The raw material wood is in high demand on the world market. This is causing skyrocketing prices and an extreme shortage of renewable building materials. More and more often there are long faces among do-it-yourselfers who want to design a wooden terrace, and among house builders who tremble about their cost calculation for the roof structure. The German Federal Statistical Office is already sounding the alarm: The prices at the commercial level would continue to shoot up: In March, coniferous timber was almost 21 percent more expensive than in the previous year. The international markets also ...