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Materials Used In Building A 2,085 Square Foot Home

I found an old, yellowed article I tore out of the newspaper several years ago.

It’s as interesting today as it was then (circa 2001 – when we lived in Pensacola – which is the newspaper it came from – as determined by a car dealer ad on the back).

The article gives you an idea of the sheer volume of building materials that are used when building a “traditional” single-family home.

  • 13,127 board-feet of framing lumber
  • 6,212 square feet of sheathing
  • 13.97 tons of concrete
  • 2,325 square feet of exterior siding material
  • 3,100 square feet of roofing material
  • 3,061 square feet of insulation
  • 6,144 square feet of interior wall material
  • 120 linear feet of ducting
  • 15 windows
  • 13 kitchen cabinets; 2 other cabinets
  • 1 kitchen sink
  • 12 interior doors
  • 7 closet doors
  • 2 exterior doors
  • 1 patio door
  • 2 garage doors
  • 1 fireplace
  • 3 toilets; 2 bathtubs; 1 shower stall
  • 3 bathroom sinks
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  • 2,085 square feet of flooring material such as carpeting, resilient sheet,

    resilient tile, ceramic tile or wood plank

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  • 1 range; 1 refrigerator; 1 dishwasher; 1 garbage disposer; 1 range hood
  • 1 washer; 1 dryer


And on a related note…

According to the Chicago Sun Times, “the average 2,000-square-foot-home in the United States uses about 1 acre of forest, or 44 trees.”