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Originally Posted by vintageogauge
Steel and aluminum prices are the highest they have ever been and I would hate to know what it would cost today to have them installed if they are even available. I've been in the steel business my entire adult life and have never seen anything like what is happening in the industry today. There were shortages in 1973/74 but nothing like today.
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Far as cost, it is hard to understand INFLATION. Today compared to 1973-74 it takes roughly six dollars to buy what a dollar did then. Not just materials but labor is also way up. Of course the same is true of asphalt shingles. Underlayment. Our previous home had tongue and grove, selected rot resistant lumber. That material, you would need a second mortgage on the house to buy it. Someone who knows how to use it-a wooden boat builder place perhaps. Today they do not even use plywood they use chip board-glued together scraps of wood.
Also, hard to face. Average age in the villages is 70. A roof that will last 40-50 years?