By The Restoration HQ desk · · filed under Money & Consolidation
Tariffs start showing up on equipment price-increase notices
Distributors are circulating 2026 manufacturer price-increase notices, with tariff pressure (a 10% baseline plus steep China-specific rates) feeding into dehumidifier, air-mover, and component costs.
FORBuy and standardize your fleet now before the next notice, and lock pricing while you can.
AGAINSTTariffs raise your real costs today but the price list won't catch up for months, so you eat the gap on every job in between.
Consensus vs. contrarianContrarian: track your actual equipment and consumable costs by month and use the documented increase to push line-item updates, instead of absorbing tariff inflation silently.
Sources Topnotch manufacturer price-increase notice (dated May 15, 2026), media.topnotchinc.com/docs/resources/Manufac…