Groceries too. But home values are also on the rise for those who are selling. Gotta take the good with the bad...
Have you notice the cost of lumber has gone up 20 percent
Since covid price has gone up 20 percent on lumber. Im building some planters for a friend at cost . I'm losing money because price risen so fast.
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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.
that rarely seems to happen....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.
Stick! Be positive man! Gotta will it to happen! smh no faith.... *sigh* :haha:that rarely seems to happen....
I'll not quote price again without actual prices again.
file a change order (CO) and adjust the pricing accordingly..Since covid price has gone up 20 percent on lumber. Im building some planters for a friend at cost . I'm losing money because price risen so fast.
you are working for ''costs'' - the costs have risen..
recalculate for unforeseen costs or back out of the project...
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...that rarely seems to happen....
and just about anything else that's a staple...It happens with gasoline all the time...
I stocked up on Harbor Freight Staples before the pandemic, so I am good.and just about anything else that's a staple...
Herb
w/ the failure rate you'll be getting...I stocked up on Harbor Freight Staples before the pandemic, so I am good.
Herb
I hope you only wasted a couple of tuck loads of money...
No waste, I shoot them at the crows.w/ the failure rate you'll be getting...
I hope you only wasted a couple of tuck loads of money...
HErb
Riiiight...CORVID! 
I picked up some air dried D.Fir a couple of weeks ago; rough sawn ungraded but mostly #1 (1/4 sawn).
$3.25bd/ft. Ouch.
$3.25bd/ft. Ouch.
Dan it is $3.50 here.I picked up some air dried D.Fir a couple of weeks ago; rough sawn ungraded but mostly #1 (1/4 sawn).
$3.25bd/ft. Ouch.
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/
Herb
but their staples don't fit Bostich, Swingline or Arrow...I stocked up on Harbor Freight Staples before the pandemic, so I am good.
Herb
I don't buy a staple gun often,
but when I do its a Harbor Freight
Go Harbor Freight.
HErb
but when I do its a Harbor Freight
Go Harbor Freight.
HErb
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...
everybody needs paper weights...I don't buy a staple gun often,
but when I do its a Harbor Freight
Go Harbor Freight.
HErb
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