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The house illustrated above has been so planned1 as to provide all the room and conveniences necessary for the average home buyer, at the lowest possible cost. By the compact arrangement of halls and chambers every available inch of space has been utilized.

Although the house is only 25 by 25 feet, a spacious living room and dining room are made possible. There are three good sized chambers on the second floor, all of which are well lighted, which insures good ventilation. There is also ample closet room, a feature which is lacking in many inexpensive houses. A wide porch extends the entire length of the house. The exterior is extremely attractive, presenting a cozy home, inexpensive to erect and at the same time containing features found in houses of greater Cream-colored stucco walls, bottle-green shutters, and a maroon colored roof give the necessary color to enliven the entire design. The first and the second floor plans are shown on the next page.

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1 Courtesy of Andrew Charles Borzner, 717 Walnut St., Philadelphia.

FLOOR PLANS

1. Read from the first floor plan the dimensions of the kitchen;

the dining room; the living room.

2. The plans show how many closets on the second floor? Do they all have the same floor space?

3. The scale used in these plans of the first floor and second floor is of an inch to a foot. How many feet long is the porch?

4. The plan of the living room should measure how many inches to represent the 20 ft. dimension? the 12 ft. dimension? (See problem 3 for scale.)

5. Read the dimensions of each chamber. How many inches on the plan represents each of these dimensions?

6. On the plans as first drawn the scale used was 1 in. to 8 ft. What length of line was then drawn

PORCH

ROOF

12-0

KITCHEN

LIVING ROOM DINING ROOM

12-0

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

CLOS

BATH ROOM

CHAMBER

-12-0°

DOWN

CLOSET CLOSET

CHAMBER

CHAMBER

12-0

12-0

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

to represent the width of the porch, which is 71⁄2 ft. wide?

PROBLEMS ON THE COST OF A MODERN HOME

1. Edward's father built a house using the plans shown on pages 263 and 264. The excavations were as follows: under the kitchen and dining room (first floor plan, page 264), 26′6′′ × 14′ × 4′6′′; under the living room, 13′ × 22′ × 4′6′′; for trenches for porch, 36' x 1'4′′ × 2′6′′; for cement entrance, 4′ × 6′ × 2′6′′. Compute the cost of the excavation at $0.75 per cubic yard.

2. There were 58 perches of stone masonry at $8 per perch; what was the cost of the stone masonry?

3. The cement work consisted of 521 sq. ft. of cellar floor at $0.20 per square foot; 144 sq. ft. of porch floor at $0.30 per square foot; entrance platform and steps, $40; rear steps, $20; entrance walk, 20' x 4' at $0.40 per square foot. Find the cost of the cement work.

4. Find the outlay for brick work as follows: 62 ft. of 9" x 13" flue lining, at $0.55 per linear foot; 5000 rough bricks in place at $30 per M; 100 face bricks and 100 fire bricks for fireplace at $5 per C; damper for fireplace, $7.50; labor for constructing fireplace, $34.50.

5. In building the house, 1944 8" hollow tile were used; they cost 36 each, in place. What was the cost of the hollow tile used in this house?

6. The bill of rough lumber purchased at $55 per M, was as follows; find the cost of this lumber:

7. Besides the rough lumber there were purchased the following: 2000 linear feet 1" x 2" shingle laths at $14 per 1000 linear feet;

1400' of North Carolina flooring at $65 per M; 300' North Carolina "roofers" at $40 per M; 5000 shingles at $19 per M. Find the cost of this bill of lumber.

8. Find the carpenter's bill, which was for 148 da. work, 8 hr. per day, at $0.80 per hour.

9. Find the bill for plastering: 231 sq. yd. of exterior stucco at $0.75 per square yard; 208 sq. yd. on tile walls (interior) at $0.74 per square yard; 352 sq. yd. lath and plaster at $0.97 per square yard.

10. Other items of expense in building this house were as follows: millwork, $600; hardware, $80; painting and glazing, $375; electrical work and fixtures, $172; plumbing and fixtures, $485; pipeless furnace, etc., $330. Find the total of these other items of expense.

11. Using the results of problems 1-10, find what this house cost Edward's father.

12. Edward's father built this house on a lot which he bought graded and paved at $0.25 per square foot. The lot is 40' x 120'. How much did the house and lot cost him?

Measuring Gas. Gas is one of the most convenient kinds of fuel for the home, especially for cooking purposes. The amount of gas consumed is measured in cubic feet by a gas meter; but in sending out monthly bills to their customers, gas companies base their charges on 1000 cubic feet.

How to Read a Gas Meter. The dial (marked 1), page 267, indicates one hundred cubic feet from one figure to the next. The dial (marked 2) indicates one thousand cubic feet from one figure to the next. The dial (marked 3) indicates ten thousand cubic feet from one figure to the next.

If the hand on dial No. 1 is between the figures 3 and 4, the lesser of the two numbers is read, the index reading 3 hundred cubic feet. If the hand on dial No. 2 is between the figures 8 and 9, this dial reads 8 thousand cubic feet.

If the hand on dial No. 3 is between the figures 6 and 7, the index reading on this dial will be 60 thousand cubic feet. The complete index on the 3 dials would read 68,300 cubic feet. From the present reading subtract the read

ing of the previous month, multiply the difference in cubic feet by the rate per cubic foot, and you have the amount of your bill in dollars and cents. Read dials from right to left, setting down figures as read.

PROBLEMS

1. At $1.30 per 1000 cu. ft., find the cost of the gas consumed during February in a home in which the meter, as shown by the bill sent, registered as follows: Index of meter March 1, 36,000 cu. ft.; index of meter February 1, 30,000 cu. ft.

2. On the bill for March, the index of the meter (see problem 1) Apr. 1 was given as 41,800 cu. ft. Between what two numbers did the hand on each dial stand when the meter was read? How many cubic feet were consumed in this home during March? What was the gas bill at $1.30 per 1000 cu. ft.?

Tell where the hand on each dial would stand for the following readings:

3. 68,300 cu. ft.

4. 71,200 cu. ft.

5. 76,100 cu. ft.

6. The readings as given in problems 3 to 5, were those of Mrs. Fielder's gas meter, May 1, June 1, and July 1. At $1.30 per M, what was her gas bill for May? for June?