Bricklayer Calculators

Calculators for bricklayers and blocklayers.

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These calculators cover the day-to-day estimating and setting-out a bricklayer or blocklayer does before ordering materials and striking the first course. The tricky part is that quantities depend on the bond, brick or block size, joint thickness and wastage allowance, so a wall area alone rarely gives you the right count. Use the coursing tools to sort gauge and heights, the estimating tools to price up bricks, blocks, pavers and bags, and the concrete tools for footings and slabs beneath the work.

Setting out and coursing

Reach for the coursing calculator first to fix your gauge, course heights and vertical dimensions before ordering, so brick counts and openings line up with real courses rather than a raw area figure.

Estimating bricks, blocks and pavers

Use the wall calculator for standard brick or block walls, the retaining wall tool for segmental retaining blocks, and the paver calculator for flat paving; each accounts for unit size and wastage differently.

Mortar and concrete quantities

Once the unit count is set, work out mortar bags for the jointing, then size concrete bags or slab volume for footings, house slabs and paver bases.

Common tasks

  • Estimate brick or block counts for a wall
  • Set out course heights and gauge for openings
  • Work out mortar bags needed for jointing
  • Order segmental blocks for a retaining wall
  • Calculate concrete for footings and slabs
  • Estimate pavers and base material for paving

Top 7 Calculators for bricklayers