Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Estimated weight of bricks

I've estimated the weight of the bricks to be around 60 tons. This equates to 60 trips to the tip or 15 days or around 2 weeks. I've done 5 trips and it looks like I have already removed around 10% of the bricks. Is it worth doing it myself? It would definitely be cheaper.

There are about 49 bricks per square metre. Around 250 bricks per ton.

Of course I have the sandstone foundation blocks, the thin concrete slab, path and driveway and the floor boards.

The floor boards are a no brainer - lots of quality joists and bearers to salvage. I could re-use or sell the sand stone blocks. Time should not be an issue, suprisingly my de-construction work is not the critical path.

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