APPENDIX B.
List of the prices of plumber’s materials and labor, from which a rough estimate may be formed of the probable cost of proposed plumbing. The prices given are wholesale ones, and it must be remembered that every plumber is also a retail merchant, who obtains his materials at a discount, and charges them to his customer at an average advance of 10 or 15 per cent on the prices here given.
All measurements are of inside diameters.
Bands.—Ordinary thickness, 2 by 2 inches, 75 cents; 6 by 6 inches, $1.90. Intermediate sizes at corresponding prices.
Bends and Offsets.—Two inches in diameter, 40 cents; extra heavy, 50 cents. Six inches in diameter, $1.20; extra heavy, $1.75.
Cisterns and Service-boxes (for water-closets), $10 to $20; (waste-preventing), $13 to $26.
Offsets. See Bends.
Pipe.—Tile or earthenware (vitrified), in lengths of 2½ feet each, 2-inch, 13 cents a foot; 3-inch, 16 cents a foot; 4-inch, 20 cents a foot; and 5 cents more per foot for each additional inch of diameter.
Iron, in lengths of 5 feet each: Ordinary, about 10 cents a foot for every inch of diameter. Extra heavy, about twice as much. Double-hub pipe, about 6 cents a foot more. The tar-coating costs about 3 cents a foot for 2-inch pipe, 4 cents for 3-inch pipe, etc.
Lead, about 9 cents a pound. Manufactured pipe (traps, etc.), 10 cents a pound. Qualities are marked according to thickness—i. e., weight for each size, AAA (best), AA, A, B, C, D, and E. ⅜-inch pipe, AAA weighs 1 pound 12 ounces per foot; B weighs 1 pound per foot; C weighs 14 ounces per foot; D weighs 7 ounces per foot. ⅝-inch pipe, AAA weighs 3 pounds 8 ounces per foot; AA weighs 2 pounds 12 ounces per foot; B weighs 2 pounds per foot. ¾-inch pipe, AAA weighs 4 pounds 14 ounces per foot; B weighs 2 pounds 3 ounces per foot. 1-inch pipe, AAA weighs 6 pounds per foot; AA weighs 4 pounds 8 ounces per foot; A weighs 4 pounds per foot; B weighs 3 pounds 4 ounces per foot; D weighs 2 pounds 4 ounces per foot. 2-inch pipe, AAA weighs 10 pounds 11 ounces per foot; AA weighs 8 pounds 14 ounces per foot; A weighs 7 pounds per foot; B weighs 6 pounds per foot; D weighs 4 pounds per foot. 3-inch pipe, ⅜ thick, weighs 19 pounds 9 ounces per foot. 4-inch pipe, ⅜ thick, weighs 25 pounds 6 ounces per foot, and so on.
For supply-pipes, AA pipe is generally used.
Privy-Sinks.—About $5 for every foot in length.
Saddle-Hubs.—2 by 2 inches, 30 cents; extra heavy, 40 cents. 6 by 6 inches, $1.10; extra heavy, $1.40.
School-Sinks. See Privy-Sinks.
Traps.—Adee traps about 5 cents apiece less than ordinary S-traps, and Bower traps about twice as much.
Earthenware, 2-inch, $1 each; 6-inch, $3.25 each.
Iron (S-traps), 2-inch, 80 cents; extra heavy, $1.25; 6-inch, $3.75; extra heavy, $5. Running traps, with or without hand-holes, about the same.
Lead, made of 6-pound lead (lead weighing 6 pounds to the square foot), 1¼-inch, 65 cents; 1½-inch, 80 cents; 2-inch, $1.10; 4½-inch, $3.25, etc.
Urinals.—(Earthenware), $5 to $6 each.
Wash-Basins.—(Iron, enameled or marbled), $1.50 to $4.50.
Water-Closets.—Demarest’s (plunger), $15 to $40. Earthenware hopper, $10 to $12. Earthenware hopper, with trap, waste-preventing cistern, chain and bracket, wood-seat, etc., $30. Hopper-valve closet, with self-raising, round seat, $9.
Pan-Closets.—$4.50 to $22.
A journeyman and helper are charged for at the rate of from $5 to $6 per day.