SHINGLING 91 



EXERCISE 



1. How many square feet are there on one side of your 

 schoolhouse ? How many feet of 6-inch weatherboarding 

 would it require ? How many feet of 5-inch weatherboarding? 



2. How many feet of weatherboarding would it take for 

 the schoolhouse ? 



3. When paying two men $1.75 each for putting on 

 together 600 sq. ft. of weatherboarding a day, what would be 

 the carpenter's bill for weatherboarding the schoolhouse 7 

 What would be the lumber bill with weatherboarding at 

 $2.75 per hundred ? What would be the total ? 



4. When paying $1.50 for each 300 ft. of weatherboard- 

 ing placed on the house, with $2.50 per hundred for weather- 

 boarding ami nails, what would it cost to weatherboard a 

 house, having the dimensions of your home ? 



5 . In 6-inch weatherboarding how many inches are exposed 

 to the weather ? 



6. When a carpenter is estimating the number of feet of 

 weatherboarding required for a building, why does he add 

 to the number of square feet to be covered one third of this 

 number when 6-inch weatherboarding is used ? 



SHINGLING 



103. It requires 900 shingles that average 4 in. in width, 

 laid 4 in. to the weather, to cover 100 sq. ft.; but to allow for 

 waste, count 1000 shingles for 100 sq. ft. 



There are 250 standard-size shingles in a bunch. A frac- 

 tional part of a bunch cannot be bought. 



Four bunches of shingles will cover 100 sq. ft. 

 * Allow 6 Ib. of shingle nails for 1000 shingles. 



Carrying up and laying 6 bunches (1500 shingles) is a 

 day's work for the average carpenter. 



