In reply to ShawnG :
In reply to ShawnG :
Shadeux said:I'm an architect and in Florida - the construction boom in both commercial and residential is breathtaking, as is our lack of homes for sale. Everyone in any part of the building industry is running wide open, and begging for employees. I had a shower thought about this year's hurricane season - if we get one or two big ones there is no excess capacity in construction to react to it, material or labor-wise. Florida's home insurance is going up around 25% this year as well. If we get hit by a storm I suspect they will increase again. Interesting times.
Wow, that hadn't occurred to me. If a good storm hits just finding plywood to board up will be a nightmare. And even worse for rebuilding. Add to the timeline the usual shirk-fest that the insurance companies do now it could be months or even a year before a highly damaged home is fully repaired.
In reply to slefain :
What do Florida/coastal people do with the plywood after the storm has passed? Surely they keep it since it it is obvious that a storm will happen in the future, and the plywood needs of their structure for wind reinforcement won't change greatly year to year....
They all throw it away and or burn it don't they. .
In reply to nocones :
In Florida it depends on where you are. The S.Fla folks tend to keep theirs because of Andrew.. That storm still give people chills and it hit near 30 years ago. Panhandle folks not so much, even though Michael in 2018 tore up so much property there are still lots of blue tarps on houses as far inland as S. Georgia, and people in Panama City are still rebuilding. Except for Pensacola, they seem to get at least a Cat 1 or 2 every couple or three years so those folks tend to keep their plywood as well.
nocones said:In reply to slefain :
What do Florida/coastal people do with the plywood after the storm has passed? Surely they keep it since it it is obvious that a storm will happen in the future, and the plywood needs of their structure for wind reinforcement won't change greatly year to year....
They all throw it away and or burn it don't they. .
Most people that I know keep it. Its a pain, but worth it.
In reply to nocones :
Our house came with a selection of pre-cut plywood. Unfortunately non of it was marked for where it went, there's not enough/the correct size for all our windows, and there's more pieces than windows it fits. I should probably sell off the excess...
Not actually construction material in the raw (it's way too valuable) https://www.resourceworks.com/bigtree and the kicker is it passed by where I'm sitting by about 5 kilometres.
In reply to nocones :
Most FL folks I know keep their window coverings. Many are cut to size. It would be a lot of work to do that again every year (or several times per year).
But not everyone has them. Or they move, or some get damaged. That's why there is still a run on plywood with every storm.
Here in S FL the plywood for storms thing is done mostly in lower income neighborhoods. The more affluent people have custom made numbered metal panels, the old clamshell awning/shutters, accordion style shutters, or hurricane windows. There's very little storage area in almost all homes here and in the lower income areas there isn't even a carport never mind a garage, so no place to store plywood out of the weather. Within a year or two of being outside leaning up against the back of the house or whatever the plywood is junk so the process starts all over with new plywood.
I've got a stash of plywood for windows. Some are cut to size. I'm planning to prep more for all of the windows so when the time comes I can just slap them up. Plylocks make it easy.
I'm lucky to have room for it. Also have sandbags all filled and ready.
On dimensional lumber any ways it would appear to be now.
In reply to Rons :
Indeed. The concrete and framing for the new garage finished up less than 3% over the pre-pandemic estimate. My contractor is awesome. Wish I could afford to have him finish everything...
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