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Why is lumber so expensive right now?An illustrated explainer of the factors driving up the market.
/thehustle.co ^ | 6/11/2021 | Zachary Crockett

Posted on 06/15/2021 9:43:56 AM PDT by bitt


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To: bitt
3/4” cdx plywood is $90 and 1/2” is $85. Osb is $55.
41 posted on 06/15/2021 11:42:28 AM PDT by vigilante2
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To: 1Old Pro

I am seeing a lot of logs moving here in Oregon. I also found out one of our mills is cutting metric boards for export to China. We used to export a lot of raw logs but President Trump got them to export finished lumber instead.


42 posted on 06/15/2021 11:43:17 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: bitt

So, the answer from “The Graduate”-PLASTIC won’t work either.


43 posted on 06/15/2021 11:47:23 AM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? Homer Simpson)
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To: FreedomPoster

Lol...

Fall of 2019 my husband and son took the 2nd story dilapidated deck off my son’s house planning to build a new one. Covid hit, and I remember that spring suggesting to my husband that we go ahead and buy lumber to finish the job because I wondered if there would be a shortage. It didn’t happen and now we are wishing we had. So my son has two doors leading to a 20’ drop and we may end up building 2 small decks and join them later. Or turn the doors into windows, lol.


44 posted on 06/15/2021 11:56:09 AM PDT by LilFarmer ( )
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To: bitt

We built a new house in 1991. Stud 2 x 4’s were about $3.50 each. OSB was $7.40 per sheet. The entire framing package was about $15,000 at The Home Depot. That price included rafter lumber because the rafters were built on site.


45 posted on 06/15/2021 12:01:11 PM PDT by Gnome1949
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To: LilFarmer

Dang, bad timing.


46 posted on 06/15/2021 12:04:01 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: woofer2425; AnAmericanMother; goodnesswins

Like I said. Price gouging.

For some reason I remember that is against the law and specifically in the midst of this scamdemic.

Selective enforcement.


47 posted on 06/15/2021 12:56:58 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: KobraKai

I don’t think the wood used to make paper is anything that is fit for lumber. Maybe somebody can prove me wrong?


48 posted on 06/15/2021 2:41:48 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: KobraKai

I don’t think the wood used to make paper is anything that is fit for lumber. Maybe somebody can prove me wrong?


49 posted on 06/15/2021 2:42:07 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: oldtech; KobraKai

TP comes from pulp...and the pulp is not from trees grown for lumber


50 posted on 06/15/2021 3:33:43 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: FreedomPoster

I sure hope you got the rebate on those concrete footers.


51 posted on 06/15/2021 5:10:22 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson

I was actually looking at some concrete retaining wall blocks (Paverstone). That stuff is stupid expensive now, too.


52 posted on 06/15/2021 5:29:16 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: bitt

I had a high school economics teacher who said wars were predicated on the availability of lumber but I don’t recall the specifics. I graduated in 1980 and still remember that.


53 posted on 06/15/2021 6:36:42 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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