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Re:The McMansion Scale, Explained by ChoGGi on Friday October 21, 2016 @02:42AM (#12758585)
I see you already have a few replies, but as people have mentioned labour is pretty pricey, it also doesn't include:

  land
  permits
  foundation
  insulation (though I live in Canada)
  electrical
  plumbing
  heating
  cooling
  kitchen
  bathroom
  changing your mind about something after it's already done (charge extra for that)
Also I doubt you'd want cedar shingles on your roof.

On the bright side you can knock off the price of the sash weights, and probably "building paper"

(unless that means they pay the price to have the blueprints signed off by an engineer).

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Re:The McMansion Scale, Explained by sokoloff on Friday October 21, 2016 @07:45AM (#12759585)
Building paper is that which has largely been replaced with Tyvek house wrap on vertical members and rubber ice dam guard and roofing felt underlayment on the roof. It's still "there" in concept, which is to provide an air barrier and block the wind coming straight though.
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Re:The McMansion Scale, Explained by ChoGGi on Saturday October 22, 2016 @02:58PM (#12770050)
Ah right, forgot about Tyvek.
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Re:The McMansion Scale, Explained by jedberg on Friday October 21, 2016 @03:42AM (#12758819)
> insulation (though I live in Canada)

Even here in California we have insulation. It's just a lot cheaper than where you are because it doesn't have to be all that good.

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