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Instead, customers are doubling down, switching to more expensive materials as the cost difference with wood shrinks, adding extra elements to their projects and pre-ordering lumber to lock in price and ensure supply. "If their plan was to build a pressure-treated deck in their backyard, then a lot of people are now saying, 'You know what? For about the same price, I can get a hardwood deck or a composite deck or a heat-treated lumber deck,'" said Brad Swanson of Swanson's Home Hardware Building Centre in Kitchener, Ont., a family owned operation since 1982. "They're a little bit more (expens...

Winnipeg Free Press By: Dan Healing, The Canadian Press Posted: Last Modified: 2:42 PM CDT Friday, May. 7, 2021 Save to Read Later CALGARY - Canadian consumers have many ways to save money on home renovations despite a pandemic-driven surge in demand that has jolted lumber and construction panel prices to all-time highs. Brad Swanson, Dealer-Owner of Swansons Home Hardware Building Centre, in Kitchener, Ont., poses for a photo at his yard on Monday, May 3, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ G...

Dan Healing Brad Swanson, Dealer-Owner of Swansons Home Hardware Building Centre, in Kitchener, Ont., poses for a photo at his yard on Monday, May 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Geoff Robins May 07, 2021 - 12:27 PM CALGARY - Canadian consumers have many ways to save money on home renovations despite a pandemic-driven surge in demand that has jolted lumber and construction panel prices to all-time highs. However, such advice usually falls on deaf ears, experts say. Instead, customers are doubling down, switching to more expensive materials as the cost difference wit...