We next come to the scullery. The ceilings and walls have to be measured as before, including the copper and the

M.G. plastering. Then take the painting, then the reglazing, and then the next item of "Take up stone paving in scullery, excavate for and lay a bed of 4 in. of concrete, composed of six of Thames or other approved ballast and one of blue lias lime, and relay the stone paving, jointed in mortar, making good with new any broken or defective stones." Take this as a superficial dimension, entering as follows: 11.6

10.6 Take up old pavg. and

------ relay part new.

Ddct.

4

1.6 Hth.

----3.6

3.6 Copp.

Write the word Add again before entering any new dimension; the two last items may be included in one if haste is a necessity. You can, if you like, write "Ddct. as last," instead of reiterating the dimensions of the deductions. If new stones have to be placed round the copper, take the cutting round it and any holes that may be required for waste of sink or trap in floor for washing it.

"Cir." is short for circular, "Yk." for York stone.

The next item in the specification is "Take off worn-out bib-tap in scullery and fix new 3/4-in. screw-down bib." You will have to notice whether there is a boss to the old tap soldered to pipe ; if there is one, the old tap can easily be unscrewed and a new one put in its place, but if the old tap is soldered into pipe the joint has to be broken to get it out, and the boss of the new tap soldered on to pipe; if this last is necessary note it in your book as having to be unsoldered.

I S.D. bib and jt. inc.

Unsold. old.

If there is a boss soldered on old, all that will be necessary is

I S.D. bib and screw in.

S.D. is short for screw down.

Take any defective fastenings or sash cords, entering them as before. The next item of "Provide and fix new 4 ft. pine plate-rack, with draining board, over scullery sink, and provide new copper lid of 1 in. pine with 1 in. deal ledges screwed and slotted, and 1 1/2 in. handle;" take these as "numbers," and enter:I 4 ft. pine plate-rack.

I Drag. bd. to do.

1 Copp. lid 21" diam.

1" pine.

The other part of the description for plate-rack is not needed to be entered; for the diameter of the copper-lid allow at least 1 in. on each side beyond the internal diameter of the copper.

The next items to take are the grating and ventilator, and the opening for them, the same as to kitchen.

Next take the larder, leaving the w.c., cellars, areas, etc., for the external part.

There are the ceilings and walls to be distempered, and the woodwork painted; these need no instructions beyond those already given. Test the lock, look to the window, etc.

Next take the passage, and proceed right up the house with stairs, passages, etc.

Take the ceilings and walls of passages as before, deducting the openings, well-hole of stairs, etc., and measuring the wall from skirting to ceiling for the distempering; where the stairs come, measure up to the apron lining round well-hole, which is generally the ceiling line; if there is a cornice, still measure the distempering right up, and take the run of extra to cornice, giving the girt of it; if the stairs are enclosed under (as they generally are) with spandril framing it is usual to limewhite in the cupboard formed by the enclosure, so the triangle formed on the walls by the stairs has to be deducted, and the limewhite inside added. The deduction of stairs should be entered as follows: The preceding entry having been the distempering to walls, no description is necessary; the dimension presumes the stairs to spread over or cover 10.0 on the floor in length, and to rise, skirting to fascia, 9.0, and being triangular in section contains only half what a square would, hence the 1/2 at the timesing column of book; for, to obtain the superficial contents of a triangle you must multiply the base by half the altitude. Should the enclosure extend (square-headed) beyond the triangle, take a separate dimension as a deduction for the square-headed part. Then take item by item of the specification referring to the passage. In measuring the painting, take the inside of door to spandril framing, if painted before; take the outer side of doors and linings, the inner side only having been taken with the rooms; in measuring the painting to stairs, take the balusters run, measure two to a step, and multiply by the number of steps, to be exact, as one baluster on a step is longer than the other, and describe whether square bar or turned; take the top short ones at an average: 15/ 2.9 1 1/2"sqr. bar bal.

-------- W. &3.0.

15/ 3.

Ddct

1/2 10.

9. Stairs.

----Or enter turned, if they are so; the description "1 1/4 sqr. bar bal." is 1 1/4 square bar baluster : 4. Do. on 4" newel.

----15. Do. on 3 1/2 rail.

This is presuming the handrail to be painted, as it mostly is; then take the margins of treads, and the strings and fascias; the outer string could be measured in with the spandril framing. Take the run of wall string, girt the treads and risers, and multiply by 2 for the two margins of treads and risers, and then by the number; where there are winders, take them separately, measure the tread from riser above to the extreme edge of nosing, but not girting the moulding, as the division by 8 will cover that if you super it; but if you take it as a run, the girt of moulding must be added in, as there is extra labour cutting into a straight line, and in the small faces to paint; it is best to take it in the latter way. The tread showing a width in the extreme of 10 in., and the step rising 7 in., and there being 15 flyers or parallel steps (the 13 times entered to balusters allowed for the top short ones, in the acute angle formed by ceiling line and outer string being averaged), enter 15/ 2/ 1.6 Do. tomarg. of