Makoro Clay Brick Range

The strength and durability of clay face brick is only matched by the beauty of the product. Makoro offers a variety of colours, shades, shapes and textures to suit any environment.

Our standard brick size is 220 x 105 x 70mm  | 51 bricks per m2

Marble Travertine FBX

Format: Imperial

Strength: Above 18MPA

Available in special shapes

Marble Satin FBX

Format: Imperial

Strength: Above 18 MPA

Available in special shapes

Sunrise Travertine FBX

Format: Imperial

Strength: Above 18 MPA

Available in special shapes

Sunrise Satin FBX

Format: Imperial

Strength: Above 18 MPA

Available in special shapes

Ivory Travertine FBX

Format: Imperial

Strength: Above 18 MPA

Available in special shapes

Ivory Satin FBX

Format: Imperial

Strength: Above 18 MPA

Available in special shapes

Granite Satin FBX

Format: Imperial

Strength: Above 18 MPA

Available in special shapes

Nkwe Satin FBS

Format: Imperial

Strength: Above 18 MPA

Available in special shapes

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BRICK CALCULATOR

How many bricks do I need for my brick wall?

If you are going to start construction work and you want to optimize your costs, this brick calculator is your new best friend. This brick wall calculator will help you estimate how many bricks you need to cover a particular wall surface. Together with this tool is the brick mortar calculator, which will also enable you to order the other materials you will need, like cement and sand for your mortar.

Keep on reading to learn how the brick calculator works and how you can use it to accurately estimate how many bricks and how much mortar you will need for your project.

MAKORO BRICK AND MORTAR CALCULATOR

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If you are going to start construction work and you want to optimize your costs, this brick calculator is your new best friend. This brick wall calculator will help you estimate how many bricks you need to cover a particular wall surface. Together with this tool is the brick mortar calculator, which will also enable you to order the other materials you will need, like cement and sand for your mortar.

Keep on reading to learn how the brick calculator works and how you can use it to accurately estimate how many bricks and how much mortar you will need for your project.

If you are wondering how many bricks you do need, it’s always better to calculate it than to guess it. Otherwise, in all probability, you’ll either run out of them, or you’ll have too many left.

The first step you can do to determine the number of bricks you will use is to consider the surface you want to cover with them. To do it by yourself, you have to calculate:

  • The area that a single brick covers;
  • The size of the mortar joint; and
  • The area of the wall.

You can work out how many bricks you need using this simple equation:

bricks needed = (L * H) / ((l + t) * (h + t)),

where:

  • L – Length of the wall;
  • H – Height of the wall;
  • l – Length of a brick;
  • t – Thickness of mortar joint; and
  • h – Height of a brick.

Image of brick wall under construction with its corresponding dimensions.

Our brick calculator will help you estimate how many bricks you need. There is also a function that counts the wastage, which means the percentage of the bricks that can be destroyed or written-off. As a result, the brick calculator provides you with two numbers. The first one tells how many bricks you will need to build a wall of particular dimensions, while the second one shows how many bricks you need when considering the inevitable wastage.

How do I use the brick calculator?

Using our brick calculator is very easy. All you have to do is key in the values needed, and our brick wall calculator will display the results right away. Here are the steps you can follow:

  1. Enter the dimensions of the brick you wish to use.
  2. Input your desired mortar joint thickness.
  3. Type in the brick wall’s length and height or its total area.
  4. Select the wall type you plan to build – either a brick wall with a single stack or a stack. Double-wall is what you want if you plan to build a brick wall sandwich with insulation in between the layers.
  5. With the above measurements, you will already know how many bricks you need. Enter a wastage percentage to know how many bricks to order.