Cost Comparison Against Maxi Bricks

Detailed Comparison of Costs FinnBUILDER Bricks Savings
Typical 100 m2 floor plan house with boundary wall
Wall
Materials
FinnBUILDER
135m x 2,6 m high = 350m2 of walling
350m2 x 140 mm wide + 20% compact = 59m3
Therefore 59m3 of aggregate @ R 161 / m3 excl. R 9 499.00
Require 29 kgs of cement per m2
350m2 = 203 bags @ R66.00 / bag excl R 13 398.00
Allowance for Y 10 reinforcing steel R 280.00
Total Materials for walling using FinnBUILDER R 23 177.00
Maxi Bricks 7 Mpa
350m2 x 35 maxi bricks /m2 =
equals 12 250 bricks @ R 1.95 e.a. excl. R 23 887.50
Building sand 1m3 / 400 bricks = 30.6m3 of building sand
30.6m3 @ R 120.00m3 R 3 672.00
Cement – require 5.5 bags cement per m3 of building sand
= 30.6m3 x 5.5 bags @ R 66.00 R 11 107.80
Total Materials for walling using bricks R 38 667.30
Cost per Square Meter of vertical wall R 66.22 R 110.48 R 44.26
R 23 177.00 R 38 667.30 R 15 490.30
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
Maxi Bricks (35 maxi bricks needed per m2 of walling)
The industry norm for Bricklayers is R 1.50 per maxi brick
Therefore cost per m2 is R 1.50 per maxi brick x 35 bricks per m2 R 52.50
Cost per Square Meter of vertical wall R 28.50 R 52.50 R 24.00
R 9 975.00 R 18 375.00 R 8 400.00
Plastering
FinnBUILDER
Nil R 0.00
Bricks
Plaster sand: Plaster 15mm thick both sides.
Need 0.021m3 of plaster sand per 1m2 of wall
@ R 265.00 /m3 = R 5,57 one side of the wall R 11.13
Cement: Need 1 pocket of cement to plaster 3m2 of wall
@ R 66.00 per pocket / 3m2 one side of the wall R 44.00
Labour: R 18 / m2 one side of the wall. R 36.00
Cost per Square Meter of vertical wall R 91.13 R 91.13
R 31 895.50 R 31 895.50
Floating
Finish the walls with a float mix 3mm thick on both sides.
Plaster sand: Need 0.005m3 of plaster sand per 1m2 of wall.
‘@ R 265.00 / m3 = R 1.33 / m2 one side of the wall R 2.65
Cement: Need 1 pocket of cement to float 14m2 of wall
@ R 66.00 per pocket = R 66.00 / 14m2 one side of the wall R 9.43
Labour: R 8 / m2 one side of the wall R 16.00
Cost per Square Meter of vertical wall R 28.08 -R 28.08
R 9 827.50 -R 9 827.50
Total Cost Comparison R 122.80 R 254.11 R 131.31
R 42 979.50 R 88 937.80 R 45 958.30
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.