Brickwork

Brick and block calculator

Example: Order: 623 units

Render calculator

Example: Order: 8 × cement bags and 0.66 t of sand

Sand and cement calculator

Example: Order: 5 × cement bags and 0.51 t of sand (4:1 sand to cement (1:4 cement to sand))

Repointing calculator

Example: Order: 1 × bags of binder and 42 kg of sand

Wall tie calculator

Example: Order: 55 wall ties

Lintel length calculator

Example: Order: a 1,200 mm lintel (choose the type from the maker's load tables)

Garden wall estimator

Plan a garden wall: footing concrete, bricks or blocks, mortar and wall ties, in one printable shopping list.

How many bricks per square metre?

The sum behind bricks per square metre for UK bricks and blocks, single vs double skin, breakages, and the mortar to go with them.

Garden wall planning checklist

What to check before building a garden wall: when to get a professional, foundations, boundaries and permissions, then ordering.

Concrete and mortar