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Estimating Frame And Brick Houses

The opposite side, including the short " jog," contains the same number of yards—that is, 20 7-9. The rear end of the room, taking in the jog, measures the same area as the front wall—that is, 23 5-9 yards. Now we have the ceiling, which measures by average 22 X 20 feet = 440 : 9 = 49 8-9 yards. We have, therefore, for plastering in front room of basement:

For the laundry, closet, stairway and storage cellar we have 104 feet of wall, 7 feet 6 inches high, therefore 104 feet X 7 feet 6 inches = 780 : 9 = 86 6-9 yards. The ceiling averages 20 X 16 feet = 320 : 9 = 35 5-9 yards. We have then:

Walls 866/9 yards.
Ceiling 35 5/9 yards.
Total for laundry 122 2/9 yards.
This makes for basement altogether as follows:
Front room 138 5/9 yards.
Furnace room 866/9ards.
Fuel room 82 yards.
Laundry 122 2/9 yards.
Total for basement 4294294/9 yards.

Or, in round figures, 430 yards of plastered work.