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Plywood prices here soar as supplies dwindle; Experts blame variety of factors, including fires, rainy weather, construction boom, war in Iraq
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Skyrocketing prices for plywood and similar wood products,
accompanied by shortages of the building materials, have local
lumberyards reeling and builders staring at higher prices for new
homes.
Robin Beveridge, a buyer at J.H. Brubaker Inc., 2008 Marietta
Ave., said local prices of plywood have doubled since May. Prices for
OSB, which stands for oriented strand board and is a plywood-like
product made of wood chips and glue, have tripled since April.
Many factors may have contributed to the higher prices and
shortages, including heavy rains, forest fires, a boom in the
building industry and ...
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