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First class bricks cost Rs 18,517 a 1,000 on average across 32 cities in August 2026, Rs 18.52 a brick. Work out the bricks, cement and sand for a 4.5, 9 or 13.5 in wall, less doors and windows, and what it costs.
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Give the wall's length and height, or its area, and the doors and windows in it, then pick the thickness. The answer is in whole bricks, with the cement in 50 kg bags and the sand for the mortar.
Bricks to buy
- Cement
- 19 bags950 kg, for 1:6 mortar
- Fine sand
- 142.16 cft1.42 trolleys of 100 cft
How it adds up
- Wall600 sq ft less 60 of doors and windows
- 540 sq ft
- Brickwork9 in thick
- 405 cft
- Bricks in it13.5 to a cft, before 5% for breakage
- 5,468
- Mortar30% of the wall; 157.95 cft of cement and sand, dry
- 121.5 cft
- Cement in itBefore 2% for wastage
- 18.05 bags
- Sand in itBefore 5% for wastage
- 135.39 cft
Counted at 13.5 bricks to a cft of wall, for bricks of 9 x 4.5 x 3 in. Soak bricks in water before they are laid, so they do not draw the water out of the mortar.
Prices
Bricks price in Pakistan, August 2026
In the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics' survey for August 2026, first class bricks cost Rs 18,517 a 1,000 on average across 32 cities, Rs 18.52 a brick, from Rs 13,000 in Nawabshah to Rs 27,329 in Gujranwala. The survey had no brick price for Turbat, Gwadar and Khuzdar.
| City | Per 1,000 | Per brick |
|---|---|---|
| Lahore | Rs 23,355 | Rs 23.36 |
| Karachi | Rs 22,000 | Rs 22.00 |
| Islamabad | Rs 27,016 | Rs 27.02 |
| Rawalpindi | Rs 26,694 | Rs 26.69 |
| Faisalabad | Rs 21,000 | Rs 21.00 |
| Multan | Rs 16,533 | Rs 16.53 |
| Peshawar | Rs 20,105 | Rs 20.11 |
| Quetta | Rs 15,242 | Rs 15.24 |
| Hyderabad | Rs 15,659 | Rs 15.66 |
| Gujranwala | Rs 27,329 | Rs 27.33 |
| Sialkot | Rs 24,000 | Rs 24.00 |
| Sargodha | Rs 18,327 | Rs 18.33 |
| Attock | Rs 22,598 | Rs 22.60 |
| Sahiwal | Rs 18,165 | Rs 18.17 |
| Jhang | Rs 17,000 | Rs 17.00 |
| Dera Ghazi Khan | Rs 15,165 | Rs 15.17 |
| Vehari | Rs 15,000 | Rs 15.00 |
| Mianwali | Rs 17,000 | Rs 17.00 |
| Bahawalpur | Rs 15,665 | Rs 15.67 |
| Bahawalnagar | Rs 13,133 | Rs 13.13 |
| Rahim Yar Khan | Rs 16,000 | Rs 16.00 |
| Nawabshah | Rs 13,000 | Rs 13.00 |
| Mirpur Khas | Rs 14,000 | Rs 14.00 |
| Sukkur | Rs 14,500 | Rs 14.50 |
| Larkana | Rs 14,994 | Rs 14.99 |
| Dadu | Rs 13,000 | Rs 13.00 |
| Abbottabad | Rs 26,166 | Rs 26.17 |
| Bannu | Rs 17,097 | Rs 17.10 |
| Dera Ismail Khan | Rs 16,495 | Rs 16.50 |
| Mingora | Rs 22,496 | Rs 22.50 |
| Loralai | Rs 18,332 | Rs 18.33 |
| Dera Murad Jamali | Rs 15,485 | Rs 15.49 |
| Average of 32 cities surveyed | Rs 18,517 | Rs 18.52 |
Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Urban Inter-City Consumer Prices of Construction and Energy Items, August 2026, published September 2026. These are the prices the survey found in each city's markets; a supplier's price varies with the brand, the quantity and delivery.
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Bricks per 100 sq ft of wall
How many bricks, and how much cement and sand, 100 sq ft of wall takes at each thickness in its usual mortar, and how many bricks go into a volume of brickwork.
| Wall | Mortar | Bricks a sq ft | Bricks | With 5% for breakage | Cement (bags) | Sand (cft) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.5 in, half brick | 1:4 | 5.06 | 506 | 532 | 1.79 | 9 |
| 9 in, full brick | 1:6 | 10.13 | 1,013 | 1,064 | 3.34 | 25.1 |
| 13.5 in, one and a half bricks | 1:6 | 15.19 | 1,519 | 1,595 | 5.01 | 37.6 |
| Brickwork | Bricks |
|---|---|
| 1 cft | 13.5 |
| 100 cft | 1,350 |
| 1 cubic metre | 476.7 |
For bricks of 9 x 4.5 x 3 in, at 13.5 to a cft of wall. Cement and sand are before wastage; for your wall the calculator adds 2% to cement and 5% to sand, and rounds cement up to whole bags.
How it is worked out
From wall size to bricks and bags
A brick wall is counted by its volume. Its face is the length times the height, less the doors and windows, and its volume is the face times the thickness: a 9 in wall is 0.75 ft thick, so 100 sq ft of it is 75 cft. Concrete lintels, columns and beams inside the wall take the place of bricks, so their volume comes off too.
Bricks in Pakistan are 9 x 4.5 x 3 in, and with the mortar joints a cft of wall takes 13.5 of them. So a sq ft of 9 in wall takes 10.13 bricks, of 4.5 in wall 5.06 and of 13.5 in wall 15.19: 1,013, 506 and 1,519 to 100 sq ft.
The mortar is about 30% of a 9 in or thicker wall, and 23% of a 4.5 in wall, which has no joints running through it. The wet mortar times 1.3 is the dry cement and sand it takes, split by the ratio: in 1:6 a seventh is cement. 100 sq ft of 9 in wall holds 22.5 cft of mortar, which takes 3.34 bags of cement and 25.1 cft of sand.
For what to buy, the calculator adds 5% to the bricks for breakage and rounds up to whole bricks, adds 2% to the cement and rounds up to whole bags, and adds 5% to the sand. The cement calculator and the material calculator work to the same rules, so all three agree for the same wall.
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Terms you will hear
- First class brick
- A well-burnt brick of even size and colour with sharp edges, which rings when two are struck together. Second and third class bricks are less even, weaker and cheaper.
- Stretcher and header
- A brick laid along the wall shows its long face, a stretcher; one laid across it shows its end, a header. A 9 in wall uses both, so its mortar has joints running through it.
- Half brick wall
- A 4.5 in wall of bricks laid lengthways, all stretchers. It carries little load and is used for partitions.
- Centre line
- The line along the middle of a wall. Measuring walls along it counts each corner once; measuring the outside faces counts the corners twice.
- DPC
- Damp proof course: a thin layer of rich concrete, often with a coat of bitumen, laid on the plinth to stop damp rising into the brickwork above.
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+92 333 2466662Chat on WhatsAppWhat is the bricks price in Pakistan today?
The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics' survey for August 2026 found 1,000 first class bricks at Rs 18,517 on average across the 32 cities with a brick price, Rs 18.52 a brick: Rs 23,355 in Lahore, Rs 22,000 in Karachi and Rs 27,016 in Islamabad. Prices ran from Rs 13,000 in Nawabshah to Rs 27,329 in Gujranwala. The eent rate moves with what the kilns pay for coal and fuel and with the cost of carting, and a kiln's or supplier's own quote can be lower than the survey, so ask for the rate delivered to your site and type it under Prices.
How much are 1,000 bricks in Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan or Peshawar?
In August 2026 the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics found 1,000 first class bricks at Rs 26,694 in Rawalpindi, Rs 21,000 in Faisalabad, Rs 16,533 in Multan, Rs 20,105 in Peshawar, Rs 15,242 in Quetta, Rs 15,659 in Hyderabad, Rs 27,329 in Gujranwala, Rs 24,000 in Sialkot and Rs 18,327 in Sargodha. The price table on this page lists all 32 cities with a brick price, with the price of one brick beside each.
How many bricks are in 100 sq ft of wall?
1,013 in a 9 in wall, 506 in a 4.5 in wall and 1,519 in a 13.5 in wall, at 13.5 bricks to a cft. With 5% for breakage, buy 1,064, 532 and 1,595. Take the doors and windows off the wall's area first.
How many bricks are in a cubic foot?
13.5, for bricks of 9 x 4.5 x 3 in laid in mortar, so 1,350 to 100 cft and about 477 to a cubic metre. That holds for a wall of any thickness; what the thickness changes is how many cft a sq ft of wall holds.
How many bricks does a sq ft of 9 inch wall take?
10.13, so about 10: a sq ft of 9 in wall is 0.75 cft, and a cft takes 13.5 bricks. A sq ft of 4.5 in wall takes 5.06 and of 13.5 in wall 15.19. Add 5% for breakage when you buy.
How much cement and sand do 1,000 bricks need?
In a 9 in wall in 1:6 mortar, 3.3 bags of cement and 24.8 cft of sand; in 1:4 mortar, 4.6 bags and 23.1 cft. In a 4.5 in wall in 1:4, 3.5 bags and 17.7 cft, since a half-brick wall holds less mortar. These are before wastage.
How many bricks do I need for a room?
Measure the walls along their middle, so the corners are not counted twice. A 12 x 12 ft room with 9 in walls has 51 ft of wall on its centre line; 10 ft high, that is 510 sq ft, or 473 sq ft after a 3 x 7 ft door and a 4 x 4 ft window. It takes 4,789 bricks, 5,029 to buy, with 17 bags of cement and 125 cft of sand in 1:6 mortar.
How do I work out the cost of a brick wall?
Price the bricks, cement and sand it takes. At Lahore prices from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics for August 2026 (first class bricks Rs 23,355 a 1,000, cement Rs 1,590 a bag, pit sand Rs 7,998 a trolley), 1,000 sq ft of 9 in wall in 1:6 takes 10,632 bricks, 35 bags and 263.3 cft of sand, which comes to Rs 325,015 (3.25 lakh). That is Rs 325 a sq ft, or Rs 433 a cft of brickwork, before labour. Type your own prices under Prices for your wall.
Why add 5% to the bricks?
For bricks that break in carting, stacking and handling, those cut into halves and bats at corners and openings, and the odd one too poorly burnt to use. The total is then rounded up to whole bricks. Cement gets 2% and sand 5%.
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