LMAdata provided information on estimated unit sales of plumbing products for new construction in Buffalo/Erie County, N.Y., based on 1,740 single-family homes and 423 multi-family homes built January through November 2003. The source for its data is the U.S. Bureau of the Census/Manufacturing & Construction Division. LMAdata publishes the monthly LMA Reports, which track U.S. Census Bureau residential building permits and provide plumbing product use estimates for 711 local market areas, 50 states and 13 sales territories.
This covers only new construction. Major, contractor-permitted remodeling projects involving professionally installed kitchen and bath fixtures can add up to 10% to the above estimated unit sales.