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   Guest_ | Jul 15, 1999 03:24pm | #1

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   The building market seems to be hot everywhere right now. 7/16 OSB is going for $13.00 per sheet, and studs are almost $3.00. So I don't think "distance buying" will do you any good. The prices will come down when supply increases, or demand drops off.

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   Guest_ | Jul 16, 1999 07:48am | #2

   *Around southern Ontario, custom doors and windows (and everything is "custom" now that nobody "stocks" anything anymore) have gone from 3 weeks delivery to 8-10 weeks. . . supposedly because of building booms elsewhere. . . Toronto, the U.S., Inuvik !!Kinda makes scheduling a total nightmare. . . I had the delivery date of one order shifted three times, they didn't even notify me of the third delay until I called looking for my stuff which was due and late!!!-pm

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   Guest_ | Jul 16, 1999 08:33am | #3

   *SS,I won't add up an estimate these days without calling the lumber yard for "this weeks" current prices. Building is booming everywhere, and the suppliers are taking advantage of it.There you go, there it is and there you have it.Ed. Williams

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   Guest_ | Jul 17, 1999 09:04am | #4

   *Just got my quote today from my supplier for a 1700 SF 2 story we're building here in Ohio. WOW!He told me increases are about 2% per week with no immediate end in sight. To try to hold down our cost, we're forced to order larger deliveries and shelter material on site.Whole new set of headaches,but then it's always something, isn't it.

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   Guest_ | Jul 17, 1999 09:51am | #6

   *Seattle, same all around. Soon it'll be cheaper to build in hardwood!

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   StriperSeattle | Jul 17, 1999 09:51am | #5

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   In the Seattle area, a local building products supplier is providing a graph showing that in the last six months, lumber and plywood have risen from 40 to 60%. Any suggestions as to when prices might fall, or other ways to get good lumber from distant suppliers to get around this huge price increase? The building market is really hot here now.