearly 400 profiles in 8 species and offers the largest selection of in stock profiles in the state, from cherry crown moulding to primed finger joint pine by WindsorONE. It also describes a custom profile program with over 3000 custom patterns that can be produced in 80 different species of wood, supported by in house custom knife grinding, so a completely new design can be created or a historic moulding pattern matched. Profiles can be browsed in an online catalogue and filtered by category, including applied moulding, base, cap, case, chair rail, corner, cove, crown, door profile, header, nosing, panelling, rail, round, shoe and stool, and by stock or custom availability. PDF downloads are offered per profile.

S4S means surfaced on 4 sides. The S4S page says stock material is carried in Alder, Knotty Alder, Cherry, Hickory, Hard Maple, Poplar, Red Oak, Walnut, White Oak and WindsorONE Primed Pine, with lengths from 6 feet through 12 feet; 14 foot and 16 foot boards are subject to availability. Custom orders are available in any stock lumber, cut to specific dimensions. The page notes S4S lumber is labelled by nominal size rather than finished size, giving the example that a 1 x 6 is actually 3/4 x 5 1/2.

Austin Hardwoods carries sheet goods alongside its hardwood lumber. The sheet goods page states the inventory includes over 20 species of hardwood plywood, Baltic birch, bead board, particle board, fiber board, softwood plywood and more, and says the company works closely with suppliers to serve the cabinet and furniture maker, fixture and construction industry as well as DIY and hobbyist customers.

Hardwood plywood is listed by core type, including MDF core and combination and veneer core, in species such as Red Alder, Ash, Birch, Cherry, CVG Fir, Hickory, Knotty Pine, Maple, Red Oak, White Oak, Walnut and Lauan/Meranti. The site notes edge banding is available for these items. Reference sections cover veneer cuts and matching, general grades, panel construction, handling and storage, a glossary, and manufacturers.

These are things people ask Austin Hardwoods that its published information does not yet cover.

• prices
• availability
• stock quantities of any species or profile
• lead times or job turnaround
• delivery, shipping or curbside options
• credit account terms, limits or approval
• warranty or return terms on tools
• custom milling feasibility for a given job