Framework · 47:21
// THE QUOTE
“Lumber plywood OSB has always historically had Peaks and valleys”
— Andrew Payzant · Payzant Building Products Ltd.
Why lumber pricing swings: spruce budworm, fuel, mills burning down, Florida hurricanes — a vivid, self-contained explainer regional builders respect.
Full episode at 47:21How Payzant Home Hardware Built Atlantic Canada's Largest Independent Building Supply Fleet — and Why They Cap Commercial at 15% ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Lumber pricing is governed by too many independent variables to predict — spruce budworm, fuel, mill fires, hurricanes. Resist the urge to speculate; treat availability as job one and margin as secondary.
“it's everything from the spruce Bud worm is killing forests to the price of fuel for trucks to Lumber Mills burning down to hurricanes in Florida”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Vision statement, culture & the small-family-big-company paradox
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SOURCE: 47:21 of How Payzant Home Hardware Built Atlantic Canada's Largest Independent Building Supply Fleet — and Why They Cap Commercial at 15%