Estimating in Building Construction

FIGURE 15.4.Window Schedule.  FIGURE 15.6.Aluminum Tubing Takeoff. FIGURE 15.7.Glass Takeoff. 188 CHAPTER FIFTEEN FIGURE 15.5.E ...

Doors and Windows 189 15–2 Accessories The items that may be required for a complete job include glass and glazing, screening, w ...

FIGURE 15.9.Typical Door Operation. Stools. The interior member at the bottom of the frame (sill) is called the stool.The stool ...

Doors and Windows 191 face veneers. From the specifications, the estimator determines whether the doors are to be prefinished at ...

may be made of hollow metal, sheet metal, composite wood with incombustible cores, and other composite con- structions. Special ...

Doors and Windows 193 EXAMPLE 15-4 RESIDENTIAL DOORS Determine the doors required for the residence in Appendix B. The first pla ...

194 CHAPTERFIFTEEN The sides of the door frame are called the jambs;the horizontal pieces at the top are called the heads.Featur ...

Doors and Windows 195 Review Questions Determine the window and/or curtain wall and door materials required for the building in ...

16–1 DRYWALL AND WETWALL CONSTRUCTION Although drywall construction utilizes wallboards and wet- wall utilizes plaster and stucc ...

Finishes 197 third points will also help align the bottom chord of wood trusses, and a built-in chamber is suggested to compensa ...

FIGURE 16.3.Length of Walls. are required. Various types of channels are available. Cold- rolled channels, used for drywall or w ...

Finishes 199 Just as with the wood studs, the number of openings, intersections, and corners needs to be counted. Total studs (3 ...

16–5 Wallboard Types There are various types of wallboards available for use in drywall construction; among them are gypsum wall ...

Finishes 201 The spacing of fasteners must also be determined either from the specifications or, if it is not given there, from ...

Nails used to fasten wallboard may be bright, coated, or chemically treated; the shanks may be smooth or angularly threaded with ...

Finishes 203 example, a 10-foot drywall will be used, but the installers will have to be careful to lift the drywall roughly 3/4 ...

204 CHAPTER SIXTEEN The supporting construction may be wood, steel, con- crete, gypsum, tile, masonry, or lath. Certain types of ...

Finishes 205 base coat reinforced with a mesh sheet and by applying a top coat to form an exterior insulation and finish system ...

206 CHAPTER SIXTEEN Gypsum Plaster Lath. In sheet form, gypsum plaster lath provides a rigid base for the application of gypsum ...

Finishes 207 Wood Lath. Although largely displaced by the other types of laths available, on occasion wood lath is encoun- tered ...