Tommy Walsh Meets The Bricky

Tommy Walsh Meets The Bricky
DIY Legend Tommy Walsh appreciates a quality product when he sees it.

Tips
Calculate your wall dimensions to full or half sized bricks/blocks. This avoids unnecessary cutting.
The natural colour of mortar can look quite bland. It\'s common for brick walls in particular to add some mortar dye in the mix to enhances the appearance. (I prefer black but use just half the recommended amount, this leaves a grey joint as opposed to black).
Ensure bricks are not dried out. Spray them with water if necessary but leave to surface dry before placement. (Dried out bricks absorb the moisture from the mortar, this then forces the mortar to set too quickly and prevent it gaining full strength.)
Lay out brick heaps and spot boards every 2 meters apart to have mortar and bricks under your nose at all times.
Keep your tools reasonably clean as you work and clean well at the end of each day a rag to hand is quite useful.
Do not point your joints until the mortar has started to set. (1-4 hours after placement). The half hour before lunch and end of the day is when a bricklayer comes back to point up their work.
A round nose gauging trowel (as supplied) works best when building with your bricky.
Use the light durable skin tight rubber brick laying gloves as the mortar may pierce your skin especially if your working for prolonged periods.
Laying brick/blocks is physical work but instead of crying from the pain think of what you'll achieve and how fit your getting in the process beats spending time/money in the gym.
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[fugoid89]

can you use this tool to lay a mortar bed with a width of 240 mm? or you need a wider tool?

[dyingmuse]

TCan't imagine how many other guys would kick my ass if I whipped this thing out on a commercial job lol. The fucking line would be all over the place ha ha ha.

[dyingmuse]

@1968thejam You cant lay stone with this hunk of shit moron!!!!!

[rsturbo240bhp]

i got 1 i built a big wall in china it works great

[diydoctors]

Interesting tool for anyone not already trained/experienced

[1968thejam]

bollocks to gettin a bricklayer to do my block shed ........im buyin one.

[Durbridge]

tommy = legend !! love u tommo dunno where id be in this worl without you