How much does Homasote cost in your area

Funny, I just priced homasote yesterday because I'll be needing more soon.  It was also just under $30 ($28.90) per 4x8x1/2" sheet at my lumberyard here in Bristol, RI.

 

Expensive stuff.  I'm glad I bought a fair amount 7 years ago...

 

Can' find it anymore up here in Calgary.  I did buy 10 sheets in 2002 when I built my big layout.   Back then it was  $ 30 per sheet here. I used the Homasote over 3/8 OSB Board.

I think the Homosote I recently bought at Home Depot in western Pa. was about $23/ sheet-4x8 ft.

1/2" Homosote is $28 and always in stock at my northwest NJ Home Depot.

Last time I looked in June it was $28 a sheet.  Can't find Quite brace anywhere in our area in Western Pa.  

 

Jack 

I see it going for just under $30 in sw PA.

Well that is good to hear, I thought maybe I was being charged too much here in UT due to shipping etc. Sounds like we are not getting charged extra

Last time i bought it was 25 years ago -- $19.00 for a 4'x8' sheet. Albany-Saratoga region of NY. Considering 25 years of inflation $30 sounds about right.

 

jackson

$28.65 at the Home Despot in Maryland.  They just started carrying it recently so I am trying it out this Christmas.

For those for whom a Menards is accessible...

 

Homasote link

 

Seems like the '$30' price is pretty much the gavel.

 

Should we really expect prices NOT to go up in this day/age???  Hey, we just passed $18T in national debt!  Well, duh!

 

KD

Lowes in Chambersburg, PA has 1/2 x48x96 sheets for $26.65 at this time.

it's been in the high $20's for quite a while

Time sure flies. When I was a teenager (I'll be 65 next month) I worked in my uncles lumber yard and we sold it for about $6.50/sheet and we delivered no charge. Chris,I 'm not trying to make you feel bad,I'm just saying.

 

Brad

If you compare the price of Homosote (that is just compressed cardboard) at $30 a sheet you can buy sturdy 5 ply 1/2" or 15/32"  (one side finished)plywood for that price. If you are concerned about noise, rubber or cork roadbed lowers the sound level on plywood but track on Homosote really deadens the noise. The quietest might be track on foam board/insulation board though.  

Dennis, I used 2" thick 4'X8' foam insulation for my last layout.   With a layer of Woodland Scenics grass mat on top, my Fastrack is surprisingly quiet. 

 

It cost just under $30 bucks at Home Depot  -Ken

At the risk of hijacking my own thread, how did you secure your track to the foam?

I used 2" foam and the track was held in place first with some white glue and T pins. After the scenery or ballast was in place the track does not move. 

Last time I used it was in my N scale days.....seems $8 a sheet comes to mind!!!!

I used that VinylBed road bed, glued to the 3/4" plywood. Then glued the Atlas O track to the vinyl stuff. It is SUPER quiet! Where we needed to screw the track down, after the glue dried, I then removed all the screws.   

Also my choice, Atlas-O track on Flexxbed road bed. Very quiet.

 

A couple years ago I found only one place here in the Kansas City area that has Homasote and as I recall it was up around $38 per 4'x8'x1/2" sheet, but that sounds too high from everyone else's pricing? Maybe it was $32? Anyway I ended up not using it. A few Home Depot's that I called around here said they did not carry it.

 

It was $30+ 2 1/2 years ago here in Southern CA when we bought ours. Special order too cuz no one out here carries it.

Eight years ago it was over $40 a sheet here in NW Florid,a and I had to travel 100 miles to get it.  Last year when I was in Pittsburgh I got 4 sheets at HD for just over $28 [er sheet.  I cut it into 4' x 4' pieces to fit in the back of my SUV for its 1000 mile trip to the house.

 

Jan

that is why you use sound board. less than 1/2 the price of homosote and is a better sound deadener.

$30 - $35 per sheet in Raleigh, NC.

 

George Lasley

Was $24 at HD until last month for 4x8x1/2 when price increased to $26 here in central CT. 

Was just looking at it this evening at HD,  $27 for 4x8, in NY.  Im just wondering, how strong is the bond between O scale plastic ties with white glue onto foam board?  I know screws into foam board are probably not too strong, either.  Is white glue on foam the preferred method for laying O scale flex track?

Chris, I secured the fastrack to the 2" foam using Hollow Door & Drywall anchors:

with the track set up, I poked a hole through the fastrack into foam.   Then after removing the track, I added a few drops of Gorrila Glue to each hole in the foam.   Then screwed in the anchors.    After a couple hours of drying time, I screwed the fastrack down using 1 1/4" #6 Flat Head Philips screws.

 

I works great, is very secure, the track can be unscrewed and removed, and screwed back into the same anchors many times.

 

Same technique used for the Cisco RR in the current issue of OGR.

Last time I checked here in the southeastern portion of PA, Home Depot was selling Homasote for $27/each for a 4x8 sheet.

 

So when I build my new multi-gauge layout which is combination of Standard Gauge and O-Gauge, I decided on Vinylbed glued to 3/4" plywood.  Gargraves track (and Ross turnouts) will be used for both gauges.  I'm in the process of selling all my Atlas-O track in Mint and Like-New condition, since I'd like the Standard Gauge and O-Gauge track to have the same look-and-feel.

 

David

$27.40 at my local (Seneca Pa.) Home Depot..and I’m paying $2.89 a gallon for gas to haul it home.
It appears Homasote is a little more pricey down south, but they’re hauling it home at 2 bucks a gallon.
Go figure that one?

Happy Holidays Everyone…

K.C.

I just checked at Home Depot's website and they are listing if for just under $12 for a 1/2' 2X4 SHEET AND JUST UNDER $10 FOR A 3/4" 2X 4 SHEET.  Seems quite outrageous, more than plywood.

"Down South" here in Ft. Lauderdale, it is very difficult to find either Homasote or extruded styrofoam insulation at any price. The last lumberyard I knew that carried it closed up a few years ago. And as for gas price, it ranges from $2.75 a gallon up. It's been many years since it was Anywhere near the $2/gallon quoted in this thread! 

 

Bill in FtL

       
       


The Lundberg Survey is based on responses from more than 5,000 service stations nationwide.

On Friday, drivers in St. Louis, Missouri, paid the least at the pump -- $1.61 -- while drivers in Honolulu, Hawaii, and Anchorage, Alaska, paid the most, at $2.81.

Here are average prices in other cities:

• Detroit, Michigan -- $1.76

• Houston, Texas -- $1.78

• Atlanta, Georgia -- $1.88

• Boston, Massachusetts -- $2.01

• Chicago, Illinois -- $2.10

It appears it’s the cheapest to haul it home… if you live in Houston.

The supply has recently gone done, and the price gone up locally here for Homasote.  Rumor is some millionaire has been buying a bunch.

 

I'll just wait about 4 months then try to pick some up.

 

Jim

Here in Cincinnati it is about 25-30 a sheet.

Aloha,

 

$2.81?  I'd like to find that station. 

 

Costco is consistantly lowest in Honolulu and gallon of regular was $3.44 on 12/01/14. 

 

As for Homasote, I have been able find it here.

They are always quite high on the pre-cut 4'x8' sheet goods. Better to buy a whole sheet and have them cut it to your required sizes for free. That's what they (and I) do here anyway. Our HD's in this area don't carry Homasote, at least that's what they told me a couple years ago.

Which Friday? Kansas City is usually pretty low and it's only been down to about the $2.30's around here, and that's the lowest we've seen in quite some time?  

I decided to go to my local Home Depot today to see what kind of materials are available for sound insulation for benchwork sub base. It turns out they still carry a tan-colored, 1/2" thick fiber-board- $10 for a 4 x 8 sheet. I've used this material before, and while it may or may not be as good as Homasote, the price is right. Add cork roadbed and it should deaden sound enough.

 

Geno