Is there a shortage of MDF? I have been in three of the big box stores in
Wichita and not a sheet is available. A Lowe's employee told me they have
been out for weeks.

Anywhere else?

RonB

On Jan 16, 12:01*am, "RonB" wrote:
Is there a shortage of MDF? *I have been in three of the big box stores in
Wichita and not a sheet is available. *A Lowe's employee told me they have
been out for weeks.

Anywhere else?

RonB

Yup, my main supplier in London,ON is out of 1/2" and 1" MDF, has been
for weeks.

"Robatoy" wrote in message
On Jan 16, 12:01 am, "RonB" wrote:
Is there a shortage of MDF? I have been in three of the big box stores in
Wichita and not a sheet is available. A Lowe's employee told me they have
been out for weeks.

Anywhere else?

RonB

Yup, my main supplier in London,ON is out of 1/2" and 1" MDF, has been
for weeks.

Still getting it, in dribbles, here, but the rumor is that the mdf shortage
is apparently due to a world wide shortage of methanol.

It's always something ... go to pour a foundation, suddenly concrete,
readily available last week, is in short supply; trim a house, suddenly
sheet goods, heretofore plentiful, are hard to find.

Somebody want to pay me to quit so we can just skip all this shortage ****?


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KarlC@ (the obvious)

It's always something ... go to pour a foundation, suddenly concrete,
readily available last week, is in short supply; trim a house, suddenly
sheet goods, heretofore plentiful, are hard to find.

Somebody want to pay me to quit so we can just skip all this shortage
****?


I would pay you but there is a shortage of money now :-P

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:46:34 -0600, "Swingman" wrote:

"Robatoy" wrote in message
On Jan 16, 12:01 am, "RonB" wrote:
Is there a shortage of MDF? I have been in three of the big box stores in
Wichita and not a sheet is available. A Lowe's employee told me they have
been out for weeks.

Anywhere else?

RonB

Yup, my main supplier in London,ON is out of 1/2" and 1" MDF, has been
for weeks.

Still getting it, in dribbles, here, but the rumor is that the mdf shortage
is apparently due to a world wide shortage of methanol.

It's always something ... go to pour a foundation, suddenly concrete,
readily available last week, is in short supply; trim a house, suddenly
sheet goods, heretofore plentiful, are hard to find.

Somebody want to pay me to quit so we can just skip all this shortage ****?

I'm going through that very thinking right now. Our shop sit across
the street from a lake in western washington and a developer that has
the waterfront has to have our dirt to make his project work. He's
offered a lot of money for the dirt and we countered for even more
which he accepted if we can close by the end of the month. In
addition we're a small 5 man electrical contracting shop and they gave
us a one year lease back for $100 for the year and $100K to move or
close. Ran another add last week for an experienced tech and got one
call and the guy had no experience at all. I'm only 58 but stronly
considering just staying home and getting better at my woodworking.

Mike

"charles gresens" wrote in message
...

You'd think they could just grow more termites...

Clint

"RonB" wrote in message
...
Is there a shortage of MDF? I have been in three of the big box stores in
Wichita and not a sheet is available. A Lowe's employee told me they have
been out for weeks.

Anywhere else?

RonB

Clint wrote:

You'd think they could just grow more termites...

Clint

"RonB" wrote in message
...

Is there a shortage of MDF? I have been in three of the big box
stores in Wichita and not a sheet is available. A Lowe's employee
told me they have been out for weeks.

Anywhere else?

RonB


Fine lumber has it in 1/4, 1/2, 5/8, 3/4, and 1". All double refined
except the 5/8, which is single refined. They are a little low on 1/4",
but they have bundles of the rest.

--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX

On Jan 16, 12:01 am, "RonB" wrote:
Is there a shortage of MDF? I have been in three of the big box stores in
Wichita and not a sheet is available. A Lowe's employee told me they have
been out for weeks.

Anywhere else?

RonB

When you hear about nothing in the news but closing lumber mills it
makes you wonder about how they can run out with so much apparently
surplus milling capacity

Brent
Ottawa On

"RonB" wrote in message
...
Is there a shortage of MDF? I have been in three of the big box stores in
Wichita and not a sheet is available. A Lowe's employee told me they have
been out for weeks.

Anywhere else?

RonB

*All* sheet goods in my local orange borg are low. Lots of previously
covered floor space now visible.

jc

"RonB" wrote in message
...
Is there a shortage of MDF? I have been in three of the big box stores in
Wichita and not a sheet is available. A Lowe's employee told me they have
been out for weeks.

Anywhere else?

RonB


From what I have been hearing, Lowe's sales have been way off especially in
December and they may be cutting back on the value of their inventory.

It's not just Lowes....

The building industry is in the dumps and heading
down even more in the coming months.

Myrtle Beach, S.C. has more than 9,000 condo's on
the market. That's new sales, not resales.

I have read that Miami area is even worse.

Construction guys are in a real jamb here.


Leon wrote:


From what I have been hearing, Lowe's sales have been way off especially in
December and they may be cutting back on the value of their inventory.

"Pat Barber" wrote in message

It's not just Lowes....

The building industry is in the dumps and heading
down even more in the coming months.

Myrtle Beach, S.C. has more than 9,000 condo's on
the market. That's new sales, not resales.

I have read that Miami area is even worse.

Construction guys are in a real jamb here.

According to that scenario, there should be plenty of mdf/building materials
available, eh?

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KarlC@ (the obvious)

You would think, but I know that not
to be true.

The quality of the plywood I have seen
lately continues to spiral downward,
which I didn't think was possible.

We have seen building materials costs
continue to fall in certain products.

OSB has really fell through the bottom.



Swingman wrote:



According to that scenario, there should be plenty
of mdf/building materials available, eh?

Hummm...maybe its time to start looking for a beach condog.

Skip
www.ShopFileR.com


"Pat Barber" wrote in message
...
It's not just Lowes....

The building industry is in the dumps and heading
down even more in the coming months.

Myrtle Beach, S.C. has more than 9,000 condo's on
the market. That's new sales, not resales.

I have read that Miami area is even worse.

Construction guys are in a real jamb here.


Leon wrote:


From what I have been hearing, Lowe's sales have been way off especially
in December and they may be cutting back on the value of their inventory.

"Skip Williams" wrote

Hummm...maybe its time to start looking for a beach condog.

I wouldn't count on it ... the prices in many areas don't seem to be
dropping to match the media's gleeful 'doom and gloom'.

Kept hearing how bad the housing market in Hot Springs was back in December
.... until, that is, I started looking for "comps" to get an idea of a
properties value, and was seeing what I would consider high prices, even
down here in Houston where the market hasn't been all that bad.

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KarlC@ (the obvious)

Thar seems to be the case up here also. It's like a giant
game of chicken between the sellers and the buyers.

The down turn here ain't from the media, it's for real.

I understand other areas seem to be doing just fine.

The market got way overheated here for alsmost 5 years
and all that's coming home to roost.

It will swing the other way at some point.
It always has.


Swingman wrote:


Kept hearing how bad the housing market in Hot Springs was back in December
... until, that is, I started looking for "comps" to get an idea of a
properties value, and was seeing what I would consider high prices, even
down here in Houston where the market hasn't been all that bad.

Pat Barber wrote:
It's not just Lowes....

The building industry is in the dumps and heading
down even more in the coming months.

Myrtle Beach, S.C. has more than 9,000 condo's on
the market. That's new sales, not resales.

I have read that Miami area is even worse.

Construction guys are in a real jamb here.

But I'd expect that to result in a downturn in building which would
make materials a glut on the market.

Leon wrote:


From what I have been hearing, Lowe's sales have been way off
especially in December and they may be cutting back on the value of
their inventory.

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