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Estimating Frame And Brick Houses
Ridge Boards.
We have now about completed the outside of the building, with the exception of the ridge boards and the bracketing for the roof gutters. The ridge boards seem to consist of two pieces of 1-inch stuff 6 inches wide, nailed together so as to form the same angle as the roof. This is surmounted w ith a roll made from 3-inch stuff and having a V cut in it to suit the angle of the ridge. This is nailed on over the joint formed by the joining of the ridge boards. If a first-class job is desired, the V in the ridge pole should be well painted with white lead paint and oil before it is nailed in place. To make and put in place ridge boards and roll as described, and furnish all materials for same, where good working lumber costs on the average $25 per 1000 feet, will be worth from 51/2 to 6 cents per running foot.
Windows, Doors and Frames.
In the basement there are 14 windows and frames, the windows consisting of a single sheet of glass each, 12 x 26 inches, and are built partly in the stone and partly in the brick work. The sash are hung at the top and fastened at the bottom with snap catches. The frames are made of sound 2-inch plank, having sill and subsill, and 21/4inch blind stiles and cambered head outside. The cost of frame and sash, with interior trim, will average $2 or $2.40, finished inside and out, and this without painting or glass. This includes fitting and hanging sash and furnishing bolts and other materials. These prices w ill vary, and are only given as a sort of starting point. In the basement are two doors, these being heavy panel doors with strong hinges, locks and heavy bolts. The jambs of these doors will be fully 17 inches wide, and should be framed and paneled. The cost of the doors will depend on their style and on the character of the hardware employed. Know ing the number of doors, the price of each, also of the frames and hardware, all the estimator has to do is to discover the cost of trimming the inside, the hanging and putting on of the furniture. This may be put down under ordinary circumstances at about half a day for each door, this including everything.
In the main story there are 13 windows, all of which are double hung box frames prepared for folding shutters and paneled splay jambs. They are, with the exception of one, all two-light sash, but they vary somewhat in size. Three of these windows have bent glass, with sash made to suit. The prices of these frames, ready to place in the wall, and the sash to go with them, can be obtained at any factory.
