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Estimating Frame And Brick Houses

Now yy e have the figures giving the total of bricks required to complete the house as we have described it.
Here we recapitulate:

For front of house 9,996
For right side 26,197
For rear end 12,903
For left side 36,159
For around circular bay 8,874
For porch 23S
For verandas 680
For chimneys 13 468
Total bucks required to complete the house 108,515

The reader will see that no provision is made in these figure:, for gables as the plans and elevations show all these finished in wood and shingled.

Rough Lumber Required

We have now estimated on three classes of material for the house—namely, quarried stone for foundations, cut stone for trimmings, and for all the bricks required to complete the house in conformity with the plans as exhibited. It w ill now be in order to find out how much rough lumber, such as joists, studding, rafters, sills, wall plates and other similar material will be required.

An examination of the foundation plan, Fig. 3, will show that there are several verandas and porches to be timbered, and we will deal with these first. The front veranda measures 33 feet in length and 6 feet 6 inches in width. There are five sills 6x6 inches, 6 feet 6 inches long. Each one of these will contain 20 feet of stuff (nearly), board measure, or altogether 100 feet. Under the conservatory there are tw o sills 6x6 inches x 8 feet, which together measure 48 feet. On these sills we lay joists, 2x8 inches, 16 inches from centers. This will give us, as near as we can make the division, six courses of joists, for as 6 feet 6 inches will not divide up equally by 16 we place the centers a little closer together, and we are compelled to place a joist against the wall and one on the outside. As each course in front is 33 feet long by 2x8 inches, it will contain 44 feet, which gives us 44 X 6 — 264 feet. Under the conservatory and end veranda connecting with it we have seven courses of joists 18 feet long, 2x8 inches, which will give us 168 feet. On the same side of the house at the rear end, and on the rear end, is a veranda, which measures, all told, rear and side, 36 feet. This requires eight sills 6 feet long, 6x6 inches, which makes a total of 144 feet. This veranda will require five courses of joists 36 feet long, 2x8 inches, which makes 240 feet.