Good word, when did Rockwool get so expensive?

[Noltz]

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.

 

[gleman]

Can you get the fiberglass pink rolls or foam boards. I don't think they'd be any cheaper.

 

[fitter30]

Blue jean insulation is good for sound

 

[scooby074]

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 **** for a while I think. And a clubhouse isnt a clubhouse without tomatoes

 

[ducatithunder]

Wow. I was buying R23 Comfortbatt @ $24 a bundle during Covid. Given that was with HD bulk price and Military Discount but still. Just looked online and its $85 a bundle. Missed the insulation bubble by a year. Built my shop a year prior to the covid wood bubble. Crazy

 

[jjrbus]

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 2020, compared to a $665 million profit in the first quarter of 2021.

 

[Ak Jim]

Talk about expensive!

 

[u2slow]

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.

 

[mepstein]

Rock wool is really good stuff. I would do it, even at a higher price. Time heal all wounds.

 

[stroked93]

Everyone is making more money, the margins stay the same. Costs go up. 40% Margin on $40 vs 40% margin on $80 bucks.

 

[Imatk]

I know it's gotten a lot hard to find! So maybe that's why?

 

[bluedog225]

They stopped making the blue jean stuff.

 

[gekljklefgje]

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

https://www.lowes.com/pd/ROCKWOOL-COMFORTBATT-R-15-Stone-Wool-Batt-Insulation-with-Sound-Barrier-15-25-in-W-x-47-in-L/3388304

R23 for $86

https://www.lowes.com/pd/ROCKWOOL-COMFORTBATT-R-23-Stone-Wool-Batt-Insulation-with-Sound-Barrier-15-25-in-W-x-47-in-L/3610404

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.

 

[Daniel Ozarks]

Lowes just raised the Rockwool R15 from $58 to $79 in one day (2/24) in Missouri. This stuff has been at $58 for awhile and just when I'm fixin' to buy 40 bags they pull this bs. They also did away with the 15 bag discount. Rockwool blames Lowes but everyone else has the same price. So eff Rockwool! Ended up using fiberglass and some John's Manville Mineral Wool.

 

[karoc]

How does price of rockwool compare to what spray foam?
Back to question, I always heard that these will work for sound proofing. I never gave it try

 

[Hobby_Man22]

It was $40 for 4 bats of r30 24x47 I believe back in 2021, now I just looked and they want $100 for this same thing

 

[rancherbill]

I have not used this, but, I have been reading. It is used in commercial and residential multi-unit.

https://www.google.com/search?q=dry...BgGQBgiSBwYxLjE2LjGgB7ZO&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

 

[Daniel Ozarks]

People need to stop buying Rockwool no matter how good it may be.

 

[Denwood]

Well, their 2022 financials show a record 27% increase in profits driven by…you guessed it, price increases.

“Our reported sales, driven primarily by price increases, grew a record 27 percent in 2022 and while…” Their EBiT has been in the 11-13% range over the last few years.

https://www.rockwool.com/siteassets/investors/financial-reports/2022/se-2023-01_annual-report-2022.pdf

 

[Daniel Ozarks]

Let's bring em down. Stop buying it. Post on their Facebook page and keep bothering Lowes on their reviews and questions. Rockwool does comment on Lowes website and they lied and said they have nothing to do with price increases.

 

[karoc]

People need to stop buying Rockwool no matter how good it may be.

I live a sheltered life, why?

 

[Hobby_Man22]

I live a sheltered life, why?

I don't like it because it blocks the cell phone signal. Does great blocking noise though. There could be a hurricane going on outside and you would never know. Except for rain though.

 

[HalfTonTom]

Blue jean insulation is good for sound

Yeah, but it smells like farts.