brickie costs

[sm_jamieson]

How much would I expect to pay a brickie for single storey shell (brick / block cavity), approx

2 sides x 4m, 1 x side 5m, 3rd side is of course the house. Shell with 2 windows, 1 door. Thanks, Simon.

[In2Minds]

depends on the height of your single story, whether they have to set it out, lay foundations etc...

AND what part of the country you live (c;

[sm_jamieson]

approx 3.5 metres high against party wall (one leaf, screw ties), 2.5 at other side. I lay foundations, they lay bricks from the foundations to floor level, I lay the slab, they lay bricks up to roof level. I do the rest. In the Midlands. I suppose I just need to get some quotes. Cheers, Simon.

[EricP]

Work on £1 per brick.

[sm_jamieson]

Seriously. And a good brickie can lay 75 - 100 bricks per hour according to another post.

100 quid an hour. Really ? Simon.

[Paul Andrews]

Simon, you're forgetting the tea breaks, toilet breaks, etc..

I've no doubt that brickies can lay x bricks an hour, but whether they'll lay those bricks for you all day long is another matter...

[The Natural Philosopher]

Bricks will be 30p, mortar maybe another 10p..then there is laying out etc.

Depends on what is involved.. If you have the footings in and just hire a brickie at 150 quid a day, and pay for all the bricks...they can, as a pair, generally lay between 1000 and 3000 bricks a day.

So say 300 quid a day for a two man team, thats about 10p-30p a brick.

Add in brick costs and mortar, and its up to at least 75p.

Slightly more expensive bricks, or a couple of hours spent fiddling around with strings, or a trip too replace some cement..I'd say a quid a brick built is a fair estimate.

[Guy King]

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Is that including the cost of the bricks and the mortar and the scaffolding etc?