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Quick Answers: How Much Do I Need?

The questions people ask most before a trip to the builders' merchant, each answered in one line with a ready-worked table.

Bricks, Blocks & MortarHow many bricks per m²? Bricks, Blocks & MortarHow many bricks for a garden wall? Concrete, Sub-Base & PavingHow much concrete for a shed base? Bricks, Blocks & MortarHow many blocks per m²? Floors, Walls & DecoratingHow much paint for a room? Concrete, Sub-Base & PavingHow much MOT Type 1 for a patio? Concrete, Sub-Base & PavingHow much gravel for a driveway? Floors, Walls & DecoratingHow many plasterboard sheets for a room? Garden & LandscapingHow much topsoil for a new lawn? Garden & LandscapingHow much Postcrete per fence post? Floors, Walls & DecoratingHow many tiles for a bathroom floor? Concrete, Sub-Base & PavingHow many bags of cement per m³ of concrete? Garden & LandscapingHow many rolls of turf do I need? Garden & LandscapingHow many decking boards for a 3×3m deck? Garden & LandscapingHow many sleepers for a raised bed? Project & ConversionsWhat size skip for a bathroom refit? Bricks, Blocks & MortarHow much sand and cement for 1,000 bricks? Floors, Walls & DecoratingHow much self-levelling compound for a room? Floors, Walls & DecoratingHow many packs of laminate for a room? Concrete, Sub-Base & PavingHow many bags of ballast per m³? Concrete, Sub-Base & PavingHow much does an 850kg bulk bag cover? Floors, Walls & DecoratingHow much does a bag of Multi-Finish cover? Concrete, Sub-Base & PavingHow many m² does a tonne of MOT Type 1 cover? Concrete, Sub-Base & PavingWhat size skip for muck away? Concrete, Sub-Base & PavingHow many block paving bricks per m²? Garden & LandscapingHow much artificial grass do I need? Floors, Walls & DecoratingHow many rolls of wallpaper for a room? Concrete, Sub-Base & PavingHow many patio slabs do I need? Heating, Insulation & MeasuringWhat size radiator do I need?

How these answers work

Each answer uses the same sums as our calculators, with the usual allowance for cuts, waste or settling already added. The tables cover the common sizes. For your exact size, every page has a button that opens the matching calculator with the numbers filled in, so you can change them to suit.