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Here in Texas my suppliers tell me they are having to wait longer for delivery and pay more for fiberglass batt insulation and for sheetrock.
The same thing happened with Portland cement six months ago. We had to reserve a week ahead for concrete and pay 25% more. Supply soon loosened up but the price didn’t go back down.
Just wondering if this is a regional thing or a concerted effort on the manufactuers part to raise prices in the middle of a new construction Bull market.
Definitely sounds like bull to me.
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Sounds like bull to me too. Of course I'm way up north in Ohio. We too are experiencing a severe building boom in this area but prices are stable. I do seem to recall a certain hurricane in Florida though that drove 2x4's from 1.75 to 3.50. That hasn't quite made it back to where it started and that was a good 4 or more years ago. they currently sell for around 2.69 now.
Masters degree in BS
Pete Draganic
*Shortage? Fiberglass and Sheetrock is almost nonexistent here in northeast Iowa.When we do get it,it is almost 1/3 more $$ than 3 months ago!!I think it is bull(and I'm not talking stock market terminology here!!)
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Here in Durham, NC, prices are way up, too, and there's talk of rationing. Smaller builders are having a hard time getting the sheetrock and fiberglass they need.
Try damp spray cellulose instead of the fiberglass. It allows less infiltration, builds a quieter house, and the cost is now less than fiberglass if you have an outfit that does it in your area. Only down side is that it's important to have it dried enough before putting up plastic vapor barrier and sheetrock, which can add a couple of days to your schedule--but it only adds the days if you would have otherwise been able to get the sheetrockers in immediately. This is helped if you get hold of a guage to measure the dampness, and make sure the installers are spraying it in pretty dry, as it's supposed to be.
-Sherri
*This sounds like bull so deep you are going to need waders to get out of it. Think about where the raw materials for portland cement and sheetrock come from; out of the ground! Last time I checked, there was no shortage of ground!Did you ever notice the same thing with fuel prices? The price of oil goes up and gasoline prices follow. The price of oil goes down and gasoline prices take a lot longer to go down and they don't go down near as far.The expression we have here is "BOLHICA" which stands for " Bend over lads, here it comes again"Cheers
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I apologize for the increases in prices and shortage of supply of building materials. I know I am to blame because I have started building my house. Also, my supplier is increasing the price of lumber this comming week. Next I assume it will be plumbing supplies and wire...
Frank
*Steve,From what I've read in EDU and JLC and heard from local insulation suppliers, fiberglass is harder to come by and more costly. Opinions are that with construction up the manufacturers can command a higher price. It's a nationa problem. Large buyers like Home Depot get preference over smaller regional trade suppliers. I've have to call around ahead sometimes to locate a specific size. We don't have a problem with drywall locally but veneer plaster stocks get low and sometimes blueboard plaster base. I believe that unless we have a bust in the economy we'll come to accept these new higher prices. Trouble is getting clients to realize we're not pocketing the extra we have to charge them.
*Facing the same issues here in upstate NY, long boards 14's and 16's are in scarce supply and the pricing is outlandishly high. Also some difficulty getting all the fg insulation on time, and ditto pricing on that. Funny, but my supplier comes off sounding sincere. As a side note, I tried using sheetrock from the Depot. It didn't have the same feel as the regular stuff that I pay three and a half cents more/ft for. Not as dense, more screws going right through, and a little fussier handling required to keep ends and edges from getting damaged. After this I have to say I'm inclined to pay the dollar more for an eight footer, and take what I can get.kevin
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Do I hear Alan Greenspan's speech from last week in this thread? "In his twice-annual monetary policy report to the U.S. Congress, Greenspan said the economy is performing admirably. However, he also said the economy was “stretched” in several respects, warning both of an inflationary pickup prompted by tight labor markets as well as a downturn caused by turmoil abroad. In addition, he questioned whether U.S. stock prices were overvalued."
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Here in Texas my suppliers tell me they are having to wait longer for delivery and pay more for fiberglass batt insulation and for sheetrock.
The same thing happened with Portland cement six months ago. We had to reserve a week ahead for concrete and pay 25% more. Supply soon loosened up but the price didn't go back down.
Just wondering if this is a regional thing or a concerted effort on the manufactuers part to raise prices in the middle of a new construction Bull market.
Definitely sounds like bull to me.