<div dir="ltr"><div>I'm told that with low interest rates, there are a number of folks moving out of apartments into houses. Of course they're also building apartments like mad around here and there seems to be a never-ending influx of Californians. <br></div><div>A lot of backfill on tiny areas passed over on the original development with a lot of the houses aren't big enough to change your mind inside but I guess that's (slightly) better than apartment living. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Trying to hire sentient workers isn't easy either so quality is suspect as well. </div><div><br></div><div>Ken in AZ<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 1:23 PM Mike M <<a href="mailto:meulenms@gmx.com">meulenms@gmx.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">This will also drive up the cost of existing homes. Around here, at<br>
least homes are only the market for a few days, if that.<br>
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On 4/26/2021 4:07 PM, <a href="mailto:szabelski@wildblue.net" target="_blank">szabelski@wildblue.net</a> wrote:<br>
> You’ll probably find the same issue with composite decking as you will with wood. We did our deck last year, ordered in April, delivered in August.<br>
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> The Trex plants were shut down just like everybody else. Talking to the main distributor for Trex in Michigan, they said that Trex, at that time, was only allowing them to make deliveries on 12 orders a month in order to keep production quantities in line with the orders. Don’t know if that still is an issue today. One good thing is that since we were ordering such a large quantity of decking, fascia, and railings, we got a 13% discount on our order because of an ongoing program.<br>
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> Cevil, Nothing seems to go down in price other than gasoline that fluctuates widely at times. I understand why you would build with steel vs stick wood. I've been trying to get a relatively large deck built on to the house the last year or so. Didn't work out last summer going to try again this year. Wood has increased in price so much that composite looks very attractive now. Used composite on my deck in AZ and am very pleased with how it has stood up to the intense sun and heat there. Here in WA the enemy is rain and almost constant dampness. The exact opposite. Have to use a different composite here due to the unique weather. Will start getting bids again soon. I suspect the bids will increase substantially.Sent from my Galaxy<br>
> -------- Original message --------From: Cecil Bearden <<a href="mailto:crbearden@copper.net" target="_blank">crbearden@copper.net</a>> Date: 4/26/21 7:17 AM (GMT-07:00) To: <a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a> Subject: Re: [AT] Lumber prices It will be at least 4 years before prices come down if any. Prices go up and almost never come down. Especially steel. If I build anything here in tornado land it will be steel. I plan to move from here in a few years and build my last home. It will be steel. Wood structures get blown apart with the storms tornadoes and relentless wind in this country. Last 2 days it has been 25-30mph sustained winds gusting to 40.CecilOn 4/26/2021 8:27 AM, <a href="mailto:szabelski@wildblue.net" target="_blank">szabelski@wildblue.net</a> wrote:> Wife and I have decided to put off building a pole barn this year. We’re going to wait until next year, unless everything gets caught up with demand this year and prices come back down.>> Carl>>> ----- Original Message -----> From: Brad Loomis <<a href="mailto:brad.loomis@gmail.com" target="_blank">brad.loomis@gmail.com</a>>> To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <<a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>>> Sent: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:06:10 -0400 (EDT)> Subject: [AT] Lumber prices>> <a href="mailto:brad.loomis@gmail.com" target="_blank">brad.loomis@gmail.com</a> has shared an Axios story with you:>> 4. New home sales surge as lumber prices skyrocket> <a href="https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-markets-a3f6ad2d-0edd-4db3-9799-5242dd002b6a.html?chunk=3&utm_term=emshare#story3" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-markets-a3f6ad2d-0edd-4db3-9799-5242dd002b6a.html?chunk=3&utm_term=emshare#story3</a>>> _______________________________________________> AT mailing list> <a href="mailto:AT@lists.antique-tractor.com" target="_blank">AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>> <a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com_______________________________________________AT" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com_______________________________________________AT</a> mailing listAT@lists.antique-tractor.comhttp://<a href="http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</a><br>
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