OSB OMG $$

[Bedlam]

Wow. I went to Home Depot here and . ouch $12.73 a sheet for the 1/2 inch . I Read that luber is down dues to low use. And I assume that OSB is higher becasue ther eis less scrapes for them to make it?
I rememebr $4.76 a sheet. LOL What a swing on this stuff. Not sure what a sheet of 1/2 inc plywood is . HMM

 

[ToadHill]

All that glue costs a bunch of money!

 

[Jimmy Joe]

I guess the earthquakes have driven up the price, just like the hurricanes do. I often wondered if I stocked as much away as I could when the price was low if I could make some money on it.

 

[marimus]

Wow. I went to Home Depot here and . ouch $12.73 a sheet for the 1/2 inch . I Read that luber is down dues to low use. And I assume that OSB is higher becasue ther eis less scrapes for them to make it?
I rememebr $4.76 a sheet. LOL What a swing on this stuff. Not sure what a sheet of 1/2 inc plywood is . HMM

How about $30 plus per sheet?
I guess they have to use more glue down here though, to keep from falling off the bottom of the earth

 

[scesnick]

How about $30 plus per sheet?

Dag Gone !!! How do you afford to build anything down there???

I don't even want to know what a yard of concrete is going for then.....

 

[marimus]

Dag Gone !!! How do you afford to build anything down there???

I don't even want to know what a yard of concrete is going for then.....

In my area you'd pay $135 delivered per cubic yard. Thats Aussie dollars, so at the current exchange thats $124 USD.

 

[timswi]

In my area you'd pay $135 delivered per cubic yard. Thats Aussie dollars, so at the current exchange thats $124 USD.

Not much different for 'crete around here..At least there is some parity...30 bucks for chips and glue..Man, that hurts.

 

[EddieWalker]

I haven't priced OSB lately, but framing studs have jumped in price. I just paid $2.38 each with my contractor discount for them at McCoys and saw that they were $2.69 each at Home Depot. They were under $2 just a few months ago. I don't know where there is more demand for materials, so there's some other reason for the jump in price.

Eddie

 

[beenthere]

Wow. I went to Home Depot here and . ouch $12.73 a sheet for the 1/2 inch . I Read that luber is down dues to low use. And I assume that OSB is higher becasue ther eis less scrapes for them to make it?
I rememebr $4.76 a sheet. LOL What a swing on this stuff. Not sure what a sheet of 1/2 inc plywood is . HMM

And I remember when gas was $0.19 per gallon.

We are just living too long, I guess.

We can keep taxing our industries like we do, and they will continue to just pass that tax along to the consumer. So it is a never ending upward spiral. Buy it at the price they say, or do without. Buy it at the price they say, or they will close the factory. Then the employees go on un-employment and/or welfare.

To me, boils down to taxing the industry (and that includes the insane regulations that really do nothing but raise the price). My take on the problem.

 

[MossRoad]

I haven't priced OSB lately, but framing studs have jumped in price. I just paid $2.38 each with my contractor discount for them at McCoys and saw that they were $2.69 each at Home Depot. They were under $2 just a few months ago. I don't know where there is more demand for materials, so there's some other reason for the jump in price.

Eddie

I watched a report last week that the price jumped in lumber is due to the lack of demand. Sounds backwards, but here's what happened. People stopped building so lumber companies stopped producing. The supply went down. Now what is out there costs more. As demand rises, lumber companies will start producing again, and the price will go down.

Goofy, but that's what the report said.