Should I make my own lumber?

[Casper]

We are planning on building a new house soon. We have our own timber (both pine and hardwoods) and a sawmill operation. We sell our timber products green to brokers but have thought about doing some secondary processing. To manufacture our own lumber, we would need to add a small kiln and a planer/moulder. I'm wondering how much I might save on the building cost for a 1500 sq. ft. house. What percent of the cost of a new house is labor compared to materials? About how many board ft. of framing material would there typically be in a 1500 ft house?

Thanks

Casper

[Rich]

Your typical 1500 sf home will have approximately 12000bf of lumber and 4500 sf of sheet goods like plywood. In that respect your typical framing package will cost around $8-9000 not including the labor.
When I first got into estimating/bidding work I (Dad taught me) used a modifier. At that time the labor modifier was usually between .5 and .65 of what the materials cost. Now a days that number is up around .7 to .75. Of course that's for framing.. concrete modifier is higher.
Hope that helps.

[Casper]

Thanks for your quick reply.

That's very helpful. I assume that includes the roof, but does it also include doors, windows , and siding?

Thanks

[Rich]

That does not include siding, doors, or windows only the framing package itself.