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THEORY OF
ARCHITECTURE. Book
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2309. In measuring walLs faced with bricks of a superior quality, the area of sueli facing;
must be measured, or allowance extra is made in the price per rod of the brickwork.
2310. All apertures and recesses from any of the faces are deducted.
'-'311. Gauged arches. are sometimes deducted and charged separately, sometimes
not;
but whether deducted or not does not signify, as the extra price must be allowed in the
latter case and the whole price in the former. Rubbed and gauged arclies, of whatever
form, are measured and charged by the superficial foot.
2312. The angles of groins, outside and inside splays, bird's mouths, bull's noses, are
measured by the lineal or running foot ; but cuttings are measured by the foot superficial.
Chimneys are measured solid to allow for the trouble of forming and pargetting the flues.
The opening at bottom, however, is to be deducted.
2313. Quarters in bricknogging are measured in, as are all sills, stone strings, and
timber inserted in walls. Two inches are also allowed in the height of brickwork for
bedding plates if no brickwork be over them.
2314. Ovens, cojipers, &c. are measured as solid work, deducting only the ash holes;
but all fire stone, Welsh lumps, tile.s, &c., though measured alone, are not to be deducted
out of the brickwork. Pointing, colouring, &c. to fronts, is measured by tlie foot super-
ficial. Plantile creesing by the foot lineal.
To estimate the value of a rod of brickwork, the method is as under :

11 feet cube to the

s. rf.
4500 stock.s, at per thousand
]i
hundred of lime = 37.', striked bushels containinjj
lumdred
-----
2 loads of sand .
- - . -
Labour and scaffbldiny; -
- - -
Per cent, profit
. _ - . .
Per rod
......
2315. In measuring and estimating all sorts of artificers' v.'orks, the metliod usually
adopted for saving labour in making out the account is to arrange in separate columns each
sort of work, and then to add them up and carry the total to the bill. In brickwork,
where walls are of different thicknesses, these with their deductions are arranged in sepa-
rate colunnis, and then all are reduced to the standard thickness.
2316. The common measure for tiling is a square of 10 feet, containing therefore 100
feet superficial. Claims are made for the eaves to the extent of G inches; but in pantiling
this ought not to be allowed, as a claim not founded in justice, though custom is ])leadod
for it.
2317. 'J'lie following table shows the number of bricks necessary for constructing any
number of superficial feet of walling fVom 1 to 90,000, and from half a brick to 2.', bricks
thick
;
and thence, by addition only, to any thickness or number required, at the rate ol
4500 bricks to a reduced rod. Thus, if it be recjuired to find the number of bricks wanted
to build a piece of work containing 756 feet super, of walling li brick thick, we find by
inspection for 700 feet 1 1580 bricks; for 50 feet, 827 bricks
;
and for 6 feet, 99 bricks
;
in
all, 11580
+ 827 + 99-12506.
Table showing the requisite Quantity of Bkicks for a given Superficies of Wai.linq.
No. of Bricks to Tliickiiesscs of
Area
of Wall in
Feet.
1
i
Brkk. 1 Brick. lA Brick. 2 Bricks.
2| Bricks.
5 11 16 22
27
2 H 22 33 44
55
3 16 33 49 66 82
4 22 44 66 88
110
5 27 55 82 110
137
6 33 66 99 1.52
165
7 38 77 115 1.S4
193
8 44 88 132 176 220
9 49 99 148 198
248
10 55 110 165 220
275
20 1 10 220 3 SO 441
55\
80 165 330
496 061
827