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APPENDIX. 



Rubble-work for foundations and ordinary pur- 

 poses. — 30 ordinary carts, or nearly 30 tons of 

 stones to a rood of 36 square yards, of a 2-feet 

 wall, £10 per rood, the builder finding all mate- 

 rials. This is the top price, but, of course, 

 varying according to the distance from the 

 quarry, state of roads, turnpikes, &c. In some 

 parts of the country, where the stone is soft, 

 and the quarry near, the same can be done for 

 from £5 to £7 per rood. For 18-inch rubble 

 walls, as above, £7, 10s. to £8, properly bonded 

 with headers going through the wall in alternate 

 courses, and at distances say from 5 to 8 feet; 

 Wishaw, Lanarkshire, £6, 15s. 



Rubble-work in foundations, proprietor find- 

 ing all material, and digging out foundations, 

 55s. per rood for 2-feet walls, for labour only. 



Laying coping, 2d. per lineal foot. 



AVERAGE PRICES OF MASON-WORK IN THE NEIGH- 

 BOURHOOD OF DALKEITH, 1852 — BUILDER FIND- 

 ING ALL MATERIAL AND SCAFFOLDING. 



Common rubble building, walls 2 feet 



thick, . . per sup. yd. 4s. 2d. 



Additional, if faced with pick-dressed 



coursers, . . 3s. 6d. to 4s. Od. 



Square-built rubble- work, ,, 5s. 2d. 



Droved ashlar, . . per foot Is. Od. 



Broached do., (chimney-tops,) ,, 0s. lOd. 



Corners, . . per lineal foot Is. 6d. 



Rybats, . . . „ Is. 8d. 



Shis and lintels, . . ,, Is. 4d. 



Mason per day, London, 6s. Scotch wage, 

 3s. 6d. fair average. 



LIMB AND SAND. 

 One ton of stone lime, such as is in use in 

 the neighbourhood of Edinburgh or Glasgow, 

 will build a rood of hollow brick wall; and 1 £ | 

 tons of the same will build a rood of a solid 

 brick wall, if the material is not wasted. Each 

 ton of lime will take 2\ tons of sharp river 

 sand. 



The price of such lime is pretty generally, 

 throughout Scotland, 9s. per ton, delivered 

 within six miles of the kiln. In districts where 

 fuel is expensive, it is rather higher. Sand 

 varies in price, according to local circumstances, 

 even from 6d. to 6s. per load, much depending 

 on the distance it has to be carried. Sea sand 

 should never be used for building purposes 

 upon any account whatever, on account of the 

 quantity of salt contained in it. In the neigh- 

 bourhood of London, and throughout the whole 

 range of the chalk formation, chalk-lime is in 

 general use; whereas, throughout the range of 

 the limestone formation, stone lime is used. 



The greystone lime, and the blue lias lime, 

 are undoubtedly the best for building purposes, 

 and hence they are recommended for the best 

 kind of work. Chalk lime is recommended for 

 plastering, for which purpose it is said by some 

 architects to be better adapted than any other. 

 Mr Skirving, a London surveyor of respectability, 

 says — 



" The London chalk lime, when well mixed 

 with a double proportion of sharp sand, is quite 

 sufficient for the general purposes in which it is 

 used. 



"One hundred of chalk lime contains 18 

 bushels, and weighs 9 cwt. 3 qr., and is sold at 

 the London wharfs at 9s. per hundred. Stone 

 lime per hundred, of the same quality, and of 

 the same weight, sells at 12s. 



" Sand per yard of 18 bushels weighs 1 ton, 

 and costs in London 4s." — Skirting's List of 

 Prices. 



Chalk lime, 7d. per bushel at the wharf. It 

 is generally sold by the chaldron, and 10s. is an 

 average price. Two loads of lime allowed to 

 the rod of 272 feet, and 4 loads of sand, at 

 2s. 6d. per load or ton. 



Stone lime or Dorking lime, 16s. per chaldron. 



Greystone lime, from Merstham, near Reigate, 

 Surrey, 14s. per chaldron, but varying in price 

 according to the credit given. Present price, 

 6s. per yard of 22 bushels. One chaldron of 

 Dorking lime will take 4 carts of Thames sand, 

 and build 1 rood of brickwork, if properly made 

 up. Thames sand, 2s. 6d. per ton in London. 



Scotch lime, 9s. per ton, including cartage, 

 say to the distance of 6 or 7 miles from the 

 kiln. Price at the kiln, from 6s. 6d. to 7s. 

 per ton, according to quality. One ton of lime 

 and 1\ of sand are allowed to do a rood of 36 

 yards superficial, 15 inches thick. Price of sand 

 2s. per load, unless carted a great distance. It 

 will take one-third more lime for stone building 

 than for brick, at any thickness — say rubble 

 stone wall 15 inches in thickness, and brick the 

 same. 



One bushel of unslaked lime absorbs five 

 gallons of water. 



Lime in the neighbourhood of Oxford, 6s. per 

 quarter of 8 bushels. 



Lias lime, at Newport, Monmouthshhe, 9s. 

 per dozen bushels of 8 gallons each. This is 

 excellent lime, equal to most cements. 



GLASS AND GLAZING. 

 British sheet glass can be purchased for cash 

 in crates, 16 oz. to the square foot, in sizes up to 

 40 inches in length, at from 3|d.to Is. per foot ; 

 21 oz. from 5d. to Is. 3d. ; 26 oz. from 6|d. to 

 Is. 6d.; 32 oz. from 9d. to Is. 9d., according to 

 first, second, third, or fourth quality. These 

 average in thickness respectively, t T q, \, and 

 T % of an inch each. If taken in boxes contain- 

 ing 200 each, 16 oz., from 2|d. to 6d. per foot. 



ROUGH PLATE-GLASS. 



ij:-inch thick, g-inch thick, 



per foot. per foot. 



Plates under 35 inches long, Is. Id. Is. 3d. 



75 „ . Is. 3d. Is. 4d. 



„ 100 „ . Is. 4d. Is. 6d. 



„ above 100 „ . Is. 6d. Is. 9d. 



Crown glass for ordinary purposes, in squares 

 8 inches by 6 inches, to 10 inches by 8 inches, 

 if taken in boxes containing 100 superficial feet, 

 2d. per foot; above this size, if taken in the 

 above quantities, 2|d. to 3d. per foot. Green- 

 tinted crown glass, 3|d. per foot. As regards 

 quality, 2d crown, not exceeding 14 inches by 

 10, 7d. ; 3d crown, 6d. ; 4th crown, 4^d. ; com- 

 mon crown, 3|d.; and coarse crown, 3d. per 

 foot, when taken in small lots. Extra thick 

 crown of same dimensions, 10d., 9d., 6^d., 5d., 



