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04-18-2021, 12:43 PM
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Will these prices ever drop? wtf? keeps going up every week. And it's getting really hard to find things like (j boxes, plumbing parts, etc.)
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04-18-2021, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted By Hutrapper⏩
this is because during the peak of the pandemic they shut down logging and manufacture of things like plywood. now everyone's projects are late and everyone needs materials. the price of raw materials should go back down eventually, assuming the govt doesnt continue to trainwreck the country with these ridiculous shutdowns...Just called my supplier.
A sheet of 3/4" plywood is retailing for $107.99 Canadian. Used to be about $40.00.
Building material prices are at least doubled. At least I make more on markup I guess...
A sheet of 3/4" plywood is retailing for $107.99 Canadian. Used to be about $40.00.
Building material prices are at least doubled. At least I make more on markup I guess...
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04-18-2021, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted By 4ea⏩
I would not bet on the government doing anything rationalthis is because during the peak of the pandemic they shut down logging and manufacture of things like plywood. now everyone's projects are late and everyone needs materials. the price of raw materials should go back down eventually, assuming the govt doesnt continue to trainwreck the country with these ridiculous shutdowns...
Hope they go down, I gotta build a house for myself next year
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04-18-2021, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted By Hutrapper⏩
i hear ya man. the only thing we can count on the govt to do is completely screw everything up every step of the way and continue to make itself rich while we the peasants suffer.I would not bet on the government doing anything rational
Hope they go down, I gotta build a house for myself next year
Hope they go down, I gotta build a house for myself next year
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04-18-2021, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted By 4ea⏩
Low interest rates are probably also driving it across commodities and industries, everyone is tapping into cheap debt to build houses and execute all sorts of other projectsthis is because during the peak of the pandemic they shut down logging and manufacture of things like plywood. now everyone's projects are late and everyone needs materials. the price of raw materials should go back down eventually, assuming the govt doesnt continue to trainwreck the country with these ridiculous shutdowns...
I'm on the edge of my city in a new subdivision and the last five years of construction pale in comparison to the amount of stuff going up right now, lots are filling up quickly af after they've sat untouched since we moved here
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