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Brickwork Fundamentals
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Hi, and welcome to my channel.
I'm Matt, a professional brick layer based in the U.K. This 2020 revised channel has been set up to support brick-layers of all abilities, to fine-tune their skills or pick up new tips and tricks of the trade.
If you have any questions, please comment below. We all have different learning styles and abilities, so share away, and let me know if there's a technique you'd like me to showcase.
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I'm Matt, a professional brick layer based in the U.K. This 2020 revised channel has been set up to support brick-layers of all abilities, to fine-tune their skills or pick up new tips and tricks of the trade.
If you have any questions, please comment below. We all have different learning styles and abilities, so share away, and let me know if there's a technique you'd like me to showcase.
Thanks for watching. Don't forget to hit the Thumbs Up button, and Subscribe!
BRICKLAYING - Tricky Porch Detail Explained 👍👍 #bricklaying #construction #builder
Here is a vid showing how I did this porch. It involved a steel column and lintels.
I decided to build the brickwork above first which may seem odd but it was crucial to get the brickwork inline with the front and side of the house. I've put a vid in the corner of the laying.
These bricks are not great for pic and dip but I keep trying. Thanks for watching😀👍
I decided to build the brickwork above first which may seem odd but it was crucial to get the brickwork inline with the front and side of the house. I've put a vid in the corner of the laying.
These bricks are not great for pic and dip but I keep trying. Thanks for watching😀👍
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BRICKLAYING : Pro Tip! My Line Setup Explained!!! Cheap and Simple 👌🏼👌🏼
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#bricks #bricklaying #construction #brickwork #pictureinpicture #builder #onsite #linesetup Here is a video on the line set up I use. I get asked a lot how I get the this type of corner block to work with lines going in both directions. Hopefully I show how easy it is in this vid. I have fancier stuff like dori blocks but I honestly love the simplicity of this set up and have used it for years....
BRICKLAYING : Topouts on New Site (Profiles Always) - #bricks #builder #construction #timelapse
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Here is a short video on top outs again. This is a fairly new site for us and this is the first pair to be finished. In the video I show the multiple profile set ups I used to complete this pike. If your roof has a "gable ladder" then this is not the profile set up you would use. If it's "cut ups" then this set up is ideal!! I've kept it simple for this vid but I'll probably do a vlog on the ne...
SUPER TROWEL 2023!!!! Bricklayer gives opinion and explains the rules !! 💭👇 😀 (LINK in Description)
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Here is a vid explaining the rules of the highly anticipated super trowel event. Have a listen! Some of the rules may surprise you!! www.bricklayerssocialclub.com/supertrowel-1 😀👍 If you haven’t got a ticket it looks like it’s sold out but there will be loads of content online from it. It’s happening on 17/08/23 in Broxbourne UK #SuperTrowel #Bricky #Bricklaying #Brickwork
BRICKLAYING : Heavy Duty Clamp Tip 👍
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Here is a vid which shows me setting up profiles using my extra large f clamps. I might be wrong but I don’t think many people use them. I use them mostly for profiles for blockwork on cavity walls and party walls. I also use them for setting up intermediate profiles on brickwork days. I have 4 of them so that when I am building a party wall I can have 4 profiles in play while I swap from side ...
#BRICKLAYING : 4 Courses of Pic + Dip with Talk Through. 😀 (Skip to Next Course Option!) #Builders
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Here is a vid of me laying on a 2nd lift. It shows my preferred laying style and how it changes slightly as I get higher. I’ve separated it into sections so you can skip to view the 5 different courses. I’ve done a talk through with it so you don’t have to listen to me grunting! Apparently I’m the Nadal of bricklaying (because of my grunting, not my skill 😂) I Hope this vid shows how easy this ...
Radius Screen Wall on site !! (2 Build Styles + Price Explained 👌🏼) with #Voiceover
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Here is a video of us building a wall on site with a curved section. My mate is building ahead of me using a good method. I’m backing it up. It’s obviously all level work and we have marked plumbing points to make sure it goes up plumb. The other part of this vid shows me building part of the wall in a very awkward way which turned out far worse than I expected. It was only myself and labour in...
Bricklaying - More Big Lintels with Soldiers 💪🏻Top Tip and Demo. 🧱🧱
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Bricklaying - More Big Lintels with Soldiers 💪🏻Top Tip and Demo. 🧱🧱
Relaxing : Install and Point Pre-made Arch on Site : Mortar Gun Demo 2022 (HD)
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Relaxing : Install and Point Pre-made Arch on Site : Mortar Gun Demo 2022 (HD)
BRICKLAYING Pointing Up Pre-Formed Heads on the Ground! Top tips!!!! 😀👍
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BRICKLAYING Pointing Up Pre-Formed Heads on the Ground! Top tips!!!! 😀👍
BRICKLAYING Fantastic Tip for Soldiers on Lintels + Real-time Demo for Beginners / Improvers 😀👍
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BRICKLAYING Fantastic Tip for Soldiers on Lintels Real-time Demo for Beginners / Improvers 😀👍
BRICKLAYING Pic and Dip Demo Front and Back of Trowel. Pre-cut Half’s and the One Eye Technique 😀
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BRICKLAYING Pic and Dip Demo Front and Back of Trowel. Pre-cut Half’s and the One Eye Technique 😀
BRICKLAYING Pic and Dip Variation. “Making it Pay on a Red Hot Day” ☀️
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BRICKLAYING Pic and Dip Variation. “Making it Pay on a Red Hot Day” ☀️
BRICKLAYING Pic and Dip. Frog Brick on Redrow Site + Good Technique for Top Course 😀👍👍
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BRICKLAYING Pic and Dip. Frog Brick on Redrow Site Good Technique for Top Course 😀👍👍
BRICKLAYING Soldiers on Lintels! Tips and Tricks + Another Annoying Building Regulation!! 😫🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱👍
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BRICKLAYING Soldiers on Lintels! Tips and Tricks Another Annoying Building Regulation!! 😫🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱👍
BRICKLAYING Pic and Dip Action! Thumb in the Perforation Demo 2nd Half 😀🧱
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BRICKLAYING Pic and Dip Action! Thumb in the Perforation Demo 2nd Half 😀🧱
BRICKLAYING Sectional Flat Arch Build on Site. Is this right ? 🤯 PLUS Good Tip for Pointing Them 👌🏼
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BRICKLAYING Sectional Flat Arch Build on Site. Is this right ? 🤯 PLUS Good Tip for Pointing Them 👌🏼
BRICKLAYING “WEIRD” 2-Handed Technique POV! (Could help people who struggle with the high courses)
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BRICKLAYING “WEIRD” 2-Handed Technique POV! (Could help people who struggle with the high courses)
BRICKLAYING Corner Build - For Beginners and Improvers - Talk Through and Advice 👍🧱
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BRICKLAYING Corner Build - For Beginners and Improvers - Talk Through and Advice 👍🧱
BRICKLAYING: Reverse Headcam!? Carrier Spreading Ahead. Pic and Dip at 1:36 w/ Help from Carrier 😂🧱👍
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BRICKLAYING: Reverse Headcam!? Carrier Spreading Ahead. Pic and Dip at 1:36 w/ Help from Carrier 😂🧱👍
BRICKLAYING: How to Build Steps (clad in porcelain or rendered) + Time Lapse, Photos, Talk-through 👍
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BRICKLAYING: How to Build Steps (clad in porcelain or rendered) Time Lapse, Photos, Talk-through 👍
BRICKLAYING: Top Outs with Gable Ladders + Great tip on butterfly clamps! Time lapse / Real-time 👍
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BRICKLAYING: Top Outs with Gable Ladders Great tip on butterfly clamps! Time lapse / Real-time 👍
BRICKLAYING: 2-Brick Pick and Dip Variation Demo - Headcam Hurl and Propel 🧱➡️ 11" Philadelphia! RAW
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BRICKLAYING: 2-Brick Pick and Dip Variation Demo - Headcam Hurl and Propel 🧱➡️ 11" Philadelphia! RAW
BRICKLAYING: Cant Cill Brick On Site 🧱👐🧱 (HD 1080 / 60FPS)
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BRICKLAYING: Cant Cill Brick On Site 🧱👐🧱 (HD 1080 / 60FPS)
BRICKLAYING: Laying Light Weight Blocks High Up, Tips & the Most Annoying Building Regulation EVER!
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BRICKLAYING: Laying Light Weight Blocks High Up, Tips & the Most Annoying Building Regulation EVER!
BRICKLAYING: 4th Lift Action in the Rain + I NEARLY LOST THE CORBLE!!!!! 😳
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BRICKLAYING: 4th Lift Action in the Rain I NEARLY LOST THE CORBLE!!!!! 😳
BRICKLAYING : We had to knock it down! 😱 is there a shortage of bricks coming??
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BRICKLAYING : We had to knock it down! 😱 is there a shortage of bricks coming??
BRICKLAYING: SERIOUSLY FAST BRICKLAYER !!!! Pic and Dip!! 😀👍
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BRICKLAYING: SERIOUSLY FAST BRICKLAYER !!!! Pic and Dip!! 😀👍
BRICKLAYING : More Top Outs On Site 👍 (INC. Time-lapse) HD 1080 / 60FPS
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BRICKLAYING : More Top Outs On Site 👍 (INC. Time-lapse) HD 1080 / 60FPS
Have the line go back through the inside of the corner block and then can be pulled tight the other way, twice wrapped over the biggest part of the block and then once through from back so it comes out the front on inside.👍
My mate does it like that 👍👍 better than Dori blocks in my opinion 👌🏼👌🏼
@@brickworkfundamentals4636 yeah if you spend out for bt Dori blocks it works but it’s a lot of money when you can just do that trick with a corner block
Awesome, definitely interested in seeing the full hour video...
Crazy fast👌🏼👌🏼I’ll give David a shout and try and get the full hour up😀👍
@@brickworkfundamentals4636 Thanks heaps mate
Thanks. Not a professional but have bricks to lay for a landscaping job and this is a big help.
Definitely loads of different ways to lay bricks so i would say do whatever feels right for you. This one is nice and steady. 😀👍
that mud looks perfect, do you know what the sand cement ratio was with that and was it type s or n?
Awsome silo mortar from a company called cpi! It will be M2 which is the lighter duty stuff . Probably similar to type N. Give my a shout if you need any more info than this! 😀👍👍
I use the tip of my trowel to help lift the brick up when elbow plays up. Any tips for temporary relief of pain?
I have just been wearing a tennis elbow brace for the last 2 months . £17 from Argos. (Neo G tennis elbow support) . The pain has pretty much gone again !!! It has a little pressure point pad that goes against where it hurts. So good . I would deffo recommend it! Mine was that bad at Christmas I was looking for a career change 😂 Pretty much gone now 👍
does it also work above your head ?
It does yes ! The force it pushes it in seems to make it stick to the sides. Highly recommend 👍👍
Meanwhile the cavities are absolutely full of motar
Definitely not. 👍👍
@@brickworkfundamentals4636 I was joking bro
The forklift driver on this job is a proper sexy god
😂 both drivers are shit hot on this site to be fair 👌🏼 mortar at 10 past 7 !! 🤑💪🏻
Looks great bricklayers always got something to say 😂
Great method, always prop the lintel to stop tipping bricks.
Thanks for commenting! Yeah, I think propping makes a loads better job. Nothing worse than tipping bricks. We are on a site with no soldiors or stone on the lintels ! Makes a nice change lol👍👍
Why wouldbyou build brick on a retaining wall,when the ground freezes, and expands,it will bust d wall,
Nice 1 buddy like that style at times get all sorts issues if taking line round so tend stick with dori blocks. Love this way tho buddy you show will give it a spin 🤙🤙
Cheers !! Yeah, we have done it like this for years. I find it works well so I’ve just stuck with it . 👍👍 block work first. Top clamp at top👌🏼 If we ever do bricks first, I still use this method but put the intermediate dead close to the corner. Stops the front and back line from pulling the corner profile! Blake’s and blockdollys are on my wish list though !
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This is how we do it === and proud of it.Never heard of the striking point?Anyway we used a rule of thumb method, I think it was 5mm skewback for each metre of run.Wasn’t,the best but they were happy with it===hubby was doing the cuts ===sincedivorced.84plus now done With the game.Lungs gone.
Yeah! I would be using striking point if I was cutting the vousoirs 👍👍 With these , it is just a case of cutting the skew back and laying them . Sorry to hear your lungs are bad! I’m guessing the dust from bricklaying has not helped 👎👎It’s a real concern for us, even with all this health and safety on sites nowadays. Thanks very much for commenting 😀👍
Great job Matt 👌 a lot of lads would have cut corners here just to save time, not you though, great to see people being conscientious about their work, I try to abide by those same principles. Keep up the good work 👍🫡
Thanks 👊 it’s a really smart house with this porch and the balcony . Well worth putting a bit of time into it. I prefer boxes but it’s nice to do the bigger ones now and again lol Cheers for the comments Andrew 👍👍
Surely.could have tightening 10mm out of it. What a waste of time
It looked good you made the decision to do it how you did it.
Thanks mate 👍👍
Tidy
If you d have left it the way it was as it was only 10 mil and ground down you wouldn’t have had the pistol cut. Job done. To many heroes nowadays. Brownie points ?
And too many cowboys like you, 10mm over what looked like 6 bricks is not right and not good enough, do it right or dont bother.
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Lol 👍 no, the pistol cut was because the steel was so thick. I guess it’s hard to see what’s going on from the vid. It was more like 15 mm so I wouldn’t have even considered it. I would call it Pride in the job , not chasing browny points . Appreciate the comments though 😊👍
@@brickworkfundamentals4636chillax man😂 I often shout for a pack of pistol bricks on the lintols lift😂😂😂❤🎅🎅🎅( won't be long now doing brew till 2 ish🥶🥶🥶) love it home for Deal or No Deal 😂😂😂😂
Aup Ian 👍👍 I like brew till 2 !! 😂😂 Loads of loading and cleaning / patching on these 3 story houses so we will still be smashing out 8-4 (maybe) I’ve been told this site had no water for 3 weeks last winter 🥶 👎👎
Could you not tighten down,and build up, 10 mil, is not a lot
It was more like 15. I couldn’t bed up each side, as the brickwork was already in. I wouldn’t want to try and loose 15 mm in 3 courses, especially as the joist were going to sit on it. I like your thinking though 👍👍
Great videos and content, what's your fav trowel for brickwork,🇨🇮🇨🇮
Brilliant ! Thanks for the comment 👍 really appreciate it . I actually use a Marshall town 11 inch Philadelphia for everything. I find it’s perfect for getting enough mortar on for 2 blocks or 2 perforated bricks. What do you prefer ??
The hardest part is getting the mix right for me lol
Smooth but must be the most repetitive,laborious trade ever...after painting.
the king is at work
Clean!👍👍
finally after a long time. I love your style bro
Stack your brick on d blocks that's built, less back stress
Your right, It is good having the bricks on there. There is usually about 400 bricks in the second lift so wouldn’t be able to put them all up there. When it’s just me and our labourer I get him to put my bricks exactly where I want but when it’s 2 +1 I just grab them them from wherever he puts them. Otherwise he gets behind lol 😀👍
Where you get them corner block
Hi! I just grab a few from Amazon now and again . I meant to put a link on here but forgot !! I’ll grab a link and put it on a comment 😊👍
A think the foot print line block is very good.
I noticed footprint do a jointer now !!! I bet it’s strong metal if it’s anything like their pins 👌🏼👌🏼 I haven’t seen their corner blocks so I’ll have look ! Cheers 😀👍
@@brickworkfundamentals4636 There line pins are piss buddy. Tysack better quality. Even the Ox. Best are mob line pins got some sent from Belgian bricky jay last a lifetime French company that makes them.
@@brickworkfundamentals4636 Yeah. A like use the Hubbard barrel jointer or the bon 1. Cheap amecth just as good but bit lighter meaning pushing more. Love the Kraft sled runner. A must for on blockwork. If look on rhino build there is 19mm bon sled blue handle a got this recently brilliant as couldn’t get the 14inch size at 19mm on the Kraft but have the 18inch long bad boy seconds blocks are done or brickwork but need to catch it on the softer side but guarantee crisp strip bed lines. Sled,s last a lifetime also. Worst key ever used was them dinger lightweight’s flimsy junk to much pressure you need on it pointing has went of a bit. 🤙
Good stuff as always, well explained..
That’s great, thanks for the comment 😀👍
Im a bricklayer yet i have no idea what ls happening here
Cheers for commenting 👍 Most people on site use these square sections of aluminium as profiles. It’s easy enough to put a line on and run the brickwork in between…. But, This video shows a method for using normal corner blocks in a way that we can run a line across the front and back of the house while building the gable . There are building products which are designed for this purpose like the dori block but this is just showing that we can do it all with normal tools which most bricklayers have in their box! 😀👍
Great idea and tips for youngsters
Cheers Richard!! Its all about helping people coming into the trade 😀👍🧱
That's the way to go I'm 71 now still laying bricks love watching you guys it's great
Would be nice to see a lesson for building a twisted brick pier
Just get a dori block for 15 quid you tight arse 😂
Why not just use a dori block?
I’ve got 2 dori blocks mate but I just prefer the corner blocks! 👍👍
I cut a small notch in the back of the corner block, it helps hold the line in place as you slide it up the profile
Yeah, my mate does something similar to that 👌🏼👌🏼 these corner blocks are really versatile ay !! 😀👍
Good tips. Unusual detail on the reveals?
Great video, is this way less likely to snap the line if you slide it up the profile? 👍🧱
@@brickworkfundamentals4636 nice! Will definitely be using this technique! Thank you 😎
Good idea......that fxxxxxx scaffold....... we're on something similar.....I feel for you brother ❤ BTW I've got some joggers for you, for when the snow hits 🌨️🌨️🌨️
A video of you setting a corner profile on a dog leg corner would a good video idea for you. My gang tend run in the long flanks of brickwork with Dori blocks and build dog leg corners manually.
Cheers @wumty93 I will do one! If the dog leg is on the back then we do the to gables first with the profile set up like in this vid. Then on the back it would be one profile on the external corner of the dog leg and one on the internal. 3 corner blocks and no corner block on the internal 👌🏼👍
Shit bricks, shit muck... but you can polish a turd if you leave your brickwork flushed up for hours befrore you joint it... the worl below what your laying was pointed way to soon snd it ruins everything youndone that day
Yeah, your right , can defo make a good job with whatever materials you have got. Our pointing is mint 👌🏼 We do it when it’s ready wherever possible. These houses have an acid wash at the end of the build. Any bits that have dried a slightly lighter colour then go the same colour. 👍👍
11” trowel? Muck looks decent, we’re on tarmac it’s either stiff as fuck or wet. They won’t pay for chemical additives in it so it separates and all the water rises to the top of tub in about 10 mins :(
Can you keep your hat on mate..... directors are coming on this morning 😂😂😂😂❤🤠🤠🤠
Nice job, is it quarter bat,then half, threequarter, and full,
Always enjoy watching someone lay bricks
Cheers for commenting 😀!! Well, I’m normally a pic and dip man but these bricks are not great for it ! Ive got a few different styles I use for different bricks! 👍👍
Do you stop at lintol height, then let the joiners fill the cavities 😂
Nice and simple. I have intermediates, but find they ain’t that handy
I agree ! When it’s a gable ladder like this then the intermediates are not great . This method with the spring clamps is really good 😀👍 thanks for commenting 👍👍
Love Thy Neighbour !!! Very funny.... remember it??😂😂😂😮
😂😂 Yeah!! The great commandment 👌🏼👌🏼😀👍 probably the only one I stick to 😂👍
I have a pair of rhino build profiles but I find f clamps easier
Yeah, f clamps are mint ! Can do so much with them!! 😀👍🧱
😂😂😂 home gym.......you can't be grafting hard enough!!
Alright brickie? How do you do it when the plastic is already done......it can be a nightmare!. also I've been left on my own recently.😢.....ok when patching,but shite on a plot , especially in the fxxxxxx heat the other week......any tips ?❤🥂🥂🥂
Aup Ian !!! I use spring clamps on the soffit and hang my line over them when the plastics are on!! Defo not as easy with the plastics already on but ok with a good system. Oh no!! Yeah, bricking is shite with no one bringing you the gear 👎 The best bricky I’ve ever seen did it on his own tho! On footings ! Got his own bricks and mortar. Still layed more than us 🙈
half the battle is reaching for bricks. I honestly think it would pay to have 2 labourers, one just to stand on overhand side passing you the bricks
Definitely Scott!! Im planning on switching to 2 labourers on site. One putting profiles up and jointing. One doing bricks and mortar. Get so many more bricks down 👍👍 easily cover the extra wage. David is so fast in this vid 👌🏼👌🏼 cheers for commenting 😊👍