Supply and Demand with too many at home doing all those projects around the house that have been sitting there for ten or more years.
I was talking with my hardwood supplier about this. I build furniture and very soon audio furniture. Madronetimbre.com. More about that later.
In any event, my hardwood supplier indicated plywood, MDF, oak and maple are going up in price.
Most of it is construction materials, however. Word to this large hardwood distributor is that the mills aren't working full shifts due to Covid concerns and a majority of employees in those industries refusing to get vaccinated. As such, the mills aren't letting the unvaxed in to get the rest of them sick. Most of these plants are located in the Southeast and aren't air conditioned. At the same time, they aren't all out in open space / air either.
Hopefully by a year from now, this dilemma will be behind us.
I was talking with my hardwood supplier about this. I build furniture and very soon audio furniture. Madronetimbre.com. More about that later.
In any event, my hardwood supplier indicated plywood, MDF, oak and maple are going up in price.
Most of it is construction materials, however. Word to this large hardwood distributor is that the mills aren't working full shifts due to Covid concerns and a majority of employees in those industries refusing to get vaccinated. As such, the mills aren't letting the unvaxed in to get the rest of them sick. Most of these plants are located in the Southeast and aren't air conditioned. At the same time, they aren't all out in open space / air either.
Hopefully by a year from now, this dilemma will be behind us.