COST OF PLACING FRAME AND COVERING
By One Man
| HRS. PER 1000 B.M. FT. | |
| Sills and plates 6" × 8", no gains or mortises | 20 |
| Sills and plates 6" × 8", gains no mortises | 40 |
| Sills and plates 6" × 8", gains and mortises | 60 |
| Joists and box sills | 20 |
| Studding 2" × 4" | 32 |
| Studding 2" × 6" | 23 |
| Rafters 2" × 4", plain gable roof | 40 |
| Rafters 2" × 4", hip roof add 5% to 30% for each hip or valley. | |
| Rafters 2" × 6", plain gable roof | 27 |
| Rafters 2" × 6", 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" matched, 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 |
| Cornices | 400 to 800 |
| Water table, 3 member | 220 |
| Corner boards | 73 |
| Belt | 195 |
| HRS. PER M. | |
| Shingling, plain roof, new work | 3½ |
| 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 | 5½ |
| Shingling side walls, fancy | 8 |
| HRS. PER 1000 B.M. FT | |
| Siding, bevel, 6" | 35 |
| Siding, bevel, 4" | 42 |
| Siding, shiplap | 27 |
| Siding, drop, when window and door casings and corner boards are placed over siding | 120 |
| Siding, drop, when jointed between casings and corner boards | 32 |
| Surfaced barn boards | 11½ |
| Ceiling, store | 53 |
| Wainscoting, cut, put up, finished with cap and ¼ 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, 3¾" face, laid direct on joist, no smoothing | 26⅔ |
| 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. | |
| Bridging | 65 |
| Placing plaster grounds | 20 |
COST OF PLACING BASEBOARDS
| HRS. PER 1000 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 |