How Many Bricks Do I Need for a Wall?
About 60 bricks per square metre for a single-skin wall and 120 for a double skin. The sum behind those numbers, worked for a real wall, and how to turn the count into an order.
Builders and tradespeople toolkit
Quantities for the materials on a job — concrete, bricks, tiles, paint and gravel — plus the pitch of a roof, so the first order is the right one.
6 calculators in this toolkit
- Concrete Volume CalculatorConcrete for a slab, footing or column, and the bags needed.
- Brick CalculatorBricks or blocks and mortar for a wall, openings taken out.
- Tile CalculatorTiles and adhesive for a floor or wall, cuts and waste included.
- Paint Coverage CalculatorPaint for a room by wall area and coats, doors and windows taken out.
- Gravel CalculatorTonnes and bulk bags of gravel for a drive, path or garden.
- Roof Pitch CalculatorPitch, angle and rafter length from rise and run.