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COTTAGE DWELLINGS IN VARIOUS STYLES. 149 Thirty feet superficial of half-inch slabs over the entrance porches, £ at Is. per foot 1 : Two cwt. of milled lead for valleys, at 30.< 3 : Two hundred and thirty-three yards of plaster, set and whited on lath, to the ceilings, at Is. : 3rZ ;. 14: 6: 3 Seven hundred and fifty-five yards of plaster, set and whited, to the walls, at 7i?/ 23: 11 : 10 '- 96. Carpenter s Work. The timber may be of larch, elm, or any other timber of equal durability. The rafters of the roof are to be four inches by one and a half inches. The ridge pieces, hips, and valleys, to be seven inches by one and a half inches. The ceiling joists to be four and a half inches by one and a half inches. The joists to the floors to be seven inches by two inches. The plates to the roof, to the floors, and to the angle ties, to be four inches by four and a half inches. The lintels to be four inches by three inches. The wooden bricks for fitting joiner's work to the brickwork to be four inches by two and a half inches. The door-frames to be four inches by three inches. Eleven and a half loads of timber de- livered ^"3 : 10 : Sawing the same, per load 0: 10:0 Labour and nails, per load 1 : 5:0 In all, per load, 5: 5:0 which, for eleven and a half loads, is 63 Fourteen squares of three-fourth-inch battening for slates, at 12s. ... 8 One hundred and seventy feet superficial of three-quarter-inch eave boards, at 4d , 2 Seventy-six slip centres for the openings, at Is 1 297. Joiners Work. The joiner's work for these dwellings is calculated on the supposition, that deals twelve feet in length, three inches thick, and nine inches wide, cost, when delivered, per 120, £26. Twenty-six squares of three-quarter-inch deal wrought floors, at 31s, 40 : 6 : Two hundred and fifty-five feet superficial of three-quarter-inch deal skirting, 5d 5 : 16 : 10 Twenty-three and a half squares of five-eighth-inch deal matched (the edge of one board grooved, and the adjoining board tongued, with a pair of planes fitting into each other, called match planes), and beaded boarding, planed on both sides, for each side of the stairs, at 34s. , ., Latches and bolts to twenty-four doors 4: 4; Ten one and a half inch deal two paneled square doors, each measuring twenty-four superficial feet, and each having a latch and a bolt, with stops, and hung with three-inch butt hinges, to be provided for the rooms on the ground floor, each door complete, at 2.3s. 11 : 10 : Twelve one and a half inch two paneled bead butt, and square out- side doors, each measuring sixteen feet three inches superficial, and each having a lock, latch, and oak sill, with half-inch lining to the frames, and hung with three-inch butt hinges, at 25s 15 : : O Twelve three-light frames to the windows, and eight two-light frames of one and a half inch deal five inches wide, framed, rebated, and beaded ; the whole containing four hundred and sixty-four feet lineal, including the fitting in of the lights, at 6<Z 11: 12: O Twenty-six lifting shutters for the windows of the ground floor of five eighths of an inch deal, ledged ; each shutter measuring four feet six inches superficial - 4: 8: Twenty iron casements and fastenings 3; 10: Six staircases of inch deal, housed into one and a half inch strings, and framed newels and handrails 15: 0- 298. Glazier's Work. Fifty-two lights glazed with quarries, each mea- suring six feet superficial, at Is. : 6rf 19: 10: Ninety-six saddle bars to the lead lights 1- 4:0 299. Painter's Work. The woodwork to be painted four times in oil colours 35 : :