Brick Count Calculator
How many bricks do you need for a wall? Enter dimensions, brick size, and joint thickness.
Result
Bricks needed
1207 bricks
160 ft² of wall, 10% waste included.
- Bricks per row30.0
- Courses (vertical rows)36.6
- Wall area160.0 ft²
Step-by-step
- Per-row count: wall length / (brick L + joint) = 240.0 ÷ (7.625 + 0.375) = 30.00.
- Courses: wall height / (brick H + joint) = 96.0 ÷ (2.25 + 0.375) = 36.57.
- Total: 30.0 × 36.6 × (1 + 0.10) ≈ 1207.
How to use this calculator
- Enter wall length and height in feet.
- Pick the brick size — modular is the default.
- Adjust joint and waste if your masons run different specs.
About this calculator
Brick count for a wall is just wall area divided by the area of one brick (face dimension + mortar joint), with a waste factor. Modular bricks are by far the most common size in residential construction; queen and utility bricks are larger and reduce the count for big jobs.
Frequently asked
A modular brick is sized so that 3 bricks plus 3 joints stack to exactly 8 inches vertically — making layout math clean. It is the dominant residential size.
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