I guess most of it is backlog from covid shutdowns followed but a fast pickup of work and everyone wanteing everything now. I expect supply and demand will balance its self out over time again, but it doesn't help people panic buying and stockpiling stuff such as cement just incase.
And in the US timber supplies have been hit by a bug i the trees several years ago and the southern plantations struggling for labour due to the government stimulus leaving the local labour happy to sit at home. Inflation Inflation Inflation. Ohh.....did I mention price increases!!I read somewhere the other day that our Scandy suppliers had a shitty wet winter like us so harvesting was screwed up by that, plus covid, etc., so the mills no longer have the stock piles to cover normal demand levels, let alone the current ones, plus mills don't have the stockpiles they'd normally have to see them through their maintenance shutdown periods either ... perfect storm basically
Our local timber yard is probably 3 acres big, normally stacked high as they dare, the last few months your left with the Timber Battons on the floor and 3 forklifts sat dusty!
Left over from a job or are you one of those doomsday preppers with everything in surplus incase of the apocalypse lolSome of my neighbours are reporting a shortage of timber. One can’t get fencing stuff and the other can’t get timber for making a gate
So do I let them have some of my vast stock
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Half a pack left of 4x2 from Pontrilus Sawmills up near Gra @V8Druid
2x1 batterns, sleepers, and other popular stuff tucked away here
Haven’t had to shop for timber for a while so hope supplies will come back
Mainly left over from jobs or site clearance
can't beat having plenty inMainly left over from jobs or site clearance
And yes SWMBO is definitely a prepper- you should see her stock room in what was once my garage
.... but there are limits ..... when i shop, I SHOP ...... see no point in doing it every bloody week ..... i'm there, so I go for it .... Pam has come round to my way of thinking this last 12 months or so and shopping expeditions are now a 6-8 weekly occurrence ... bread and milk are the biggest issues ... bread freezes easy enough, but takes up a lot of space ... and no way am i gonna freeze milk - it's shite afterwards. the local garage in the village is the saviour for our milk though........ a freezer going down would be a right PITFA though 
Milk freezes no problem and tastes no different. Have a few pint plastic bottles in there, then you'll never run outcan't beat having plenty in
Me too just needs a good shake
what milk do you freeze Dyl .... green top always seems to separate out
also has the same space issues as bread
Full fat. Blue top. Whats this green top stuff? This is Cheshire the proud producer of dairy productswhat milk do you freeze Dyl .... green top always seems to separate out
. My mother is from the potteries and they have a thing for skimmed milk.(white water )
semi skimmed Dyl ... can't handle the full fat any moreFull fat. Blue top. Whats this green top stuff? This is Cheshire the proud producer of dairy products
...... dietary issues
