the fine art of brickwork - Bullseye 2

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[robsonger1]

Hey Jamessnaggle,

Thank you for your comment, it is really good to hear someone with the same line of thinking and appreciation for good work.

[robsonger1]

Day rate...yes, on detailed work price work is never good.

To be honest price work has killed brickwork, I can honestly say that I can count on one hand the bricklayers I've seen who do a good days work on a price. They are rare... very rare

[robsonger1]

Hi heavy..

Please read my reply to a similar comment I had, 4 paragraphs down.

I hope this explains

[robsonger1]

Thank you for your comment monkey, I tell all my students 'the work you do will remain long after you die, so an extra 10mins here and there for something that will be seen for 200yrs or more is time well spent, always walk away from your work being proud of what you have done, as you will be remembered for the work you leave behind you, make sure it's for the right reasons'

[jasoncudbill]

Nice work..not a great fan of using my hands to manipulate the mortar though!!..lol..

[theShice]

I love the pace of your work. The power of working with one self's rythm is underestimated, especially in manual labout.

I assume you don't have chronic back pains or burnout sysndrome?

[toeachaneternity8]

Nice work man.. 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... im a tender for the time being and just saying, 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 Happend to teamwork and fun on the job, your all ruining the trade!

[garrymurray1]

Fine Roman Architecture. Good job!

[shrigpiece]

Very nice man. Nice to see time taken on jobs rather than the crash bang wollop i see daily on construction sites. Your right in saying that pricework has killed the trade. Qulity is becoming rare.

[maxkey3]

@maxkey3 The Durante family are some of the best bricklayers on the east coast. Dad was the fastest, my brother was the strongest and I was the smoothest: I was threatening by my dad many days if I don't speed up he would cut my pay. That never happened but my work was always neat, his was also neat but fast. He laid over a thousand bricks per day and he made our work even out to to two thousand daily regularly. My brother became fast & neat but not as neat am me yet he was also faster than me

[maxkey3]

A true artist at work! A man with great skills, remind me of myself when I was laying bricks. I truly miss building fancy stuff like eagles on the post office, fancy walkways, and fireplaces in Norther Virginia.

[jamessnaggle]

@robsonger1 The only person who wins with pricework is the contractor.The quality of the work suffers for if the Bricklayer were to take the time required to do the job properly he would starve.There is no sense of pride at a job well done when you look at a job you were forced to rush through in order to make a living for yourself.Most tradesmen I know do a good days work on day rate,and the home buyer gets what they deserve for their hard earned cash.Quality NOT Quantity.

[jamessnaggle]

@robsonger1 Hi Rob,I'm always amazed that people only talk about speed,the quality of the work is what matters.Your home is the biggest investment you'll ever make,you wouldn't accept a car with a sloppy finish on the bodywork would you?But you take only 8 minutes to do half a Bullseye perfectly,there for decades to come for people to admire it but all some people can say is how slow you are!Maybe its just me but the standard of Bricklayers is going down.You though should be proud of yourself.

[daltondoyou4]

@robsonger1 yes sir spoken like a true mason, and i should know i am one lol