to lay a 1000 bricks you will need 1 ton of sand and 5 bags of cement, lou.
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laying in sand laying in sand
The sand give the cement in the mix something to hold on to. It gives the mortor strengh by connecting all the grains together. The cement to sand is pretty much the same principal as mortar to brick. Joining the pieces together to create a whole.
A brick of sand be used
a lot , but depends on the size of it and if a sand castle none :)
1350 no of bricks with masonary in 100 cft.........
630 cubic inches
plaster sand
Whether or not you need to use sand as a base in laying a sidewalk depends upon what you are laying it with. For example, if you were using bricks, it would be better to use a sand base to prevent the bricks from shifting over time.
sand stone/brick
not a lot. but assuming 9"x3" and using this brick calculator it works out at 0.0003 cubic meters of mortar or 0.91kg of sand and 0.25kg of cement per brick.
1000 km
The sand has a higher conductivity.