LAYING MY FIRST MITRED PIERS (GONE WRONG) | BRICKLAYING AUSTRALIA
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Hey everyone! In this episode we are on job number 7! This is our first house outside of Metricon - This time it is with Orbit Homes, who have given us a different style than what we are used to, including the two mitred piers at the front.
It was a new challenge for me as a bricklayer, and I did the best I could, however the result could have been better.. like anything else in this business.
It was definitely a learning experience, and I know I have many challenges to face in the future, both as a bricklayer and as a businessman. This will continue on as I progress with this business in the future.
Without further ado, welcome to a new episode, and if you like what you see in this one, make sure you subscribe as we are bringing content to you weekly!
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Thanks for sharing. It will only get better from here.
Tough day mate,just stick in there 💪
You have done well. Looks great. Practice makes perfect. Before you know it you'll be knocking them out in no time. Have a great day.
Nah they take time mate. I would have done them another day personally, that stuff gets draining at the end of the day.
I also get the brick cutter to cut them to save me time.
Good job mate
I've heard a lot about this brick cutter gig! I was meaning to try it on my 3rd job but never got around to it. Could be worthwhile getting them to cut all the sills/splits too. Only one way to find out!
@@bricksbyty yeah mate it saves heaps of time, if I have brittle bricks I get all the sills cut too. Just splits cost about 100 with sills 200. You’ll make the money back on time saved anyway.
Good job and keep learning. Remember everyone starts somewhere. Try getting a saw that allows you to use water. The dust is really bad for your health.
Nice work,I see nothing gone wrong,it just takes time, nobody can come in and slap it up in 30 mins, although a brick saw would definitely help,you could have saved 70% of the time you spent cutting if you had one,saves the work of getting dusty and bending over to cut,and I'm pretty sure alot of these company homes require a saw that runs with continuous water flow...at least mine does..anyways catch you the next one!
Thanks for that! I've been told the saw works wonders... we'll have to get one eventually!
Man you are brave loading that up hahaha!
Get a brick saw when you got the cash.
And with those mitred bricks in every corner you had which you should of had like 8 of them - butter and stick them together first then let them go off on a flat surface for like 5 mins or so..
then delicately lay them last ! way easier cause it’s like laying one brick If that makes sense.
Thanks for that haha, and yeah it sounds like a worthwhile investment. Appreciate the advice you have given!
keep doing mate.. you are moving to right direction
Nice job! I am also early in my trade business! Wisdom comes only with time and experience! Keep up the good work!
Thanks for that! Best of luck in your endeavours!
Very well done mate. 👍👍
Nice vid
Pretty sure can get templates mate. Defs better cutting them up at the end of one day , lettin them dry over night if still wet from cutter , then lay them first thing in the morning. Or Mud half together leave over night place on on then the other and repoint the dryed out mud
Hey there! Where can you get them from? It sounds like it would make this situation a lot easier. Thanks for your advice!
Im a bricklayer from England 👍 well done BTW on your first attempt...i remember once building a bungalow and front garden wall for a property developer....we had no solids and site so I put mitred tops on 4 piers on the garden wall he liked them that much that the next job was a huge boundary wall around the grounds of a huge new build house we ended up with 24 piers to build and he wanted a mitred top on every one!! I ended up making my own timber template out of ply it was 2 pieces of ply fixed together on a 90 degree twice then we just clamped it on the top of the pier making a square which would house our mitred bricks we had gauge marks on it aswell and diagonal dividers than slid in and out from corner to corner it was then just a job of filling it in giving it a couple of hrs to stiffen up then take it off and move to the next one while my mate pointed up job done 👍
To easily get the correct measurements for mitres sit a full brick against the back of your set out dry bricks, cant go wrong
Hey mate, next time leave the profiles on guage up 120mm and work off a line.
Heaps easier
Good luck..
Draw your mitres out on a template cant go wrong with your joints. Not bad for your first one though.
Excelente trabajo 👏 👍 💪
Nice job in the video I couldn't see anything wrong with the top you need to get a demo saw with a 14-inch blade so you can cut faster I've been using a Stihl ts420 for like the past 10 years maybe more so that is the one I would suggest
Hey there! I'll have a look into it, thanks for that!
Ts420 must have bit of kit for a bricklayer no faffing about with cables 125mm cut or there about 12inch blade no good to a bricky as it doesn’t catch right through to back of the brick even more so when diamond where’s. Husqvarna k770 there 350mm cutter is very good also. Stihl man myself tho.
It has a 14 inch blade our bricks are 3 and 5/8 thick it goes through no problem it goes through probably five inches
@@lmilne4859 that's the only reason I don't like the battery powered ones with the 9 inch bleed because they don't go all the way through the max cutting depth is three and a half
@@lmilne4859 I used to use husqvarna's with a 14-in blade they're good I'd like to try a 12-inch Blade the stihl and the Husqvarna get a little bit heavy when you're toothing out brickwork
Like the method with the columns, much quicker then free handing.
Wondering why Architect asks u to do mitres at top. Where not many can see? But good patience from you mate. It's hard I know putting into place. I would say though. Give your trowel a bang. To take weight off it of muck.and less droppings... Smaller trowel? Pillars spot on buddy
Thanks for that! Yeah its a lot of extra work... for just $20! I have a smaller trowel now so it's a lot easier to manoeuvre
Mate I would’ve just cut the 16 small corner ones and the rest just square cut at 50-70mm and filled in with mortar or get the renderer to smooth out the top of the pier. No one ever going to jump up there and you’d save heaps of time. But brilliant work anyway.
Pretty sure the piers are face mate
@@johnlion1732 yeh true I suppose but seems pointless for the top of the pier that’ll probably only be seen by pigeons 😂
Thanks for that! And yes as mentioned, these piers are face.. sadly
@@gorgen23 can’t square cut bricks with holes
Hope you got payed extra for all that extra decorative faffing about mate !
Can’t be mad with that for a first time 👍, also just wondering what planks you use for scaffolding?
Thanks for that! And they are timber planks although the specific timber I'm not sure.. there is also aluminium planks but they are a lot more in price.
Nothing wrong with that mate looks well good👍🏻
You can live deaf your can't live to good with silicocus. It happens over time.
You ever do any work in the northern suburbs mate?
Hey there! I used to when I first started out with small jobs, but nowadays all in the west!
There isnt some form of template? Maybe an easier faster method? Like a rod with spacers to hold bricks?…. Looks like alotta extra work for not much…
Yeah another comment mentioned templates, will definitely look into it. We're not getting much for these mitred tops at $20 each...
@@bricksbyty wowie man. Thats f all…. $20 and takes that long…. :(
@@bricksbyty worth 20 in China with slave labor. You're getting hosed.
If u don't laugh u would cry Rome wasn't built in a day more u build them easier it gets
Tooling on your veneer at 30:40 looks like crap. Bond on house looks like crap also almost joint over joint.
Make the cut below the head longer and take 3/4" or more off the full brick next to it that with move the joints away from each other.
Hey there! It's a good thing you took the time to carefully inspect the bond on the veneer, but if you look even closer, the brickwork has not been roll jointed as it is rendered.
@@bricksbyty why use brick if it's cover?
That’s what gets supplied to us by the builder. In Melbourne, most if not all rendering is done over bricks.
@@bricksbyty waste all that time and money with bricks to be covered but 20 bucks for a mitered cap?
Please use gloves.
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I hope whatever you charge for the mitre capping they pay! Builders expect them to be done for nothing... good stuff 🧱
Thanks for that! We're not getting much tbh... $20.00 each mitred top. Criminal!
@@bricksbyty that is criminal, not even worth it for the time it takes
Cappings are always a pain to do