Plywood..

[scott43]

Just going to throw this out there. 3/4 plywood is $100 a sheet here. Wtf?

 

[Bad Bob]

Going to build a soddy.

 

[BS Slarver]

Market is on fire right now, just about everywhere !
We are seeing no sign of a slow down even if it was 200 / sheet. Some upper end builds, not talking the YC madness is approaching 3k a sq ft. And local lumberyards are honoring quotes for 24 hrs.

Couple that demand everywhere with some Rona, natural disasters and there ya go.

Top it off with no one in Texas knowing how to shut off their water supply and recking their homes all while recording it for their insta account, priceless !
You think plywood is nuts ? Try buying plumbing, electrical and everything else to build with right now.

 

[Ogg]

What's really bizarre is sheathing grade plywood(CD) is more than finish grade(AB/AC) right now. Finding pressure treated lumber at any price is problematic as well. I'm afraid to even look at plumbing and electrical supplies.

 

[scott43]

The Rona near us has a shit-tonne of pressure treated...but yeah, not cheap. But plywood.. Just wow.

 

[BS Slarver]

Hear ya Ogg.
We have a Interior cabinet project on the calendar and 3/4 walnut cabinet grade hasn’t moved upward upward at all in 6-12 months.
Go figure ?!?

 

[Snowfan]

...Top it off with no one in Texas knowing how to shut off their water supply...

 

[BS Slarver]

One of the smart ones I see !
Just looked up the stats, 18 billion in property damage, that’s a shit ton of supplies.

 

[Ogg]

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You live in a part of Texas where cold and snow are actually a thing. Aren't you closer to Denver than you are to Dallas?

 

[Bad Bob]

It is not just building supplies. Played golf this morning, May 1st, with a manager from Cat Pape (Caterpillar heavy equipment sale company). They just sailed by their AUGUST sales forecast. There is no used equipment to be bought in the PNW.
Contactors are giving bids good for 1 week!
This is going to be crazy for a while yet.

 

[Snowfan]

You live in a part of Texas where cold and snow are actually a thing. Aren't you closer to Denver than you are to Dallas?

I had to look that one up. 417 mi to Denver, 391 to Dallas. I get an hour back on the Denver trip for mountain time, so it's closer

 

[KingGrump]

You live in a part of Texas where cold and snow are actually a thing. Aren't you closer to Denver than you are to Dallas?

I believe he is also on a separate power grid.

 

[SBrown]

 

[Snowfan]

I believe he is also on a separate power grid.

Yes.

 

[Uncle-A]

I just posted in a different thread that my home owners insurance went up a lot and that when I questioned the increase they said that if the had to rebuild my house the cost of the material would be much higher than last year. The price of the lumber is going to raise the price of a lot of things not just construction.

 

[Jilly]

PSA - order your metal toilet partitions before July!!

 

[Scruffy]

I got my home addition built (mostly finished this past winter) just before the lumber shortage price madness. I'm attempting to finish up some projects now and it's crazy. 4x4x8' Clear Cedar post $100 !!! I was at the yard yesterday attempting to buy supplies to build a 15' fence in cedar. Just the lumber alone was well over $1500. I said: Yeah, no thanks. Switch it up; building it in PT. It's just a small privacy fence for my patio next my house, so I didn't want PT, but come-on, there's a limit to what I'll over pay for.

 

[Andy Mink]

Dog ear redwood fencing is approaching $4/each for 6' boards in Reno, if you can find it. I think fencing that was going to be replaced this year will have to wait.

 

[scott43]

I just finished building a play structure for the kids. The kits were going for $2-4 THOUSAND. I built something from PT but the lumber costs still easily exceeded $1k.

 

[Dwight]

What's really bizarre is sheathing grade plywood(CD) is more than finish grade(AB/AC) right now. Finding pressure treated lumber at any price is problematic as well. I'm afraid to even look at plumbing and electrical supplies.

Oak and Maple plywood is cheaper.