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looks good

 

Is that oak?

 

Douglas Fir

 

Lmao if that was oak those saw horses would be scrap metal.

 

I have heaps and mounds of drywall screws bought in bulk awhile back. OOOOPSIE Need to fix some cut holes of 5/8" in the shop and garage. I already moved them up to the new house. Poop. We had to go to Homer DeePott anyway...................jesuit creesto..........small box of sheetrock screws over $10!

 

Good Lord...............

Don't know your lumber prices in BC, but those would be under lock/key or armed guard here........if you could get them.

 

Exactly. We were faced with underlayment ply to build up to 3/4"+ stone tile floor for the entire house vs. staying retired and using fancy transition reducers.

 

It'd be funny if not true. There's a black market for lumber here.

Built our home in 2019. Kept 30 sheets of ½" OSB for ground equipment to drive on for future landscaping project. Sent them back last week for credit. Good Grief, estimate $25k higher lumber charge on our home if we'd build today.

 

Bought 4 sheets of cabinet grade A-1 birch plywood last week. Asked rep to double check the price quote. Twice.

Told my rep at the other lumber yard to call an hour before sending truck to pick up OSB. Should have known something was up when he said it would be within the hour (typically would be 2-3 days).

Driver and I spoke when we were loading, said they were going directly to jobsites, not back to the yard.

Rep said their current lumber package quotes are good for 72 hours and subject to adjustment. Laughed and asked how that was going over with GC's. No one was complaining, all passed on to the end buyer.

As Pablo mentioned in his post, more of an issue of availability at any price.

 

I have a stash

 

GOOD LORD!!!

Couple immediate thoughts.........

I believe the Forum has well defined rules on pornography.

My retirement plans aren't that well funded.

 

Any recommendations for an all-purpose drill? Or should i just try to find replacement batteries for my old ass dewalt?

 

I'm partial to the 18V Makita platform

 

Id look at milwaukee. I only have ryobi right now though

 

thats a picture from last year , I used up some of that material building my shop

starts around here and next few pages

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ld-the-damn-shop-already-build.666783/page-15

 

Milwaukee brushless “Fuel” is fantastic. I have both the 18v and 12v and would recommend either of them.

heard great things about Makita as well but no expierence with them.

Ryobi is hard to beat from a budget perspective, I have a lot of their tools but was not that happy with their brushless drill, I took that back.

 

Exactly the two I was checking out. Has been a long while since i bought anything new. I guess I'm ready to buy once cry once again.

Big project this summer is tree house. 8x14. It's gonna be HUUUGE. but lumber prices got me thinking about delaying for a bit.