KubotainNH
Veteran Member
Thanks for the update, I was afraid of that but how do you know if this is the new normal? Maybe a few interest hikes will calm the housing market a bit.
All I know is I'm paying 3 times the price for raw steel for my fab shop. I imagine the cost of pre-paint siding to be up there as well.Anybody know if steel buildings are getting hit as hard with material costs as post/stick framed buildings? I know steel has shot up, but I don't know how quickly that flows through to finished product purchasers in that world.
Any updates from ya'll who are tracking this? I'm contemplating having a garage built. Thanks!
Thanks for the update, I was afraid of that but how do you know if this is the new normal? Maybe a few interest hikes will calm the housing market a bit.
Yet a decade ago mills were struggling, and making do with what they had for equipment. Around here at least, several major mills have turned some of that "extra" back into their infrastructure so that they can be more competitive in the future. They aren't the only factor in the supply chain anyways. You may not have noticed but fuel has gone up; required to run the mill, as well as bring raw product in and finished product out. Then it goes to the lumberyard, which makes more off the lumber than anybody further down the supply chain.It's not great. Lumber futures are currently trading at about $1160 per 1000 board feet. For perspective, $350 to $500 per $1000 b.f. was typical during the previous decade. In 2021, it peaked at $1500, and recovered to as low as $470 in September. Since then, it's been marching up. Inflation and fuel cost are adding to the problems.
I don't think you'll see favorable lumber pricing again for a while.