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Lumber prices
Posted on 4/27/21 at 6:41 pm
Posted on 4/27/21 at 6:41 pm
Have they went down any? Or if not when are they forecast to? Trying to build a house later this year.
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Posted on 4/27/21 at 6:51 pm to Allthatfades
I had an idea for some bookshelves I wanted to build in my house. Went and priced out the boards I would need.
Frick that, it’d cost more than just buying some nice ones already built.
Frick that, it’d cost more than just buying some nice ones already built.
Posted on 4/27/21 at 6:53 pm to Allthatfades
Nope. $1263/kbf today. They are down from the all time high but creeping up. It should start dropping at some point in the year but won’t be back to pre-Covid levels in a while, maybe ever.
Posted on 4/27/21 at 8:29 pm to Drunken Crawfish
I have so much stuff that I want to build around the house, but choose not to due to the prices.
Posted on 4/27/21 at 8:39 pm to TDTOM
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I have so much stuff that I want to build around the house, but choose not to due to the prices.
Same. A fence being on top of the list. If my neighbor gets any more annoying, I may just take out a second mortgage.
Posted on 4/27/21 at 8:41 pm to PillageUrVillage
I have a new fence. Maybe I'll take it down and sell it.
Posted on 4/27/21 at 9:04 pm to Allthatfades
Even if lumber is going down, everything else is going up. Just got another notice that glass is going up again 
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:10 am to Drunken Crawfish
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Nope. $1263/kbf today. They are down from the all time high but creeping up.
Just out if curiosity, what were the ‘normal’ prices pre COVID?
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:25 am to bayouh2o
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:26 am to bayouh2o
quote:Between $300-$400
Just out if curiosity, what were the ‘normal’ prices pre COVID?
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:33 am to Drunken Crawfish
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won’t be back to pre-Covid levels in a while, maybe ever.
I tend to agree. People are still buying at the price it is now and will continue to.
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:50 am to Drunken Crawfish
We have been looking at doing major home renovations/add-ons for the last six months and are basically just using this time to save up more money for it and get all of our ducks/plans/contractors in a row for when material prices and contractor demand do start to come down. Paying 3x what it was a year ago unless the work has to be done now is just ridiculous. Hopefully we can look at getting started on everything sometime in the fall
Posted on 4/28/21 at 8:50 am to BottomlandBrew
I wanted to build a nice green house but with lumber and glass prices I may just settle for plastic tarp.
frick me
frick me
Posted on 4/29/21 at 8:02 am to Allthatfades
We are at all time highs this week on Lumber.
Builders that I talk to are still able to get the lumber so that’s a positive but they can’t be certain of the ongoing availability. Some builders suspect that the mills are manipulating the prices. I’d love to see some investigation into collusion.
The covid impact is certainly part of it.
I had thought that once covid vaccines rolled out, we’d see some decline in the price but I was very wrong. Maybe It hasn’t happened- yet.
On a 3,000 sq foot home that just got bid this week, I saw the lumber package at 180,000. That should have been around 95,000. Overall, on a 3,000 sq foot home, lumber can be from 10-15% of the overall cost. These days, it’s from 15-20-%. While that is relevant, I’m not sure it’s had much impact on the higher end homes.
Builders that I talk to are still able to get the lumber so that’s a positive but they can’t be certain of the ongoing availability. Some builders suspect that the mills are manipulating the prices. I’d love to see some investigation into collusion.
The covid impact is certainly part of it.
I had thought that once covid vaccines rolled out, we’d see some decline in the price but I was very wrong. Maybe It hasn’t happened- yet.
On a 3,000 sq foot home that just got bid this week, I saw the lumber package at 180,000. That should have been around 95,000. Overall, on a 3,000 sq foot home, lumber can be from 10-15% of the overall cost. These days, it’s from 15-20-%. While that is relevant, I’m not sure it’s had much impact on the higher end homes.
Posted on 4/29/21 at 8:47 am to PillageUrVillage
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Same. A fence being on top of the list. If my neighbor gets any more annoying, I may just take out a second mortgage.
I felt this one
Posted on 4/29/21 at 1:36 pm to SlidellCajun
I’m finally seeing some pull back from contractors and homeowners. There’s only one way to stop the madness. Stop buying
Posted on 4/29/21 at 4:58 pm to Art Vandelay
This was a week or so back at a Home Depot. It does not look like a shortage.
Posted on 4/29/21 at 5:11 pm to WPBTiger
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It does not look like a shortage.
Looks like a shortage in someone's wallet. $54 for a 4' x 8'!?
Posted on 4/29/21 at 7:22 pm to SlidellCajun
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On a 3,000 sq foot home that just got bid this week, I saw the lumber package at 180,000. That should have been around 95,000. Overall, on a 3,000 sq foot home, lumber can be from 10-15% of the overall cost. These days, it’s from 15-20-%. While that is relevant, I’m not sure it’s had much impact on the higher end homes.
What’s price per sqft? Haven’t started talking to builders but prob will in the next 6-8 months.
Posted on 4/29/21 at 7:42 pm to diat150
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What’s price per sqft? Haven’t started talking to builders but prob will in the next 6-8 months
We got our bid in for 4100 sq ft total and it came back at around 160 a sq ft
This post was edited on 4/29/21 at 7:44 pm
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