Building Materials - Prices Rocket By 10 Per Cent

• Browse By Section
• News
• Building Materials - Prices Rocket By 10 Per Cent

The average price of building materials and home improvement supplies in the United Kingdom increased by more than 10 per cent between March and June.

This is according to according to Buildiro.com - an online marketplace for UK tradespeople merchants and DIY enthusiasts.

 The biggest jump in retail prices was in wooden cladding, which registered a 15 per cent spike from the previous quarter. Wall and floor tiles increased by an average of 14 per cent (and as much as 30 per cent for some product lines) across products that Buildiro.com monitors.

Other materials that surged during the period included sawn timber (13 per cent), Vinyl flooring (10 per cent) and garden-related items – such as outdoor furniture, paving stones and some hand tools (6 per cent to 10 per cent).

 “Builders in the UK have not been spared the impact of inflation, supply-chain challenges, and other causes of consumer price hikes.”

– Luke Polach 

Founder & CEO, Buildiro

Finding deals

”Buildiro.com helps builders and those in the home improvement market navigate these cost surges by aggregating inventories from the UK’s leading merchants and pinpointing the best deals,” continues Polach. “Eighteen of the country’s biggest online retailers – including B&Q, Tooled-Up, Plumbworld, Robert Dyas, Make My Blinds and Lights.co.uk – are already part of the Buildiro affiliate program.”

Up every month

The price hikes observed by Buildiro.com, which tracks over 1,000,000 products across more than a dozen home improvement categories, continues a trend of steadily increasing material costs in Britain. In May, the UK Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy reported that prices for aggregates, ready-mix concrete, piping and other essential materials increased every month in the first quarter of 2022.

Picture With thanks to B&Q: Popping down to B&Q to touch up that job? - prices could have gone up by ten per cent since March.

Article written by Cathryn Ellis
24th June 2022

Share

Related Articles