What a time to be building anything! A 4x8 sheet of 5/8 OSB is over $20.00 now. Used to be able to buy these for $6.88 a year ago if you looked around. Lumber has tripled at least. What a total cluster fvck.
Even before this we could never get 4X8 of anything for anywhere near 6.88 here. But all lumber has doubled in price. In the summer they said there was short supply and a lot of places had people following lumber trucks into yards. I had no problem getting what I needed in the fall but the prices hurt.
I can relate, I've been working on the inside of the new garage (pole barn) insulating and framing the inside.
Lumber has gone insane, a 2x4x8' used to be $2.50 they were up to $7.15 but now they're at least down to $5.95.
A 2x4x16' was about $5.00 they were up to $14.85 but now they're down to $12.65.
I've spent $600 on lumber in the last few weeks for what should have cost waay less than half that price at the start of the year.
