Yes. Most north-American suburban houses are constructed from wood. I got started in woodworking shortly after I move into my first house there. It was a semi-detached house and upon moving in - everything was there, except the fences. One neighbour suggested we erected the fences on a group effort - to save money from paying contractors to do it for us. So (this guy had a pickup truck) he volunteered to purchase the wood panel (planks) and each of us figured out the amount of screws we'd need and got them all from Home Depot. I purchased a circular saw, a drill, and after putting it all up (we still had to engage a service crew to drill the holes in the ground to erect the main support posts). We filled the holes with premixed cement, erected the main posts, and then slowly assembled the rest of the planks to complete the fence. - Wasn't as difficult as I first envisioned it to be. After that, we had lot of leftover pieces of wood, and that got me started on woodworking. Began making lots of storage boxes, some of which I still have (brought them to Peesai when I came over). Later on, I bought a table saw (for ripping lengths of wood), a belt saw (for more precision work), sanders (for finishing the work) planers, and my wife got interested in folk painting designs on some of my completed work. I made a potato box (sort of food shelf) for her. Was working on a dog kennel, but my dog doesn't like sleeping in it! So I destroyed it after completing it. Would have love to attempt making a musical instrument, but don't have an idea what instrument to attempt - I don't play any!!! Woodworking is fun. Sawing pine especially, it produces a smell (of the resin) that is very refreshing, unlike plywood - all dry and dusty!
I got so interested, I started looking for work in a woodworking shop and eventually worked as an assembler in a factory making stereo cabinets for custom vans and hi-fi showrooms. There, I was exposed to industrial sized saws, routers, including a CNC cutter to cut shapes from a 4ft X 8 ft MDF (medium-density fibreboards), at this scale, it wasn't fun anymore - it was about speed and making it with minimal waste. All economics. I only enjoyed it as a hobby. So I quit. Boss wanted me to apply coatings to the finished product, by spray-painting. Glad I got out of it by then!
Cheers!
Had a friend who with the help of a friend built his new home
Canadian homes are mostly made of wood.
He was a teacher at a local University. He was very handy & helped me with fixing up my car:o
With labor being so expensive being a DIY person will save you $.