| Brown Coat | |
| 8 bushels of lime, at 25 cents per bushel | $ 2.00 |
| 16 pounds of hair, at 4 cents per pound | .64 |
| 1¼ cubic yards of sand, at $1.50 per cubic yard | 1.88 |
| 8 hours, plasterer’s time, at 50 cents per hour | 4.00 |
| 8 hours, laborer’s time, at 25 cents per hour | 2.00 |
| Total | $10.52 |
| Finishing Coat | |
| Same as given for three-coat work | $12.34 |
The total cost of 100 square yards of two-coat plaster is therefore $22.86, or about 23 cents per square yard.
LATHING
72. Lathing is measured by the superficial, or square, yard, no openings under 7 superficial yards being deducted.
Plastering laths are about 1¾ inches wide, ¼ inch thick, and usually 4 feet long, the studding being generally placed 12 or 16 inches on centers, so that the ends of the laths may be nailed to them. The laths are usually set from ¼ to ⅜ inch apart, requiring about 1½, 1⁷/₁₆, or 1⅜ four-foot laths, respectively, to cover 1 square foot.
For a fair grade of work, a man will lay on an average about 15 bundles, or 1,500 laths, per day. The price usually paid for laying laths is 25 cents a bundle.
In the following analysis is given the cost of lathing 100 square yards of surface:
Cost of Lathing 100 Square Yards
| 14⁴/₁₀ | bundles of laths, at 55 cents per bundle | $ 7.92 |
| 9 | pounds of threepenny nails, at $3.65 per hundred pounds | .33 |
| Putting on 14⁴/₁₀ bundles, at 25 cents per bundle | 3.60 | |
| Total | $11.85 | |
The total cost of lathing 100 square yards is therefore $11.85, or about 12 cents per square yard.