How many 4- inches by 8- inch bricks are needed to build a walk 6ft wide and 24 feet long?

Question

How many 4- inches by 8- inch bricks are needed to build a walk 6ft wide and 24 feet long?

Answer 1

648 if you are making a straight path and leaving no gap in between each brick. But if you want to make it curve that means cutting some of them to fit properly, meaning you'd need more, but how much more depends on your overall design.

6 feet wide times 12  = 72 inches wide, divided by 4 inch width of each brick equals a row of 18 bricks across.

24 feet long times 12 = 288 inches long, divided by 8 inch length of each brick equals a row of 36 bricks long.

18 bricks across times 36 bricks long = 648 bricks.

Answer 2

Depends on how you plan to lay the bricks and then it is simple math.

Don't forget to allow for any gaps between the bricks to be filled with gravel.sand,cement or any other filler to hold the bricks in place.

Answer 3

648 + a few extra for waste

Answer 4

The wall is 144 square feet, a brick covers 32/144 = 2/9 of a square foot, so the number for a single course wall is 144 x 9/2 = 648 bricks.  The actual number will be less, as there must be an allowance for mortar thickness.  A single course wall won't be very strong; it needs to be backed up by something.

Answer 5

One brick equals 32 square inches (length times width). Your path is 68 inches wide by 288 inches long. So you multiply length times width and come up with 19,584 square inches which is the total square inches of your walk. You divide that total by the square inches of one brick (32) and your answer is 612 bricks. You will probably need less than that if you make it exactly 6 feet by 24 feet because of the gaps that you will fill with sand.