Sometimes people need information to select a brick size, lay out modular dimensions with the preferred size as well as generate a materials estimate for brick and mortar. These are the most often questions people have when they are dealing with construction, no matter what size of wall or walls they need to build. Brick are all in different types of sizes and they are placed in the diverse patterns. Most patterns of brickwork are common module that allows easy dimensioning of the brickwork and any masonry openings. Usually, it becomes easier for the designers to reduce the number of cuts of entire brick by dimensioning to a module.

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