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Lumber prices anyone building new Const
Posted on 8/26/20 at 1:49 pm
Posted on 8/26/20 at 1:49 pm
Wow this is crazy prices are going up daily ouch if you have not started framing yet!
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Posted on 8/26/20 at 1:54 pm to Cracker
Yeah a buddy of mine works for a fencing company, and he said dimensional lumber hit an all time high last week.
Posted on 8/26/20 at 1:59 pm to TU Rob
All of the lumber is being sent up north and out west to protect buildings from looting.
Posted on 8/26/20 at 2:22 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
.. nope
Been this was since the covid and folks staying home.
Been this was since the covid and folks staying home.
Posted on 8/26/20 at 2:25 pm to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Every article I could find online cited Mill shutdowns and huge DIY demand as driving the prices. Pretty sure it's not because of looting...
Posted on 8/26/20 at 2:30 pm to humblepie
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Every article I could find online cited Mill shutdowns and huge DIY demand as driving the prices. Pretty sure it's not because of looting...
Yep. My buddy said they get most of their wood supplies from mills in the Midwest, specifically one in Michigan. They were shut down for weeks on end for Covid, and they can't get caught up now.
Posted on 8/26/20 at 2:32 pm to TU Rob
Same with all building supplies... and you never know which ones.
Posted on 8/26/20 at 2:39 pm to Cracker
Price is probably going to jump again (at least regionally) with this hurricane rolling through
Posted on 8/26/20 at 10:52 pm to Cracker
Yup. We found a lot recently and started getting some quotes.....house only cost was in sane.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 5:29 am to Cracker
How much do the lumber tariffs have to do with the price increase? I know there were a few Canadian mills that shutdown when the tariffs first went into effect.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 6:51 am to Cracker
20, 8' 2x4's and one sheet of 5/8" c/d was $202 last week. 
SIL said that lumber has jumped almost 300% in the last 6 months.
SIL said that lumber has jumped almost 300% in the last 6 months.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 8:11 am to fightin tigers
Tariffs, covid and a strong housing market. Tariffs are affecting treated also since the chemicals come from China.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 8:28 am to Cracker
My cost to build went up 14k from May until last week. We're waiting on financing and will see what happens. The builder and the supplier both said it appears to be leveling off now, so hopefully it'll stop going up. As always, costs go up quick and fall really slow, so i don't expect much.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 8:44 am to way_south
Nope when they fall it will be just as quick.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 10:18 am to Cracker
My quote went up $17000 in 2 months for building materials. Guy at the lumber store told me he wouldn’t build a lemonade stand right now if He didn’t have too. We were gonna start next month. Thinking about waiting a few months now.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 10:53 am to GooseCreekMafia
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My quote went up $17000 in 2 months for building materials. Guy at the lumber store told me he wouldn’t build a lemonade stand right now if He didn’t have too. We were gonna start next month. Thinking about waiting a few months now.
My deck contractor started my quote about a month ago, and he is sticking to his quotes. I'm sure the lumber prices are eating into his profits some, but I'm sure he will make it up on his next projects. I would hate to be building a house right now. This deck is going to be expensive, but when we started our refi process back in the spring it was always going to be our first project. We will probably wait until later to start doing stuff inside, since a good bit of it will involve framing out a new bedroom, closet, bath, etc.
Posted on 8/27/20 at 11:24 am to GooseCreekMafia
People are still going because interest rates are so low but I think they’ll be fine waiting until winter. Rates aren’t going anywhere for a while. Prices will go down when the northern states start to slow down and mills will catch up on production
Posted on 8/28/20 at 7:14 am to Cracker
we got ours in the dry just in time. its cost us an extra grand for our deck framing but thankfully our builder added 10% on the lumber quote for the estimate. we started framing in April
Posted on 8/28/20 at 7:42 am to TU Rob
quote:he won’t be in business long.
My deck contractor started my quote about a month ago, and he is sticking to his quotes. I'm sure the lumber prices are eating into his profits some, but I'm sure he will make it up on his next projects. I would hate to be building a house right now. This deck is going to be expensive, but when we started our refi process back in the spring it was always going to be our first project. We will probably wait until later to start doing stuff inside, since a good bit of it will involve framing out a new bedroom, closet, bath, etc.
Posted on 9/1/20 at 8:00 pm to Cracker
Builder was getting ready to form up for my slab tomorrow. He called me freaking out. He told me that a 2x4x16 that was $6.40 last month is now nearly $16. A 4x8 sheet of plywood is $23 an usually runs about $12. Not sure what we are going to do. Construction loan is only good for 9 months from signing.
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