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In reply to the discussion: Lumber is through the ROOF! [View all]Amishman
(5,541 posts)35. there is a surplus of logs available, in Oregon they are racing to cut it down before it rots
The fires in Oregon last year killed a lot of trees - but they are still salvageable for lumber.
Loggers are literally in a race against time to cut as much as they can before it rots in place.
https://www.koin.com/news/special-reports/oregon-timber-owners-work-feverishly-to-salvage-burned-wood/
For years we were getting a ton of very cheap imports of lumber from Canada, enough that some US saw mills shut down. Now Canada is producing less due to pine beetle problems in BC. There are also major bottlenecks in scaling up production due to limited kiln drying and pressure treating facilities.
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The rest of the world's advanced countries have been using metal beams for structural support for
PortTack
May 2021
#4
one suspects insurance co must pay her the rebuild cost whether she rebuilds or not nt
msongs
May 2021
#10
+1, a lot of the "reimburse" vs give a straight out check which is still bullshit
uponit7771
May 2021
#11
Lumber prices are so high I'm entertaining the idea of parting out my house
Brother Buzz
May 2021
#9
There's a 1890's era log cabin in the Berkeley Hills that can be had for a cool half a million
Brother Buzz
May 2021
#21
Yeah, my projects are just piling up because I don't want to spend the price of lumber atm.
Ferrets are Cool
May 2021
#27
I can't speak for how much the COVID catastrophe has affected this but the several years of terrible
Ford_Prefect
May 2021
#29