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Originally Posted by LemansE90335xi
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Originally Posted by DETRoadster
Anyone else here stunned by the costs of raw materials, especially lumber? I'm constructing a small "shed" to store and season split firewood. Making it mostly out of cedar, repurposed from a fence I tore down. I need a couple of 2x6 for the rafters and some plywood for the roof sheathing. 2x6 cedar is $11 a linear foot and 1/2" doug fir ply is $60 a sheet! WFT?! Guess I'm using pressure treated 2x6 and OSB chipboard for the roof. Sheesh.
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Yup, a 2x4-8' spruce is $8.10 right now!  A year a half ago they were $2.90. I don't know how people are building homes with the price of materials so high but they are. There are whole subdivisions going up all over the place. |
I don't get it either. My wife and I just bought a 1/2 acre to build a house on and are seriously considering just sitting on it for a year or two to see if costs stabilize. Of course the risk is that interest rates spike and we end up screwed either way.