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09/20/2009 06:22:16 AM · #1 |
Hi All,
As some of you know, over the last few weeks I have been slowly 'building' my new garden :-)
Before:
The inbetween shots
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So, where do you guys come in? Well, I am having a totally blonde moment (sorry to any blondes reading this!). I want to create a paved area only I can't work out how many bricks I need!! Having searched the web for something to help me work it out and failing miserably I've decided to come here and see if any of you know how to work this sort of stuff out?!
The area is 16ft by 11ft which according to an online converter is 4.88m by 3.36m. Then the next online converter told me that would make 17.87178m2 - is that right??
The bricks are 13.4cm by 10cm.
Anyone able to tell me from all that info how many bricks I need??
Cheers
Natalya
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09/20/2009 06:45:57 AM · #2 |
=(4.88x3.36)/(0.134x0.10) = 1223.6417910447761194029850746269 bricks
anyway the calculation is not so straight forward. but above is simple approaximation.
Message edited by author 2009-09-20 06:46:28. |
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09/20/2009 07:04:54 AM · #3 |
Originally posted by zxaar:
=(4.88x3.36)/(0.134x0.10) = 1223.6417910447761194029850746269 bricks
anyway the calculation is not so straight forward. but above is simple approaximation. |
Thanks Arjun :-)
I think my measurements have been screwed up somewhere along the lines as that sounds like a lot of bricks for what's a relatively small space...I'll have to go out and measure it all again when there is someone else here with me!
Message edited by author 2009-09-20 07:18:18. |
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09/20/2009 07:36:43 AM · #4 |
Ok, just asked my wife as she is a professional gardener and just built a garden with a walking path for the front of a local business. Her answer was, space them the average step distance apart. No math needed. Walk through the area normally and mark your steps. Do this a few times and place the stones so the center of the stone is approx. at the center of the average of the steps. It is about usefulness and practicality on one hand and design math on the other. Do you want it useful or mathematically designed? Just remember to have the top surface of the stone flush and not raised up.
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09/20/2009 07:39:55 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by CEJ:
Ok, just asked my wife as she is a professional gardener and just built a garden with a walking path for the front of a local business. Her answer was, space them the average step distance apart. No math needed. Walk through the area and mark your steps. Do this a few times and place the stones so the center of the stone is approx. at the center of the average of the steps. It is about usefulness and practicality on one hand and design math on the other. Do you want it useful or mathematically designed? |
If we could do away with the math stuff all together I'd be happy! :-) I'll have a go at this tomorrow :-) |
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09/20/2009 08:18:02 AM · #6 |
| I've nothing to add but a compliment on how great it looks already. It looks like you've done a ton of work, and it's going to be beautiful! |
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09/20/2009 11:07:44 AM · #7 |
What a big difference from the original plain lawn area. I'm sure you'll get plenty of enjoyment out of the newly designed space.
Is the bricked area the part by the gate (including where the chairs are?
Instead of bricking the whole path why not use pea gravel for the base and then some flagstones spaced out as stepping stones. Then only brick a small area where the chairs are (1/4 circle).
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