The House of the Seasons — materials
Every stick packed into the standard lengths — 8 to 24 ft in 2 ft steps — by nominal size; board feet at the nominal size, as lumber is sold (a balloon frame of full-sawn lumber: each size ordered at the next whole inch). A piece 5 ft or longer is bought at the next standard length; the short ones — blocks, cripples, bridging — are cut from 8 to 16 ft sticks. The house is nailed: no pegs.
| Size | 8 ft | 10 ft | 12 ft | 14 ft | 16 ft | 18 ft | 20 ft | 22 ft | 24 ft | Sticks | Board feet | For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14x14 | 4 | 4 | 784 | portico column | ||||||||
| 6x16 | 3 | 3 | 240 | arch head | ||||||||
| 8x10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 653 | girder under the north hall wall · girder under the south hall wall · girder under the bay's mouth | ||||||
| 8x8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 437 | sill · portico balustrade post | ||||
| 6x8 | 3 | 3 | 288 | gallery sill on brick piers · gallery beam on the lower posts · gallery roof beam on the upper posts | ||||||||
| 6x6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 924 | ring timber under the lantern's wall · sleeper across the ceiling joists under the ring's posts · post under the ring · lantern corner post · lantern king post · walk balustrade post … | |||||
| 4x6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 224 | gutter sleeper · portico balustrade top rail | |||||
| 2x12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 240 | lantern roof common rafter · lantern roof jack rafter · lantern roof hip rafter | ||||||
| 2x10 | 28 | 28 | 125 | 33 | 3 | 36 | 91 | 344 | 9357 | beam across the bay's mouth at the second floor · beam across the bay's mouth at the ceiling · first-floor joist · second-floor joist · second-floor header at the well · second-floor header at the stairwell … | ||
| 4x4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 205 | walk sleeper · walk balustrade top rail | |||||
| 2x8 | 44 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 80 | 1125 | header · hip rafter · portico floor joist · gallery ledger at the first floor · gallery floor joist · gallery ledger at the second floor … | ||||
| 3x4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 150 | walk balustrade bottom rail · portico balustrade bottom rail | ||||||
| 2x6 | 18 | 12 | 43 | 32 | 38 | 5 | 12 | 160 | 2166 | jack rafter · common rafter · lantern sole · lantern cap · lantern stud beside an arched opening · header over an arched opening … | ||
| 2x4 | 22 | 3 | 60 | 59 | 60 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 216 | 1971 | header · rough sill nailed between the studs · cripple stud · stud beside an opening · ledger on the bay's west cant's studs · ledger on the bay's face's studs … | |
| 1x6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ribbon |
18,780 board feet of framing lumber in 894 sticks.
Longer than 24 ft, a special order (or spliced): 1 × 8x8 42 ft (sill, north wall, timber); 1 × 8x8 46 ft (sill, west wall, timber); 1 × 8x8 50 ft (sill, east wall, timber); 1 × 1x6 42 ft (ribbon, let into the studs' inner faces (a10-11)); 18 × 2x4 28 ft (corner post, one of two pieces spiked together (a10-10)); 9 × 2x4 28 ft (stud at the corner, against the other wall's corner post); 30 × 2x4 28 ft (stud beside an opening (a10-29)); 77 × 2x4 28 ft (stud, sill to plate, the balloon frame's full length); 6 × 2x4 28 ft (end stud at the inside corner); 1 × 2x4 42 ft (plate, north wall, flat on the stud heads, spiked); 1 × 2x4 46 ft (plate, west wall, flat on the stud heads, spiked); 1 × 2x4 50 ft (plate, east wall, flat on the stud heads, spiked); 1 × 2x4 42 ft (sole of the north hall wall, first story); 2 × 2x4 42 ft (cap of the north hall wall, first story, two pieces lapped (a10-15)); 1 × 2x4 42 ft (sole of the south hall wall, first story); 2 × 2x4 42 ft (cap of the south hall wall, first story, two pieces lapped (a10-15)); 1 × 2x4 42 ft (sole of the north hall wall, second story); 2 × 2x4 42 ft (cap of the north hall wall, second story, two pieces lapped (a10-15)); 1 × 2x4 42 ft (sole of the south hall wall, second story); 2 × 2x4 42 ft (cap of the south hall wall, second story, two pieces lapped (a10-15)); 1 × 2x4 42 ft (parapet cap, north wall); 1 × 2x4 50 ft (parapet cap, east wall); 1 × 4x6 40 ft (gutter sleeper, north face, ripped to 5.50 in (4x6)); 1 × 4x6 44 ft (gutter sleeper, west face, ripped to 5.75 in (4x6)); 1 × 4x6 48 ft (gutter sleeper, east face, ripped to 5.75 in (4x6)); 1 × 2x8 52 ft (portico floor ledger on the house's sill (a2-23)); 1 × 8x8 52 ft (portico sill under the columns, on brick piers); 2 × 3x12 52 ft (portico entablature beam, two pieces on edge spiked together); 1 × 2x10 52 ft (portico deck ledger on the house's studs (a2-23)).
Boards (1 in nominal): rough floors 5,552 sq ft ≈ 5,552 board feet; roof boards 1,947 sq ft ≈ 1,947 board feet (plus waste).
Not in this list: masonry, the iron stirrups and anchor bolts, sheathing and siding, trim, windows and doors, roofing, nails.
Sizes follow the model, which is proportioned from the 1929 framing plans with estimated heights, not engineered. Nothing here is priced.