Materials lead times back to pre-pandemic levels

Overall availability of building materials and products is now returning to pre-pandemic levels last seen at the end of 2019.
Inflationary pressures rather than availability now present the main challenges for energy-intensive products such as glass, concrete, cement, PIR, plasterboard and bricks.
Easing pressure on volumes was reported in the latest Builders Merchants Federation member returns for the third quarter. This showed volume sales were -6.8% down compared to the third quarter in prepa