Hardware, estimating, and mill design — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Hardware, estimating, and mill design
John Stuart Mill · en
_Summary_
Baseboard $240.00
Wainscoting 123.25
Picture molding 20.79
China closet 16.74
Shelving 5.45
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Total cost of miscellaneous interior joinery $406.23
MISCELLANEOUS EXTERIOR WORK
_Moldings_
356 ft. crown molding, 1" × 4", at 5½ cents $ 19.58
356 ft. bed molding, 1" × 3", at 4 cents 14.24
356 ft. bed molding, 1" × 1½", at 3 cents 10.68
74 ft. bed molding, 1" × 2", at 3 cents 2.22
356 ft. bed molding, ½" × ⅞", at 1½ cents 5.34
64 ft. neck molding, at 1 cent .64
36 ft. cove molding, ⅞" × 1⅛", at 3 cents 1.08
White pine:
35 ft. triglyphs, at 10 cents 3.50
207 turned balusters, 2" × 1' 6", for porches,
at 10 cents 20.70
92 ft. molded hand rail, 5" × 3", at 11 cents 10.12
92 ft. bottom rail, 5" × 3", at 11 cents 10.12
200 dentils, 2" × 2" × 3", at 1½ cents 3.00
137 ft. window cap, 3" × 1½", at 3 cents 4.11
23 ft. B. M., for balustrade posts, at 4½ cents 1.04
Casing for circular window 1.00
Semicircular head casing over outside door in dormer 2.00
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Total cost of exterior work $109.37
_Recapitulation of Cost of Joinery_
Door frames $158.67
Doors 224.93
Window frames 254.32
Window sash 317.27
Stairs 220.11
Miscellaneous interior joinery 406.23
Miscellaneous exterior work 109.37
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Total cost of joinery $1,690.90
HARDWARE
=9.= The prices given in the following list are based on the use of
the best quality of hardware in the market. Should inferior quality be
used, these prices would probably be 50 per cent. less. The cost of
labor is assumed to be one-fifth the cost of the hardware.