This section is from the book "A Treatise On Architecture And Building Construction Vol4: Plumbing And Gas-Fitting, Heating And Ventilation, Painting And Decorating, Estimating And Calculating Quantities", by The Colliery Engineer Co. Also available from Amazon: A Treatise On Architecture And Building Construction.
71. The prices given in the following list are based on the use of the best quality of hardware in the market. Should inferior quality be used, these prices would probably be 50 per cent. less. The cost of labor is assumed to be one-fifth the cost of the hardware.
Quantities and Cost.
Locks. | |
One 5f-inch mortise front-door lock, with bronze furniture complete............ | $7.50 |
One 4 1/2-inch mortise vestibule-door lock, with bronze furniture complete.......... | 7.00 |
One 5 1/2-inch flush pull mortise lock for double sliding door......... | 3.50 |
Two 5 1/2 -inch flush pull mortise locks for single sliding door, with bronze furniture complete .. | 5.50 |
Eighteen 4 1/2-inch mortise knob locks, at $2.20... | 39.60 |
Ten 4-inch duplex flush cupboard locks, at $1.85.. | 18.50 |
Six 2 3/8 -inch mortise knob locks, at $1.60....... | 9.60 |
One 2-inch steel spring padlock........ | .60 |
Labor,20 per cent. of cost of locks........... | 18.36 |
Total................. | $110.16 |
Hinges. | |
One pair of double-acting checking spring hinges with bronze push plates, for double-acting door | |
$10.50 | |
2 pairs 5" X 5" bronze loose pin butts, at $1.95... | 3.90 |
33 pairs 4"x 4" bronze loose pin butts, at $1.40___ | 46.20 |
1.80 | |
12.48 | |
Total.................. | $74.88 |
Miscellaneous. | |
Thirty-two 1 1/8" X 2 5/8" bronze self-locking sash fasts, at $.80................... | $25.60 |
Five 2" X 2 1/4" bronze cupboard turns, at $.40.... | 2.00 |
Four 6" X 1 1/4" bronze flush bolts, at $1.50..... | 6.00 |
Threedoz. 5-inch japanned-iron coat hooks, at $.50. | 1.50 |
1,200 lb. of lead sash weights, at $.07...... | 84.00 |
1 galvanized-iron hasp and staple................. | .20 |
1 McCabe patent door hanger, double............... | 4.35 |
2 McCabe patent door hangers, single, at $2.70----- | 5.40 |
6 hanks of solid braided sash cord, 13 1/2b., at $.20. | |
2.70 | |
Four 2 1/4-inch bronze draw pulls, at $. 10..... | .40 |
Labor, 20 per cent. of cost.................... | 26.43 |
Total.................. | $158.58 |
Summary. | |
Locks.......................... | $110.16 |
Butts........................... | 74.88 |
Miscellaneous.......................... | 158.58 |
Total cost of hardware................ | $343.62 |
 
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