How to Estimate with RSMeans Data: Basic Skills for Building Construction by Saleh A. Mubarak

How to Estimate with RSMeans Data: Basic Skills for Building Construction by Saleh A. Mubarak

Author:Saleh A. Mubarak [Mubarak, Saleh A.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2012-04-03T16:00:00+00:00


Nominal Brick Sizes

The nominal size of a masonry unit includes the mortar joint in both directions.

The normal mortar joint for brick is 3/.

For a 4-inch-thick common brick, with nominal dimensions of 2 — × , the true dimensions are approximately × .

With the mortar joint, it will be 2 — × , giving a face area of 21.333 square inches or 0.148 SF.

The number of bricks per SF = 1/(0.148) = 6.75 bricks per SF.

If the wall thickness is 8 inches, twice as many bricks per SF, or 13.5 bricks per SF, are required.



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