Habitat Omaha’s “HabiBlog”

Hello All

This year is Habitat’s 25 year anniversary! We have a goal to have 100% donated materials for houses all of our houses this year and next year (and hopefully years to come).  Below are all the items that go into building a brand new house.  If you know of anyone seeking to commit to donating to an organization or individuals looking to donate services, time, labor or money please refer them to us!  All donations are tax-deductible.  If you’re on the fence about donating, please join us on a HabiTour!  This a free event where we provide a nutritious lunch and share with you the Habitat for Humanity Story.  Afterwords, we take a mini bus tour to different sites we have and are currently working on.  Please join us!  To learn more about this please give us a call at 402-457-5657 x 106 and please speak with Kathy Wells.

Items used to Build a New House

 Ave. size: 1300 sq (25’ x 52’)

Finished basement: 450 sq’

Ave. size of bathroom is 45 sq’ (9’x5’)

Sometimes garages are added.  

132 pieces of drywall 

4 pieces of green/purple board

30 cubic yards of concrete, we need one W8×21 steel beam (39’-6”)

 Two 3” diameter steel posts for 9’ walls, a donated service to set the beam. 

 35 pieces of solid soffit/wainscot material

 200 pieces of vinyl siding

 9 vinyl outside corner posts

 4 pieces of inside corner posts

 45 pieces of ‘J’ channel

 20 pieces of siding trim

 6 pieces of mounting block (starter strip)

 6 pieces of split mounting block (starter strip)

 26 pieces of vinyl fascia

 2 pieces of exhaust vent material\

 26 pieces of vinyl utility ‘J’ channel

10 pieces of vented vinyl soffit material. 

 Enough white vinyl post material for a 7’ x 25’ porch railing system.  36” tall.

 122’ of gutters & down spouts

 7 splash blocks all for 1 house.

 600 pieces of lumber is used (includes 2×4’s and 2×6’s and 2 x 8’s)

 85 pieces of ½” OSB (for walls and flooring)

14 Windows

 Roofing materials: 200 lf of Universal Starter Course, 48 lf of shingle over ridge vent, 20 lf of “W” valley, 50 lbs. 5 boxes of 1½” roofing nails, 2,000 button caps, 10,000 sf of 39-3/8 Moisture Guard Plus, 70 bundles of Tamko Elite F/G Weather WD3/SQ (or equivalent), 7 Rolls of #15 Felt), 5200 sq’ of sod (grass). 

 Plenty of drywall screws, galvanized nails. 

 We could use some donated plumbing material and electrical wiring.  Free installation services of the plumbing and electrical work.

 We could use an Energy Star Rater to review the floorplans or inspect a rehab house. 

 We would like the energy efficient light bulbs (16).  We don’t use the old ones any more.  If someone could donate the exhaust fans for the bathrooms and nice light fixtures for the whole house including exterior lights (about 12 for the entire house). 

 Window wells (2). 

 Doors (16-three of these would be exterior doors). 

 Sinks (4) (1 for laundry room, 2 for bathrooms, one for kitchen). 

 Bathtubs (2). 

 Hot water heaters and furnaces (1 of each for a house). 

 Closet doors (8-bifold doors), 4 bypass doors. 

 Donating 8 smoke detectors would be helpful. 

 Poles for hanging clothes in closet (8) along with smooth shelf boards (8). 

 Railing for interior stairs (16’)

 Concrete piers (4); 8” diameter

 Joist Hangers

Strong ties

 Metal post anchors

Lastly, space to store some of these materials.  That way we can just grab it when we’re ready to use a certain item.  The value of the space is tax-deductible, too!