I would do it in the dark, too, if I were him and I had to do it.

Does Chelsea still look like Alfred E. Neuman's twin sister?

 

What? Me worry?

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You still didn't address the issue what is the major factor for some building material price increase.
With high inflation everything goes up. Gasoline is just easiest to notice, but check the shipping charges going up lately. This summer my local garbage dump raised the prices by OVER 40 %. Would you suggest people speed up garbage dumping, because the price goes up?
Than people with open heads might find some alternatives. I am not talking about experimental house building with recycled garbage, or hail. Steel have been used in constructions for generations and last couple of decades in industrial interior framing is used exclusively. Not only comparing to other materials steel framing is getting cheaper and cheaper, but it is far more superior. Someone living (and building) in wood houses whole life might have hard time to change his mentality, but that's how people are. Another person driving Chevy for 20, or 30 years might have mental rejections about the benefits of driving Mercedes.
But anyway, considering steel in house building is very god idea "The result is an attractive home with a strong, safe framework that is built to last. Because of the unique properties of steel, steel homes provide added protection from mold, termites, and natural disasters including tornadoes, earthquakes, fires, and hurricanes."
I happened to be a dealer for Tri-Steel Homes
So next time Drew, you'll think about somebody building or remodeling, bring them to this forum and let them talk with professionals. [:'(]

 

Real professionals? Again with the insults. I've been a general contractor for about twenty years. What was the last thing you built?

The reason the dump fees have gone up is transportation fees associated with fuel and labor. Diesel has been going up for years, mostly due to heating oil demand.

If you want to advertise in this forum, you should probably contact your favorite ****, He will be glad to take your money. Steel has all the values you listed, but it takes a large amount of energy to produce. Back to the fuel issue again. ********.

 

Hey, whats wrong with tilt up reinforced concrete buildings?...instead of steel frame? 10 million warehouses couldn't be wrong?

 

Hey! That's "Professional ********" to you.

 

Lot of them in California had to be torn-down because of cracking. Even the STEEL reinforcement couldn't help.
The dumps fee went up long before current fuel problems. If what you are saying is true, they suppose to raise again this summer.
Now I am afraid to go to the dump without a note from mortgage broker, that I can afford it.

 

Perhaps property taxes and real estate values are also to blame for dump fees. I'm am not in the business, but here in Washington and in Oregon, dump fees are regulated by a public uttility district like your phone or the gas company. It wouldn't supprise me if ground water pollution regulations and all those green space laws have something to do with it too. You can no longer turn a land fill into a park for fear of some kid finding a needle. So, the land has limited restricted use, thus reducing it's lifespan to what it can hold. Most of the municiple waste companies truck their garbage from urban collection centers to land fills up to 100 miles away. That can't be cheep.

 

That's the point. Nothing is getting cheaper lately.
The inflation spiral goes out of control.
So what will you say, if your gardener doing the service so far for $70 a month will give you a note, that next month the rate goes to $120 and all the competition wants $150?
You can't buy gardening service in advance.

 

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