Is it true?
CHAT Saw this lumber meme on the Interwebz just now
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night driver
ESFP adrift in INTJ sea
10 ea 4X8X3/4 plywood=a grand.
A week ago I priced 3/4" plywood and it was $77 per sheet.
Not surprised at $1,000
Repairman-Jack
Veteran Member
My last trip to Home depot.
Particle board was just under $80 for a 4x8x3/4 (or whatever they're selling as 3/4 now, its just under). A 2x4x10 was $12.24 and a 2x4x8 was $8 and some change
When my inlaws came back from FL about a month ago they reported that plywood was $92 a sheet.
Particle board was just under $80 for a 4x8x3/4 (or whatever they're selling as 3/4 now, its just under). A 2x4x10 was $12.24 and a 2x4x8 was $8 and some change
When my inlaws came back from FL about a month ago they reported that plywood was $92 a sheet.
sjhenderson
Senior Member
Wait till the hurricane start.
Blacknarwhal
Let's Go Brandon!
It is indeed the case. Priced a couple of replacement windows, and heard all about the skyrocketing prices of lumber from the contractor in question.
yellowlabz
Veteran Member
Fenwick Babbitt
Veteran Member
I follow the market a wee bit, I remember one of the Lumber futures I had marked at the beginning of the scamdemic Feb/March 2020 being in the $200 range when I looked a few weeks back they were well over $700
DazedandConfused
Veteran Member
I built a 3x8 rabbit hutch .
Materials cost me a little over 200 bucks.
Framed in 2x3 spf i had the plywood i needed already .
Crazy
Materials cost me a little over 200 bucks.
Framed in 2x3 spf i had the plywood i needed already .
Crazy
jed turtle
a brother in the Lord
Just wait till we all get our property taxes, reflecting the New Reality.
Seeker22
Has No Life - Lives on TB
That last one might be me. I keep watching these prices and that wrap around deck is going to cost more than the house when I bought that 8 years ago. Greed should carry the death penalty.
20Gauge
TB Fanatic
More than $200 per square foot.
20Gauge
TB Fanatic
I can verify that one. I spent $110 this weekend for 5 2x4s and a sheet of 4x8 1/2in plywood.
db cooper
Resident Secret Squirrel
The around 2005 OSB was 4 bucks a sheet and a 2x4 cut to stud length was 99 cents at Menards.
In the 90's we had a very nice 3 BR 2 bath home prebuilt as a single unit in Saskatchewan with the home moved 500 miles to North Dakota, a basement and lot all for about $66,000. That same home today at current prices would be over a half million.
In the 90's we had a very nice 3 BR 2 bath home prebuilt as a single unit in Saskatchewan with the home moved 500 miles to North Dakota, a basement and lot all for about $66,000. That same home today at current prices would be over a half million.
Farmgal
Senior Member
I was at Lowes a few days ago getting shrubs/perennials.......checked out the lumber prices.....here in WV- 7/16 OSB board (4x8 sheet) is $49.55, an interior 2x4x8 stud is $8.58. Crazy prices. But something I noticed-the lumber was stacked to the ceiling and no one was at the check-out nor pick-up trucks by the loading area.
ShadowMan
Designated Grumpy Old Fart
A lot of the local contractors I know are having to bail out of jobs because the materials needed are just too darn expensive and customers either can't or won't believe their bids are fair, or are now way out of their budgets to proceed.
Also a lot of the the local contractors I know are bailing out of California because of the difficulty running a small business in this state. Just too much paperwork, taxes and hassles. We're losing some good folks because of stupid Sacramento politics!
Also a lot of the the local contractors I know are bailing out of California because of the difficulty running a small business in this state. Just too much paperwork, taxes and hassles. We're losing some good folks because of stupid Sacramento politics!
medic38572
TB Fanatic
Owner actually sent me a link.
Dobbin
DazedandConfused
Veteran Member
Lumber prices will crash soon. With prices high projects will grind to a halt. Supply will be way higher than demand.
I worked in the wholesale lumber business for 25 years. They LOVE hurricane season and have witnessed OSB products lines put on hold just to drive supply down and prices UP ! Canadian mills are the worse
I worked in the wholesale lumber business for 25 years. They LOVE hurricane season and have witnessed OSB products lines put on hold just to drive supply down and prices UP ! Canadian mills are the worse
Laurane
Canadian Loonie
Our carpenter noticed that Preserved Wood was actually cheaper than regular Spruce, so he changed his order to PW for a small outside job...... the wood comes from our province and milled locally. Still very expensive.
goosebeans
Veteran Member
It's amazing how much building people are continuing to do. Dh's doing a lot of handyman/home and deck construction with a friend. With the price of everything, I keep expecting work to come to a standstill but -thankfully- they continue to be inundated with work requests. One customer had them tear out a very large wrap-around deck on the big, log home they just bought and build the whole thing new from scratch. They had no interest in keeping any of the old lumber so he hauled it all home. It's still good decking. We're just going to turn the boards over to expose the like new underside and reuse it.
goosebeans
Veteran Member
oops double post
Walrus Whisperer
Hope in chains...
I priced 3/4" plywood yesterday at Lowes. 68$.
Dayum. I need a new chicken ramp, but not at those prices....
They seem to have plenty bags of concrete, it's about the same price it was before all this.
Dayum. I need a new chicken ramp, but not at those prices....
They seem to have plenty bags of concrete, it's about the same price it was before all this.
AlfaMan
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Can't understand lumber pricing being this high. I'm not a construction man type (If I had to make a living as a carpenter we'd starve) but building all around the DC area is still going full tilt. Granted, it looks like big companies are doing the building but what's going to happen when they get priced out of doing jobs?
Old Gray Mare
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This is going to impact home insurance premiums in 4...3...2....
Profit of Doom
Dismember
Same price for 7/16 OSB...HD