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.taylor29d ago

That "stuff you don't see" is why everything feels so expensive now.

williams.diana29d 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.