Chimneyking, Job #1, A major chimney repair

The dust on the wall is from grinding. The joints are rough, but they are freshly tooled. I always double strike my work. After doublestriking I hit the wall with a foxtail brush. The finished product was good enough to get me paid;)

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• Chimney
• repair

[rollindanny57]

Hi Jim You will probably tell me to go eat the corn out of your shit but if I was doing the job I would butter each brick before inserting into the breast then useing a narrow finger trowel push as much mortar in as possible to get it solid then finish with the jointer.You must have balls of steel to build a chimney stack while balancing on one plank. I thought it was only me that did crazy things like that. Greetings from old England.

[thechimneywright]

@rollindanny57 LOL! No way, broI I ain't rude like that. I do what I do and it lasts. I've had the same phone # for almost 20, and people just don't NEED to call me back because my work lasts, but I appreciate your watching my vids, and posting:)

[kempouk]

this is just a mess, there are morter stains all over the place, using your hands for hoseing is just wrong.

i bet the roof tiles look pritty after you have finished.

[thechimneywright]

Every job has an order of operation. The acid wash will forgive all. Ya see, that's why YOU are a W-2 wage slave watching MY instructional vids, LOL! This ain't line work. I can prove that because you earn $100 a week and I get $100 a BRICK! You should learn from these vids, w2. TCW

[kempouk]

trust me, if i produced work like that in the UK i would down the benefits office within the hour.

i earn about £800.00 gbp a week, and i have been in work for the last 28 years so i have a rough idea as to what is a good job or not and this video is definitely not.

[thechimneywright]

I don't care about your pay, location OR opinion. Tell me, why do you guys call yourselves "gay" if you're always bitching? LOL! Get a life, loser. TCW

[matmurrell]

What I cant believe is that your not filling all the joints completely your just more or less jointing them !

How is any of that going to improve structural integrity of the chimney ?

[chimneycheck]

I have only replaced earthquake damaged chimneys with metal chimneys. A skilled masons hand is hard to come by (I tried it once and didn't stick with it, tough work but I am sure very satisfying). You seemto have a good hand.

Others seem a bit offended by your "courseness". I find it humorous. If you are doing a good job and are missing social graces at least you are doing a good job. I'd rather throw out the graces and get the job done right.

[chllywllyd]

Oh and yes,..we use tarps, so we dont have to clean much later,...it saves time and effort for us, cause we're not picking rocks out of gardens for hours on end. You dont just leave them there, do you?

[chllywllyd]

I am not a mason or even close, but I do try my hand at times, while under the supervision of an ex-union mason with close to 30yrs exp, hes taught me alot. The first thing he told me when tucking in a new brick, a missing joint or a ripped joint, was to fill the joint completely until it squeezes out the seems, and I do,...And, I really doubt he just tells me that to have a chuckle on the inside while he watches me do it, I bet its got something to do with the stability of the overall structure

[PLPolishPowerPL]

@rollindanny57  check out my chimney video

[HesTNTonPMS]

I don't care what anyone says . . .

You did a fine job there, who cares how one get's the mortar in there as long as there is enough all around.

Good job.

[thechimneywright]

My brother Tom was just over and I showed him this vid, he said "how else are you supposed to do it?"

Tom is a union mason. He finished his apprenticeship back in the 80s. He finished his apprenticeship when YOU were BORN, LOL!!!

Get over yourself.