[Gabz]

What the suppliers around here have told us is that the higher price is due to importation, not because of the enviros, but because domestic plywood is being used by the military and for the rebuilding in Iraq.

How true that is, I have no idea, but since we heard the exact same story from several different suppliers in 3 different states, it's as good a theory as any, I guess.

[Texan5]

We were given that explanation for the rise in cost for cabinet grade plywood, which hubby uses in his furniture building, although I can't see cabinet grade plywood being used in reconstruction-that isn't done here...

[George from New England]

What!

Rebuild Iraq with good lumber and build the American homes with an artifical substitute!

God makes the wood when he grows our trees and forests. I have faith in what God has given us. Scientists give us substitutes; how many years before we find out the flaws in the substitutes?

[Mr. Bird]

I would think the continuing new home construction would help keep the lumber costs up as well; my deck guy told me I paid half the price in June '03 that he would be charging now, thanks to lumber prices.

[AngryJawa]

My suppliers are telling me that alot of this is blowback from the tariffs that GWB put on Canadian lumber. Couple that with historically high demand and all-time low production capacity and you get a real mess.

[VMI70]

"What the suppliers around here have told us is that the higher price is due to importation, not because of the enviros, but because domestic plywood is being used by the military and for the rebuilding in Iraq."

Exactly what I heard from a contractor down in NC last month.