Estimating Labor Costs. In estimating labor costs the following data is to be made use of. The estimator will have to determine the hours per day and the scale of wages per hour paid in his locality, and make whatever changes in the data is necessary. He should also compare the quantity of work done by men he may observe with that given herewith. The time data herewith is based upon the work of one mechanic who has mastered his trade fairly well. With an efficient foreman and a selected group of workmen these time allowances can be reduced in many instances as much as one-half. Experience alone will determine the possibilities of such reductions with safety.

Cost Of Placing Frame And Covering

By One Man

HRS. PER 1000 B.M. FT.

Sills and plates6"x8" no gains or mortises..................

20

Sills and plates 6"X8", gains no mortises...........................

40

Sills and plates 6" x 8" gains and mortises...........

60

Joists and box sills.............................

20

Studding 2"X4"................................................

32

Studding 2"X6"................................................

23

Rafters 2"X4", plain gable roof...................................

40

Rafters 2" X 4", hip roof add 5% to 30% for each hip or valley.

Rafters2"X6", plain gable roof............................

27

Rafters 2"X6", hip roof add 5% to 30% for each hip or valley.

Sheathing, square edged, horizontal, walls...................

16

Sheathing, square edged, diagonal, walls..................

19

Sheathing, 6" matched, walls................

24

Sheathing, 6" matches, walls diagonal................

32

Sheathing for floors, sub-floors, square edged..........

10

Sheathing for floors, sub-floors, square edged diagonal...............

12

Roof Sheathing, plain gable roof...........................

13

Roof Sheathing, hip roof.................

20

* For a more complete treatise of labor costs, the student is referred to Gillette's Handbook of Cost Data, Section X, the source, in the main, of the basis of this data.

Cost Of Placing Frame And Covering - (Continued)

HRS. PER 1000 LIN. FT.

Cornices ..................................

400

to 800

Water table, 3 member ...........................

220

Corner boards.............................................

73

Belt ............................................

195

HRS. PER M.

Shingling, plain roof, new work....................................

3 1/2

Shingling, hips and valleys, add 5% for each hip or valley. Shingling, old work, add 20% for labor in removing old shingles.

Shingling side walls, plain....................................

... 5 1/2

Shingling side walls, fancy ..........................................

... 8

HRS. PER 1000 B.M. FT.

Sliding, bevel, 6" ...................................

... 35

Siding, bevel, 4"...................................

42

Siding, shiplap...............................................

27

Siding, drop, when window and door casings and corner boards are placed over siding..................................................

20

Siding, drop, when jointed between casings and corner boards.....

.... 32

Surfaced barn boards........................................

... 11 1/2

Ceiling, store................................................

,... 53

Wainscoting, cut, put up, finished with cap and 1/4 round, in a dwelling. ..

46

Cost Of Placing Floors

By One Man

HRS. PER 1000 B.M. FT.

Floors, pine.....................................................

35

Floors, yellow pine, 3¼ " face, laid on sheathing, including paper between, smoothing rough joints, business block..........................

40

Floors, yellow pine, 3¼" face, laid direct on joist, no smoothing.......

26 2/3

Floors, yellow pine, 3¼ " face, smoothed and sanded.................

45

Floors, maple, 2¼" face, laid not smoothed.................

40

Floors, maple, 2¼" face, laid and smoothed................

80

Floors, maple, 1½ " face, laid and well smoothed....................

107

Floors, oak, fine floor, glued, smoothed, scraped, sand papered ..........

320

Cost Of Bridging And Furring

HRS. PER 1000 LIN. FT.

Briding .................

65

Placing plaster grounds......................

20

Cost Of Placing Baseboards

HRS. PER 100 LIN. FT.

Baseboard, three member, hardwood, average number miters...........

10

Baseboard, two member, scribed to floor.............................

16

Baseboard, plain, ¼, round at floor.................................

8

Moulding, bed, flat, 3"...........................................

2½

Cost Of Placing Doors, Windows, Blinds

HRS. ON EACH

Window, to put together when K. D. (knock-down)...................

1½

Window, making frame..........................................

3

Window, setting frame....................

¾

Window, setting frame in brickworks.............

1

Window, fitting and hanging sash per pair..........................

1

Window, hanging blinds per pair, before frames are set...............

¾

Window, hanging blinds per pair, after frames are set................

2

Window, casing inside...........................................

2

Window, ordinary pine in frame building, including setting of frame. ..

5

Window, same but hardwood.....................................

6½

Window, ordinary pine in brick building, including setting of frame....

6½

Window, same but hardwood.....................................

9

Window, attic and cellar...............

1¾

Door, making frame .................

2½

Door, making frame with transom.................................

3½

Door, common hardwood, set jambs, case, hang and finish, including transom.....................................................

10

Door, common 1⅜ " pine complete.................................

4½

Door, common 1¾ " pine complete................................

5½

Door, casing opening one side.....................................

¾

Door, casing opening both sides. .. .*...............................

1½

Door, fitting, hanging and trimming................

1½

Door, fitting, hanging and trimming outside door, pine...............

2½

Door, fitting, hanging and trimming outside door, oak...............

4

Sliding doors, pine, (framing not included) to finish complete with lining, jambs, casing and hardware, per pair...........................

32

Sliding doors, same, but hardwarood.........

48

Sliding doors for barn 12'Xl8'___................................

24

Transom, fixed..................................................

1

Transom, hung ................

1½

Cost Of Stair Work

HRS. LABOR ON EACH

Box stair, cellar or attic.....

25

One flight plain stair, 7-room house, hand rail, busters .......

40

One flight fine stair, 9-room house, handrail, paneled.......

100

PORCHES IN GENERAL

Hours per lineal foot ....

..... 5

Balustrade hours per 1000 lineal feet....

..... 500

Lattice for porches, hours per 1000 square feet

16 to 200

LATH

Lath, hours per 1000 ....

7

Miscellaneous Labor Items

Paneling, pine, hours per 100 sq. ft................................

50

Paneling, hardwood, hours per 100 sq. ft........

83

Drawers, dovetailed, hours, each .........

2½

Drawers, 15"X18", including racks and fittings.....................

2½

Shelves, in storeroom, dadoed into compartments 18" square, hours per 100 sq. ft................................................

62½

Shelves, pantry, no dado, hours per 100 sq. ft. shelf..................

37½

Closet hooks on strip of wood, 12" apart, hours per 100 lineal feet.......

15

Sideboard, oak, 8'X8', hours......................................

100