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Estimating Frame And Brick Houses
As the heating, plumbing and water supply come under departments, we will not deal with them here, and will make no further reference to them than is already made in the plans. There are also some other minor matters in connection with the designs that may be necessary to alter, and which will be fully explained as they are discussed.
The Foundations.
The illustration given in Fig. 3 shows the shape, lines and dimensions of the foundation, also sizes of the various rooms in the cellar. It will be noticed that all the earth to a depth of 5 feet has been removed from the whole area inclosed by the main walls. It now remains to find how many yards of excavating will be required to prepare the whole area for the concrete flooring and the stone work. By actual measurement we find that the main walls, including their own thickness, inclose an area of 1641 feet. It must be remembered we have measured the circular projection shown in the furnace room as being a straight wall on a line with its extreme projection. If we take 1641 feet, the area to be excavated, and multiply the figures by 5 feet, the depth of excavation, and then divide by 27 feet, the number of cubic feet in each cubic yard, we obtain the following results: 1641 X 5 = 8205 : 27 — 30324/27, or in whole figures, 304 yards of excavating. This number of yards, however, does not represent the whole of the excavating, as we have the footings of the main walls to provide for, which are sunk 1 foot below the cellar floor and are 2 feet wide. By running a tape line all around the walls, allowing double for corners, we have 195 X 2 = 390 feet : 27 = say 15 yards. Then we must add for dwarf wans under conservatory, back porch, foundations for veranda supports, footings for projecting chimneys, and other excavations 24 yards, allowing one yard for each footing for veranda posts. Now we have a total of 304 + 15 + 24 = 343 cubic yards of earth requiring to be removed.
