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ESTIMATE OF PRICES, &c.
New pantiling, bedded and pointed with lime and hair, at per square,
Ditto, inside and out,
Inside only,
Pointing pantiling outside only, at per square
Ditto, inside only, at per square
Dutch glased pantiling, at per square
Labour only, to pantiling, from 1 s. 6 d. per square to
Note, One square of pantiling will take 170 tiles.
The Number of paving Bricks and Tiles to complete on square Yard of Pavement.
36 Six-inch tiles.
20 1/4 Eight-inch tiles.
16 Nine-inch tiles.
13 ten-inch tiles.
9 Foot-tiles.
32 Statute bricks, laid flat.
48 Ditto, laid edge-ways.
90 Dutch clinkers.
Note, The carriage of materials to be added.
The customary allowance to one rod of brick-work is 4500 bricks, 32 bushels
of lime, and 2 loads and a half of land.
OF CARPENTER's WORK
Framing naked flooring with griders; binding-joists, bridging and ceiling
joists, as fig. H, plate I, labour and all materials, at per foot cube
Labour only, from 4 1/2 d. per foot cube to
The timbers in fig. H are drawn half an inch to a foot.
The floors on the I-pair of the stairs and attics to bear the same price.
Plate 4, The roof and the ceiling floor for the design in plate I, labour
and all materials, at per foot cube.
Labour only, from 5d. per foot cube to
All to be raised complete on the walls. If the timbers in the above work
be planed, for them must be allowed 2d. per foot cube for planning. All large
strong truss partitions to bear the same price as above, as in the section,
plate 7.
Trussing griders, with oak trusses 4 inches square, at per foot run.
Labour only, at per foot run
If the trusses are 5 inches by 4, at per foot run
Labour only, at per foot run
If the timbers of the above work are taken as they are found, without labour,
at per foot cube 2 s. to
Then the labour to be taken by the square, as labour and nails, from 12s.
per square to
If framed with fir timber
If framed with oak, from 14s. per square to
Raised complete on the walls, oak timber an labour, at per foot cube 4s.
to
For common flooring, roofing, &c. where the timbers are small, and but
little framing, then take the timbers, as you find them, at per foot cube,
without labour, from 2s. to
And labour and nails, by the square, according as the work is done, from
4s. 6d. to
Common quarter partitions to be taken in the same manner, at per foot cube,
2s. or
Labour and nails from 3s. 6d. per square to
Cove bracketing, at per foot, superficial, from 6d. to
Labour to ditto, 2 1/2 d. to
Groin ceilings, at per foot superficial from 8 d. to
Labour to ditto, from 3s. 6d. to
Groin centers, from 24 s. per square to
Labour, from 6 s. to
The gatherings, or angles of the groin, at 2 d. per foot run, labour, centering
for doors, windows, &c. not exceeding 5 inches wide, at per foot run
Labour to ditto, at per foot run
Centering to semi-circular or semi-elliptical arches, at per foot run, from
6 d. to
Labour only, 2 1/2 d. to
If above 6 inches wide, at per foot superficial
Labour to ditto, 4 d. to
Note, The above centers to be made fair and smooth for gauge work, &c.
Rough centering to be made for trimmers, landings, &c. at per foot superficial
Bressomer and story-post, planned and framed, with braces, at per foot cube
Labour, at per foot cube
Domical Roofs.
Suppose the ribs to be cut out of inch and 1/2 deal, and the diameter of
the plan to be 5 feet, and to rise 2 feet 8 inches, the ribs to be taken
superficial at per foot, from 10 d. to
Labour only, from 4 d. to
Ditto, with 2-inch deal 6 or 8 feet in diameter, at per foot superficial,
from 1s. to
Ditto, planed and framed, from 1 s. to
Ditto, with 2-inch and 1/2 deal, domical roof, at per foot, planed and framed,
from 1 s. 4 d. to
Labour, form 6 d. to
Ditto, with 3-inch deal, rough, at per foot superficial
Ditto, planed and framed,
Labour, from 7 d. to
Sky-lights, on an oval plan, to be stuck on the inside with an ovolo, and
rabbeted on the outside for strait glass, at per foot superficial from 4s.
6d. to
Labour only, from 2 s. to
Ditto, made with 3-inch wainscot,
Labour only, at per foot superficial
Bond timber and lintels, at per foot cube, in sir, 1 s. 10 d. to
Labour to ditto, cutting off and laying, at per foot run
If oak bond and lintels, at per foot cube, from 3s. to
Labour to ditto, per foot run
Furings to naked flooring, roofing, &c. at per square, with 1/4 deal.
Labour only,
Ditto, with inch deal,
Labour only,
Note, This kind of work, as furing floors, roofs, &c. is various, some
wanting more stuff and labour than others; so that the best way is to value
according to stuff, time, and nails, expended.
Battening to walls, with 3/4 deal, labour and nails included, battens about
2 inches wide, and a foot apart, at per square
Labour only, to getting out plugs and fixing, at per square
Battening with inch deals, at per square
Labour only,
Ditto, with inch and 1/4 deal, at per square
Labour, from 3 s. 6 d. to
Ditto, with inch and 1/2 deal battens, at per square
Labour only, from 3 s. 9 d. to
Ditto, 2-inch deal battening, at per square
Labour only, 4 s. 9 d. to
If battening circular walls, per square
All hold-fasts and wall-hooks to be paid for extraordinary.
Bracketing to common plaister cornices, at per foot superficial
Labour, 2 1/2 d. to
Ditto, circular, at per foot superficial
Labour to ditto, 4 d. to
Bracketing to modillion or dental cornices, at per foot superficial
Labour only, 3 1/2 d. to
Ditto, circular, at per foot
Labour only, 4 d. to
Cove cornices bracketed, per foot
Labour to ditto, 4 d. to
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