Your worst example of runaway building material prices

[ByggCD]

Went to the local XL-bygg today and bought two studs 45x70 (5.4m). Found one straight and the other had a bend in the last meter, but thought it was OK (didn't want to mess up the bunch any more). The modest price for these both studs was 408 SEK, i.e. almost 40 SEK/m!

Therefore, I thought I'd entertain myself by finding an even worse example. My contribution is an OSB board from Beijer and the challenge to the forum is to surpass with something even more expensive.

Built a 17 m2 attefalsutbyggnad in May June with a 25 m2 terrace. The material cost nearly 200,000. That is, nearly 12,000 m2. Had calculated half. Was lucky as the gold price jumped in June by 30%.

 

[napretep]

Bought lumber to build a cantilevered deck behind the workshop. Eleven 45x170 at 4.2m, three laminated pillars 90x90 at 3m, decking boards 34x70 and 34x45 plus screws, all pressure-treated. 11800.- . I got a discount on the decking because I bought remnants and it was a bit warped. That's about 983kr/m2. The woman at Karl Hedin apologized perhaps ten times at payment. So now I'm reluctant to go and buy those four pieces that were missing to finish nailing the whole deck...

 

[skaraborgsfakir]

Tongue and groove boards are almost as expensive
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I already have a pickaxe
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how much does regular roof tongue and groove cost? i.e. planks?

 

[JLyck]

Seems like OSB is going down in price now?

 

[Snailman]

what is the price of regular roof board? i.e. planks?

Byggmax charges 9.95 per meter for 17*95, and you need 11.4 meters per square meter. I have roof board under the drywall in my house (which is why I never finish ) It has become 2kr more expensive in the last six months (possibly 3kr?).

But 20*95 costs 10.95 per meter, so there's only a difference of one crown per meter between 17 and 20, previously the difference was at least 2 kr per meter between them.

So, 17mm roof board is cheaper per square meter than OSB nowadays.

I have about ten OSB sheets standing that I will use for window reveals, and I bought them when Cheapy was around for 105kr each 1.20*2.40.

 

[kallabaz]

Xl bygg kungsbacka...

 

[richardtenggren]

It's now that it feels annoying that I received 1.5 packs of 2500 OSB boards instead of 2400
Lucky they were cheap when purchased
I've had to cut off quite a bit

 

[JLyck]

Xl bygg kungsbacka...

Big city prices.

 

[kallabaz]

Big city prices.

Yes, it feels a bit strange when the parquet I'm laying has a lower price per square meter.

 

[Henke1299]

All the Corona measures worldwide and the fact that we have a new president in the USA who had to promise away 1000 billion dollars mean that inflation will start to accelerate. After that, the interest rate will follow. Not much building will happen with an interest rate of 3-4%, thus demand decreases but the forest must be sawed, leading to a surplus and falling prices.

 

[DennisCA]

1.65 euros per meter for sawn 2x4 with wane at the local farm store, building the shed with that dimension as much as I can.

 

[peter_larsen]

Absolutely insane prices on ffa OSB made me decide not to build what I had planned this year. I hope it comes down to more reasonable levels next year so I don't have to rob a bank to build on the pump house a little

 

[OlleKlockare]

I have an acquaintance who was going to build a new house in timber frame this past summer. Prices skyrocketed, and he couldn't even get a quote for a lot of the timber. It wasn't even certain that he would get the timber at the agreed time. So he had to put it on hold. With carpenters who cost 600:-/hour without timber to work with and timber prices that have doubled or tripled, it just doesn't work. Now he's looking instead at the possibility of building with aerated concrete and buying it from the Baltics or Poland. Same manufacturer. The freight charges aren't much to be afraid of. As the market stands, it's not feasible to plan a timber frame house today. Aerated concrete is the most common material in Europe, and it's not sensitive to the economic situation in the USA. It has many other advantages as well.

 

[elpaco]

I understand that sawmills sell to the highest bidder, and these exist in, for example, the USA where people pay crazy prices for timber. However, I find it hard to understand that there is no mechanism that ensures domestic needs are met first, but of course, that's impossible in a market economy, then you would need a semi-market economy like the one in China... where the governing authorities would see to it that domestic projects are prioritized, regardless of what manufacturers could get abroad.

In any case, I've had something to think about...

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There is, to some extent, in the form of tariffs between countries/continents. They are meant to protect the domestic market. Free trade agreements are not obviously beneficial for all countries.

 

[mojjen]

Wonder what the insurance company says about driving around with easily stolen goods that are not locked down