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Estimating Frame And Brick Houses
In these estimates it is supposed that all the work has been prepared in the shop before being taken to the building, and that no dressing or finishing is necessary to be done on it before being put in place. The cost of the material and of the labor necessary to prepare it must be added to the prices given in order to get the exact cost of the work.
Material for Cornice.
In estimating the amount of material in a given cornice for a square roof, multiply the entire outside measurement of the building by the sum of the width of the frieze, planceer and fascia, and the sum obtained will be the number of feet, board measure. Add 10 per cent, to this amount for waste in dressing, mitering and joining. For gables take the whole length of end rafters, add end projections, and multiply same as before. All the above estimates are based on a cornice that will not exceed in dimensions the following figures: Frieze, from 9 to 16 inches in width. Planceer, from 9 to 22 inches in width. Fascia, from 4 to 7 inches in width. Anything over and above these measurements should be charged for in proportion. Sometimes a planceer is formed of narrow stuff, matched and beaded, and when this is the case 30 per cent, should be added to the cost of labor in putting up the work. Moldings for outside cornice work are generally charged at the rate of 1 cent per foot per inch in width, less, 1/2 cent per foot. Thus, a molding 2 inches wide—pine, basswood or poplar—by this rule sells at 1J/2 cents per foot, and one 3 inches wide at 2^ cents per foot, etc. The price of brackets such as are ordinarily used on the kind of building under discussion is about as follows, when made of pine or other soft wood and finished ready to place in position:
Perpendicular. Horizontal. Thickness. Cost. .
Inches. Inches. Inches. Plain. Molded.
Size 16 12 2 $0.30 $0.10
Size 20 16 3 .55 .65
Size 24 20 4 .75 .00
Size 28 24 5 1.00 1.10
Size 30 28 6 1.40 1.70
In running a cornice around an octagon tower, a semioctagon bay window or veranda, 25 per cent, should be added for labor. Circular and elliptical work should be charged one and a half times more than straight work. This rule holds good also in the preparation of the stuff for all segmental, circular and elliptical work. With more elaborate cornices than those enumerated in the foregoing we are not at this time concerned, for such buildings as are now under consideration rarely if ever require cornices richer than are here presented.
