Price of Lumber gone up?
 

Price of Lumber gone up?

I started re-decking my car hauler last fall. Ran out of desire and good weather. But I called a couple places to get prices for 2' X 8" X 16' spruce, needed 11 of them. Was quoted $174 and $178 from lumber places. (+ taxes)

Last week I went and picked up the wood from the place that gave me the cheaper quote. The bill came to $219 +taxes.

I contemplated asking the high school senior at the cash register if prices had gone up but figured why bother. Never heard of anyone complaining about a increase so I'd figure I'd ask here?



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What $219 + taxes worth of lumber looks like. While It's stripped down I'm adding more steel under supports. Instead of 24" OC it will be 12" OC That way I can haul a more compact weight like a bobcat.

What's wrong with the old deck?

Always a seasonal adjustment.........More housing starts these days also increases demand. I knew a builder that sometimes ordered his lumber package early winter and stored it till spring....

I have seen a lot more Canadian lumber used on large projects like this lately.

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In the past, buildings like this were made of concrete and steel. Maybe supply isn't keeping up with demand?

Prices for all construction mat'l is going up. Drywall and metal studs going up weekly in some cases. Tariffs or the threat of tariffs is one of the reasons.

Big time. Blame the latest tropical storm/hurricane. In this case Irma.

It doesnt seem right to use untreated boards But I guess the Pt wouldnt play well with the steel either. I dunno. My redneck sealant as of late has been used motor oil. Soaks in good makes a nice color and seems to work good. Iv even used it on pressure treated wood to give it a better color.

Last November I was quoted $24/sheet for subfloor for a house I'm redoing. Now? $32 a sheet. No difference in stock. The same sheets there now were there in November. I assume it's because it's construction season like LakeCleElum said.

Uhmm, U.S. tariffs on Canadian lumber

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-41838828

And on our steel too

I saw a graph last week. Frickin hockey stick!

We are winning. Be careful what you wish for. Everything is up - metal, equipment stuff. I just ordered a 12.5 ton HVAC from Carrier. The price of this goes up 6% in June. My son is in the metals recycling business - he has seen prices rise, primarily on the fear of tariffs. What it means to you an me - inflation, IMO. The cost gets past on to you and me.

This is what $1200 worth of lumber looks like

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$900+

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I was just talking to one of my lumber suppliers yesterday about this. It’s gone up the past six months but has really jumped the past 4-6 weeks.

It's 20+ years old and the edges are getting soft (rotten). Time for new.

It is my observation that would be get rich traders of futures can cause some massive whip effects.

It is also my observation(locally) that housing construction is ramping up to bubble ballistic around here.

Exactly, pressure treated lumber would react with the metal and eat away at it. The motor oil actually protects the metal of the trailer. Redneck Ziebarting :)

Those tariffs shouldn't effect me as I live in Canada and if you read the history on them every time the two countries go to court over this the USA looses. They owe Canada about $4 Billion now in rebates and just don't want to pay. The funny part is the lumber companies that are being charged are USA owned. :)

Scrap (general shred) hit $255 a ton a couple weeks ago. That's gate price if you are a volume supplier you get more. Settled at $230 a ton last week. Last year it was $120-$150

More than just the fear of tariffs. Steep increases for several years. Heavy demand

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/industry/forestry/competitive-forest-industry/forest-industry-economics/weekly-prices

2016 avg 308
2017 avg 411
2018 a vg 528
Last week 543

Been to the gas station lately ? Drove by one yesterday diesel was 3.099 and regular unleaded was 2.799 :confused: . On inauguration day we were at 2.000 for regular unleaded ................... I'll stop right there ;)

12) 16' lengths of T&G clear redwood 1 x 6 and a few Rdw 2 x 4's plus one 4 x 4 post for a fence vertical extension. Price out the door — $997.00 !!!

Client wanted to continue the extension another 24' in length so I went back for more and it was $460.

Glad he's a rich cat. Wood fences are out of the question anymore.

Trump's tarrifs

As I understand it, this is only collected from companies that are given the timber free by the Canadian government and is proportional to market costs for the timber land harvested.

It is just an equalization of some players. Any company that owns or leases its own Timber land would not be effected?

I'm fairly certain the real driver is a spike in demand, the long bull market has people buy crazy.

I think you are correct. It is a pissing match that has gone on for decades.

I don't think it's market related....the housing debacle of a decade ago just took years to recover from....nothing new was being built around here until 3-4 years ago, and it's been steadily increasing since...everywhere I go. Pent up demand....and you know what....people are still addicted to cheap credit....which sucks :(. I'd bet most of the new buyers are still mortgaged to the max....it's the new American way....

A pick up where it left off will likely result in a repeat. It is nuts around here.

For the last few years no contractor would even bother to return my call to look at the job.

I'm only flexible small fry piecemeal project work. Perfect for down times. The big fish go for big food in the meantime. But after a few years, after the large scale projects are all built to saturation, after the money has been spent on Escalade pickup trucks and timeshare interest/maintenance payments, they will be hungry again. Thankfully.

Let me know how to do that so I'll get rich too...

What I’d give for $3.09 diesel here. It’s $4 and rising. Seems to happen whenever a certain political party takes office, really strange...

And yes, EVERYTHING is going up, yugely. It’s all in the plan. :rolleyes:

No worries about tariffs and our increased oil exports abroad because we all have so much more money due to tax cuts! I am still figuring out how to spend last months extra $16.00. Oh the possibilities. :D

Exactly. The tax cut for regular people is a joke while for multi-millionaires, it’s large. And the cost of everything goes up, not in a small way. Usually, they just cause some extra drama in the Middle East but this guy is special, he’s attacking the middle class from several directions. :(