ABSTRACT
This chapter, in general, deals with doors, windows, glazing, hardware, and other accessories such as weather stripping and seals, screens, stops, panic devices, and handicap devices. It begins with a description of the components of door and window units, installation crafts, and a checklist for door and window estimates. This allows the estimator to become familiar with materials covered later in the chapter. No information regarding equipment is provided since all materials for doors and windows are freighted by the suppliers to the project and only personal hand tools are needed by the crew. The chapter concludes with general procedures for estimating the cost of doors and windows, which in this chapter are primarily based on Means’ Building Construction Cost (1999) that presents average national cost data. The estimator, therefore, needs to make some modifications to a given project, crew, or company.
