| | in good shape. | | Bridging, number of pairs per hour | 10 |Includes cutting | | and setting. | | False jambs around openings, | 1 | per hour | | ===================================+===========+======================== =52. Cost of Laying Flooring.=—The figures on flooring given in Table VII will be found useful in calculating as they are based on a square, which, as previously stated, is equal to 100 square feet. The same carpenters’ wages and number of working hours as in the preceding article are used here. TABLE VII LABOR COST OF LAYING WOODEN FLOORS, ETC. =========================================+===========+========= | Number of |Cost per Classes of Materials, Etc. |Squares per|Square at |Man per Day|40 Cents |of 8 Hours |per Hour -----------------------------------------+-----------+--------- Rough matched hemlock floor, | 3 | 6 inches wide | | $ 1.07 3-inch spruce floors laid at | 3½ | .91 right angles to the beams | | Yellow pine floor, with struck joints | 1½ | 2.13 Cypress porch floor, finished with | 1 | 3.20 white-lead joints | | ⅞-inch maple floor laid on a plank floor,| 2 | 1.60 with paper between; | | also, struck joints | | Laying straight-oak floor | 1 | 3.20 Scraping oak floors | ⅓ | 9.60 Finishing and waxing oak floors | ⅔ | 4.80 Parquet floor in 2-inch strips of blocks,| ¼ | 12.80 12" × 6" or 16" × 8" | | Scraping parquet floor | ¼ | 12.80 Finishing and waxing parquet floor | ⅔ | to good finish | | 4.80 Sleepers, laying and setting, | | .02 per linear foot | | =========================================+===========+========= =53. Miscellaneous Carpentry Items.=—In Table VIII is given the cost of several items of carpentry, such as setting window and door frames, furring brick walls, etc. The prices are based on the same wages and hours as in the two preceding articles. TABLE VIII