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Lumber prices
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09/21/20 06:14 PM
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spazm09
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How long until it goes back down?
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/21/20 06:19 PM
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GarySHO
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/21/20 07:05 PM
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butch sanders
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a piece of 7/16" OSB is $23 today
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/21/20 07:08 PM
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grout-scout
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a piece of 7/16" OSB is $23 today
We built a house in 2004, OSB was $24 a sheet back then (here anyways). I believe there was 3 hurricanes that year and it made prices nuts. I’m surprised lumber isn’t higher.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/21/20 07:55 PM
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butch sanders
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we were paying $13 early this year & that was with radiant barrier 52 week low is $8.26
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/21/20 07:58 PM
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Yeah last I heard the prices had quadrupled. Guess I'll continue to postpone my fence.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/21/20 08:41 PM
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I bought 4 -16'x 5/4 treated deck boards last Friday @ $26.00 each. They should run around $.90/ft ea.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/21/20 08:41 PM
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A lot of the west coast lumber is on fire. Might keep the prices higher for awhile.
I could buy good 2x12's in any length cheaper than I could get 1x12's last week. Just didn't make sense to me.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/21/20 08:45 PM
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A lot of the west coast lumber is on fire. Might keep the prices higher for awhile. I'm thinking that unless it's a specialty lumber like western red cedar or redwood, 99% of the wood sold in most of Texas is southern yellow pine.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/21/20 08:48 PM
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A lot of the west coast lumber is on fire. Might keep the prices higher for awhile. I'm thinking that unless it's a specialty lumber like western red cedar or redwood, 99% of the wood sold in most of Texas is southern yellow pine. And crooked as heck
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/21/20 09:11 PM
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butch sanders
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A lot of the west coast lumber is on fire. Might keep the prices higher for awhile. I'm thinking that unless it's a specialty lumber like western red cedar or redwood, 99% of the wood sold in most of Texas is southern yellow pine. And crooked as heck LOL yes it is
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/21/20 09:16 PM
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Funny this thread comes up. I've been shocked at the rise in lumber prices. I actually just left from getting a price to replace 544' of fence, 3 rails, posts and concrete for post over $7,200 break that down about $13 a ft in material 8 months ago I could get it around $6-8 ft.
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Re: Lumber prices
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#13707132
09/21/20 09:18 PM
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Looks like I'll put off the deer blinds that I've been thinking about making.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/21/20 09:21 PM
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Kicker16
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Funny this thread comes up. I've been shocked at the rise in lumber prices. I actually just left from getting a price to replace 544' of fence, 3 rails, posts and concrete for post over $7,200 break that down about $13 a ft in material 8 months ago I could get it around $6-8 ft. Oh, and they didn't have enough pickets and didn't know when they would be getting enough in. I ran into that on another fence job about a month ago, I check over 20 places in the Houston area and most didn't have any pickets or just a few I had to go to College Station to get them and bring them back.
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Re: Lumber prices
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#13707150
09/21/20 09:41 PM
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Not even close to the ceiling yet... have seen builders recently buy lumber for 6-10 houses before the forms are even set for the slab to try and get it all before the next increase. That OSB price will be closer to $35 before it’s all said and done. Availability issues are just showing up, I know of some places that can’t get several lengths of 2X6 right now. Some cedar is getting really tough too
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Re: Lumber prices
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#13707161
09/21/20 09:52 PM
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Mark Perry
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Put building my shop on hold till after the first of the year. Boat fits just fine in garage. Will leave that money in the bank and not pay 3-4 times more for it to get built now. Will wait it out.
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Re: Lumber prices
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#13707178
09/21/20 10:20 PM
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Yeah, went to the box store the other day for a simple 2x4. HooocheyMAMA! $5.65 now for a cheap a$$ 2x4!
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#13707226
09/21/20 11:10 PM
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A lot of the west coast lumber is on fire. Might keep the prices higher for awhile. I'm thinking that unless it's a specialty lumber like western red cedar or redwood, 99% of the wood sold in most of Texas is southern yellow pine. And crooked as heck LOL yes it is Yellow pine is the wood that never stops moving. We just built an enclosure for our new miniature donkey. What would’ve cost me less than $500 normally cost me over $1,200. Absolutely ridiculous.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/22/20 12:17 AM
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We are doing the concrete work on a big apartment complex up in Denton, was there last week and they were building a big security fence up in the middle of the project and filling it up with truck loads of lumber, I asked the project manager what was going on, he said by accepting all the lumber for the project right now they were saving over 1M dollars, he said the lumber prices are really going to hurt a lot of their future projects.
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Re: Lumber prices
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#13707334
09/22/20 12:47 AM
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Jman
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$845 for forming material for a retaining wall today. And I’m not done.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/22/20 01:29 AM
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Space
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There is a shortage of cedar.
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Re: Lumber prices
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#13707387
09/22/20 01:32 AM
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CKINCAID
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I'm a project manager for a homebuilder in Washington state. I just finished one home and if I started it today it would cost 50k more.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/22/20 02:11 AM
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the skipper
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We put our build on hold till hopefully spring. I'm thinking about selling the land now and just buying something. Its ridiculous and people are buying new builds before the slab is poured still. I cant make myself pay these prices. Every time I pulled in the driveway I would be pissed
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09/22/20 12:50 PM
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We are doing the concrete work on a big apartment complex up in Denton, was there last week and they were building a big security fence up in the middle of the project and filling it up with truck loads of lumber, I asked the project manager what was going on, he said by accepting all the lumber for the project right now they were saving over 1M dollars, he said the lumber prices are really going to hurt a lot of their future projects. My friend who is in lumber sales for large homebuilders mentioned they only guarantee the price quoted for 5 business days. That's how fast it's changing.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/22/20 12:53 PM
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spazm09
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We are doing the concrete work on a big apartment complex up in Denton, was there last week and they were building a big security fence up in the middle of the project and filling it up with truck loads of lumber, I asked the project manager what was going on, he said by accepting all the lumber for the project right now they were saving over 1M dollars, he said the lumber prices are really going to hurt a lot of their future projects. My friend who is in lumber sales for large homebuilders mentioned they only guarantee the price quoted for 5 business days. That's how fast it's changing. We expect daily updates on prices from your inside source. Don't let us down.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/22/20 12:57 PM
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Roller22
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We are doing the concrete work on a big apartment complex up in Denton, was there last week and they were building a big security fence up in the middle of the project and filling it up with truck loads of lumber, I asked the project manager what was going on, he said by accepting all the lumber for the project right now they were saving over 1M dollars, he said the lumber prices are really going to hurt a lot of their future projects. My friend who is in lumber sales for large homebuilders mentioned they only guarantee the price quoted for 5 business days. That's how fast it's changing. We expect daily updates on prices from your inside source. Don't let us down. I'm not buying pine for homes, I buy cedar for pergolas and fence. It has gone nuts. Paid $5/picket for pre-stained 1x6x6 dog earred. Crazy prices
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/22/20 12:59 PM
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We are doing the concrete work on a big apartment complex up in Denton, was there last week and they were building a big security fence up in the middle of the project and filling it up with truck loads of lumber, I asked the project manager what was going on, he said by accepting all the lumber for the project right now they were saving over 1M dollars, he said the lumber prices are really going to hurt a lot of their future projects. My friend who is in lumber sales for large homebuilders mentioned they only guarantee the price quoted for 5 business days. That's how fast it's changing. We expect daily updates on prices from your inside source. Don't let us down. I'm not buying pine for homes, I buy cedar for pergolas and fence. It has gone nuts. Paid $5/picket for pre-stained 1x6x6 dog earred. Crazy prices That's actually what I'm interested in. Western Red Cedar.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/22/20 01:01 PM
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Roller22
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Cedar Supply in Carrollton for WRC all dimensions.
Master Halco for cedar pickets.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/22/20 03:34 PM
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GarySHO
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Friend of mine just said it cost him 30k more to build a cabin than it did the last one.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/22/20 03:42 PM
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Friend of mine just said it cost him 30k more to build a cabin than it did the last one. Why didn't he postpone?
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09/22/20 04:19 PM
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None of this money trickling down. Stumpage prices the same, delivered logs about the same. Shoot the middle man.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/22/20 04:22 PM
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butch sanders
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fire rated plywood down $2 since Friday
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/22/20 04:24 PM
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RayBob
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None of this money trickling down. Stumpage prices the same, delivered logs about the same. Shoot the middle man. This along with the end retailers !!!
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09/22/20 08:04 PM
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I work for a truss manufacture specializing in multi family projects. In March we were able to buy lumber some where around 400-450 dollars per 1000 board feet of number 2 grade southern yellow pine. We just recently bought a truck load for $997 per 1000 board feet lucky we usually buy lumber stock in 3-6 month increments so this job might end up being a wash. In the beginning it was all of the DIY projects that started the shortage. The big box stores are the largest purchasers of dimensional lumber specifically treated lumber.
The way the lumber treatment people buy from the lumber mills is on some type of future average. Well since all of the big box stores pretty much sold out of lumber in the beginning of the pandemic, it jumped the futures way up and a large portion of what was available was allocated for them. Then include the nationwide shut down and the mandatory shut downs if a mill worker tested positive and the west coast fires burning up all of the Douglas fir. Well our lowly southern yellow pine is now a very hot commodity especially since the markets that used fir wood are now having to buy yellow pine.
What is really interesting is that our lumber inspector has gone to a few mills recently and has not noticed a shortage of lumber of any grade in their staging yards like one would think with prices so high. It leaves one to ponder
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/22/20 08:08 PM
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spazm09
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What is really interesting is that our lumber inspector has gone to a few mills recently and has not noticed a shortage of lumber of any grade in their staging yards like one would think with prices so high. It leaves one to ponder Supply and demand. Even if the supply stays the same, if the demand goes up, the prices will follow.
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09/22/20 09:00 PM
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buda13
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Demand is insane right now... shipping close to 10 million pounds of stick lumber a week to job sites locally... as are 4 other lumber yards in our area and it’s still not enough to keep up.
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09/22/20 09:00 PM
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RayBob
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interest rates down = increased number of new housing starts
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09/23/20 12:40 AM
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V-Bottom
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Canadian Tariffs on their lumber Pandemic shut down mills Construction boomed Lack of lumber Calif. Fires Low interest rates on housing
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09/23/20 12:51 AM
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Friend of mine just said it cost him 30k more to build a cabin than it did the last one. Why didn't he postpone? Cabin fever? ba doom boom
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09/23/20 01:46 AM
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McLovin’
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Mill prices will dump before Thanksgiving
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/23/20 01:36 PM
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butch sanders
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Friend of mine just said it cost him 30k more to build a cabin than it did the last one. Why didn't he postpone? Cabin fever? ba doom boom solid 8.8
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09/24/20 03:42 PM
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butch sanders
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I work for a truss manufacture specializing in multi family projects. In March we were able to buy lumber some where around 400-450 dollars per 1000 board feet of number 2 grade southern yellow pine. We just recently bought a truck load for $997 per 1000 board feet lucky we usually buy lumber stock in 3-6 month increments so this job might end up being a wash. In the beginning it was all of the DIY projects that started the shortage. The big box stores are the largest purchasers of dimensional lumber specifically treated lumber. The way the lumber treatment people buy from the lumber mills is on some type of future average. Well since all of the big box stores pretty much sold out of lumber in the beginning of the pandemic, it jumped the futures way up and a large portion of what was available was allocated for them. Then include the nationwide shut down and the mandatory shut downs if a mill worker tested positive and the west coast fires burning up all of the Douglas fir. Well our lowly southern yellow pine is now a very hot commodity especially since the markets that used fir wood are now having to buy yellow pine. What is really interesting is that our lumber inspector has gone to a few mills recently and has not noticed a shortage of lumber of any grade in their staging yards like one would think with prices so high. It leaves one to ponder do you fabricate for NE Construction ?
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09/24/20 09:15 PM
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I work for a truss manufacture specializing in multi family projects. In March we were able to buy lumber some where around 400-450 dollars per 1000 board feet of number 2 grade southern yellow pine. We just recently bought a truck load for $997 per 1000 board feet lucky we usually buy lumber stock in 3-6 month increments so this job might end up being a wash. In the beginning it was all of the DIY projects that started the shortage. The big box stores are the largest purchasers of dimensional lumber specifically treated lumber.
The way the lumber treatment people buy from the lumber mills is on some type of future average. Well since all of the big box stores pretty much sold out of lumber in the beginning of the pandemic, it jumped the futures way up and a large portion of what was available was allocated for them. Then include the nationwide shut down and the mandatory shut downs if a mill worker tested positive and the west coast fires burning up all of the Douglas fir. Well our lowly southern yellow pine is now a very hot commodity especially since the markets that used fir wood are now having to buy yellow pine.
What is really interesting is that our lumber inspector has gone to a few mills recently and has not noticed a shortage of lumber of any grade in their staging yards like one would think with prices so high. It leaves one to ponder How is the truss business these days?. The company i worked for in the 80s owned Timber Tech. We had 4 plants. 2 in Texas. I spent months at a time in all 4. After we sold them off I contracted with the owner of the Cibolo, Tx plant to provide me with quotes on lumber. We had an exclusive agreement with UFP and I used his quotes to keep UFP honest.
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09/25/20 03:23 AM
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interest rates down = increased number of new housing starts Also, the recent hurricanes on the gulf coast have destroyed and damaged thousands of homes. Contractors are busy and it is challenging to get the materials. This happened in 2005 and 2008 after Rita and Ike hit our area, prices went way up for all materials and the wait for a contractor and delivery of materials was long.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/25/20 01:07 PM
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Fishin' Nut
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I remember the sheetrock shortage after Katrina. I was working in Milwaukee and a co worker was building a new home. The builder called him and was forced to move the estimated closing date out by X number of weeks. "Can't find sheetrock, and even if I could, all the installers have gone South because of the demand".
He is truly a sick individual.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/25/20 01:23 PM
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So do yall think some species of lumber are more affected than others? Like cedar vs pine? Or is it all just up about the same?
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/25/20 01:32 PM
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Pescador Loco
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So do yall think some species of lumber are more affected than others? Like cedar vs pine? Or is it all just up about the same? from the early 90s to about 99 it was cheaper for us to buy mahogany for decks than redwood, ever hear of the spotted owl? all our decks in colorado were redwood due to customer demand, we did do 3 homes with mahogany due to no redwood even available. western forest management sucks and can affect national pricing really quick when their fires and bs do what they are doing now.
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Re: Lumber prices
[Re: spazm09]
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09/25/20 01:32 PM
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RayBob
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Southern yellow pine is the prime framing material and every house built from Texas east and north to the Mason Dixon will use this. That's the majority of building.
I remember back in the 80's there was a lot of Canadian fir/spruce (?) dumped in US markets by the Canadian gubmint subsidized Canadian timber industry. Don't think that is the case anymore. That stuff was light and easy on saw blades because it was just not as dense as our pine lumber.
Cedar, I think is more a trim material with some siding.
I'm sure the production of board feet is down on everything but I'd think because of more severe COVID restrictions out west that would really affect western Cedar.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/25/20 01:35 PM
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RayBob
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Hops, correct me on my assumptions above. You'd know more than I would!
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/25/20 01:54 PM
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SkeeterGuy1
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interest rates down = increased number of new housing starts Not necessarily! Refinances or home purchases are nearly double or triple the amount of new home constructions. Cant speak for all markets, but I know that's the case for my market.
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Re: Lumber prices
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09/25/20 03:23 PM
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hopalong
Pescador Loco
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Pescador Loco
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Hops, correct me on my assumptions above. You'd know more than I would! fir is preferred due to how light and easy to work with it is, not quite a stout in horizontal as syp but still a great wood to build with. right on the saw blade thing too, I have seen syp dull a new blade before lunch, it splits bad if nailed wrong, is heavy as can be when wet and most comes out wet due to where it is stored. and cedar is a trim wood, worthless structurally except in certain circumstances like a pergola rafter etc.
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