Cost of Rubble Masonry
| Using 1-to-3 Lime Mortar | ||
| 1 | perch of stone (25 cubic ft.) delivered at work | $1.25 |
| 1 | bushel of lime | .25 |
| ⅙ | cubic yard of sand, at $1.50 per cubic yard | .25 |
| ½ | day, mason’s labor, at $3.20 per day | 1.60 |
| ¼ | day, helper’s labor, at $2 per day | .50 |
| Total | $3.85 | |
| Using 1-to-3 Portland-Cement Mortar | ||
| 1 | perch of stone | $1.25 |
| ¾ | barrel of Portland cement, at $2 per barrel | 1.50 |
| ¼ | cubic yard of sand, at $1.50 per cubic yard | .38 |
| ½ | day, mason’s labor, at $3.20 per day | 1.60 |
| ¼ | day, helper’s labor, at $2 per day | .50 |
| Total | $5.23 | |
To the preceding amounts should be added the cost of scaffolding and the builder’s profit. If the walls are over two stories in height, 60 cents per perch extra for hoisting should be added.
DATA ON FLAGSTONES
AND CURBING
25. Flagstones for sidewalks, ordinary stock, natural surface, 3 inches thick, with joints pitched to line, in lengths (along walk) from 3 to 5 feet, will cost, for a 3-foot walk, about 11 cents per square foot (if 2 inches thick, 10½ cents); for a 4-foot walk, 12 cents; and for a 5-foot walk, 16 cents. The cost of laying all sizes will average about 3 cents per square foot. These figures do not include cost of hauling.
Curbing, 4 in. × 24 in., granite, will cost from 40 to 50 cents per linear foot at the quarry; digging and setting will cost from 10 to 12 cents additional; and the cost of freight and hauling must also be added.
DATA ON ASHLAR AND
CUT STONE
26. The following figures are average prices for ashlar facing when the transportation charges are not excessive, and are not given as fixed values, but more to show the relative costs. They include nothing but plain ashlar, and in estimating, the extra cost of sills, lintels, water-tables, belt courses, coping, etc. must be added. These prices are based on quarrymen’s wages of $2.50 per day, and stone-cutters’ wages of $4 per day.
Good rock-face bluestone ashlar, with from 6- to 10-inch beds, dressed about 3 inches from face, will cost, ready for laying, from 30 to 40 cents per square foot, face measure; while a higher grade of work will cost from 40 to 55 cents per square foot. Regular course bluestone ashlar, from 12 to 18 inches high and with from 8- to 12-inch beds, will cost about 50 cents per square foot. To this (and the previous figures) must be added the cost of hauling, which, on an average, will be about 3 cents per square foot.
To the preceding figures must also be added the cost of setting the ashlar. In estimating the cost of ashlar walls backed with brick, the wall is considered as solid brick, the cost of setting the ashlar being offset by the saving in cost of the brick and mortar and the labor resulting from making part of the thickness of the wall of stone. The cost of raking out the joints and pointing, which amounts to about 10 cents per square foot, must also be added.