Miscellaneous Items. Quantities

Yellow-Pine Lumber.

Ft. B. M.

Porch ceiling, same as porch flooring......

654

No. 1 White-Pine Dressed Lumber.

Cornice, 393 ft. X 2 ft. 6 in. (the combined width of the plain members) X1 1/4 in. thick..........

1,228

Spandrels, 357 sq. ft., 1 in. thick..........

357

Base, 128 lin. ft. X 6 in. X 1 in............

64

16 porch posts, 9 ft. X 8 in. X 8 in..........

768

Total...................

2,417

Cost.

The cost of yellow-pine ceiling is the same as that for yellow-pine flooring, less cost of white lead for joints, or $30.60.

The cost of No. 1 white-pine lumber may be analyzed as follows:

Cost of 1,000 Feet B. M. of Planed Lumber.

No. 1 white pine, $30.00 per M..........

$30.00

Labor, 50 per cent. of cost of lumber............

15.00

Nails, 33 lb., at $1.80 per 100 lb..........

.60

Cost per thousand feet B. M...............

$45.60

Summary.

654 ft. B. M., yellow-pine ceiling, at $30.60 per M.

$20.01

2,417 ft. B. M., white-pine dressed lumber, at $45.60 per M.....................................

110.21

Total cost of miscellaneous items................

$130.22

RECAPITULATION OF COST OF CARPENTRY.

Framing..........

$386.77

Sheating and shingles...............

244.97

Flooring...............

261.14

Miscellaneous items...............

130.22

Total cost of carpentry...............

$1,023.10