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30 DIFFERENT TRADES INVOLVED

Building a house is a lot of work

WHEN YOU consider that a typical new house consists of more than 3,000 parts and requires the input of more than 30 different trades, it’s easier to appreciate the complex skills and experi- ence needed in the home building industry today.

- Building a house is a lot of work. Whether a builder is selling pre-built homes or houses from blueprints, the work involved in building is lengthy and complicated.

How lengthy? Realistically speaking, a new house, in- cluding inspections and ap- provals, takes, on average, up to seven months to com- plete, That’s if all the work — labor and materials — proceeds as scheduled.

Weather, shortages of labor and materials, and Jabor disputes can play havoc with a realistic sched- ule. A builder must schedule around any problems, but in many instances, one step cannot be started until another is finsihed.

There is nothing more frustrating for the home buyer or builder than a stall-

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How complicated? Bear in mind that building a home is not a one-person job. The builder is responsible for all aspects of the construction of the home, from obtaining necessary peimits and ap- provals, to hiring the trades and ordering the materials, to ensuring that required in- spections by municipal building officers take place on schedule,

Quality control and on- schedule completion are also the responsibility of the builder.

It takes a skilled profes- sional to ensure that a home is buiit the best it can be, but that professional relics on many different sub-contrac- tors, electricians, plumbers, bricklayers, carpenters,

drywallers, to piece together’

accurately the more than 3,000 parts involved in the product.

The following chart lists the major construction activ- ities with an estimate of the average time needed to complete each one. Some of the activities can overlap as a

MARY PORTER

house is being built, so the total time is a guide for what a new house buyer should expect.

® Basement excavation to backfilling — !-2 weeks.

© Begin framing to putting on roof — 1-3 weeks.

° Roughing in interior (plumbing, heating, elec- trical, and central vacuum aad alarm systems, etc.) — 2-4 weeks.

e Insulation and drywall — 2-4 weeks. © Exterior finishing: brick work (poor weather can ex- tend time required); siding, soffits, and facia, rainwater leaders and gutters (poor weather can extend time re- quired) — 1-3 weeks.

® Interior finishing: trim, paint, kitchens, tile work, carpets/flooring, sheet goods, etc. — 3-8 weeks.

® Landscaping, sodding and grading (if move is dur- ing winter, this work may have to wait until late spr- ing) — 2-4 weeks.

TOTAL — up to 32 weeks.

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