Hand-book of Sanitary Information for Householders / Containing facts and suggestions about ventilation, drainage, care of contageous diseases, disinfection, food, and water. With appendices on disinfectants and plumbers' materials.

by Roger Sherman Tracy

APPENDIX B.

List of the prices of plumber’s materials and labor, from which a rough estimate may be formed of the probable cost of proposed plumbing. The prices given are wholesale ones, and it must be remembered that every plumber is also a retail merchant, who obtains his materials at a discount, and charges them to his customer at an average advance of 10 or 15 per cent on the prices here given.

All measurements are of inside diameters.

Bands.—Ordinary thickness, 2 by 2 inches, 75 cents; 6 by 6 inches, $1.90. Intermediate sizes at corresponding prices.

Bends and Offsets.—Two inches in diameter, 40 cents; extra heavy, 50 cents. Six inches in diameter, $1.20; extra heavy, $1.75.

Cisterns and Service-boxes (for water-closets), $10 to $20; (waste-preventing), $13 to $26.

Offsets. See Bends.

Pipe.—Tile or earthenware (vitrified), in lengths of 2½ feet each, 2-inch, 13 cents a foot; 3-inch, 16 cents a foot; 4-inch, 20 cents a foot; and 5 cents more per foot for each additional inch of diameter.

Iron, in lengths of 5 feet each: Ordinary, about 10 cents a foot for every inch of diameter. Extra heavy, about twice as much. Double-hub pipe, about 6 cents a foot more. The tar-coating costs about 3 cents a foot for 2-inch pipe, 4 cents for 3-inch pipe, etc.

Lead, about 9 cents a pound. Manufactured pipe (traps, etc.), 10 cents a pound. Qualities are marked according to thickness—i. e., weight for each size, AAA (best), AA, A, B, C, D, and E. ⅜-inch pipe, AAA weighs 1 pound 12 ounces per foot; B weighs 1 pound per foot; C weighs 14 ounces per foot; D weighs 7 ounces per foot. ⅝-inch pipe, AAA weighs 3 pounds 8 ounces per foot; AA weighs 2 pounds 12 ounces per foot; B weighs 2 pounds per foot. ¾-inch pipe, AAA weighs 4 pounds 14 ounces per foot; B weighs 2 pounds 3 ounces per foot. 1-inch pipe, AAA weighs 6 pounds per foot; AA weighs 4 pounds 8 ounces per foot; A weighs 4 pounds per foot; B weighs 3 pounds 4 ounces per foot; D weighs 2 pounds 4 ounces per foot. 2-inch pipe, AAA weighs 10 pounds 11 ounces per foot; AA weighs 8 pounds 14 ounces per foot; A weighs 7 pounds per foot; B weighs 6 pounds per foot; D weighs 4 pounds per foot. 3-inch pipe, ⅜ thick, weighs 19 pounds 9 ounces per foot. 4-inch pipe, ⅜ thick, weighs 25 pounds 6 ounces per foot, and so on.

For supply-pipes, AA pipe is generally used.

Privy-Sinks.—About $5 for every foot in length.

Saddle-Hubs.—2 by 2 inches, 30 cents; extra heavy, 40 cents. 6 by 6 inches, $1.10; extra heavy, $1.40.

School-Sinks. See Privy-Sinks.

Traps.—Adee traps about 5 cents apiece less than ordinary S-traps, and Bower traps about twice as much.

Earthenware, 2-inch, $1 each; 6-inch, $3.25 each.

Iron (S-traps), 2-inch, 80 cents; extra heavy, $1.25; 6-inch, $3.75; extra heavy, $5. Running traps, with or without hand-holes, about the same.

Lead, made of 6-pound lead (lead weighing 6 pounds to the square foot), 1¼-inch, 65 cents; 1½-inch, 80 cents; 2-inch, $1.10; 4½-inch, $3.25, etc.

Urinals.—(Earthenware), $5 to $6 each.

Wash-Basins.—(Iron, enameled or marbled), $1.50 to $4.50.

Water-Closets.—Demarest’s (plunger), $15 to $40. Earthenware hopper, $10 to $12. Earthenware hopper, with trap, waste-preventing cistern, chain and bracket, wood-seat, etc., $30. Hopper-valve closet, with self-raising, round seat, $9.

Pan-Closets.—$4.50 to $22.

A journeyman and helper are charged for at the rate of from $5 to $6 per day.