On Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Alan Lukachko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The quality and high price of construction lumber has little to do with > Katrina. It has more to do with the U.S government imposing high import > duties on Canadian lumber. Before a deal was worked out between the > Canadian > and U.S. governments, the U.S. government added about $5 billion to the > cost > of Canadian lumber. One major U.S. home builder calculated this illegal > duty > added about 15-20 percent to the cost of a new home. > > Another factor to the cost of lumber was a heightened demand for new > housing > as a result of more people qualifying for sub prime mortgages. > > I suspect you will see the cost and quality of lumber improve over the > next > year. > > I recently purchased some lumber for a renovation project and was > pleasantly > surprised at the quality and straightness of the lumber (No 1&2 SPF). The > price for the same 2x4 and 2x6 lumber was about 25 percent less than it > was > 2-3 years ago. This is Canadian lumber, bought in Canada without any U.S. > duties. And there is still a housing boom in Canada. Go figure. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Well finding straight pieces in CA is easy because you are flooding the US market with crap. I live 6 hrs N of the Gulf coast and the demand that they have placed on the local raw materials is much greater then you are aware of. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
