Mike Mozart
The supply chain for lumber has been interrupted by COVID-19. In spite of this, demand has not slowed down.
A line of people standing behind or next to large metal carts filled with wooden planks snakes around the lumber section of Lowe’s in Reynoldsburg. In a roped-off section, an employee uses an industrial transportation device to lift boards off a shelf and onto metal carts. This is how people collect lumber supplies in the midst of record-high prices and demand.
“A phenomenon because of COVID is people have been sitting in their homes essentially working from home,” University of Wisconsin Professor Scott Bowe said. “And they’re sitting there looking at their crummy-looking kitchen cabinets and are like ‘we should really remodel the house.’”