How Many Bricks Per m2?

Are you starting a new building project and wondering how many bricks you need? Then you have come to the right place. We will talk you through some basic knowledge about how many bricks are required per metre square, how many bricks you will need for your project, and how you can work this out with just a calculator or brainpower. 

More people than ever have been working on their own renovation or building projects, and we are getting more questions than ever about how to work out how many bricks you will need for a project. It is an easy equation to work through. The first part of this equation we need to look at is to look at how many bricks there are per square metre. 

Generally, there are 60 bricks per square metre if you are building a half-brick wall or a one layer wall. Or if you are building a one-brick wall or two-layer wall, then there are 120 bricks required per square metre. Figuring out which type of wall you are building is important to the equation. 

Another consideration to calculating how many bricks you need is to think about what brick type you are going to be using. A standard brick size in the UK is 215mm long, 102.5mm wide and 65mm high. 

After you have considered what type of wall you are building and what type of brick you are going to use, you can start to calculate how many bricks you will need. The first step is to work out the square metres of the surface area you are going to build. 

Working out the surface area is simple, so grab your calculator or pen and paper to do this. All you have to do is multiply the width by the length to get your answer. For example, if the width is 2m and the height is 4m, then you would multiply these numbers together to get the answer of 8m2.

Once you have worked out the surface area, you can multiply this figure by the number of bricks per square metre, so you would multiply 8 by 60, which will leave you with 480. So you will need 480 bricks.

However, you should consider buying more bricks than you need, as waste is inevitable in building projects. So it is a good idea to buy 5-10% more bricks than you need to accommodate ‌this. In the example we have used, 10% of 480 is 48, so we have to add 480 to 48, which leaves us with 528. We will need 528 bricks in total. 

Now that we have spoken to you about how to calculate how many bricks you need for your project, it is time to get started on that project you have been wanting to get started by ordering bricks from our website. Let the building begin!