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Weights and Measures: Brick

To determine how large a tree must be cut to get out a stick of timber a given number of inches square, divide the side of the required square by .225. The quotient will be the circumference of the timber required. MEASUREMENT OF STONE AND BRICK Cost of Brick and Stone Work.- A common application of capacity measure is in preparing estimates for brick and stone work. Masons commonly measure stone work by the perch, 16½ feet long, 1½ feet wide, and 1 foot thick, or 24 cubic feet. Brick work is commonly estimated by the thousand bricks. It is, however, customary in many localities to reckon stone work by the cubic foot instead of by the perch. Usually a deduction is made by bricklayers, masons, and joiners, for one half of all openings.

But this should be clearly established in each case in the contract.