How to Calculate Bricks and Blocks in a Wall

How to Calculate Bricks and Blocks in a Wall?

The bricks & blocks are the most used material in construction work. They are mostly used for pavement & wall construction. In order to do brickwork in your own house or on a construction site, one must need to know how to calculate the bricks & blocks required for its construction. An estimate of such calculation gives a brief idea of how much construction material is required before starting the construction.

Here in this articles, we are going to show you how to calculate bricks & blocks required in a wall.

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• 1 Brick
  • 1.1 Basic Knowledge for Brickwork:  
  • 1.2 Calculating the Bricks Required in a Wall
    • 1.2.1 Volume of Wall
    • 1.2.2 Openings in the Wall
    • 1.2.3 Number of Bricks
    • 1.2.4 Example
  • 1.3 One Brick Wall
    • 1.3.1 Brick Calculation for One Brick Wall
  • 1.4 Half Brick Wall
    • 1.4.1 Brick Calculation for Half Brick Wall
  • 1.5 One and a Half Brick Wall
    • 1.5.1 Brick Calculation for One & Half Brick Wall
• 2 Blocks
  • 2.1 Blocks Calculation Required in a Wall
    • 2.1.1 Volume of the Wall
    • 2.1.2 Openings in the Wall
    • 2.1.3 Number of Blocks Required

Brick

It is a building material used in walls, pavement, and masonry construction. Brick is prepared using clay-bearing soil, sand, lime, or concrete materials. Bricks have different classes, types, materials, and sizes. There are two basic categories of bricks

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