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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... nearly twice that amount of lumber that averaged 1,000 ft. This is after allowing enough for leveling ground. On a plain 2-story building with heavy timbera, 2" flooring roof, plank under floors, ordinary upper floor, the complete average on 244,000 ft was 770 ft. Upper floors are included and reduce the average somewhat, as they are worth more than dimension lumber. A good deal of the work was done by laborers. Trestle-work under 10 high should not run to more than $10 per 1,000 ft. Coal-hoisting stations, towers of a reasonable hight, and heavy timber-work in general should not cost more than $12 at 30c per hour. But there are so many special designs of this kind of work that it is hard to set a figure without seeing the plan,--and sometimes harder when the plan is seen and a guess made at the quality of the man behind the saw. Sheeting may be averaged at 1,000 ft on a frame building if taken alone, although 1,200 may be done on some. Shiplap about less. Much depends upon the style of the walls and roof. If sheeting and shiplap are nailed diagonally instead of level on side walls allow J more time. For floors sheeting may be safely allowed at 1,500 to 1,800 ft unless more than 3 stories above the street level. On the roof of a 6-story building 1,000 ft is a good day's work. I lately received the time on 1,750 lf of close-board fence 8' high, strung with barbed wire for a top guard in the usual way. It took 420 hours, but posts were already set. Allow 15 minutes for 1 man to dig hole and set 1 post; but twice as long might be taken. Common 8" post-holes, 5 to 10 min to dig, and half as long to set. The foregoing buildings may be taken as typical and estimates securely based upon the figures given. A small cottage will not...
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