2013 National Plumbing & HVAC Estimator

1 2013 NATIONALPLUMBING & HVACESTIMATORBy James A. Thomson$ Book Company6058 Corte del Cedro / Box 6500 / Carlsbad, CA 92018 Includes inside the back cover:Includes inside the back cover: An estimating CD with all the costs in this book, plus, An estimating program that makes it easy to use these costs, An interactive video guide to the National Estimator program, A program that converts your estimates into invoices, A program that exports your estimates to QuickBooks price updates on the Web are freeand automatic allduring 2013. You ll be prompted when it s time to collect the nextupdate. A connection to the Web is all of Craftsman's most popular costbooks for one low price with the Craftsman Site License. your estimate into a your bid into a PreviewBuy this complete title here: similar Craftsman Book Co. titles here: sample Standard Form Subcontract and Subcontract Change Order forms used in the final section ofthis book are reprinted with the permission of the publisher, the Associated General Contractors of America( National Office), 1957 E Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia Editor:Walter James O BrienCover design by:Bill GrotePhotos:Shutterstock 2012 Craftsman Book CompanyISBN 978-1-57218-283-7 Published October 2012 for the year for other construction reference manuals?

2 Craftsman has the books to fill your toll-free 1-800-829-8123or write to Craftsman Book Company, Box 6500, Carlsbad, CA 92018 fora FREE CATALOGof over 100 books, including how-to manuals,annual cost books, and estimating our Web site: PreviewBuy this complete title here: similar Craftsman Book Co. titles here: to Use This Book ..5 Plumbing EquipmentDomestic Hot Water Heaters ..19 Water Softeners ..22 Kitchen Equipment ..25 Kitchen Equipment Connections ..26 Plumbing Fixtures ..27 Plumbing Fixture Rough-In ..31 Piping SystemsCopper Pipe, Type K with Brazed Joints ..33 Copper Pipe, Type K with Soft-Soldered Joints ..43 Copper Pipe, Type L with Brazed Joints ..53 Copper Pipe, Type L with Soft-Soldered Joints ..62 Copper Pipe, Type M with Brazed Joints ..71 Copper Pipe, Type M with Soft-Soldered Joints ..80 Copper Pipe, Type K & L with Roll Grooved Joints ..89 PVC, Schedule 40, with Solvent-Weld Joints ..91 PVC, Schedule 80, with Solvent-Weld Joints.

3 101 Polyethylene-Aluminum Pipewith Crimped Joints ..111 Polyethylene-Aluminum Pipewith Compression Joints ..116 Plumbing and Piping Specialties ..119 Cast Iron, DWV, Service Weight, No-Hub with Coupled Joints ..135 Cast Iron, DWV, Service Weight, Hub & Spigot with Gasketed Joints ..141 Copper, DWV, with Soft-Soldered Joints ..146 ABS, DWV with Solvent-Weld Joints ..150 PVC, DWV with Solvent-Weld Joints ..154 PVC, DWV with Gasketed Bell and Spigot Joints ..159 Polypropylene, Schedule 40, with Heat-Fusioned Joints ..164 Floor, Area, Roof and Planter Drains ..168 Cleanouts ..169 Fire ProtectionFire Protection Sprinklers ..170 Fire Protection Equipment ..174 Fire Protection Sprinkler Pipe and Fittings (Roll Grooved) ..176 Fire Protection Branch Pipe & Fittings ..180 Fire Protection Sprinkler Pipe and Fittings (CPVC) ..183 HVAC EquipmentCommercial Boilers ..185 Commercial Boiler Connections ..190 Commercial Boiler Components and Accessories.

4 192 Centrifugal Pumps and Pump Connections ..206 Heat Exchangers and Connections ..207 Fan Coil Units and Connections ..208 Reheat Coils and Connections ..209 Unit Heaters and Connections ..210 Chillers and Chiller Connections ..211 Condensing Units and Cooling Towers ..212 Cooling Towers and Cooling Tower Connections ..213 Steel Piping SystemsCarbon Steel, Schedule 40 with 150# Fittings & Butt-Welded Joints ..214 Carbon Steel, Schedule 40 with 150# & Threaded Joints ..223 Carbon Steel, Schedule 5 withPressfit Fittings ..234 Carbon Steel, Schedule 80 with 300# Fittings & Butt-Welded Joints ..237 Carbon Steel, Schedule 80 with 300# Fittings & Threaded Joints ..247 Carbon Steel, Schedule 160 with 3,000-6,000# Fittings ..255 Carbon Steel, Schedule 40 with Roll-Grooved Joints ..266 Carbon Steel, Schedule 10 with Roll-Grooved Joints ..273 Carbon Steel, Schedule 40 with Cut-Grooved Joints ..280 Residential HVAC Assemblies ..286 Air Handling Unit Accessories.

5 290 ContentsOnline PreviewBuy this complete title here: similar Craftsman Book Co. titles here: Recovery Ventilators - Commercial ..291 Heat Recovery Ventilators - Residential ..292 Water Coil Piping ..294 Air Handling Unit Coil Connections ..297 Gas-Fired Furnaces ..299 Wall Furnaces ..300 Unit Heaters ..302 Infrared Heaters ..304 Heat Pump Systems ..305 Water Pump Systems ..313 Geothermal/Domestic Water Wells ..316 Biomass-Fired Boilers ..319 Fans and Blowers ..324 Ventilators & Residential Exhaust Fans ..326 Apparatus Housing ..331 Air Devices, Registers & Grilles ..333 Air Devices, Diffusers & Grilles ..334 Terminal Units (VAV) ..337 Ducting SystemsDuctwork Specialties ..339 Galvanized Steel Ductwork ..344 Installed Ductwork Per Pound ..346 Galvanized Steel Spiral Ductwork ..348 Galvanized Steel Round Spiral Fittings ..349 Galvanized Steel Rectangular Ductwork ..351 Galvanized Steel Rectangular 90 Degree Elbows.

6 353 Galvanized Steel Spiral Duct ..356 Galvanized Steel Spiral Duct Fittings ..358 Galvanized Steel Spiral Tees ..360 Galvanized Steel Spiral Crosses ..366 Galvanized Steel Rectangular Ductwork ..369 Galvanized Steel Rectangular Elbows ..381 Galvanized Steel Drops and Tees ..391 Galvanized Steel Round Ductwork ..394 Fiberglass Ductwork ..395 Fiberglass Pipe Insulation ..397 Calcium Silicate Pipe Insulation with Aluminum Jacket ..399 Closed Cell Elastomeric Pipe Insulation ..400 Thermal Duct Insulation ..401 Balancing of HVAC Systems ..402 Temperature Controls ..405 Ductile Iron Pipe SystemsDuctile Iron, Class 153, Cement-Lined withMechanical Joints ..407 Ductile Iron, Class 153, Double Cement-Lined with Mechanical Joints ..409 Ductile Iron, Class 110, Cement-Lined withMechanical Joints ..411 Cast Iron, Class 150 with Mechanical Joints ..412 Asbestos-Cement, Class 2400 or 3000 withMechanical Joints ..413 Fiberglass Tanks.

7 415 Plastic Tanks ..416 Trenching ..418 Equipment Rental ..420 Close-Out Items ..421 HVAC & Plumbing Demolition ..422 Budget Estimating ..435 Forms and LettersChange Estimates ..438 Subcontract Forms ..447 Purchase Orders ..451 Construction Schedules ..453 Letter of Intent ..456 Submittal Data ..458 Billing Breakdown Worksheet ..461 Index ..463 Online PreviewBuy this complete title here: similar Craftsman Book Co. titles here: 2013 National Plumbing & HVAC Estimator is aguide to estimating labor and material costs forplumbing, heating, ventilating and air conditioningsystems in residential, commercial and the back cover of this bookyou'll find an envelope with a com-pact disk. The disk has National Estimator , an easy-to-use estimating program with all the cost estimatesin this book. Insert the CD in your computer and waita few seconds. Installation should begin automatical-ly. (If not, click Start, Settings, Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs and Install.)

8 Select ShowMe from the installation menu and Dan will show youhow to use National Estimator . When Show Me iscomplete, select Install Program. When the NationalEstimator program has been installed, click Help onthe menu bar, click Contents, click Print all Topics,click File and click Print Topic to print a 40-pageinstruction manual for National in This Manualwill apply within a few percenton a wide variety of projects. Using the informationgiven on the pages that follow will explain how to usethese costs and suggest procedures to follow whencompiling estimates. Reading the remainder of thissection will help you produce more reliable estimatesfor Plumbing and HVAC Estimates in This Bookwill beaccurate for some jobs and inaccurate forothers. No manhour estimate fits all jobsbecause every construction project isunique. Expect installation times to varywidely from job to job, from crew to crew, and evenfor the same crew from day to s no way to eliminate all errors when makingmanhour estimates.

9 But you can minimize the risk ofa major error by:1. Understanding what s included in the manhourestimates in this book, and2. Adjusting the manhour estimates in this book forunusual job Craft@Hrs estimates in thisbook are listed in the column headed on page 19 you ll see an estimate forinstalling a 6 gallon hot water heater. In theCraft@Hrscolumn opposite 6 gallon you ll the left of the @ symbol you see an abbreviation forthe recommended work 7 shows the wage rates and craft codes used inthis the right of the @ symbol you see a number. Thenumber is the estimated manhours (not crew hours)required to install each unit of material listed. In the caseof a 6 gallon hot water heater, means manhours are required to install 1 hot water in the Labor $ Columnare basedon manhour estimates in the Craft@Hrs col-umn. Multiply the manhour estimate by theassumed hourly labor cost to find the instal-lation cost in the Labor $column. For example.

10 500manhours times $ (the average wage for crewP1) is $ , or $ price updates on the Web are free andautomatic all during 2013. You ll be prompted whenit s time to collect the next update. A connection tothe Web is Estimatesinclude all productive labor normally associated with installing the materialsdescribed. These estimates assume normal condi-tions: experienced craftsmen working on reasonablywell planned and managed new construction with fairto good productivity. Labor estimates also assumethat materials are standard grade, appropriate toolsare on hand, work done by other crafts is adequate,layout and installation are relatively uncomplicated,and working conditions don t slow manhour estimates include tasks such as:nUnloading and storing construction materials, toolsand equipment on no more than two floors above or belowground no more than 10 feet above an unclut-tered time lost due to work tools and equipment from a storage area ortruck not more than 200 feet from the work tools and equipment to the storage areaor truck at the end of the and discussing the work to be handling, measuring, cutting and cleanup of construction correction or repairs required becauseof faulty to Use This Book'13'13 Online PreviewBuy this complete title here: similar Craftsman Book Co.