?? about square footage

[Cajun]

I was given some paving bricks & I'm trying to figure out how big a patio I can make.

Ok... It takes 8 bricks to make a 17 in. square using a waive pattern and I have 160 bricks So I can make 20 squares and I get 28 sq ft....somehow it just doesn't seem right looking at the pile. Can someone confirm my math.



Thanks in advance





** Sorry I mean to post under "Off Topic"

 

[Jacob Dryer]

I get 802.8.



20 squares each having 17" sides. so 17x20 = 340" on each side. 340/12 = 28.333 feet on each side.



28.333 x 28.3333 = 802.8 ft^2



but i'm not a math wiz either

 

[Cajun]

Ok I think I got it ......w/ 20 squares I can make a 4 row of 5 square meauseing 7 ft by 5.6 ft .......that's more like ......please someone tell if I/m wrong !!

 

[Jacob Dryer]

seems to make sense to me

 

[mookie]

I get 40.14 sq. ft.

:unsure:

 

[Erv Metoxen]

are you using any type of grout?

If so you have to take that into consideration.

At least another 1/4"of area.

just thinkin

 

[Todd Z]

So you can make 20 Squares that are 17 inches by 17 inches.

17*20 = 340

and 340 *17=5780 square inches which equals a 40.13 square FOOT patio...



So it can be 4 foot by 10 foot, or 8 foot by 5 foot...Just as examples..



You may need some extra for cutting, or damage etc..

Todd Z

 

[Cajun]

I just went and got 120 more which made 15 more squares ...so now I can do 7 squares by 7 squares .....7*17=119 ins........119" / 12" = 9.9' ..... So I think I got my 10"x10" patio......not gone to use grout or morder....just gonna lay them on a bed of sand.

 

[Ben Poche]

did those come from canal st.:lol: you need to see the side walks they are doing down by my building.

 

[Cajun]

Ben

Not Canal St .....Plant Nursery on Metaire Rd , they just remodeled the whole place and I had a friend who works there give me a call and to come take what I wanted ....I made 5 trips today. I also got 120 retaining wall blocks and a pile of interlocking bricks.

 

[Ben Poche]

i say that i was at garden gate the other day getting some mulch