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Agreed with this - the Home Depot stuff I’ve looked at is often warped or cracked. The prices they ask for it make me put my DIY projects off till next summer.
by vGPU 3y ago
Agreed with this - the Home Depot stuff I’ve looked at is often warped or cracked. The prices they ask for it make me put my DIY projects off till next summer.
- genocidicbunny 3y agoThe problem is, next summer the prices will be higher, and quality is likely to be even lower.
- HPsquared 3y agoLumber prices have been coming back down https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/lumber https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/lumber
- genocidicbunny 3y agoNot from what I've seen at the retail end. They're certainly not at their crazy peak prices from that one May, but they're still much higher than even a few years ago, and have not been decreasing commensurate with the futures. Especially if you start to consider a quality/$ measure; For example, I used to be able to buy lumber that was ready to use. Now I _have_ to give it time to air dry because it's too wet to work with immediately despite being 'kiln dried'. That's time and additional preparation I have to do, not to mention have the room to allow it to air dry. I can imagine that being a pain if you needed a 2x4 for some small project in a small apartment.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoanecdotes are not data, which is what the parent poster supplied. i'd imagine the averages are down across the country but that doesn't mean things are cheaper everywhere, esp. if you're in a high COL area and they know you can pay
- InCityDreams 3y ago..that's a full year to sell a kidney, and recover, though.
- genocidicbunny 3y agoAlready had to do that to afford my health insurance.