What are the dimensions of a house brick?
My current home is built with a standard Canadian metric size – about 70mm x 80mm x 230mm. However, bricks vary widely in size. Many of the sizes available are made to national or regional standards and can be different from those in other countries or in other regions within the same country. I worked in a brickyard for a few years, around the time that metric sizes were introduced in Canada (late 70s). The company produced, or had produced, several sizes, including: – Quebec size: about 8″ long, with core holes or without (pavers). – Ontario size: slightly larger than Quebec size. – Norman: similar to Quebec, but 11″ or 12″ long. – TTW (Through-The-Wall): similar to Norman, but twice as deep for building free-standing walls. – Metric small. – Metric large: 40% or 50% longer than the metric small. Variations included double-width and bullnose bricks (rounded at one end for use at the outside corner of a wall). Bricks can be custom-made in a wide range of sizes. There are two stages in
