Brickwork calculation

Brickwork Basics
 Cement mortar ratio should be 1:6 for 9” Brickwork and 1:4 41/2”
brickwork
 Mortar thickness should not be more than 10 mm between the courses
and sides of the bricks
 Ensure you are using good quality of cement and sand. (Silt Content
Test)
 Ensure you have all the Civil tools required for the construction.

Brickwork Calculation & Formula

 The size of the modular brick is 190 X 90 X 90 (refer the picture)

 Mortar Thickness is 10mm
 Assume required brickwork volume is 1 cubic metre (m3)
Any brick walls consist of bricks and cement mortar.
So, first of all, we are going to find the volume of bricks with mortar thickness
and then volume of bricks alone.

Volume of bricks with mortar

Volume of 1 brick with mortar = 200 X 100 X 100 ( 10 mm mortar thickness
on all sides)
= 0.2 X 0.1 X 0.1

Volume of brick with mortar = 0.002 Cum (m3)

Therefore, Number of bricks required for 1 cubic metre = 1/0.002 = 500 No.s
Volume of bricks without mortar
Volume of 1 brick without mortar = 190 X 90 X 90

Volume of 1 brick without mortar = 0.001539 Cum (m3)

Volume of 500 bricks without mortar = 500 X 0.001539 Cum
Volume of bricks without mortar for 1 cum = 0.7695 Cum (m3)
Therefore,
Required amount of cement mortar = 1 Cum – Volume of bricks without
mortar
= 1 – 0.7695
Required amount of cement mortar = 0.2305 Cum (m3) (Wet Condition)
Note – The above volume is in a wet condition that means we need 0.2305
cement mortar in mixed condition (after adding water). In order to find the
dry volume, we need to multiply 33 % as bulkage of sand.
Dry volume of a mortar = 0.2305 cum X 1.33 = 0.306565 cum
We know the mortar ratio is 1:6 (1 part Cement & 6 Part Sand = 7 Part)
Required amount Cement quantity in brickwork = 0.306565 X 1/7 X 1440 kg
Density of cement = 1440 kg. The reason to multiply this density is, the
above multiplication will give us only required amount of cement quantity in
brickwork as a cubic metre. But we need cement in Kg. Therefore we are
multiplying the 1440 kg density of cement to calculate the cement quantity.
Required amount Cement quantity = 63 Kg = 1.26 bags (50 Kg bag)
Required amount of Sand = 0.306565 X 6/7 = 0.26277 Cubic metre (m3)
Therefore, For 1 cum of brickwork, we need

 500 Numbers of bricks

 63 kg of cement

 0.263 m3 of sand.
BrickWork Calculation | Types of Bricks | Bricks
in Construction
Introduction:-
Brick is most commonly used building material and used for constructing walls, roofs,
paving floors, etc. The term brick is referred as a rectangular unit composed of clay.
Bricks are available in different classes and sizes. The sizes of brick may vary
according to the region. To know about Brickwork calculation learn some basic info
on Bricks.

In this post you are going to learn

 Classification & composition of bricks

 How to calculate quantity of bricks at any given area.
 How to calculate Cement, Sand or mortar required for brickwork.
 RCC bed deductions in brickwork calculation
 Brickwork calculation formula & many other frequently asked questions about
brickwork on google.
 Brick work calculator to find quantity of cement, sand or masonry required for
brickwork with user defined values.

Classification of Bricks:-
Bricks are usually classified into two types:-
Fired brick and Non fired brick. and they are further Classified into three classes
based on the quality of brick. “First Class, Second Class and third class bricks.”

Composition of brick:-
Alumina:- A good class brick consists of 20-30% of Alumina. Excess of Alumina in
clay makes the brick crack and wrap on drying.
Silica:- In general, bricks are made with 50-60% of Silica in it. Excess of Silica in
brick makes the brick to brittle.
Lime:- Brick consists of 0.8-2% of Lime in it. Excess of lime in brick may cause to
melt and distort during burning.
Other constituents:- Magnesia, Sodium, potassium, manganese and iron oxide.

. No. Of Bricks required for 1 Cubic Metre or 1m3. (Brickwork

Calculation)
To calculate this follow the below Steps-

Step-1:- Calculate the Volume of Single brick:

Standard Size of Brick is varied according to the region. In India, the standard size of
brick is 190mm x 90mmx 90mm. Well, this method is same for any size of brick. But
for calculation, I am considering mostly used size of brick in globe.
the size of brick is 9″x 4″x 3″

Step-2:- Unit Conversion

Converting inch to m for ease in calculation.

Total Volume = 9″x4″x3″ = 0.2286m x 0.1016m x 0.0762m

Volume of Brick in Cu.m = 0.00176980 cu.m
Step 3:-
Volume required = 1m x 1m x 1m

Total Volume Required = 1Cu.m or 1m3

Volume of Each brick = 0.0017698m3
No. of Bricks in 1m3 = 1/0.0017698 = 565 Bricks

Hence, 565 bricks are required for 1 cubic metre or 1m3 of bricks.

How to Calculate No. of Bricks required in a wall of

10′ x 10′. (Brickwork calculation)
Bricks are bonded each other using 1:6 Cement Masonry. We generally adopt 10-
16mm of thickness between each layer of Bricks.
Therefore, the standard thickness of Cement Masonry layer in Brickwork is 0.39″ or
10mm

Step 1:- Adding mortar thickness to brick

Size of brick is 9″x 4″x 3″

Add 0.39″ to all sides of brick (9″+0.39″, 4″+0.39″,3″+0.39″)

The size of brick with mortar thickness is 9.39″ x 4.39″ x 3.39″

Fig 4.Size of brick with and without mortar

Step 2:- Unit Conversion
For ease in calculation convert (9.39″x 4.39″ x 3.39″) inch to ft
= 0.78ft x 0.36ft x 0.28ft

Consider Front face area of the brickwork in calculating the no. of bricks

From Fig4: Front face area of brickwork = L x D

Area of Total wall (L x D) = 10′ x 10′ = 100Sft [Front face area]

Area of Each Brick (L x D) =0.78′ x 0.28′ = 0.218Sft (With Mortar thickness)

Step 3:- Deductions in brick masonry for Brickwork calculation.

RCC Bed is provided for every 3ft of height of Brickwork.

As per above figure Length and Height of brickwork is 10Ft x 10Ft Height,
For 10′ height there must be 2 Beds in brickwork

Dimensions of RCC Bed in Brickwork calculation:-

The length of bed go up to the length of brick work and bed is attached to Columns
for transferring the vertical load.

Depth or thickness of the bed may varies between 3″ to 4″. (Refer above fig)
(Let us consider the maximum i.e., 4″ or 0.33′)

The length and Depth of Bed is 10′ x 0.33′ [Front Face area]
Front face area of bed (L x D) = 10’x0.33′ = 3.3SFT

There are Two beds in brickwork so = 2×3.3SFT = 6.6 SFT

Deduct the area of RCC Bed from the above wall area for Brickwork calculation
Therefore, 100Sft – 6.6Sft = 93.4Sft

Front face Area of Each brick = 0.218Sft

Total No. of Bricks = 93.4/0.218 = 428 Bricks required (approx)

Result :- For 10′ x 10′ wall of Brickwork approximately 428 bricks required.

Quantity of cement, Sand or Mortar Required for

Brickwork:
1:6 ratio of cement mortar is usually used for brickwork. In order to calculate the
amount of Cement, Sand or Mortar required or brickwork firstly find out the amount
of mortar required for brickwork.

Volume of Each brick = 9″ x 4″ x 3″ = 0.22 x 0.1 x 0.07 = 0.00154m3

As we know that, 0.39″ mortar thickness is added to brick size. Hence
Volume of each brick with mortar = 9.39″x4.39″x 3.39″ = 0.238 x 0.111 x 0.081
= 0.00228m3
Therefore, amount of mortar required for each brick = 0.00228-0.00154 = 0.00074m3
From above, No. of bricks required = 428 bricks

Volume of mortar required for 428bricks = 428 x 0.00074 = 0.316m3

After adding water to the mortar mix, it bulks and reduces the volume by 33% during
wet condition. In order to calculate the dry volume of cement & sand or Brick mortar
add 33% of extra volume to it.

Dry volume of mortar = Wet volume of mortar x (1+0.33) [33% of volume]

Dry volume of mortar = 1.33 x Wet volume of Mortar = 1.33 x 0.316= 0.420m3
1:6 ratio of mortar for brickwork which means cement:sand = 1 part of cement and 6
parts of sand.

Total parts = 7

Amount of cement required for mortar:

The qty of Cement required for Brick mortar = Dry volume of mortar x 1/7 = 0.420 x
1/7 = 0.06m3
Density of cement = 1440Kg/m3
Which means for 1m3 = 1440Kgs required.

For 0.106m3 = 0.06×1440=86.4Kgs

Amount of Sand required for mortar:
Similarly as Cement, Sand is calculated in terms of m3
The Amount of Sand required for Brick masonry = Dry volume of mortar x 6/7 =
0.420 x 6/7 = 0.36m3
In terms of Kgs, Density of Sand = 1600Kgs/m3
For 0.36 = 0.36x 1600 = 576Kgs
Summary:
For Brickwork of 10′ x 10′ where each Size of brick = 9″x 4″x3″
 No. of Bricks without mortar = 533 bricks
 The no. of bricks with mortar = 458 bricks
 No. of bricks with RCC bed & mortar = 428 bricks
 The quantity of mortar required = 0.42m 3
 Amount of cement required = 87kgs
 The amount of sand = 0.36m3