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Bricks and Blocks

The metric brick is slightly smaller than the old imperial one. New bricks can be bonded into old work by slightly increasing the mortar bed joint.

  length width height typical joint
Metric 225mm 112.5mm 75mm 10mm
  8.86in 4.43in 2.95in 0.39in
Imperial 9in 41/2in 3in 3/8in
  228.6mm 114.3mm 76.2mm 9.5mm

Brick quantities

Area Quantity
1m sq. 60 bricks
2m sq. 120 bricks
5m sq. 300 bricks
10m sq. 600 bricks

Blocks

One block equals 2 brick lengths and 3 brick heights

Area Quantity
1m sq. 10 blocks
2m sq. 21 blocks
5m sq. 53 blocks
10m sq. 106 blocks