 A little short horror story. The bricks have arrived, but I'm just going to move up a bit so I can get the van here and nobody drives into our mix-up. It's come back for two minutes, there's already correctness stuff that I've done. So there you go. So as the corners are up, I can get a corner set up while I sort through this. See you at 8 o'clock. That's sunny. It is the 22nd of March and it is Tempest 8. And as you can see, I'm all by myself because a little short horror story. The bricks have arrived, but I'm sure as you can tell looking at that, that doesn't quite look enough for a double skin wall, does it? Because it's not. Dad accidentally underestimated and ordered the bricks for a single skin wall. So he's had to nip two berries, go and pick them up. So mum dropped me off here and as you can see, I've got all them out the way. So what I'm going to do now is I'm going to dry bond this to see how the bond's going to work. And then I'm going to load some bricks out, get a mix in and just wait for Dad to come back so we can get started properly. He should be here soon, I think, because he's done with berries. But yeah, that's my job and hopefully the weather stays like this. It's meant to rain, but checking the app, it's not going to be till late. So fingers crossed for that rain holding off because it would be a lovely day if not. So yeah, enough dilly-dallying and I'll set you up on dry bonds and then catching a bit, see when Dad comes back. So, not too bad. I think that's how the pillar works. I'm not entirely sure because obviously Dad'll have to correct me, but I'm going off of a brick and a half pillar. So I think, if anything, I'm just going to change that to a half like that and that should give it plenty more spread. Yes, half a brick's worth of spread there going back, so reduce that to about a year. Much better, see? Other walls doesn't work too bad. One thing you've, well obviously anyone will know this, but one thing you've always got to be careful of in these walls are bricks. Like this. Now, let me just put this next to this one in comparison, put this bit out. The big bricks, because I don't know if you can see that, but it's only a little difference, but that on ten bricks is nearly a whole crush joint's worth of space lost. So, if you've got big orange brick in your packs, make sure you space them out well or know where they are so you can compensate. We've just short-tipped for you, but that's caused that many times, especially on a site where it was a nightmare. Anyway, I'm rambling here because I'm waiting for Dad, so that's the dry bonding done. I'll leave that there for Dad to see and I'll load some brick out and get it mixed in. Every day's, here it comes, walking out of the sunset. Sunrise. Sunrise. Well, here we go, so the band's back together. Got some bricks loaded out and we're going to get this mixed in now, so... We're just going to move up a bit so I can get the van here and nobody drives into our mix. It's come back for two minutes, he's already got the correct stuff that I've done. Yes, so we're going to be doing bucket gauge, so it's all right. And then, obviously, if you're familiar with our methods, we've got our trench block, which we're going to bed down and attach the profile to, so then we're going to get cracking. So, without further ado, let's start making some noise. There we go, that is a mix ready. That is my Dad ready. We've got our trench block on ready. So, oh, you've learnt as well, you've got your corner block out first. Many times we've caught ourselves out with our own tactic there. So, corner block first for the first few courses, then with the profile. We can't put line on the bottom three of the profile. No. Should have the microphone really, especially with the bean like this windy. That's why I'm huddled up against it. So, yeah, on to the brick work. Passure, oh, passure. I'll set you up on time lapse while we get these first few courses in. The catons for the wind. Hopefully it's working. Right, that's how we're going. We're going to wrap around this pillar, which is a bit of a pain, but it is what it is. So, that's our bond now. There's a half there, but this is just getting our bond right. So, working from that end, we're going to work the brick up to the original wall and then the back's going to have the piece in the back. So, we've run the first course in, check it for level, and I'm happy with that, Alex. So, we've got our bond, got our level, got our pillar set out, got our trench block up. So, once we get to the top of the trench block, the profile goes on to that, and that's it, we're away. Peercaps there. Got the laser level out, but I don't think we need it. I might just, when the profile's up, just transfer the top of the wall level onto the profile and we can gauge down and put some marks on it. And I just want to show yous. That's how it is. We're not going to go for an English garb and wall bomb because no other house on the estate has got it. And these bricks, there's so many different sizes and these bricks on the back of the wall, you're going to have the headers going a bit wonky. So, we don't want that. So, shall we get it on time? That's going to crack on. I don't think we can hear me over that plug in. That cable, that's it. It's just so high up. Should have taken it out of the bottom of the box somehow. But, yeah, I've got the evolution. Cut that, drop that down right into the ground and then it gets buried. As you can see, it's not very well buried at the moment. It's a nice and neat. I hope you heard any of that, but back to Timebox. Right, Clive Holland's just started, so it's just after 12. 20 past 12. Hmm? 20 past 12. 20? Yeah. Oh my God. So, we're up four. This is static. I'm really struggling today with my back and my hips, especially my hips. So, it's getting kind of comfortable now. I had someone in the comments before criticising me because I was working on my knees. So, you try working bending down with osteoarthritis and your hips and see how much fun you find it. That's why I bend down. That's why I kneel on my knees. Anyway, that's enough moaning. We've got it up four. We've got another one, two, three, four, five to go. This is the brick and edge that you see here. That's where the brick and edge will be. There's 48 per course we've worked out. So, five courses at 48. There's another 240 phase brick to go, plus the pillar, which should go up probably two or three courses above the wall. There's 160 in the van. And what we've got loaded out here. The trench box finished with up to now, so now it's ready for the profile to go on it, which I'm going to do any minute while Alex is jointing up, because these are like sponges. They go off right after me. Oh, yeah. Got to joint them like pretty much every other course. So, I'll set that up. And the other thing I'd like to show is, when we're doing a nine-inch wall, some people just run the front in and rack back the corners at either end. We run this front skinning. Then we carry the course around the back to there, measure that 215, and then hook the line on and run that back in at the same time. It's easy to get at. It's easy to see. And I know people don't like working overhand, but it's so much easier instead of loading out two lots of walls and stuff. So, we're up for profile up, quick lunch, and then crack on. So, we'll see you after lunch while this battery gets charged. Another quick update. Oh, you can pick this up with this wind. Hopefully this thing is working. The camera says it's working. Oh, the camera went in the red then. Anyway, yeah, Alex has got the third mix in. So, we're past halfway. We've got four to go, brick and edge and a couple of courses on the pillar. We've pulled the van up to here now because the bricks are in the back of the van. What's left? All these have gone. It's a slow going today. I'm not good today. I'm really suffering me hips today. So, Alex is carrying me today. One more mix. Right. So, that's 480 brick. It's going to be close, isn't it? Especially when we've got half a dozen bags in the garage. As Alex probably explained to you about the enough bricks. So, I thought, well, we're going to need more cement. Pick the cement up. Never thought we'd need more sand because we only got half a tonne. So, obviously, we're getting four mixes to half a tonne. I think you might get a mix and a bit out of that. I think we might just scrape it. Yeah, plenty of cement. There's another two bags in there. Before this gets put away, I'm just going to transfer the top of that wall, the top of the wall level over there, onto the profile, so we've got something to aim at. Pretty level as it's going, anyway, as it is. I don't know if this was theft or... These have been coming wobbly lately. Lost a wheel trim. That means another... Last time I bought wheel trims, they were probably about 12 quid a set. They're probably near 40, 50 quid a set now. But, obviously, you can't buy one. These are the Ford ones as well. So, I'm not bothered about getting Ford ones. I'll just have to get a set to tidy that up. And we've had a phone call about the mixer spare parts, which you'll see in an upcoming episode. We're going to do a video dedicated to it. Yeah. So, as it's so windy, I'm going to take the mic's off now, put you up on the van and put you on time-lapse. There's a nice little view from up there. I've got this mix finished. Catching a bit. Five o'clock. And brickwork's finished, so now it's the brick on edge and pier cap. So, I'm going to get it tidied up while dad gets started. We're just going to work on so I can come back tomorrow to the airbricks so the wall's finished in a few minutes. A bit. I think it'll be seven o'clock. So, we'll get... we'll change this battery and we'll get you set up somewhere you can watch the brick on edge go up. Pretty cracking, if you ask me. So, obviously, we're using the black mix just so it blends in nicer with that brick on edge. And then there's going to be a nice pier cap going there. A lot of coping head. I'll probably get caught in another head if I set that crumpling on this channel. So, there you go. So, the corners are up. Dad can get a corner set up while I sort through this. See you at eight o'clock. I have plans of putting the... loading out on the back. Trestle's up, putting the bricks on it. Rebedded this coping on because it's come loose. Sorry about the wind. What's in that? About 65 brick. About 65, isn't it? Because we've got 80. Got a couple of duds and a few left over. Yeah, about 60 of bricks. So, it's a bit like the other two walls. You've got the nice flame mortar on the brick. Then you've got the contrast of the dark mortar with the gray brick. And, obviously, that's going to dry a lot grayer than that's going to... It's going to dull right down when it gets bleached out by the sun. More like that. That's going to work really nicely with him. Going to look smart. So, while that's going off, I'm going to get this pier cap bedded on while Alex gets tidied up. I know, isn't it? When he's ready to go, once we've joined it up and covered up because I think it's going to rain. So, let me go and get that pier cap on. There we go. We're not finished, finished yet, but we're racing against that. So, I'm wrapping it up quick and the clock as well. Excuse the wind. I'm wrapping it up quick before we get drenched and the wall gets drenched. But there you have it. That is one nicely finished off wall at about the time, is it? Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah. It was a bit of a drag today, but it also wasn't a bad day. Just time consuming with all the stuff we had to do. But, there's a little look at the other side too and our pier cap. So, we'll give you a little B roll footage at the end once it's all completely finished if it's not raining. But we're going to cover it up and that's going to come back tomorrow and get them air brick done for the little porch. So, B roll incoming, but thank you very much for watching. If you enjoyed, feel free to give us a thumbs up and if you're new to the channel or you want to see more stuff like this or that, be sure to hit subscribe and tap on that bell that way you'll always be notified when we upload. That's always a massive help and we greatly appreciate all the support for the channel. This has been Brick Lane with Stephen Alex with a very nice wall and we'll see you in the next video. 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