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• 10/03/2022

He started building a fence but put the project on hold when he found it inconceivable to source new fence posts. Stacked neatly in his backyard is a minivan-size pile of gray lumber, all stuff Buhr salvaged from dumpsters and a fence demolition project. Musselwhite says the availability of treated lumber, the type that is going into all those new decks and fences, shrank early in the pandemic, as stay-at-home orders slowed production. With the large spike in demand, costs for deck boards and fence posts more than doubled — and supply dried up.

Before the pandemic, they figured they’d …