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Brick size still fits a bricklayer's hand

A standard brick is about 215 millimetres long so one hand can lift it A UK standard brick measures 215 by 102.5 by 65 millimetres, and with a 10 millimetre joint it forms a module of 225 by 75. The proportion lets a bricklayer pick up one brick in a single hand, roll mortar onto the frog and set it without a tool. Sizes vary by country but almost all keep the length close to two widths plus a joint. It sits in Mondo's everyday life collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: A standard brick is about 215 millimetres long so one hand can lift it. The figure is taken from British Standards Institution, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a everyday life fact?: Yes. It sits on the Everyday Life shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.