CloverKnollFarms
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A year ago we were paying about $9/stud and $50/sheet of BC plywood… AC today is $45.
Y'all Been Checkin' Lumber Prices?
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deezler
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2x4x8 studs holding at $4.35 here. Anyone else find it funny that (at least at home depot) the 92-5/8 and 96" studs are always the exact same price? I'll take the 3 free inches every time, lol.
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^^^ When you're only doing a few, cutting them doesn't involve a lot labor. When you're doing a building, that 3" inches can save a considerable amount of time and at today's labor costs, that can add up significantly.
LD1
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Yup....that 3" isn't free. It actually cost you money if you are actually building a stud wall. More labor, note time, and more waste to get rid of.
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Blasphemy! It ain’t waste, it’s 3 or 4 nice pieces of kiln-dried kindling for my wood stove. Yes, I typically actually spend even more time to cut those extra 3 inches off not once, but thrice. Or often when the project is over i just cut up all the untreated wood into little strips.
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i need to build a poie barn for my JD tractor to keep it out of the sun as it cooked the hydraulic hoses being out of the barn with the new tractor in there, so need 4x4, 6x6, and trusses to say the least..
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New construction plummeted in July, further depleting housing supply
Construction activity for new U.S. homes decreased sharply in July, and the number of permits issued for new building projects also fell as higher mortgage rates and supply chain problems ...
There's been a lot of discussion about starts being months into the future and people not even being able to get start dates. We don't want the contractors suffering and having to lay workers off, but will this allow them to catch up some? Will it bring lumber and other materials (electrical, plumbing, etc) prices down to where homeowners can buy stuff again for small projects? I haven't bought much of anything along that line in a year.
A slowdown might be good to an extent if it doesn't cause other problems.
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So, prices should drop even further if demand goes down...New construction plummeted in July, further depleting housing supply
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Construction activity for new U.S. homes decreased sharply in July, and the number of permits issued for new building projects also fell as higher mortgage rates and supply chain problems ...
There's been a lot of discussion about starts being months into the future and people not even being able to get start dates. We don't want the contractors suffering and having to lay workers off, but will this allow them to catch up some? Will it bring lumber and other materials (electrical, plumbing, etc) prices down to where homeowners can buy stuff again for small projects? I haven't bought much of anything along that line in a year.
A slowdown might be good to an extent if it doesn't cause other problems.
fatjay
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Around here, contractors are booked out at least a year, there just isn't enough people to go around. They're still plowing ahead with new construction, BUT they're ALL high density apartments and town homes. It's sick, and i hate it, I don't understand why anyone would want to live there. But they sell at record speed, typically sight unseen, before they're finished. Imagine living your whole life inside 4 walls without a yard around all these other people.
