A brick wall calculator: I explain everything you must take into account to calculate how many bricks enter a square foot or square meter of wall.
How Many Bricks in a Square Foot
- In 1 sq ft of stretcher brick wall, enter (4.8 bricks per sq ft). Wall thickness from 5” to 6”.
How Many Bricks in a Square Meter
- In 1 sqm of stretcher brick wall, enter 52 bricks per sqm. Wall thickness from 12cm to 15cm.
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Bricks per Square Meter Calculator
Common Types of Brick Bonds
Perforated common bricks.
Common hollow bricks
Solid common brick
To calculate the number of bricks that fit in a wall, you must know the following data.
- Length of the wall.
- Height of the wall.
- Types of bricks and their measurements. I’ll explain it to you below.
- The way of laying the bricks in the wall.
- Thickness of the vertical and horizontal joints, between the bricks. It must be in order to 10-12 mm (1/2”)
- Percentage of waste that will be considered. Normally it is considered between 3 and 5%.
Below you will see a summary of all types of red bricks, and some of their characteristics.
Laying stretcher brick wall: between 50 and 56 units per m².
Summary of Brick Types Quantity
| Name | Measurements | Weight | Brick/ft² | Brick/m² |
| Common solid | 25x12x6.5cm (10”x5”x2.5”) | 2.5kg | 4.8 | 52 |
| Hollow Common | 24×11.5×6.5cm (10”x5”x3”) | 23kg | 4.6 | 50 |
| Perforated | 24×11.5×6.6cm (10”x5”x3”) | 2.4kg | 4.6 | 50 |
| Solid Pressed | 24×11.5×6.7cm (10”x5”x3”) | 2.5kg | 4.6 | 50 |
| Hollow Glasses | 24×11.5×6.8cm (10”x5”x3”) | 23kg | 4.5 | 49 |
| Lightened Block | 30x20x10cm (12”x8”x4”) | 3.3kg | 1.4 | 15 |
| Simple Hollow | 24×11.5x6cm (10”x5”x2.5”) | 2.4kg | 5.1 | 55 |
| Double Hollow | 24×11.5x7cm (10”x5”x3”) | 23kg | 4.5 | 49 |
| Refractory | 23×11.5x6cm (10”x5”x2.5”) | 2.2kg | 5.6 | 61 |
Brick Types and Prices
Perhaps it is interesting that you know what are the main types of bricks and their characteristics.
| Brick Type | Measures | Price |
| Common Brick (solid) | 25x12x6.5cm | 0.20 dollar/u |
| Hollow Brick (lightened block) | 30x20x10cm | 0.80 dollar/u |
| Common Brick (perforated) | 24x12x7.0cm | 0.60 dollar/u |
| Brick Block | 20x10x10cm | 0.50 dollar/u |
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How to Know How many Common Bricks enter 1 m2 of Wall
To find out how many common bricks fit into a square meter of wall, you must set the rigging mode, or way of laying on the wall.
Next, let’s see the calculation to know how many common bricks enter 1 m2 of wall, taking into account the main rigs that exist.
Quantity of Bricks that enter a Square Meter of Wall of 15
Quantity of Bricks per m² (rigged to Citara or Rope)
This way of laying bricks on the wall, to stretcher bond, involves 50 to 60 units of common bricks. A more approximate range would be 53 to 56 bricks per m² of wall. Therefore, you now know how many 25x12x6cm hollow bricks fit in 1 m2 of rope wall.
How many Bricks enter a Square Meter of Wall of 30 cm
Number of Bricks per m² (rigged to Citarón or an Antler)
The block of bricks, with a 30cm wide wall, contains about 120 units of common bricks. It would be 120 bricks per m².
How many Bricks enter a Square Meter of Wall of 40 cm
Number of Bricks per m² (One and a Half rig)
The garden wall bond set contains about 180 common bricks. It would be 180 bricks per m².
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