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Just read that the average new house uses over 8,000 square feet of drywall. Found it in a trade magazine at the supply house.
I was picking up some wire at the local supply house and saw a magazine for builders. Flipped through it and saw that stat. It blew my mind because that's like covering a whole basketball court. Makes you think about all the stuff you don't see when you're just looking at paint colors and floors. Anyone else come across a random building fact that made you go 'huh'?
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adams.taylor7mo ago
That "stuff you don't see" is why everything feels so expensive now.
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williams.diana7mo ago
Actually that stat is probably for the total square footage of drywall sheets used, not the area of the walls. A 4x12 sheet is 48 square feet, so 8,000 would be like 167 sheets. That sounds about right for a whole house. It's a lot of material that goes up before the pretty stuff. Adams.taylor has a point about cost, because you're paying for all that hidden material and the labor to hang it, not just the finishes you see.
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