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I’m happy I did by renovation 6 months ago. Contractor told me it’d cost more today. People he quoted a year ago are coming back looking to start their project and I’m done cases he’s having to revise quotes up 30-40%.

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Some trees hit my deck after a hurricane last fall. When we rebuilt it in December composite was about $500 more than lumber. The price since December has almost doubled for composite from $3.80 a linear foot to almost $8.

Damn... I was planning to build a deck this summer and was optimistically hoping/assuming composite prices didn’t go up too. Thanks for sharing this.

My father in law is a General Contractor and said right now is the worst time to build a deck. He’s scoped a couple deck jobs but they all backed out due to cost increases.

If you can wait until next summer you will probably save a lot depending on the deck size. Compare wood with composite decking and you might get a favorable composite price.

If you can hold off any lumber intensive construction until next year, it might be sensible if you want to save on costs. Fences, decks, etc. the opinions I’ve heard is the cost will go down considerably but we probably won’t see costs as low as pre-covid.

But today, $9 for a 2x4 is ridiculous. I’m sort of expecting labor costs to go up too since these guys are in such demand.

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