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paulz
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# Posted: 3 Oct 2020 09:07am
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Are we in a plywood shortage? I'm seeing $30 for 1/2 sheathing. I bought 5/8 a year ago for half that, and a few more sheets a few months ago for $20.
Temporary? I can wait, some..
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hueyjazz
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# Posted: 3 Oct 2020 09:21am
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All wood is outrageous for those items you can even get. In the US lumberjacks were incentivized to stay home with the extra $600 unemployment boost.
If you can use it the Amish are unaware of the shortage. They will cut anything i want at a reasonable price
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Brettny
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# Posted: 3 Oct 2020 11:13am
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Just wait. Between the covid overcharge fee and a active hurricane season this year..just wait. January this year 7/16 OSB was $9.99 a sheet, now $24. I check the prices about every 2 days and it was going up at least $1 a week.
This is prob going to push off our cabin build by at least 1yr, possibly even two.
To bad the amish dont make plywood.
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NorthRick
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# Posted: 3 Oct 2020 11:27am
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Lumber futures were $350 per 1,000 board-feet in May 2020. They spiked to $850 at the end of August. They've since dropped to around $600. With all the houses destroyed by fires and hurricanes it might be a while before prices drop any more.
A friend of mine that sells lumber thinks that the days of cheap lumber might be over for good.
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rpe
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# Posted: 3 Oct 2020 01:06pm
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Local big box store sold 3/8" exterior ply for $20 a sheet in April, and it's $28 now. For my shed build, most lumber was purchased from a mill near Sudbury, who still had the same prices as in the spring. Anything I needed from the big box stores was up significantly.
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Nobadays
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# Posted: 3 Oct 2020 03:47pm
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We have an Amish lumber yard near us. They try to hold prices down... they always beat the big box stores by just a little... they have a local mill as well but only make rough sawn dimensional lumber and beams/house logs. They are having a rough time getting mainstream lumber from the suppliers as well. When we bought the 1/2" cdx for our shop in May it was $21/ea, just bough more last week for the lean-to we built, that was $36/ea. Glad this years building projects are completed!
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paulz
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# Posted: 3 Oct 2020 08:08pm
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Maybe I'll just toilet paper it, got plenty of that now.
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rpe
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# Posted: 4 Oct 2020 12:57pm
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Funny about the TP. My son stocks shelves in a grocery store, and he says they have lots of TP, but have been out of paper towels for a couple weeks with this '2nd wave' arriving.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 4 Oct 2020 04:55pm
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OK, shortages of paint too, probably the ripple affect of covid and places shut down created a big hole in the supply chain or a big chunk of slack in the supply chain.
I'm needing 10 sheets of 5/8" plywood in spring for my shelter roof, hope things have settled down by then.
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Bruces
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# Posted: 5 Oct 2020 08:42am
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Rpe,Sudbury ?if you are talking Ontario I guess you are my neighbour
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paulz
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# Posted: 26 Nov 2020 06:37pm
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Just checked Home Depot, 1/2 sheathing down from $30 two months ago to $25. Still pricey but headed in the right direction.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 26 Nov 2020 08:07pm
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Quoting: paulz Just checked Home Depot, 1/2 sheathing down from $30 two months ago to $25. Still pricey but headed in the right direction.
Good news Paul, I was thinking if prices dont settle down, I was going to postpone adding the roof on my log shelter. So for now, its on unless prices are just stupid spendy.
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paulz
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# Posted: 13 Dec 2020 10:53am
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1/2 sheathing still holding at $25, but not for me, har har.
Yesterday I was in the neighborhood of Home Depot. I only need one more sheet to finish my front wall, but have been holding off hoping I would trip over one somewhere. But the rain is here and I thought what the heck, I'll bend over, only one sheet.
So I go in HD, can't find any. There is a bundle three tiers up the rack but in typical HD fashion, nobody around, let alone forklift driver. Finally I found one errant sheet by itself in an unmarked bin. Also in typical HD fashion, no carts to be had, so I carry it to the Covid line and move up 6 feet at a time. Finally get to the register, the young gal can't find anything to scan on it. And she can't find anyone else around, and nothing I can do, I'm holding the plywood. So she gets on her screen, punches in some stuff and says "$13.28"! I'm immediately thinking punch in 100 of these. But I paid, hoisted the one sheet and walked out smiling.
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moneypitfeeder
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# Posted: 13 Dec 2020 04:57pm
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Quoting: paulz But I paid, hoisted the one sheet and walked out smiling
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paulz
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# Posted: 5 Oct 2021 10:32am
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Looking good.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 8 Oct 2021 09:42pm
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Quoting: paulz Looking good.
Wow, just checked my home depot and we are identical to your prices except the thicker stuff is a dime cheaper.
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