Cost Comparison Against Hollow Blocks

Detailed Comparison of Costs FinnBUILDER Bricks Savings
Typical 50 m2 floor plan house with boundary wall
Wall
Materials
FinnBUILDER 15 MPa
83m x 2.4m high = 200 m2 of walling
200 m2 x 0.190 m wide + 20% compact = 46 m3
Therefore 46 m3 of aggregate @ R 161 / m3 excl. R 7 406.00
Require 40 kgs of cement per m2
200 m2 = 160 bags @ R 66.00 / bag excl. R 10 560.00
Allowance for Y 10 reinforcing steel R 200.00
Total Materials for walling using FinnBUILDER R 18 166.00
Blocks 3,5 Mpa
200 m2 x 13,5 blocks / m2 =
equals 2 700 blocks @ R 6.70 e.a. excl. R 18 090.00
Building sand 1m3 / 70 blocks = 39 m3
39 m3 @ R 120.00 m3 R 4 680.00
Cement – require 5.5 bags cement per m3 of building sand

= 39 m3 x 5.5 bags @ R 66.00

R 14 157.00
Total Materials for walling using bricks R 36 927.00
Cost per Square Meter of vertical wall R 90.83 R 184.64 R 93.81
R 18 166.00 R 36 927.00 R 18 761.00
Labour
FinnBUILDER
The industry norm for a FinnBUILDER team provided
with 4 FinnBUILDER machines to build with
is R 28.50 / m2 of vertical walling R 28.50
Blocks (13,5 blocks needed per m2 of walling)
The industry norm for Blocklayers is
R 2.50 per block laid.
Therefore cost per m2 is R 2.50 per block x 13.5 blocks / m2 R 33.75
Cost per Square Meter of vertical wall R 28.50 R 33.75 R 5.25
R 5 700.00 R 6 750.00 R 1 050.00
Plastering
FinnBUILDER
Nil
Bricks
Plaster sand: Plaster 15 mm thick both sides.
Asume no plaster but a cementious painted used to finish walls
Need 0.021 m3 of plaster sand per 1 m2 of wall
‘@ R 265.00 /m3 = R 5,57 one side of the wall
Cement: Need 1 pocket of cement to plaster 3 m2 of wall
@ R 66.00 per pocket / 3 m2 one side of the wall
Labour: R 18/ m2 one side of the wall.
Cost per Square Meter of vertical wall
Floating
Finish the walls with a float mix 3 mm thick on both sides.
Assume no floating of walls but a cementious painted used to finish walls
Plaster sand: Need 0.005m3 of plaster sand per 1 m2 of wall.
‘@ R 265.00 / m3 = R 1.33 / m2 one side of the wall
Cement: Need 1 pocket of cement to float 14 m2 of wall
‘@ R 66.00 per pocket = R 66.00 / 14 m2 one side of the wall
Labour: R 8 / m2 one side of the wall
Cost per Square Meter of vertical wall R 0.00
R 0.00
Total Cost Comparison R 119.33 R 218.39 R 99.06
R 23 866.00 R 43 677.00 R 19 811.00
Note: The cost of DPC, brickforce, windows, door frames, lintels and roof tie in wire have been ignored because costs are the same for both FinnBUILDER and Brick.