Garden Wall

Building a garden wall requires accurate brick and mortar quantities to avoid costly over-ordering - yet it is one of the easiest jobs to get wrong at the materials stage. A single-skin wall uses roughly 60 bricks per square metre of face area, while a double-skin wall doubles that. Mortar mix ratios, joint thickness and waste all affect the final figure, which is why a dedicated brick calculator gives far more reliable results than a rough rule of thumb.

Getting the foundation concrete volume right is equally important. A strip foundation that is too shallow or too narrow will crack and shift over time, while over-ordering ready-mix concrete is an expensive mistake. This kit covers every material stage from foundation trench through to the finished brickwork - enter your wall dimensions once and each calculator opens pre-loaded with the relevant inputs. Work through each step at your own pace and save each result directly to your project.