Recently moved, basement is empty and I need to build in some sound control between floors. Rockwool was $62-66 bucks Canadian a bag six months ago. Go to look today and it's 90 freaking dollars a bag? That's 50% increase when the "pandemic" supply issues are supposed to be winding down? Anyway my question is are there alternatives for controlling sound through walls & floors? All interior walls / floors, I'm not looking to meet an R value.
At a local cafe today I was told that there was no tomato for my clubhouse. Reason was, they stopped buying them. Tomatoes went from $35 to $90 a box wholesale she said!!
Im guessing that insulation is in the same boat, plus insulation uses a lot of energy to manufacture and those costs have gone through the roof.
Not sure what to recommend, maybe doubling up on drywall? But that probably wouldnt be any cheaper.
Things are gonna suck for a while I think. And a clubhouse isnt a clubhouse without tomatoes
Need to look at where the money is going. Don't know about insulation. The lumberjacks and forest industry claims they are not making more money, truckers are not doing that well with increased fuel prices, the retailers claim they are not making more money on lumber. So someplace between the woods and the store someone is raking in massive profits! The media tells us that it is supply and demand, shipping bottle necks. Of course the media is owned by the same people who are raking in massive profits!
Could it be the middle men, the large corporations buying up everything in sight? No not possible in the US. Follow the money.
In a news release, Weyerhaeuser reported a $681 million profit in their first quarter, which is a 220 percent increase over last year at the same time. West Fraser had an 81 percent sales increase over last year, bringing in a $9 million profit In the first quarter of , compared to a $665 million profit in the first quarter of .
Recently moved, basement is empty and I need to build in some sound control between floors. Rockwool was $62-66 bucks Canadian a bag six months ago. Go to look today and it's 90 freaking dollars a bag?
Interesting. It was never that low here in the last 5 years.
I'm working on insulating these days because it's only inflated from $75 to $90 a bale which is low compared to lumber and plywood.
what is the reasonable price for rockwool nowadays?
homedepot in my region (North TX) doesn't have any rockwool is stock / not orderable online
Lowes has R15 for $81
R23 for $86
they are orderable online, but no local stores have them in stock
when I changed the zip code to west coast, Lowes.com price dropped to ~$50 per bag and plenty of inventory.