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Brick Tips

2 ½ bags mortar per 100 block (40 block per bag)
800 lb. Of sand per 100 block
1.125 block per sq. ft. of wall area
75% of length of wall gives number of block per course
Take height of wall (in feet) times 1.5 for number of courses

Approx. 7 bags mortar per 1000 brick (143 brick per bag)
Approx. 1-ton sand per 1000 brick
Figure Brick 7 per sq. ft. of wall area (allows for waste/modular)
1 ½ brick per running foot on wall
4.625 courses of brick per foot of wall height
5 brick per sq. ft. for paving, hearths (laid flat – solid brick)

1/4″ thick (100 sq. ft.) 220# sand .8 bag mortar
3/8″ thick (100 sq. ft.) 330# sand 1.2 bag mortar
½” thick (100 sq. ft.) #440 sand 1.6 bag mortar

4-2-1 Mix – 1-ton gravel, ½ ton sand, 6 bags cement

2 parts fire clay, 3 parts cement

Core with concrete:
12″ block – 1.64 cu. yd. Per 100 block (approx.)
8″ block – .93 cu. yd per 100 bock (approx.)

Approx. 3 gal. per 100 sq. ft. wall area (water-soluble, brush on)

Mix one part mortar to 2 to 2 ½ parts sand

Approx. 100 lbs. Gravel per running foot of pipe

Approx. 300 lb. per cu. yd. (no. yards x 1.5 for tons)
Approx. 110 lb. per cu. yd. (27 cu. ft. in cu. yd.)

50 lb. bag covers approx. 25 block both sides 1/8″ thick

Base coat – 60# pail covers approx. 270 sq. ft. wall area

1 per every 10 brick (100 wall ties per 1000)

Plaster and Stucco – No. 1 or 2
Sandblasting – No. 1, 2, 3, or 4
(No. 1 for finer jobs, the higher the No., the coarser the sand)

4 cu. ft. bag fills approx. 9-12′ block or 16-8″ block