Lumber Prices

[wildmanyeah]

Automakers' problems are much worse than we thought

For a year and a half, a lack of computer chips has been plaguing the auto industry, forcing plants to shut down, delaying auto shipments and sending car prices through the roof. But that's not the only problem automakers face.

www.cnn.com

 

[sly_karma]

Manufacturing industry around the world has so completely adopted just in time delivery of parts and materials that covid and its follow on have severely disrupted every field you can think of. Not easily fixed.

 

[Rockfish]

Intel's $20 billion in new fabs won't end chip shortage

The Arizona fabs will boost Intel's new foundry business -- as it tries yet again to diversify from general purpose microprocessors.

www.zdnet.com

Perhaps this should be moved to a separate thread.

 

[Corey_lax]

Just got hit with our fourth aluminum price increase in 2021. It is now 46% more expensive than the beginning of 2021.

 

[chinnok]

Just got hit with our fourth aluminum price increase in 2021. It is now 46% more expensive than the beginning of 2021.

Yeah, we're in the same boat. Not sure is we are 46% but it sure is ridiculous.

 

[SpringVelocity]

Just got hit with our fourth aluminum price increase in 2021. It is now 46% more expensive than the beginning of 2021.

Yep. About + 25-30 percent on steel side but I am not buying structural.... the sheet and coils haven't been too bad.

 

[Stizzla]

1/2” ply is at $30 a sheet now. I bought at double that 6 weeks ago

 

[32Knots]

1/2” ply is at $30 a sheet now. I bought at double that 6 weeks ago

Sent my house plans out to 2 builders yesterday. Lumber has stabilized but other materials are still costly/affected supply chain.

Now or never I suppose.

 

[Stizzla]

You have to order everything up front. Windows are 12 weeks out garage doors 5 months. Works out well if you order as soon as you have plans

 

[wildmanyeah]

You have to order everything up front. Windows are 12 weeks out garage doors 5 months. Works out well if you order as soon as you have plans

its definitely advantages for cookie cutter builds.

 

[Stizzla]

I wouldn’t call this a cookie cutter! Check the foyer…
The ceilings in this house are 10’ at the lowest and 15’ at the peak with a double vault. Front door is custom by Karmanah $10k. back slider is 16’ 4 panel. This house is so sick, I’m thinking of moving to it myself.

 

[wildmanyeah]

Haha was not talking about your builds I was talked more generally that it anvantages for developers to build the same plans.

 

[sly_karma]

Placed footings yesterday for a custom home. Priced this one some months back when lumber was sky high and had decided then to use fabric footing system as a way of reducing precious lumber. Once the dig started I could see there would be lots of steps in the footing so I stayed with fabric anyway. Turned out to be 17 steps in all. Labour savings on fabric easily paid for material costs, and nothing moved during the pour. Definitely a useful tool for hillside sites.

 

[Rain City]

Forget lumber prices. This 700 sq ft foundation will have $10k in XPS foam in it. Oh and $2k in hilti fasteners. But you know, gotta do what's right for the environ...ment?

 

[Bifmalibu]

Forget lumber prices. This 700 sq ft foundation will have $10k in XPS foam in it. Oh and $2k in hilti fasteners. But you know, gotta do what's right for the environ...ment?View attachment 71328

Did you compare to ICF? It's pretty much all we use these days. Is that a garage with living space above?

 

[WHO DAT]

Placed footings yesterday for a custom home. Priced this one some months back when lumber was sky high and had decided then to use fabric footing system as a way of reducing precious lumber. Once the dig started I could see there would be lots of steps in the footing so I stayed with fabric anyway. Turned out to be 17 steps in all. Labour savings on fabric easily paid for material costs, and nothing moved during the pour. Definitely a useful tool for hillside sites.

Pretty cool , never heard of them, ever done a mono pour with them ? Regards

 

[Rain City]

Did you compare to ICF? It's pretty much all we use these days. Is that a garage with living space above?

Oh this 100% should have been ICF. It's a long story. There's actually foam under the footings as well. It's a Net Zero infill house on a character retention project in East Vancouver. 4000 sq ft of living space on a 4100 sq ft lot.

 

[Bifmalibu]

Oh this 100% should have been ICF. It's a long story. There's actually foam under the footings as well. It's a Net Zero infill house on a character retention project in East Vancouver. 4000 sq ft of living space on a 4100 sq ft lot.

Makes sense

 

[sly_karma]

Pretty cool , never heard of them, ever done a mono pour with them ? Regards

Yes with the right conditions you can mono pour on a fabric footing. As always, it is soil character that is the ruling factor: if you're struggling to drive decent stakes in all those pebbles, should you be adding wall forms to the load?

 

[Aquaholic]

Forget lumber prices. This 700 sq ft foundation will have $10k in XPS foam in it. Oh and $2k in hilti fasteners. But you know, gotta do what's right for the environ...ment?View attachment 71328

Passiv Haus?