My whole family are bricklayers pretty much and one thing I've learned is pert near all masons are "the best" and all others are slow, sloppy, rolling blah blah blah.. quality over quantity any day! P.s all masons that talk smack about other masons should really think about your future.. one bricky can't build the world.. what happened to teamwork, fun on the job, your ruining the trade man, you lower the moral and make people not give a fuck think about it.... nice video btw man
You got skills. I worked alongside an old school mason when I was a carpenter. MUCH respect for the art. Shame really how much of that is giving way to the "new age" of building. It's all faster and cheaper now. Old school skills are dying every year.
I am in a masonry class and were now learning how to lay brick to a line. I am only 17 years old and its really easy and simple to me. I get graded on my walls and projects and usually always get 95+ percentages.
@doomowner5 Yeah laying 2 a line isnt that hard except when UR laying 12in semi solids above UR head after they sat out in the rain the day B4. If you ever get a real job laying brick you will notice that half that shit you did in school wont even apply to the shit you do in the field. I have been in the trade for 28 years laying CMU"s and Brick and believe me when you get a hold of a Split face block and dont no if its got you are you got it then tell me how easy beating a line is.
@MrInternet69 Yep i remember back in the 80s when i first started laboring for Masons we did a lot of House foundations. They were 12 inch block and a lot of times the last course were semi solids. I was 21 and was skinny as a rail i couldnt gain a pound but after a year or so my arms were as big as my legs. I would take the neighborhood tuff guys to work and watch them cry like a little bitch. It takes a certain breed to do that kind of work the kind you dont want to fuck with.
i,m about to build a perfectly round house, um now where can I get the string from
I have the footing and slab down and started with blown quarry granite, changing to brick:))
This guy uses a totally different technique to what I have seen on others vids where they put the morter on the brick in hand. But then again I am a learner
i,m about to buld a perfectly round house, um now where can I get the string from
This guy uses a totally different technique to what I have seen on others vids where they put the moter on the brick in hand. But then again I am a learner
I dont understand why all these videos the masons are constantly scraping the mortar off the bricks several times which leads to smearing of the brick and also wasting of movements. A good mason only scrapes the mortar off one time picks up another and lays it and so one and so fourth. All that scaping does not amount to a hill of beans it is just wasting time.
I tell ya what dude. There's dumb people in any field u go into. We might not all be the smartest people in the world, but ill tell you this. We work hard and earn our keep. And ill bet any one of us would run through ur ass in a heartbeat. So talk ur crap., but u wouldn't last twenty minutes with me
@adamisking666 masonry is a lost art - especially lost on douche bags like ada -- until you've worked with the mason's tools, save your comments; ada may also be surprised to know that there is an extensive science to masonry as well...haha...tell us about the equation for the formation of tricalcium silicate -- ada you're a waste of space
I was an asshole im sorry I now realize this video isn't about speed and I wanted to compliment you on your spreading abilities and placement on your bricks. Good job and sorry again
@eatmintsblowdro24 You dont wast time with me man todays work and I dont care who you are most are shit work today speed is not good you end up with shit work with out care lets get back to they way things were built in the 1930s and 40s and when care and time was taking.
The only thing that suprised me about brickying is that the bricks aren't uniform in size, even from the same batch. I can honestly say that gave me something to think about and slightly dissapointed me. But I was showed how to correct such minor details. Do you have any other clips from your videos, ie foundations/footings and different bonds?
I don't think the other poster has ever visited the US, especially around New England. The brick work on some of the buildings is as good as Englands
I don't care what the others say mate, that's a good wall your building, good tuition, good advice, if the others don't think your a bricky. Then they should watch your videos which I am thinking about buying. You are clearly a tradesman and know your stuff. I did a basic 4 day course on diy bricklaying in Stockport, and I am considering doing another course for more ornate work & buying a pallette of them to practice with in my cellar, then I can rebuild my garden wall in flemish bond.
How come though,when i try and spread the mortar on the brick (like you do) it just goes all over the place?
Maybe a few tips on actually spreading the mortar would be nice.
you make it look to easy,and its not easy at all.if you dont get the mortar spread out evenly you end up having to knock the hell out of the top of the brick with your trowel.
@IronMike940 this guy is not a pro this guy is hitting the brick the the back of his trowel and when he scrapes the mud off the brick he layed he doesn't head the next one on the wall he spreads the one i his hand alot of wasted movement these are things you learn not to do when you are laying brick i am a 3rd generation mason i should know but he does give the novice DIY a good lesson i suppose
@APBTisBeast not to mention he never lays his brick with a full head joint and is slow as shit im sorry but he is just now pro if he came on the job within 10 minutes he wouldn't have a job if i were the foreman especially which i probably would be LOL
@APBTisBeast PLEASE UNDERSTAND HE IS A TEACHER AND HE HAS TO SHOW PEOPLE IN A SLOW MANNER SO THEY COULD GET THE IDEA. I AM SURE 100% IF HE WORKED ON THE LINE AT A NORMAL SITE HE WOULD HAVE SHOWN EVERYONE HIS TRUE SPEED AND EVEN CHEATED A LITTLE BIT JUST TO GET A HEAD! I THINK HE IS A GOOD TEACHER!
@KnowHowDOCTOR a good teacher teaches to do things the right way never make a wasted movement never peck on brick with your trowel things like this he may be a good teacher for DIY type folks but not for people who are going to be in the trade the rest of there life
@thanxx LMAO OK kid i have been doing this for 20+ years i think i know how to lay brick the more steps you take to lay one brick the longer the job is going to take when you lay 80 thousand plus brick on a house with 2 people just me and my father then you can talk to me you must have took this guys classes or went to brick laying college LOL
@APBTisBeast No mate im currently at college(in England,you know the country that gave the world the art of brick laying)learning the trade and this is the way we are learnt.
Any way i thought you yanks built your houses out of twigs and shingles still?
Kind of makes the rest of the world laugh when we see you build your houses out of bits of wood,then cry every year when they get blown over in the storm season LMAO now that puzzling.
@thanxx just because the freemasons started in england doesn't mean you know your ass from a hole in the ground you said it your still in college you have never even laid a fucking brick a block or stone for that matter so how the fuck would you even know how to do it that is right you wouldn't the only way to learn masonry is to do it and like i said i have been doing it 20+ years and might i add not one house i have ever worked on has been blown down no go hit the books you'll need it
thanks for the reply, but mine is dark grey and in this video is a light grey. do you reckon i am using the wrong sand. i am using builders sand which i think is right. i know you can get orange coloured sand wondered if that would be better. I am also using large blocks so that may also be a problem, don't know if the same ratio apllies? 400X200X100 concrete blocks. any help would be greatful
@beckerton123 ah i see, it could be. But i think it'll probably be, just the colour of cement hes using. Im not sure, but it might vary from countries or different brand makes. If you have a search into Google on cement colouring you'll find all your answers there.(if you needed it a specific colour)
my mud doesn't look like this, it is stiff and dark grey where am i going wrong? I use 4 sand 1 cement, water and plasiticizer. it never sticks to the brick when i butter it and i can never tap the bricks down as easy as that.
@beckerton123 yes . i will put a vid how to do morter soon . FOR 2 BAGS OF CIMENT PUT 1 1/2 OF WATER THEN PUT SAND TO THE MIDDLE OF THE MIXER , NEED TO BE LIKE THE MUD THE PUT 2 BAGS OF CIMENT FULL THE MIXER OF SAND BUT NOT FULL FULL ALMOST PUT WATER LETS MIX ABOUT 3 MINUTES STOP IT LET IT 2 MINUTES LATER PUT BACK ON AND ADD LITTLE WATER CREAMMY MORTAR BABY
@beckerton123 yes . i will put a vid how to do morter soon . FOR 2 BAGS OF CIMENT PUT 1 1/2 OF WATER THEN PUT SAND TO THE MIDDLE OF THE MIXER , NEED TO BE LIKE THE MUD THE PUT 2 BAGS OF CIMENT FULL THE MIXER OF SAND BUT NOT FULL FULL ALMOST PUT WATER LETS MIX ABOUT 3 MINUTES STOP IT LET IT 2 MINUTES LATER PUT BACK ON AND ADD LITTLE WATER CREAMMY MORTAR BABY
@beckerton123 you need plaz or a drop of fairy washing up liquid. the colour depends on what your trying to match?? standerd pug is 4/5 shovels of sand half a bag of cement and another 4/5 shovels of sand, add water till its rite with the plaz or washing up liquid, i tell my labourer to take a hand full of pug out the mixer and drop a dollop on top and when it spins round if its still there your good to go.
@jrgniuwer putting a dollop of muck on top of the mixer is an old school way of teaching a new kid on the block how to no wen the muck is good enough. if it stays there wivout running all over its good. if it falls off u need water. idiot proof
@jrgniuwer i didnt mug any1 off u nob head??? only you, are you on crack??? yea a drop of washing up liquid shit cunt does the same job as feb-mix u rookie slag
Nice video... to the simple, to the point and INSTRUCTIVE! I haven't laid brick in a while... had to refresh my memory because I haven't done a ton of it. You make it look easier than it is.
The only complaint i really have is the way the brick is buttered.Buttering only one side so that the face looks nice is not the best way to instruct beginners.Instead of buttering the front use that mud to butter the otherside.Every extra action will take its toll over the day.Overall though a thumbs up....much better than those d.i.y shows.
true about the war, even Winston Churchill was inspired by the brick men he met on his walkabouts, so much so that he took a quick course, and then in his spare time began to build walls in his garden in Kent, he became so obsessed with it he gave up his old hobby of water colour painting.
tap tap tap tap tap tap, typical yank, this is why English bricklayers are the worlds leading tradesmen. And btw whats all this about washing your work? English bricklayer NEVER have to wash their work.
@JTFLMUSTARD bricklayer here in Canada, you can do better, tap tap tap, i here you man, just lay the fuckin` thing, but as far as that, what makes the british the worlds leading tradesmen? explain it it to me my friend? i would love to know
@retoryx we had all our cities flattened in world war two and rebuilt brick by brick, English and German bricklayers are the best in the world simply because the more in any industry you have to do the faster the skills and techniques develop and rebuilding every city in the country is a pretty big task i work with Englishmen every day and there have been a couple of not so good tradesman but the vast majority of them the work is unbelievably good same as the germans though they are slower
@retoryx we had all our cities flattened in world war two and rebuilt brick by brick, English and German bricklayers are the best in the world simply because the more in any industry you have to do the faster the skills and techniques develop and rebuilding every city in the country is a pretty big task i work with Englishmen every day and there have been a couple of not so good tradesman but the vast majority of them the work is unbelievably good same as the germans though they are slower
am sorry juhui91 but as a brickleyer. i feel bricklaying is an art. not anyone can do it. it takes skills. but what is with all the tapping. but you need to allways wash you work. it just looks better.
why all the tapping?.lay a lighter bed and push the brick home thus having to cut the snot once maybe twice and then you won´t have acid wash your work.
To much tap tap to the brick the impact of the tap moves your under course!!
I was a bricklayer for 12yrs and instead of tapping the brick i positioned the brick by hand lot smoother and faster bcuz the last thing your forman wants is for you to hold up the line for big comp. Its all production
Not much about quality well make it look good with your jointer and your brush lol
i dont understand yeah i aint being rude but, HOW THE FUCK IS THAT CALLED CLEAN BRICKWORK i jus left college like 2 or 3 months ago n i would actually be ashamed to say thats my work i aint being horrible though. the mortars the same colour as the bricks it just dont look right.
he aint buttering the otherside of the head of each brick, if the camera went round the other side there would be more gaps than swiss cheese. i could push that wall over when it's set because if the mistake he keeps making
I'm not a bricklayer, but is this done right, I have a dead body to get rid of and I've planned to put it behind a wall in the house, I need it to look right!
I've been a bricklayer and a union member for well over 30 years and I found this video fun to watch and good for an introductory lesson. I must say that for a quality job each brick head joint should be buttered as you pick it up, and on all surfaces before it's laid. Buttering the brick after it's laid does not completely fill the head joint, and often leads to cutting the line with the edge of the trowel. And too many motions will wear you out! Taptapscrapescrapetaptap.... You'll be tired!
your a verry good and clead bricklayer but even the best should take advice and i want to give you some and here it is if you push the mortar out to the front you leave v shapes in your bed i would advise you not to do this because if even the tiniest bit a water was to get into one of the capillirys that this method makes in the winter the water expands when frozen and weakens the brick work by cracking the mortar thanks
How are ya gonna knock this guy, he's doing a fine job, all brickwork must be cleaned.
Also, he's got no gloves on, he does not want to be touching the brick too much or the mortar with his naked skin , it is fine to use the trowel, imagine what your hands would look like if you pressed all of those brick bt hand .
Your mortar is nice and plastic. Mine is never that plastic. Did you add a plasticizer?I'd like to know how you mixed the mortar. what do I use for a practice mortar. nice video.
He ain't that good, union bricklayers use their hand to press the brick down to the line not the trowel. Also he scrapes the hell out of the face of the brick that's a good way to make your wall need more cleaning.
It's a good film, easy to follow and makes a lot of sense, especially keeping the excess mortar to joint the next brick, also the lext bed joint will fill most of the void left in the perp due to tip jointing, which is fine anyway, I always say, as long as there no light shining through, it must be good! Next bed will help anyway.
Great video to explain how to lay plus possible missteps. I've never layed block and can't find anyone to do it! We are usually do-it-yourselfers...I guess we've got no choice but to learn this, too!
I teach brickwork in school. Mix lime with sand. 1/4 It will set hard enough to obtain a realistic feel and look, and can be knocked down and used again and again. Many colleges do this. We use silver sand.
Το large trowel!!!!!!!!!
telosfd 1 day ago
My whole family are bricklayers pretty much and one thing I've learned is pert near all masons are "the best" and all others are slow, sloppy, rolling blah blah blah.. quality over quantity any day! P.s all masons that talk smack about other masons should really think about your future.. one bricky can't build the world.. what happened to teamwork, fun on the job, your ruining the trade man, you lower the moral and make people not give a fuck think about it.... nice video btw man
toeachaneternity8 6 days ago
i tended for the mason that built my barn and we had 24 inch block and holy fuck that sucked haha. i have alot of respect for masons now
farmingndippin 1 week ago
@farmingndippin yeah its one thing to carry the bricks all day another to throw them into a wall harder than it looks right
disclosurenow9 2 days ago
yours first time a
giorgioajr 2 weeks ago
my mexicans would blow your doors off
sunriseent 3 weeks ago
i practiced the art of laying bricks in my bathroom a couple of minutes ago.
DONTXBREAK 4 weeks ago 6
TIP TAHT TROWL BITCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BlankMediaInc 1 month ago
You got skills. I worked alongside an old school mason when I was a carpenter. MUCH respect for the art. Shame really how much of that is giving way to the "new age" of building. It's all faster and cheaper now. Old school skills are dying every year.
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andy0705b 3 weeks ago
look like ice cream maker hehhhehehe........
ScanNinViDeo 2 months ago
2:40 Look at the board. he was not even close to being out.
zhodor 2 months ago
I am in a masonry class and were now learning how to lay brick to a line. I am only 17 years old and its really easy and simple to me. I get graded on my walls and projects and usually always get 95+ percentages.
doomowner5 2 months ago 2
@doomowner5 Yeah laying 2 a line isnt that hard except when UR laying 12in semi solids above UR head after they sat out in the rain the day B4. If you ever get a real job laying brick you will notice that half that shit you did in school wont even apply to the shit you do in the field. I have been in the trade for 28 years laying CMU"s and Brick and believe me when you get a hold of a Split face block and dont no if its got you are you got it then tell me how easy beating a line is.
spiegelsteven 2 months ago
@spiegelsteven 12" rain soaked blocks is a frickin workout!!
MrInternet69 2 months ago
@MrInternet69 Yep i remember back in the 80s when i first started laboring for Masons we did a lot of House foundations. They were 12 inch block and a lot of times the last course were semi solids. I was 21 and was skinny as a rail i couldnt gain a pound but after a year or so my arms were as big as my legs. I would take the neighborhood tuff guys to work and watch them cry like a little bitch. It takes a certain breed to do that kind of work the kind you dont want to fuck with.
spiegelsteven 2 months ago
check out admicbrickwork.co.uk
brummiebricky 2 months ago
There is only one way to lay bricks, ask a bricklayer to do it, and less talking and more work.
wagracey 2 months ago
try some full joints champ!
PaddleDogC5 3 months ago
i,m about to build a perfectly round house, um now where can I get the string from
I have the footing and slab down and started with blown quarry granite, changing to brick:))
This guy uses a totally different technique to what I have seen on others vids where they put the morter on the brick in hand. But then again I am a learner
stuarth43 3 months ago
i,m about to buld a perfectly round house, um now where can I get the string from
This guy uses a totally different technique to what I have seen on others vids where they put the moter on the brick in hand. But then again I am a learner
stuarth43 3 months ago
I dont understand why all these videos the masons are constantly scraping the mortar off the bricks several times which leads to smearing of the brick and also wasting of movements. A good mason only scrapes the mortar off one time picks up another and lays it and so one and so fourth. All that scaping does not amount to a hill of beans it is just wasting time.
spiegelsteven 3 months ago
when finishing joints how do you choose between raking out and concave?
tcsotm99 3 months ago
@tcsotm99 it just depends on your overall preference. what YOU want the wall to look like.
doomowner5 2 months ago
i wanna be brickie
taipan34 3 months ago
how tight does your g string supposed to be in order to have straight bricks?
grig24x 3 months ago 8
@grig24x Pull it like you live
spiegelsteven 3 months ago
@grig24x
Tight enough to 'tang' a bit like a piano string. It's no so important on a short wall though.
eatmoreraw 2 months ago
@eatmoreraw that over great, wow! is that how tight your string?
grig24x 2 months ago 2
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grig24x 3 months ago
Its laying stupid brick. I could do that with my eyes closed. No joke.
xoerry101ox 3 months ago
@xoerry101ox ur not even a mason
Xxjoeynumber1xX 3 months ago
@xoerry101ox I guess you were born a mason huh?
spiegelsteven 3 months ago
What kind of mortar is he using that is so light in color?
carlosg815 4 months ago
@carlosg815 mayby baech sand mortar
troublesch 3 months ago
not to mention hard work detection dickwaude
guardiola2000 4 months ago
@adam you don't knw what the fuck your talking about it involves alot of math u dipshit
guardiola2000 4 months ago
I tell ya what dude. There's dumb people in any field u go into. We might not all be the smartest people in the world, but ill tell you this. We work hard and earn our keep. And ill bet any one of us would run through ur ass in a heartbeat. So talk ur crap., but u wouldn't last twenty minutes with me
jasons103 4 months ago
That's a lime mortar. No cement involved. Alot easier to work with. However you'd never use it outside.
Cuttermuscle 4 months ago
A "Help" in doing Bricklaying is by using Joint Spacers.
webwillie1 4 months ago
can you please give me formula on your mix
feetman133 4 months ago
So that's what Rowdy Roddy Piper is doing these days!
Just kidding, thank you for sharing your knowledge, you are, no doubt, a master of your craft sir.
stevealaska73 4 months ago
this job needs higher IQ as it is an intellectual job hahahaha lol hahaha can i please call it a dumb job please allow me to say that
adamisking666 4 months ago
@adamisking666 masonry is a lost art - especially lost on douche bags like ada -- until you've worked with the mason's tools, save your comments; ada may also be surprised to know that there is an extensive science to masonry as well...haha...tell us about the equation for the formation of tricalcium silicate -- ada you're a waste of space
jackeroo9x 4 months ago
Thank you so much. You are a very good teacher.
watch4david 5 months ago
Thank you so much. You are a very good teacher.
watch4david 5 months ago
I was an asshole im sorry I now realize this video isn't about speed and I wanted to compliment you on your spreading abilities and placement on your bricks. Good job and sorry again
eatmintsblowdro24 5 months ago
Not impressive. Stop tapping your brick. Wasting time buddy
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@eatmintsblowdro24 You dont wast time with me man todays work and I dont care who you are most are shit work today speed is not good you end up with shit work with out care lets get back to they way things were built in the 1930s and 40s and when care and time was taking.
67tr876 4 months ago
great. thanks
emigrantgap 5 months ago
Great video, thank you!
PolygonmanTV 5 months ago
this is a really superb video thank you!
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theunirulerguy 5 months ago
Great video.
jnjoblon 5 months ago
Great video.
jnjoblon 5 months ago
your teach v well for masson
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theunirulerguy 5 months ago
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pekosbob2002 5 months ago
The only thing that suprised me about brickying is that the bricks aren't uniform in size, even from the same batch. I can honestly say that gave me something to think about and slightly dissapointed me. But I was showed how to correct such minor details. Do you have any other clips from your videos, ie foundations/footings and different bonds?
I don't think the other poster has ever visited the US, especially around New England. The brick work on some of the buildings is as good as Englands
mainlymojo 6 months ago
I don't care what the others say mate, that's a good wall your building, good tuition, good advice, if the others don't think your a bricky. Then they should watch your videos which I am thinking about buying. You are clearly a tradesman and know your stuff. I did a basic 4 day course on diy bricklaying in Stockport, and I am considering doing another course for more ornate work & buying a pallette of them to practice with in my cellar, then I can rebuild my garden wall in flemish bond.
mainlymojo 6 months ago
well in mate..
hughezee 6 months ago
How come though,when i try and spread the mortar on the brick (like you do) it just goes all over the place?
Maybe a few tips on actually spreading the mortar would be nice.
you make it look to easy,and its not easy at all.if you dont get the mortar spread out evenly you end up having to knock the hell out of the top of the brick with your trowel.
thanxx 6 months ago
great video
zzxzqwq 6 months ago
Very nice video, This guy is a pro.... Thumbs up to you sir.
IronMike940 6 months ago
@IronMike940 this guy is not a pro this guy is hitting the brick the the back of his trowel and when he scrapes the mud off the brick he layed he doesn't head the next one on the wall he spreads the one i his hand alot of wasted movement these are things you learn not to do when you are laying brick i am a 3rd generation mason i should know but he does give the novice DIY a good lesson i suppose
APBTisBeast 6 months ago
@APBTisBeast not to mention he never lays his brick with a full head joint and is slow as shit im sorry but he is just now pro if he came on the job within 10 minutes he wouldn't have a job if i were the foreman especially which i probably would be LOL
APBTisBeast 6 months ago
@APBTisBeast PLEASE UNDERSTAND HE IS A TEACHER AND HE HAS TO SHOW PEOPLE IN A SLOW MANNER SO THEY COULD GET THE IDEA. I AM SURE 100% IF HE WORKED ON THE LINE AT A NORMAL SITE HE WOULD HAVE SHOWN EVERYONE HIS TRUE SPEED AND EVEN CHEATED A LITTLE BIT JUST TO GET A HEAD! I THINK HE IS A GOOD TEACHER!
KnowHowDOCTOR 6 months ago
@KnowHowDOCTOR a good teacher teaches to do things the right way never make a wasted movement never peck on brick with your trowel things like this he may be a good teacher for DIY type folks but not for people who are going to be in the trade the rest of there life
APBTisBeast 6 months ago
@APBTisBeast YOU ARE WRIGHT IF YOU TEACH SOMEONE FOR PRO WORKMANSHIP YOU CAN'T WASTE MOVEMENT I AGREE
KnowHowDOCTOR 5 months ago
@APBTisBeast your talking crap.you should always butter the brick in your hand as opposed to buttering the brick you have laid.
thanxx 6 months ago
@thanxx LMAO OK kid i have been doing this for 20+ years i think i know how to lay brick the more steps you take to lay one brick the longer the job is going to take when you lay 80 thousand plus brick on a house with 2 people just me and my father then you can talk to me you must have took this guys classes or went to brick laying college LOL
APBTisBeast 6 months ago
@APBTisBeast No mate im currently at college(in England,you know the country that gave the world the art of brick laying)learning the trade and this is the way we are learnt.
Any way i thought you yanks built your houses out of twigs and shingles still?
Kind of makes the rest of the world laugh when we see you build your houses out of bits of wood,then cry every year when they get blown over in the storm season LMAO now that puzzling.
thanxx 6 months ago
@thanxx just because the freemasons started in england doesn't mean you know your ass from a hole in the ground you said it your still in college you have never even laid a fucking brick a block or stone for that matter so how the fuck would you even know how to do it that is right you wouldn't the only way to learn masonry is to do it and like i said i have been doing it 20+ years and might i add not one house i have ever worked on has been blown down no go hit the books you'll need it
APBTisBeast 6 months ago
@thanxx I AGREE WITH YOU THAT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BUTTER YOUR BRICK FIRST IN HAND!
KnowHowDOCTOR 6 months ago
merci
hamzat50 6 months ago
he did in a couple of minutes what it took me one day to do. and a million times better!
karenjohnson23 6 months ago
you can tell this guys a pro.Just look at how clean his trousers and shoes are.true tradesmen keep clean.bodgers end up covered in muck.
thanxx 6 months ago
Now this guy IS an expert. Thanks a lot for this great video.
jcrm05 6 months ago
This guy is a natural - great demo and explanation.
utubecanbilly 7 months ago
Has this guy got anymore videos anywhere?
PowderpuffPuncher 7 months ago
man! your good!
MIG316IJKYA 7 months ago
thanks for the reply, but mine is dark grey and in this video is a light grey. do you reckon i am using the wrong sand. i am using builders sand which i think is right. i know you can get orange coloured sand wondered if that would be better. I am also using large blocks so that may also be a problem, don't know if the same ratio apllies? 400X200X100 concrete blocks. any help would be greatful
beckerton123 7 months ago
@beckerton123 ah i see, it could be. But i think it'll probably be, just the colour of cement hes using. Im not sure, but it might vary from countries or different brand makes. If you have a search into Google on cement colouring you'll find all your answers there.(if you needed it a specific colour)
RazeD18 7 months ago
my mud doesn't look like this, it is stiff and dark grey where am i going wrong? I use 4 sand 1 cement, water and plasiticizer. it never sticks to the brick when i butter it and i can never tap the bricks down as easy as that.
can somebody help me???
beckerton123 7 months ago
@beckerton123 add more water and maybe a bit more plasti
RazeD18 7 months ago
@beckerton123 yes . i will put a vid how to do morter soon . FOR 2 BAGS OF CIMENT PUT 1 1/2 OF WATER THEN PUT SAND TO THE MIDDLE OF THE MIXER , NEED TO BE LIKE THE MUD THE PUT 2 BAGS OF CIMENT FULL THE MIXER OF SAND BUT NOT FULL FULL ALMOST PUT WATER LETS MIX ABOUT 3 MINUTES STOP IT LET IT 2 MINUTES LATER PUT BACK ON AND ADD LITTLE WATER CREAMMY MORTAR BABY
nadiam1242 7 months ago
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@beckerton123 yes . i will put a vid how to do morter soon . FOR 2 BAGS OF CIMENT PUT 1 1/2 OF WATER THEN PUT SAND TO THE MIDDLE OF THE MIXER , NEED TO BE LIKE THE MUD THE PUT 2 BAGS OF CIMENT FULL THE MIXER OF SAND BUT NOT FULL FULL ALMOST PUT WATER LETS MIX ABOUT 3 MINUTES STOP IT LET IT 2 MINUTES LATER PUT BACK ON AND ADD LITTLE WATER CREAMMY MORTAR BABY
nadiam1242 7 months ago
@beckerton123 you need plaz or a drop of fairy washing up liquid. the colour depends on what your trying to match?? standerd pug is 4/5 shovels of sand half a bag of cement and another 4/5 shovels of sand, add water till its rite with the plaz or washing up liquid, i tell my labourer to take a hand full of pug out the mixer and drop a dollop on top and when it spins round if its still there your good to go.
leemassey1 7 months ago
@leemassey1 lol your a knobhead
jrgniuwer 7 months ago
@jrgniuwer hows that you jobs worth cunt??
leemassey1 7 months ago
@leemassey1 oh look its you again going through youtube mugging people off! lol prick
jrgniuwer 7 months ago
@jrgniuwer putting a dollop of muck on top of the mixer is an old school way of teaching a new kid on the block how to no wen the muck is good enough. if it stays there wivout running all over its good. if it falls off u need water. idiot proof
leemassey1 7 months ago
@leemassey1 washing up liquid lol you cunt! hahahaha and sticking muk to the side of the mixer hahahahha
jrgniuwer 7 months ago
@jrgniuwer i didnt mug any1 off u nob head??? only you, are you on crack??? yea a drop of washing up liquid shit cunt does the same job as feb-mix u rookie slag
leemassey1 7 months ago
@leemassey1 lol you fucking twat! what you price for feb and go down co op and get fairy liquid? you mug
jrgniuwer 7 months ago
@jrgniuwer does that make sense??
leemassey1 7 months ago
Great video, very helpful. I'll be having some free time these days, so I plan on building a brick fence around my house.
highrollerzzz 7 months ago
this is a gud vid
tag1989 8 months ago
i think you call it front and back
highnz1 8 months ago
in germany we dont have the line inside allways outside the wall
highnz1 8 months ago
no tapping
youneed full cross joint
coolbri2001 8 months ago
no tapping
coolbri2001 8 months ago
Thanks , tryed it and it worked out great .
wrightmachineworks 8 months ago
Nice video... to the simple, to the point and INSTRUCTIVE! I haven't laid brick in a while... had to refresh my memory because I haven't done a ton of it. You make it look easier than it is.
flipjargendy 8 months ago
Master Brick Layer!
iWTF124 8 months ago
You don't tap your bricks down with your handle! This guy is not a real bricklayer.
TPLR2 9 months ago
@TPLR2 and if you look he aint filling in the perpes of the back of the brick
fog12ry12 9 months ago
@TPLR2 yea do
miniwill94 8 months ago
@miniwill94 yea do what?
TPLR2 8 months ago
The only complaint i really have is the way the brick is buttered.Buttering only one side so that the face looks nice is not the best way to instruct beginners.Instead of buttering the front use that mud to butter the otherside.Every extra action will take its toll over the day.Overall though a thumbs up....much better than those d.i.y shows.
richyearle007 9 months ago
i wish i had become a proffesional brick layer ,,,its my fave hobby though
mukund350 9 months ago
very nicely done boss! thanks for posting.
oceantrolls73 10 months ago
search for bricky wall building tool and click the one that says john doing his thing
scfcjohn1508 10 months ago
3:27 - he dont look too happy making this video... lol!!!
wizkid01 10 months ago
true about the war, even Winston Churchill was inspired by the brick men he met on his walkabouts, so much so that he took a quick course, and then in his spare time began to build walls in his garden in Kent, he became so obsessed with it he gave up his old hobby of water colour painting.
caravanfisherman69 10 months ago
question.. how would you lay the brick down if the wall is not leveled?
MrZiggy1979 11 months ago
@MrZiggy1979 HI MATE you would level it with the spirit level or if the brick is two low you wud put more of thatt thing
Hi mate i have a question for you wat is that brown thing is it cement ot wat
dappy321 11 months ago
Very nice!! Thank you for posting this video. I wish this video series would have existed before I built my fireplace.
LouTube222 1 year ago
tap tap tap tap tap tap, typical yank, this is why English bricklayers are the worlds leading tradesmen. And btw whats all this about washing your work? English bricklayer NEVER have to wash their work.
JTFLMUSTARD 1 year ago
@JTFLMUSTARD english brikies are pig s i saw alot of them lol
SuperDavidvilla77 11 months ago
@JTFLMUSTARD bricklayer here in Canada, you can do better, tap tap tap, i here you man, just lay the fuckin` thing, but as far as that, what makes the british the worlds leading tradesmen? explain it it to me my friend? i would love to know
retoryx 11 months ago
@retoryx we had all our cities flattened in world war two and rebuilt brick by brick, English and German bricklayers are the best in the world simply because the more in any industry you have to do the faster the skills and techniques develop and rebuilding every city in the country is a pretty big task i work with Englishmen every day and there have been a couple of not so good tradesman but the vast majority of them the work is unbelievably good same as the germans though they are slower
JTFLMUSTARD 11 months ago
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@retoryx we had all our cities flattened in world war two and rebuilt brick by brick, English and German bricklayers are the best in the world simply because the more in any industry you have to do the faster the skills and techniques develop and rebuilding every city in the country is a pretty big task i work with Englishmen every day and there have been a couple of not so good tradesman but the vast majority of them the work is unbelievably good same as the germans though they are slower
JTFLMUSTARD 11 months ago
@JTFLMUSTARD you're a jackass! this is a video for non masons. oh english bricklayers suck
evan5159 10 months ago
@evan5159 Do we?
TPLR2 9 months ago
why not get rid of the excess cement after you've done a full row? just askin and by the way nice brick laying
chris128900 1 year ago
am sorry juhui91 but as a brickleyer. i feel bricklaying is an art. not anyone can do it. it takes skills. but what is with all the tapping. but you need to allways wash you work. it just looks better.
MrMilesbewley 1 year ago
sorry as a bricklayer not brickleyer my bad
MrMilesbewley 1 year ago
This guy is very good! I am a bricklayer and I really liked the video. But I do recommend that you use a smaller trowel you don't need one that big.
ckzdad 1 year ago
Very useful - I'm going to practice this...
tcpnetworks 1 year ago
This video was really helpful and very detailed! Thank you very much for uploading this info.
oceansdoor 1 year ago
why all the tapping?.lay a lighter bed and push the brick home thus having to cut the snot once maybe twice and then you won´t have acid wash your work.
stilln68la 1 year ago
that isnt art its very easy
juhui91 1 year ago
hey nice vid but how come you butter the bottom of the brick when your bed is there
bricklayer94 1 year ago
your video has shown me what I have been doing wrong all these years. many thanks
alanjames67 1 year ago
wow i was a complete klutz trying to remortar 2 loose bricks today.. I've got a lot 2 learn but thanks for the vid
RoberTastic 1 year ago
this guy is actually pretty good
wandersonfcastro 1 year ago
@wandersonfcastro he isnt that great, he only butters half the brick which unless theres a cavity will make it a pig to joint up
nashie456 1 year ago
thanks for this videos, i could learn something, and like you said, practice, practice n practice, i love this videos
ELPERROJN 1 year ago
Gawd there's so much judgement involved. It's not nuclear physics, but it's still very easy to do wrong!
DeafFret 1 year ago
Woody Wood Pecker your feet must be warm in that carpet of mortar.
laptoplarryspc 1 year ago
To much tap tap to the brick the impact of the tap moves your under course!!
I was a bricklayer for 12yrs and instead of tapping the brick i positioned the brick by hand lot smoother and faster bcuz the last thing your forman wants is for you to hold up the line for big comp. Its all production
Not much about quality well make it look good with your jointer and your brush lol
kombo70 1 year ago
Thanks a lot for the lesson I learned something
maijib2009 1 year ago
You can also use Block Spacers if you're not confident in keeping the 3/8" joint.
webwillie1 1 year ago
i dont understand yeah i aint being rude but, HOW THE FUCK IS THAT CALLED CLEAN BRICKWORK i jus left college like 2 or 3 months ago n i would actually be ashamed to say thats my work i aint being horrible though. the mortars the same colour as the bricks it just dont look right.
MrAdamcook01 1 year ago
that string line is slap as my granmams pussy.
echamp86 1 year ago
he aint buttering the otherside of the head of each brick, if the camera went round the other side there would be more gaps than swiss cheese. i could push that wall over when it's set because if the mistake he keeps making
kevcarspray 1 year ago
I'm not a bricklayer, but is this done right, I have a dead body to get rid of and I've planned to put it behind a wall in the house, I need it to look right!
SPYDOC1 1 year ago
I've been a bricklayer and a union member for well over 30 years and I found this video fun to watch and good for an introductory lesson. I must say that for a quality job each brick head joint should be buttered as you pick it up, and on all surfaces before it's laid. Buttering the brick after it's laid does not completely fill the head joint, and often leads to cutting the line with the edge of the trowel. And too many motions will wear you out! Taptapscrapescrapetaptap.... You'll be tired!
jack887 1 year ago 2
your a verry good and clead bricklayer but even the best should take advice and i want to give you some and here it is if you push the mortar out to the front you leave v shapes in your bed i would advise you not to do this because if even the tiniest bit a water was to get into one of the capillirys that this method makes in the winter the water expands when frozen and weakens the brick work by cracking the mortar thanks
5wo172d 1 year ago
Really nice, good tips, lovely clean work, is their a reason you don't joint the back of the head joint.
Thanks
Artbag1 1 year ago
Beautiful Job ... Great Screen Cast, Learn a lot, am ready to Repair Chimney and make some Money
THANKS SO MUCH
apnaconstruction 1 year ago
you should not tap the brick .its manipulated with your hands and you should always fill your holes.
TheBasess 1 year ago
I like the video!
Philiphfisch 1 year ago
Excellent video, easy to follow - Thank you
schuhby 1 year ago
Union Brick layer, you're exactly that . . .
How are ya gonna knock this guy, he's doing a fine job, all brickwork must be cleaned.
Also, he's got no gloves on, he does not want to be touching the brick too much or the mortar with his naked skin , it is fine to use the trowel, imagine what your hands would look like if you pressed all of those brick bt hand .
Fine work . .
HesTNTonPMS 1 year ago
Real bricklayers dont tap the brick into place.
OrgasmoTheGreat 1 year ago
@OrgasmoTheGreat dam straight brotha
TheBasess 1 year ago
Your mortar is nice and plastic. Mine is never that plastic. Did you add a plasticizer?I'd like to know how you mixed the mortar. what do I use for a practice mortar. nice video.
588158 1 year ago
@588158 it looks like a lime mortar,
pharoahsoulero 1 year ago
im 15 but wanna be a bricky
love44jesus4ever 1 year ago
He ain't that good, union bricklayers use their hand to press the brick down to the line not the trowel. Also he scrapes the hell out of the face of the brick that's a good way to make your wall need more cleaning.
unionbound 1 year ago
excellent lesson !
blackserpent100 1 year ago
set it and forget it
bubbabouyi 1 year ago
It's a good film, easy to follow and makes a lot of sense, especially keeping the excess mortar to joint the next brick, also the lext bed joint will fill most of the void left in the perp due to tip jointing, which is fine anyway, I always say, as long as there no light shining through, it must be good! Next bed will help anyway.
Paintheshed 1 year ago
I LOVE MASONRY AND ME CAGO EN TI PUERCOTE
nadia000000 1 year ago
This dude is good. I'm a contractor, and he's the best I've seen.
rimutakaman 1 year ago
Thanks for the video; very instructive. Please make some more videos.
btweens 1 year ago
Great video to explain how to lay plus possible missteps. I've never layed block and can't find anyone to do it! We are usually do-it-yourselfers...I guess we've got no choice but to learn this, too!
faronshelly 1 year ago
thanks alot this helps heaps
stevenlikescricket 1 year ago
he appears to have a big package between his legs
littleiamful 1 year ago
I teach brickwork in school. Mix lime with sand. 1/4 It will set hard enough to obtain a realistic feel and look, and can be knocked down and used again and again. Many colleges do this. We use silver sand.
ovendoor 1 year ago