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Owning a home is an essential part of achieving The American Dream; however, establishing a home that is spacious, in an affordable price point and built with durable materials can be challenging. Image via nahbnow.com The Framing the American Dream study performed an experiment where two identical home builds were compared. The study revealed that when building a new house, homes constructed using floor and wall panels and roof trusses were built faster, used 75% less lumber wood product, and used 30 times less jobsite waste versus a stick-framed house. To learn more about Framing the American Dream, visit www.sbcindustry.com .  Sources: http://nahbnow.com/2016/05/ new-study-compares-home- building-techniques/ http://www.sbcmag.info/ article/2016/faster-stronger- safer http://www.sbcindustry.com/fad

The Framing the American Dream study is a project sponsored by SBCA, individual component manufacturers, supplier companies, and the Building Systems Council of NAHB. In this study, two 2,600 SQ FT houses were built simultaneously. The first home was built with wood component systems, and the second was fully engineered conventional stick framing. Builders spent 148 hours framing the home with components. In contrast it took 401 hours to construct the conventional home, 67% longer than framing with components. In the same way, 15,100 board feet were used to frame the component home, while 20,400 board feet of lumber were used to frame the conventional home, or 26% more lumber than in the component house. Scrap generated was 4 yards for the component home, and 17 yards for the conventional home. This project took place at the NAHB Show in Houston, Texas January 16 - 23, 1996.  Click below to see a video about the Framing the American Dream study. Video via www.youtube.c...