Brick Expansion Rate and Volume of 40 Meters of Brick Wall?
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mrdwy
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Brick Expansion Rate and Volume of 40 Meters of Brick Wall?

by mrdwy » Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:20 pm

I am going to demolish my garden wall, approx. 40 square metres .
My question is this,
How much volume will 40 metres of brick walling create once its been demolished. What size of skip will be needed ?

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Re: Brick Expansion Rate and Volume of 40 Meters of Brick Wall?

by welsh brickie » Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:04 pm

size of block needed...to calculate

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Re: Brick Expansion Rate and Volume of 40 Meters of Brick Wall?

by mrdwy » Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:12 pm

welsh brickie wrote:size of block needed...to calculate

It's a single brick wall

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Re: Brick Expansion Rate and Volume of 40 Meters of Brick Wall?

by welsh brickie » Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:14 pm

4.5 tonnes

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Re: Brick Expansion Rate and Volume of 40 Meters of Brick Wall?

by mrdwy » Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:20 pm

So a 4 metre skip will be enough ? , I ask as tonage is not the same by volume as sand or ballast

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Re: Brick Expansion Rate and Volume of 40 Meters of Brick Wall?

by philipam » Thu Jun 26, 2014 10:51 pm

When you say 40m of brickwall do you mean 40m2??

If so you are looking at 2400 bricks these alone will weigh somewhere in the region of 6 tonnes + the mortar used to lay them in the region of an other 2 tonnes.

Now if you lay them in the skip with no voids you might get them all in a 8 yrd skip.

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