Ladders

2.4m (7ft 10in)

Barrel (36 gallons)

275kg

Milk crate, 20 bottles

27kg

Bag of cement

51kg

Paint, 5-litre tin

7kg

Beer case (24 x 1pint)

35kg

Potatoes, loose

530kg per cubic metre

Beer crate (24 x 10 fl oz bottles)

23kg

Potatoes, sack

51kg

Building boards

2.42m x 1.21m (8ft x 4ft)
1.82m x 0.91m (6ft x 3ft)

Rubble

1050kg per cubic metre

Building bricks

2.3-2.5 tonnes per 1000

Sand, dry

1330kg per cubic metre

Copper tubing

3 m lengths (9ft 9in)

Sand, wet

1600kg per cubic metre

Engineering bricks

2.0 tonnes per 1000

Standard pallet of house bricks

1000kg

Euro pallet

1.2m x 0.8m (3ft 9in x 2ft 6in)

Water (10 x 1L bottles)

10kg

Facing bricks

2.5-2.8 tonnes per 1000