MATERIAL PREPARATION LIBRARY

Masonry and joint materials.

Choose the actual material and supply form. Each sheet identifies what to measure, which product data to collect and a purchase assumption to check.

Brick units

Measure courses and the specified masonry module, including openings and closure positions.

List wall runs, openings and the already specified block module.

Use a measured or already specified prepared mortar volume rather than guessing it from dry bag mass.

Measure flat face areas after allocating all specified corner strips.

Measure the corner height and both supplied returns separately from the remaining flat field.

List each prescribed partial unit and its finished length.

Create separate schedule lines for every different shape and handed variant.

Material	Selected product data	Ordering mistake to avoid
Brick units	Actual unit dimensions, supplied joint width and units per pack.	Face area divided by bare brick area ignores the joint module and whole course closures.
Hollow masonry blocks	Unit face dimensions, supplied joints and separate special-unit counts.	A hollow block is not a solid displaced volume for estimating mortar or fill.
Mortar bag mix	Mixed yield per complete bag for the selected preparation basis.	Subtracting the outer volume of hollow units from a wall can substantially misstate mortar demand.
Brick slip flats	Effective flat coverage per pack, supplied corner-leg dimensions and module joints.	Ordering all wall area as flats can double count the portions covered by corner pieces.
Brick slip corner pieces	Corner units per pack, effective vertical module and both leg dimensions.	Linear corner coverage cannot be pooled with square-area flat pack coverage.
Masonry closure pieces	Whole unit size, reserved cut width and the required closure count.	One cut unit may supply several pieces, but only when all pieces fit with the cut gaps.
Masonry special units	Pieces per package for each distinct unit and the exact scheduled quantities.	Equal face dimensions do not make differently shaped special units interchangeable.