How to build a Brick Wall

This is a video using sketches to illustrate and describe how to build a Brick Wall

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Education

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• Bricklaying

[hickeymaster]

Good man, Grishtak.

Correct the perps will be slightly bigger or smaller depending on the size of the bricks, in theory they should be 10mm. I would suggest sticking to the 10mm as a rule of thumb, then if you have to open up of tighten the joints so be it. However, if the wall is free standing and there is no exact specified length I would keep all of the joints 10mm and make the wall slightly longer or shorter as in theory the joints should be 10mm

Thanks good point

[webwillie1]

Another "Help" in laying Masonry Block and Brick is by using Mortar Joint Spacers. They allow the Handyman, Homeowner and Do-it-yourselfer to lay Blocks and Bricks like a PRO! 

[hickeymaster]

@webwillie1 I don't agree, these will only help you if the bricks or blocks you are building are all the exact same size which they never are. You are better off using the step by step instructions in this video i.e. use your measuring tape and your eye to keep control of the wall while building it.

[choclatesaltyballz]

good vid! im doing my mum a little garden wall. one just like this actually, will i need to use a dpc?

[hickeymaster]

@choclatesaltyballz No a DPC is only to stop rising damp from getting into a dwelling, and as this is only a garden wall you don’t need a Damp Proof Course. Best of luck with the wall.

[choclatesaltyballz]

@hickeymaster thanks, its being built in scotch common and i was just worried about efflorescence

[hickeymaster]

@choclatesaltyballz To minimise efflorescence keep the bricks dry while building the wall, i.e. don’t let the wall get wet while building it, rub up the joints with a key jointer or round bar to weather them, and cap the wall when you are finished to minimise saturation when it rains. However if the clay your bricks are made from contain a lot of soluble salts you will probably get some efflorescence.

[Nazeem25]

Yay !

[beloit22]

@hickeymaster Wtf?!! Dude, are you speaking another language?!

[ooLJCoo]

Do you tarmac drives?

[goozollah]

Thank you. Good job.

[aiyic]

The thick Dublin accent is great

[nothingtosea]

need subtitles

[scfcjohn1508]

 watch

[atwalestv]

to be sure to be sure, at all, at all, at all.

[xenomann442]

Is it legal to build a 40 foot high brick wall around your property?

I tried building a regular wooden fence to keep my neighbor's dog from crapping on my lawn, but the dog keeps finding his way in. I kept making my fence taller and stronger but the dog keeps crapping on my frigging lawn somehow.

[Beristw]

Thank's mate exactly what I needed. spot on