Building a house, what shortages to expect

Everything, except hot air.

Large appliances- the wait is a year or more in a lot of places.

Lumber, as soon as Canadian border is effectively choked off here in a few days

Skilled labor


If you need hardwood flooring let me know.

Standard windows have a 4 month lead time.

Labor is going to eat you alive.

Materials are going to be plus 40%

Don't build now.

I built a container home in Calfornia last year. Everything came from HD, Lowes and Platt.

A home has thousands of parts. Supply chain disruption can happen on anything.

You need to make a list NOW. Get a shipping container you can use for storage on the job site, you can rent or buy. Those are in short supply too.

You will probably be OK with masonry items, they are mainly domestically sourced, including steel, which is recycled. Same with drywall.

You will also be dealing with escalating price inflation; expect prices to go up 20-50% over the next year. They printed $12T after all. For this reason, I recommend buying all wire and electrical components, plumbing goods. Toilets and vanities are imported, you should buy those, too.

Windows and doors were in short supply and you should order everything ahead of time, they had 8 week leads on custom windows and doors. Try to use standard sized everything.

I would pick up fasteners, those will go up in price, as well as any appliances.

Good luck!

Last Edited by Crypto-Tard on 01/10/2022 11:31 AM

Windows are 5-6 months out in Missouri. Confirmed again last Friday.

Bad time to build. There are many empty homes finished and waiting, get em before Blackrock snatches them up!

If you look at how much copper wire costs v.s. the old cost it will be shocking

Saw 12/3 romex the other day for $266 per roll wow!!!

Vinyl siding is in short supply here. So are roof shingles.

14/2 NMD 325$ contractor price for 150m here, dbl a yr ago