This section is from the book "Hicks' Builders' Guide", by I. P. Hicks. Also available from Amazon: Hicks' Builders' Guide.
In looking over the items which have been variously combined and bringing them to a minimum, it will be seen on what the carpenter has to figure and the easiest way of estimating it.
Framing and laying floors, per square .......... | $1.30 | @ | $2.65 |
Framing, sheeting and siding, per square..... | 2.25 | @ | 3.25 |
Framing and setting partitions, per square......... | .60 | @ | .90 |
Framing, sheeting and shingling roofs, per square | 2.30 | @ | 3.65 |
Hips and valleys, each .......... | .75 | @ | 1.50 |
Shingling belt courses and gables, per square. | 2.00 | @ | 3.50 |
Cornice, per lineal foot .......... | .10 | @ | .15 |
Corner casings, per lineal foot .......... | .04 | @ | .06 |
Gutters, per lineal foot ......... | .06 | @ | .10 |
Porches, per lineal foot .......... | 2.00 | @ | 4.00 |
Window frames, complete, in building, each. | 2.66 | @ | 20.00 |
Door frames, complete, in building, each ..........___ | 2.70 | @ | 20.00 |
Sliding doors, complete, in building ........... | 13.00 | @ | 30.00 |
Folding door, complete, in building .......... | 3.75 | @ | 5.50 |
Wainscoting, per square .......... | .90 | @ | 2.70 |
Wainscoting cap, per lineal foot ... | .02 | @ | .05 |
Sinks, each ......... | 2.00 | @ | 10.00 |
Bathrooms, finished complete ........... | 7.00 | @ | 21.00 |
Putting down base in houses, per lineal foot .......... | .03 | @ | .05 |
Finishing pantries .......... | 3.00 | @ | 40.00 |
Cellar stairs, very common .......... | 3.00 | @ | 5.00 |
Plain stairs .......... | 20.00 | @ | 35.00 |
Front stairs .......... | 30.00 | @ | 150.00 |
 
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