=7.= Plastering varies in price according to its position and quality.
It is therefore necessary to make a separate schedule of each class of
work, so that any increase or decrease in quantity may be easily added
to or deducted from the estimate.
THREE-COAT WORK
_Quantities_
SQUARE SQUARE
FEET YARDS
First-story walls, 542' × 9' 9⅜" 5,284.5
First-story ceiling (take measurement
of flooring) 1,312.0
Second-story walls, 609' × 9' 5,481.0
Second-story ceiling 1,312.0
Attic walls, 190' × 8' + 156' × 6' 2,456.0
Attic ceiling 831.0
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Total of three-coat plastering 16,676.5 1,853
TWO-COAT WORK
SQUARE SQUARE
_Quantities_ FEET YARDS
Cellar ceiling, use same measurements as
for concrete cellar floor 139.9
CORNICES
_Quantities_
LINEAR
FEET
Cornice, 147' of 2' girth 147
Cornice, 493' of 1' girth 493
_Cost_
The cost of three-coat plastering is given in _Estimating and
Calculating Quantities_, Part 1, as 31 cents per square yard, and
two-coat work, as 23 cents per square yard. According to the same
section, lathing costs 12 cents per square yard. Therefore, lathing and
plastering for three-coat work cost 43 cents per square yard, and for
two-coat work, 35 cents per square yard.
The assumed cost of plain, run stucco cornice per linear foot of 2-foot
girth is 31½ cents, and the cost per linear foot of that having a
1-foot girth is 27 cents.
_Summary_
From the preceding estimates of quantities and costs, the following
figures are obtained:
1,853 sq. yd. of three-coat work, at 43 cents
per square yard $ 796.79
139.9 sq. yd. of two-coat work, at 35 cents
per square yard 48.97
147 ft. of cornice at 31½ cents 46.31
493 ft. of cornice at 27 cents 133.11
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Total cost of plastering $1,025.18