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board feet in framing a house

Started by simonmeridew, March 12, 2009, 07:35:44 PM

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simonmeridew

How many board feet would you use in framing the average two story stick-built house, say 2000 square feet?  Just looking for a ball park figure. We are thinking of skidding out some logs this summer and having them milled out for a house for my son and his family. No plans yet just looking ahead to the summer. Spring comes late here and we're doing some dreaming.
simonmeridew
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blaze83

just estimating what it took to build our shop, 2 stories around 2100 square feet, I'm thinking it was around 17000 BF.......that is including the bf for the headers beams and 1X 8 sub floor material.   House might be about the same if you buy subflooring. I have no interior walls to speak of, so there will be more bf for them of course.

hope it helps,

Steve,

PS  if you have a wet rainy day or 2, build a scale model of the house....it worked good for my shop, I could change things and get a real acurate count of my materials, I have pics in my gallery.
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tyb525

You could also try Google SketchUp for making a model.
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isawlogs

  For a ruff estimate , count 1(one) 2x6 per foot of wall , it will also give you enough for headers and plates . This does not count the floor joist ,trusses or siding .
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moonhill

I use around 8,000-10,000 feet for a timber frame yielding a 2000 square foot building.  That is no sheathing, just the frame.

Tim
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ErikC

  Last year I cut a post and beam frame, decking for roof and second floor, infill studs and gable siding, and porch materials and roof and I think it was around 20,000 bf. That was about a 2000 sq foot house.
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