Excavating Cellars

This is estimated by the cord of 128 cubic feet, by the square foot, or square yard. One to two dollars per cord is usually paid, according to hardness of the subsoil. Drains, - So much per lineal foot, according to depth and hardness of subsoil. Pipes for drains cost in proportion to their size.

Stone-ivork for foundations, - Usually 16 1/2 cubic feet, estimated at so much per perch, laid in the wall, and costs according to kind and quality of stone.

Brick-work - Is figured by number of cubic feet in the wall, 22 common brick to the foot. Prices for laying up the wall vary with cost of labor.

Plastering

This is estimated by the square yard, - for three-coat work, twenty-five cents; and two-coat work, twenty cents per square foot, including mortar. Stucco or plaster cornice work, from thirty cents up, per lineal foot.

For center-pieces of stucco, the cost is two dollars and upward.

Carpenter-Work

For framing, compute the number of feet of board measure in frame, and to the cost of this add eight dollars per thousand feet for ordinary framing. For brick walls, allow five dollars per thousand feet for labor; for common boarding of walls, roofs, and rough floors, add to the cost of boards four dollars per thousand feet for labor; for shingles, one dollar and fifty cents per thousand for laying.

Cornicing - -Must be estimated at so much per lineal foot, and costs according to the amount of work.

Windows - Are reckoned by the piece, considering finish inside and out, all complete save the glazing.

Doors

Double doors for entrance, if of pine, are twelve dollars per pair upward, according to style, - walnut, from thirty dollars upward; common doors, from six dollars upward; inside sliding doors, from twenty dollars per pair, upward, according to finish.

Floors, - Laid, add one dollar to cost of every ten square feet of lumber. For base, the cost is so much per lineal foot for lumber, and three dollars per hundred feet put down; wainscoting, so much per square foot.

Staircases

Common, straight, cylinder staircases, with curved rail, and casings at all angles of stringers, and common newel posts and turned banisters, cost about forty-five dollars; winding stairs, ninety dollars; and so on, the cost varying with the amount of work.

Bay-windows, - One story, forty-five dollars; two stories, eighty-five dollars.

Clapboarding Or Weather-Boarding

For this work, add to cost of lumber ten dollars per thousand feet, but if much fitting is required this amount will not be enough.

Painting - Is computed at so much a square yard; and for glazing, take the size and consult some good dealer or a good price list.

Cresting - Costs so much per lineal foot.

Hardware and plumbing - Cost according to the quality of material and the amount of work.

In the foregoing estimate the prices quoted are perhaps an average; in the country the cost will usually be less.