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Brick walk (not on concrete base}. The labor and materials required to 

 lay a brick walk on cinders and sand base for a walk 180 feet long by two 

 feet six inches wide was 2,000 bricks, five cubic yards of cinders, three 

 cubic yards of sand and 100 hours of labor. The amounts per square yard 

 were thus 40 bricks, one cubic yard of cinders, .06 cubic yard sand and 

 two hours labor. An excavation eight inches deep would be required, but 

 this is included in the above labor. 



Brick walk (on concrete base). The following items enter, in various 

 degrees, into the cost of a brick walk laid on a concrete base: (a] exca- 

 vation and trimming subgrade; (b) spreading and tamping cinders; (c) 

 concrete foundation; (d) bricks. A mason and helper will lay about 31 

 bricks per hour in a simple pattern. American standard bricks are eight by 

 two and one-fourth by three and three-fourths inches, and allowing half- 

 inch joints, will run between 35 and 40 to the square yard if laid flat or 

 about 60 to the square yard if laid on edge. Any pattern requiring breaking 

 bricks, such as basket weave, will increase greatly the cost of laying a 

 brick walk. 



Concrete walks. In addition to the cost data given under concrete 

 foundations, the following will be useful. Cost of mixing, placing and 

 tamping rough concrete will be five man hours per cubic yard, plus one- 

 half man hour for each 100 linear feet which the concrete must be wheeled 

 in addition to the first 100 feet. The mixing and finishing of the mortar for 

 the top finish will require one man to mix the mortar for each finisher. A 

 helper is also generally necessary to assist in trowelling and screening. If 

 the mortar is fairly dry, and can be drawn ahead of a straight edge, one 

 finisher and helper should finish eight square yards of ordinary walk in 

 one hour. The average day's work of a finisher and helper on walks is 

 64 to 72 square yards for an eight-hour day. The actual work done during 

 the last two hours is likely to be 14 to 15 square yards per hour, while the 

 first two hours are practically lost waiting for some fresh rough concrete 

 to be laid ahead of them. 



Tile. A tile setter and helper should lay marble or burnt clay tiles at 

 the following rate : Hours per squarg foot Square feet per hour 



Tile setter Helper Two-man team 



2 inches square or hexagonal 142 .142 7 



3 inches square or hexagonal 125 .125 8 



4 inches square or hexagonal in .111 9 



6 by 6 inches square 1 f . I .1 10 



6 by 12 inches square '; - .083 .083 12 



12 by 12 inches square .071 .071 14 



The concrete base is not included in these labor items. 



