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Posted on 3/7/22 at 10:55 am
Posted by RaisingCanesOnly
Member since Jan 2020
44 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 10:55 am
Anyone have any insight into the details of why residential windows are taking so long right now? Preferably someone in the industry - not looking for "everything in the supply chain is slow right now" type answers
Posted by leftyloosey
Member since Jan 2022
574 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 10:57 am to
Short term supply throttle to spike prices, then keep prices high while gradually restoring supply.

Prove me wrong.
Posted by OldHickory
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2012
10602 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 10:57 am to
Biden did that.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
35644 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 10:57 am to
It's something that is actually being affected by Global Warming. Windows are made out of glass which as we know is made out of sand. Every year we are losing more and more of our coastline to rising sea levels. This results in an ever decreasing supply of sand. It's simple economics.
Posted by MoisterOyster
On a reef
Member since May 2017
112 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 10:58 am to
Commercial GC here, glazing just got pushed back until august on a car dealership that we are building.. ordered it about 6 months ago to.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119638 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 11:09 am to
Ask the President
Posted by Montezuma
Member since Apr 2013
3629 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 11:15 am to
Tons of home remodels and new construction to go along with the supply chain issues. Friends have had to wait for months for new windows. Hot tubs were an issue too.
Posted by griddle
Member since Jan 2017
147 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 11:16 am to
Petroleum by products shortages.

Vinyl, plastics, roofing shingles, etc.

The list goes on. This is a fallout from shutting everything down in 2020. We refined less crude oil but people kept consuming products.

The system is playing "catch-up" but it may take years to catch back up.

2 weeks to flatten the curve!
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27177 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 11:17 am to
quote:

Preferably someone in the industry


Hey! That's me. I supply glass to window companies.

quote:

not looking for "everything in the supply chain is slow right now" type answers


Then I don't know what to tell you. Demand is outpacing supply. It's pretty much that simple. I'm supplying more glass to my customers than I was pre-covid, but there's even more demand now. Window companies are operating as fast as they can, but when you receive two orders for every one order you complete, then lead times are obviously going to increase.
Posted by TheDeathValley
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2010
17237 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 11:17 am to
We just finished building last month. Our windows took about 6 months from when we ordered.
Posted by Lonnie Utah
Utah!
Member since Jul 2012
24127 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 11:18 am to
Got my Pella windows for our remodel sitting in my garage. They go in tomorrow. I think we ordered them in Late Oct, and we've had them since early Jan. Been waiting on good weather.
Posted by J Murdah
Member since Jun 2008
39794 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 11:23 am to
not just windows. commercial wood doors are 5 months. hollow metal has gotten better though, but still about 4 months
Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
51191 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 11:34 am to
All current production is going to Ukraine to replace the bombed out windows there.
Posted by Leon Spinks
Texas
Member since Aug 2016
2273 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 11:37 am to
We are building a house now. Started in November. We still haven’t gotten our brick. Our builder also said a single 2x6 went from about 7 dollars early this year to 17 dollars now.
Posted by Koach K
Member since Nov 2016
4137 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 11:44 am to
Country is riiiiiiiiiiich. Until it isn’t and everyone stops playing 3/2 housing mogul.

You see, I’m a real estate mogul on credit used to purchase stick homes with no yard or any place for the hoarding non-housekeeping Women to stack Tupperware bins full of consumer crap housewares.
Posted by ShermanTxTiger
Broussard, La
Member since Oct 2007
10918 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 11:48 am to
We are building now... Our contractor ordered windows when we signed the contract in Sept. They arrived in December.

Posted by kengel2
Team Gun
Member since Mar 2004
31017 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 11:53 am to
quote:

RaisingCanesOnly



Why do your chicken fingers keep getting smaller?

Posted by LSUtoBOOT
Member since Aug 2012
12556 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 1:29 pm to
quote:

Anyone have any insight into the details of why residential windows are taking so long right now?


It’s a real pane for many.
Posted by Tigeralum2008
Yankees Fan
Member since Apr 2012
17154 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 1:42 pm to
Just sold our house with a contingency to replace a couple windows. Lead time was 16 weeks so we had to close on the house, pay for the windows, then give the company the new homeowners contact information
Posted by Billy Blanks
Member since Dec 2021
3822 posts
Posted on 3/7/22 at 2:06 pm to
Windows are 52 weeks out.
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