Perhaps there is no such person who would not dream of building his house. The most traditional material chosen by more than half of developers is brick. Often manufacturers indicate the mass of a cubic meter of bricks, but knowing the weight of one stone, you can easily calculate how much brick is in a cube.
If you can not save money, then the classic-style house, reliable and warm, built from good brick, will last its owners for several centuries. In addition, masonry with properly executed jointing in itself becomes an excellent facing material.
The first thing is math
Before making the dream a reality, and the fantasies embodied in the project will become a reality, you need to get an answer to the question about the amount of building material needed. That is, take a pen and do simple mathematical calculations. So how many bricks are there in 1 cube? And how many cubes to buy for building a house?
Before starting the calculations, decide which brick will be used (single, double, one and a half), since each of them has both its advantages and certain disadvantages. For example, it is more convenient to hold a single brick in your hand when laying, and using a double one can halve the time of building a wall and save the amount of mortar. Depends on the size and how much brick in the cube, and how much mortar in the end will be needed.
The next stage, very important for calculating the number of bricks, is the width of the masonry (one brick, one and a half, two, two and a half). The thicker the wall, the warmer the house will be.
Features of masonry exterior walls
Traditionally, for the construction of external walls, masonry of one and a half bricks is used, which equals 380 mm. For laying a square meter of such a wall, you will need 189 single bricks, excluding seams. Although many builders recommend adding 1 cm per seam, you can also consider clean brick, since you have to buy it with a certain margin (in case of a battle). If the wall is built of one and a half bricks, then 140 pieces will be needed, and if it is double, then 90. In this case, you can calculate how much brick is in the cube and how many cubes you need to order.
If the developer wants to have a warmer house that does not need to be additionally insulated, then you need to build a wall in two bricks. A thickness of two and a half bricks is suitable for those who planned to use a facing brick for external coating.
For building a house, this building material is bought in thousands of pieces, so you need to navigate how much brick is in a cube and how many cubes are in a thousand bricks.
According to calculations, for laying a square meter of wall in two single bricks, 256 are needed, one and a half - 156, and double - 120. The thickness of such a wall is 510 mm.
The construction of internal walls and partitions
For the construction of internal walls and partitions, masonry in half a brick is most often used. The width of one is 125 mm and, accordingly, for laying a square meter requires single bricks 61, one and a half - 45, double - 30 pieces. At the same time, many prefer to use silicate brick, since it is lighter. We consider how much silicate brick is in the cube: 61 x 8 = 488 pieces.
I would like to draw the attention of developers that double bricks require exactly half as much in quantity, while the price for it is higher than for a single brick by about 30%. In addition, the solution and installation time are significantly saved.
The savings are obvious.