steel price

[aangus]

Is the price off steel edging back up?

 

[Bob c]

So some of my laser cut profilers have said about price,
Just find another who is keener on price
makes them keep there pencil Sharp

 

[AJR75]

Talk of £40/ tonne on sections in the New Year but also talk of that being used to stop prices dropping back in real terms ie they will pretty much remain as they are now.

 

[Flatlander]

Not dropped here. Bought 1100ft if 4 inch 1/4 thick pipe last week at 17.65 a foot. Last year it was 12 and change. Apparently carbon tax here is driving inflation faster than covid.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

Just ordered a new shed.

Was told prices may rise in the NY but they weren’t certain.

Didn’t take the risk though, 5% here and there tots up

 

[David.]

Not dropped here. Bought 1100ft if 4 inch 1/4 thick pipe last week at 17.65 a foot. Last year it was 12 and change. Apparently carbon tax here is driving inflation faster than covid.

What are you making?

 

[Flatlander]

What are you making?

They are going to be used as piles. Have a man with a drilling rig that will drill into bed rock three feet and hammer the pipe in. It will be a foundation to sit a cabin on. It’s on an island in Ontario. We bought an old cabin there and intended to rebuild it after five is so years but it flooded badly after a year so plans got brought forward. Was hoping for a good cold winter to get enough ice to get his drilling rig across but so far it’s been a warm start to the season. Pipes are galvanized to so supposed to be good for 50 years

 

[Tom8400]

I thought most steel frame suppliers were sticking clauses on it now that subject to volatile prices they may increase the price upon delivery/despatch? a bit like a lot of the fuel suppliers.

Legalised robbery if you ask me. if you've ordered then surely they can order at the same time therefore the price increases are irrelevant, its part of being a good business man(women) to buy at good prices. Strange how it seems to be very common in things relating to agriculture.

 

[Doing it for the kids]

I thought most steel frame suppliers were sticking clauses on it now that subject to volatile prices they may increase the price upon delivery/despatch? a bit like a lot of the fuel suppliers.

Legalised robbery if you ask me. if you've ordered then surely they can order at the same time therefore the price increases are irrelevant, its part of being a good business man(women) to buy at good prices. Strange how it seems to be very common in things relating to agriculture.

Happened to my main contractor 3 yrs back. And another shed builder who delayed ordering after I placed the order and subsequently went bust.

I think they have stopped doing this now as the volatility is much less than it was.