Have you notice the cost of lumber has gone up 20 percent
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Yup.. lumber mills were shut down along with the rest of the country. Now they're all behind. "Supply & Demand" is what I was told. If & when they get caught up, and the demand goes down, so will the prices: I hope.
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that rarely seems to happen....
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Stick! Be positive man! Gotta will it to happen! smh no faith.... *sigh* :haha:
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file a change order (CO) and adjust the pricing accordingly..
you are working for ''costs'' - the costs have risen..
recalculate for unforeseen costs or back out of the project...
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Lumber goes up and down like a yo-yo but at some point all the beetle killed trees here is going to affect the allowable volume to cut. Whether it has or not yet I don't know. I've been out of the loop for too long. That will reduce supply but mostly lumber prices are affected by housing starts. Once again I'm not in the loop anymore.
It happens with gasoline all the time...
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and just about anything else that's a staple...
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I stocked up on Harbor Freight Staples before the pandemic, so I am good.
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w/ the failure rate you'll be getting...
I hope you only wasted a couple of tuck loads of money...
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No waste, I shoot them at the crows.
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Dan it is $3.50 here.
Here is an interesting article about the difference between Kiln dried and air dried. Are you building a boat? Read Petro's answer
https://www.boatdesign.net/threads/kiln-dried-vs-air-dried-douglas-fir.21262/
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but their staples don't fit Bostich, Swingline or Arrow...
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I don't buy a staple gun often,
but when I do its a Harbor Freight
Go Harbor Freight.
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but when I do its a Harbor Freight
Go Harbor Freight.
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With the constant need of this commodity, pricing does vary but seemingly more slowly. Building is hot here in East Tennessee, so I don’t expect much of a dip anytime soon. We went through a spell where you couldn’t find some lumber anywhere - that situation has improved, if pricing hasn’t...
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everybody needs paper weights...
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