[AT] Crazy pricing on construction job

[Brad Loomis]

Supply and demand. Demand is through the roof, supply way down as mills and
other suppliers cut way back at the start of the pandemic. People didn't go
to work for a period of time. Then everybody at home took on projects. And
look at the price of houses. Probably just about anywhere. Our little
modest home has skyrocketed in the last 18 months. It will take some time
to balance out, but rest assured, prices will never return to where they
were. Not just lumber, as a shooter look at ammo and reloading supplies.
There are few and prices are through the roof. Someone here, maybe it was
Carl gave a good sermon on the reasoning for the increase in costs. I think
it may have been yesterday.
Brad

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 9:06 PM Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote:

> I received a few quotes on building a replacement deck on our house last
> summer but had to abandon the project due to scheduling issues.  So I
> immediately restarted the process this year after we got back from AZ. I am
> completely flabbergasted by the prices I am getting this year.  The quotes
> I
> have received so far are up by 80% to 125%.  Unbelievable.  I have been
> told
> that lumber prices have quadrupled in the last year.  Is that really true?
> I
> haven't gone to a lumber yard lately.  I've been told that 5 quarter Cedar
> is slightly higher than a composite floor and I live where Cedar trees grow
> wild. .  I am just flat stunned. How much of this is just fluff right now
> and will eventually go away or is this inflation that is here to stay?   Or
> do I try and ride it out and wait another year. I didn't plan or expect the
> have to pay this much for a new deck on the house.  The house and the
> neighborhood will withstand this much investment but....WOW!!!   I honestly
> feel like I'm a sucker right now.  What the heck is the cause of all this?
>
> Dean VP
> Snohomish, WA 98290
> "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and gospel
> of
> envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."
> ..Winston Churchill...
>
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