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We
put half inch thickness of mortar between bricks for jointing. So our brick size with mortar
thickness will be 10"x5"x3".
Read More: Quality Checklist for Brick Work .
Now lets estimate the materials.
Materials for 100 square feet 3 inch thick brick
masonry wall -
Area of one brick with mortar = 10"x5"
=0.83'x0.42' = 0.35 square feet (as our wall is 3"
thick, so we'll ignore the 3" side of bricks for
estimating bricks).
Bricks needed for 100 sq.ft masonry wall are =
100/0.35 = 285.71 numbers,
say, 286 numbers.
If we take 5% wastage of bricks, then total bricks
needed for 100 sq.ft 3" thick masonry wall are =
285.74 + 5% = 300 numbers.
Now lets calculate the mortar volume -
volume of 1 number of brick with mortar is =
10"x5"x3"= 0.83'x0.42'x0.25' = 0.09 cubic feet
(cu.ft).
Without mortar volume of one number of brick is
= 9½" x 4½" x 2¾"= 0.79' x 0.38' x 0.23'= 0.07
cu.ft.
For 100 square feet (sq.ft) brick wall brick needed
286 nos excluding wastage.
So, mortar volume for 100 sq.ft brick wall is =
286 x (0.09-0.07) = 5.72 cu.ft.
Dry volume of mortar is 5.72x1.54 = 8.81 cu.ft,
Including 5% wastage dry volume of mortar will
be 9.25 cu.ft.
As we use 1:4 cement-sand ratio for 3" brick wall,
so cement will be -
cement = 9.25/5 = 1.85 cu.ft.
1 bag cement volume is = 1.25 cu.ft.
So, cement needed 1.85/1.25 = 1.48 bag,
say, 1½ bag.
Sand will be needed for 100 sq.ft 3" thick brick
wall is =9.25/5 x 4= 7.40 cu.ft.
Say, 8 cu.ft.
Summary :
Materials needed for 100 square feet 3" thick brick
wall are -
Brick - 300 numbers,
Cement - 1½ bag, and
Sand - 8 cu.ft.
Practical estimation:
The above estimation of 100 sq.ft 3" thick brick
wall is correct. But practically I found that the
required sand quantity is 10 cu.ft. So, it'll be
better to calculate the required materials for 100
sq.ft 3" thick brick wall by following manner -
Cement - 1½ bag,
Sand - 10 cu.ft, and
Brick - 300 NOS.
How to estimate materials for different quantity
of 3" thick brick wall?
Suppose you need to calculate the required
materials for "Y" sq.ft 3" thick brick wall. You can
do this by following way -
Cement - Y x 0.015,
Sand - Y x 0.10, and
Brick - Y x 3.