Anybody else building right now and getting hit with these lumber prices?

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Sep 12, 2020
6:48:53pm

cougfanz Truly Addicted User

We just finished framing but told we have to pay more for higher lumber costs -

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Anybody else building right now and getting hit with these lumber prices?

cougfanz

9/12/20 6:48pm

Tell your framer that you want invoices.

WDaddy

9/12/20 6:49pm

Yea I’m trying to figure out the timing of this. Started framing in July.

cougfanz

9/12/20 6:52pm

Call the building materials supplier and ask how many price hikes they had since

WDaddy

9/12/20 6:55pm

I've stopped doing wood projects recently just because the lumber

Covid-19

9/12/20 6:51pm

I’m about to build and was told to wait until spring because they were so high

CougarTwins

9/12/20 6:52pm

Did you not have a contract price agreed on?

ordinary tri guy

9/12/20 6:52pm

Yes. But there’s some trigger clause that protects the builder I guess

cougfanz

9/12/20 6:53pm

Yea sounds like best option is to ask for receipts at this point.

ordinary tri guy

9/12/20 6:59pm

We’re prepping a build now... pretty much every builder contract allows for a 5%

46in96

9/12/20 7:43pm

My argument as well would settle around timing. If they started to frame 3

ordinary tri guy

9/12/20 8:03pm

The guy doing my cement offered to buy a big stack of 2x4s and plywood I had

byubyu

9/12/20 6:54pm

Good point. We have a huge waste collection from framing. I’ll tell them not to

cougfanz

9/12/20 6:55pm

Yup. Finished our basement. Lumber and drywall $$$

maxpowers

9/12/20 7:09pm

Meanwhile, forests are going up in smoke!

Cougar Junkie

9/12/20 7:10pm

Our development is just getting done with phase 1

CougarHut

9/12/20 7:15pm

Yes

Real Men Wear Blue

9/12/20 7:19pm

Yup

jxncoog

9/12/20 7:24pm

It’s legit. We were notified 1 month ago

jxncoog

9/12/20 7:26pm

I did a redwood deck two months ago. Lumber price was double the quote

Nat Gas Man

9/12/20 7:52pm

From KSL

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