 This video I've been meaning to make for so long probably as like since we started over three years ago finally got around to it so it's Do you set your bricks the right way up when I was the apprentice one of the first things I got taught was You've got to put your bricks the right way up, and I thought that was like Tartan paint or a left-handed screwdriver or skyhooks. I thought I was getting a wound up But it's true. You've got to set your brick the right way up So here's a few examples Um I mean different parts of the country's called these different things, but it's called the feather of the brick which is the pattern So have you come this side Alex? These are all set the right way up so as you can see apart from that one obviously as you can see they all have a distinct Like a crease in it, but you look at if you look down the crease it's smooth If you look up the crease you have to bring it around here. Yeah, let's get some light on it Do it again. All right If you look down the crease your bricks smooth You look up the crease You'll see and it's rough as well. This means if you set that brick that way up There's a chance water can gather in the in the feather and then it can Soak into the brick and they can be blown by the frost That one's quite a small one This one on the other hand is very rough See again You can you can really it's really distinct when it's the long way up So that's it and the other thing is You've got to learn for speed is uh Is spinning the brick which sounds daft but it's something that becomes second nature so Same as the same with your common obviously your frog up. So if you pick your brick up It's been stacked upside down Then you want that you don't want to be going To put it in pick it up Basically you flick your wrist Do that with your wrist and you spin it on the finger or your thumb or your wrist So I usually do it on the finger So I'll try and do this in slow motion if I can that was it So that's that's got your frog back up to the top so we spin it back again back down again. So Let's back up The other the other way people do it is Oh, no, um, let me think back to uh, yeah, if you want it If you've got your you pick your brick up and the face is away from you Spin it on your on your wrist Spin it around on your wrist It's on your finger To send it the other way That bit sends it upside down um Yeah, so it Obviously at first when you're looking at them you've got to check first This one here I think this is called an Aldridge multi rustic or a Staffordshire multi rustic. They're very similar brick Nice brick as well, but with these when you look on the back They have it stuck written on them and it stock is printed the right way up Now there's uh, there's some very similar bricks to these we made in upolland years ago. They called up the pollen rustics And on the back it was always print always stamped in the back upho Russ Which is up holland rustic and it was always printed the right way up So that was christian ringing up then that's our own special ringtone So I've just noticed while editing the video. There was no outro to the video so basically It's mainly for beginners and DIYers who don't know You don't always get taught it should do So um keep keep an eye on that if you're doing a wall There's loads of different bricks and they've all got similar kind of faces So if you're a DIYer or a young apprentice or just starting out make sure you check those bricks and make sure that faces the right way up And if you're any more experienced bricklayer You may not have known so you know now And if you do know and you don't bother you should know better I've seen a lot of slashes on site that throw them in and not bother which way up they go And it does make a difference and it does look better when the right way up And last one is also when you're doing soldier bricks as well if you keep them the same on the soldiers It always looks better So that's it if you if you like the video make sure you click the like button, which we always appreciate Subscribe if you're new to us There's getting on for 200 videos now and um Yeah, click the notification button so you'll always know when we're uploading a video So thanks for watching and we'll see you in the next one