BRICKLAYING: Laying Light Weight Blocks High Up, Tips & the Most Annoying Building Regulation EVER!
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Just a vid showing how we lay light weight blocks for the top courses.
I’m showing the blob method again, window clips and wall tie drip position.
I try and cover the building regulation which makes our job a lot harder… full blocks under lintels. This basically means no splits or any block less than 330mm in length to be laid directly under a lintel. It can make it a bit of a jigsaw as the regs are also ‘no vertical straight joint longer than 300mm (4 brick) and horizontal bond minimum off 100mm.
With a bit of thinking it isn’t too hard to achieve and gives the inspectors nothing to pull.
Thanks for watching! 👍👍
Man that’s a stretch. Good vid bud. Enjoyed watching
Cheers Richard ! Yeah, not ideal lol 😊👍
Fk me..I had NO clue about the ties going the "right way up"..never even heard of it before! Maybe I'm not gonna be cut out for this site work in the future 😂😂
Very good video mate..very different to how we do things on extensions I can tell you that.😂 can you not put x2 course of brickets around the whole job like I see all the time on new builds? I guess this way saves almost a pack of brickets though. More videos like this mate!👌👌👍
Have a great weekend fella🍻🍻👍
😂 yeah site work can be a bit mental with all the regs👎 it’s ace on extensions when the inspector knows you do a good job and they just say “ give us a ring when the roof is on” 👌🏼👌🏼
Yeah this house has 2 course of splits right round down stairs… 9 block and a split to get to lintel ( 2.1) then a split and a block to get to joist (2.4) . Upstairs on the gables it’s full blocks go all the way up so no need for 2 course of splits. Most houses we do have a course of splits front and back but This house has a bit of a random wall plate height so it’s full blocks from joist to wall plate. 👍 have a good one Izzy 👊🧱
Dam I need to move to England yous boys got it easy with ur girly blocks
I’ve heard Scotland is all concrete blocks!
Nice smooth neat brickie 👌
!! Cheers for the comment David👍👍
The tie wire comment, I think I’d leave the site if he said that to me hahaha😆😆
😂 Im going to check with the wall tie manafacturers on this one Harry! To be fair it’s not to bad once ya get into it. The full blocks under the lintels bugs me more mate 😖
@@brickworkfundamentals4636 I just shove em in any old how, full blocks under lintels 😂, the jobs hard enough this time of year without all that shit, tell me your getting at least £700 a thou for that shit 🤞
No mate not yet ! 600 and 16 on the block at the min👌🏼 I was just on a site for a couple of weeks where the direct gangs were on 660 for the brick , 17.50 on the block, van, fuel card, an outfit and 5 weeks holiday pay. Bonkers . Site was too far from home but worth thinking about !! You still at redrow Harry ??
@@brickworkfundamentals4636 long gone from there, been working for a new subbie on a new Avant site 15 mins from my house, £650 n 16, coni brick tho, but nice easy houses, good site not mega stringent either 👍🏻
Good rates! Nice and local to👌🏼👌🏼 I’m 5 mins from home but the houses are turning out to be a bit trickier than we like. I’m Considering travelling again for boxes. 👍👍
SHORTS ! ,remember them ! As for upside down ties every day is a school day 😉🧱👍🏼
That’s odd, I’ve just replied to your comment twice and it keeps disappearing. Weird ! 👍 hope your good 😊
@@brickworkfundamentals4636 . 😁😁. This one got through.
Be a lot better when this sodding rain stops !! 🙄😡😡🧱👍🏽
😂defo 🤞🏻👍
Very nice..
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Mate, helpful tips and you make it look easy. I'm planning building a simple garage and workshop space, so I'm watching all the YT how to build tutorials. Mate, one very simple question has been bugging me; when you guys mark up the plumb line reference marks on the uprights are you using he depth of the block/brick plus 1/4 inch for the muck? The reason I ask is surly if you just mark the brick depth you'll be way out after couple of runs?
Cheers for taking the time to make and post this up - I know it's going to help.
No prob! Good to hear the vids are useful😀👍
I’ve just done a garage conversion and a garden room at my house so I’ll prob get round to doing a vid on it 👍
Yeah, your totally right! We mark the gauge allowing for block plus a mortar bed. Or a brick plus a mortar bed.
We are metric so it’s quite simple. For block work it is 225mm, 450mm, 675mm, 900mm etc…
Then for brick work it’s 75mm, 150mm, 225mm, 300mm, 375mm, 450mm etc.
As you can see, every 3 bricks plus 3 beds (225mm) high is equal to 1 block and 1 bed so the wall ties work.
Good luck with your project !! You tube tutorials are brilliant for that type of stuff !! 😀👍 thanks for commenting 😊👍🧱
sod the ties the right way up, they go in as they leave my hand, anybody ever seen enough water in a cavity to drip off one ?, if u have ur roofs fucked, good vid mate enjoyed it keep em coming
Cheers Nellie!! Lol well said!
To be fair I put an apex shed against my detached garage ( single skin) and when it rained the bricks reached saturation point and pissed in like a waterfall ! If it was up against the house it would have been in the cavity!! I reacon they are made to be acceptable both ways up but “ tits down is probably optimal”. Thanks for commenting mate 👍👍🧱
I agree, never seen water running down the inside of a cavity. I was on a large city center block built in the 60,s. We were working in a service shaft the outer skin was just half brick at least 3 storeys high. Despite heavy continuous rain (Manchester!) never saw one drop of rain.
For a right hander right to left always the best to come on the blocks even more so at height find same with brick on edge or soldier courses although prefer left to right running in face work. Tits down mate haha never knew that 1 with wall ties. 🤟🤟
Yep, totally agree! Like you say, even more so when it gets high!
Running in way more natural left to right 👌🏼
😂wall tie reg is a mad one for sure 👍👍
we had an inspector pull us about upside-down ties before. It's right what they're saying its a double drip
Yeah, makes sense changy👍 easy enough to do it once you know! 👌🏼
@@brickworkfundamentals4636 they go in anyway up for me
Lol👍
wall tie surprised me
And me zaid! 👍 like I say, I’ve heard about it before but never come across an inspector that pulls you for it untill this site 👍👍🧱
The trade is getting ruined but numpties in the office, they are too far away to throw a brick at them
😂 well said Dominic!! 😀👍
R u sure this is today in fxxxxxx shorts Cha🥶🥶🥶
😂 shorts till Clocks go back 😬💪🏻
@@brickworkfundamentals4636 I thought it was because you'd soaked your pants, working in the rain 🌧️🌧️🌧️
😂😂🤦♂️
Do that way a 6 inch or 4 inch concrete block
I always use 2 hands for concrete blocks. 6 inch are so heavy but I find the wall is really stable👍👍
Do you normally start building the inner or the outer leaf?
We build the inner leaf first…. We take the blockwork up 6 courses then build 21 courses of bricks. We then go back inside and do another 3 courses of blocks. This is then ready for scaffolding. On the second lift we do the brickwork to joist height then jump inside and do a course of blocks off the trad decking. This is then ready for scaffolding and floor joists. 3rd lift we do 7 course of blocks then get ready for the inspection. Then we do 21 courses of bricks. Then jump inside and do another 3 course of blocks. This is ready for scaffolding. 4th lift we do the blocks first the bricks to wall plate. Top outs… blocks then bricks. 👍👍 sorry about the long answer ( I’ve had a coffee 😂) to be fair a lot of the gangs I see these days are doing bricks first on the first lift. The rest of the house they usually do similar to the way we do it.
Obviously if you’ve got king span it’s block first anyway 👍 🧱
BTW,I don't put the volume up but I bet you're giving great advice 😉😂😂😂😂😷💉💉
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I think these house builders need to let a gang build a house on daywork with full holiday/sick pay/travel costs/company car/pension contributions to the exact Nhbc standards,and follow full health and safety compliance and see how much it should cost them and time to get the finished article!!!! Bloody tie wires upside down!!! Cant even keep the lads supplied with dry bricks in a consistent time off the stacker,makes me laugh,very good video though mate
Joke init mate
Lol! Your bang on!!! Totally agree! It’s as though because are rates are quite high at the mo, they want the world for the money! Cheers for the comment 👌🏼
Im sick of hearing “we are going for pride in the job” you bend over backwards and help them win the award Then boom you are back to being a piece of shit under foot 2 days later,expecting you top off a garden wall stood on a mortar tub for a CML !!!!!!! Thats how much we are thought of
Yeah it's bullsh@t. It ll get worse when it tightens up again. Never happen but trowels should stick together and get a fair wage . The system were in is designed for everyone to stab everyone in the back. It stinks!! I f@ked it off after 35 yr . Seen it all. Treat like shit. Best of luck lads.
@@thetool5434 exactly mate,we call it the finger pointing trick,dont help you at all to get house built but want it built yesterday,then when a problem occurs your a shit bag!!!!!
If I got pulled for that with ties I’d jack on spot Never heard owt as stupid in my life.
I just laughed! My mate in my gang says there is no way he is doing it. I’ve been trying to get in the habit of having a quick look before I bang Em in. The full block under lintels does my head in more😖
Never work with the line above your eye line. 8 courses is high enough!!!?? Come back the next day and that 9 th course will be drunk and disorderly. Guaranteed!!!!!!!
Thanks for commenting Joseph👍👍
I wouldn’t mind stopping at 8 but it isn’t high enough for trad. I’m 5,7 and 9 is fine. Just gotta make sure there is daylight between the block and the line. So easy for them to start tipping if someone is hard on the line. Can even check them for plumb with your level as you go down the line.
We do 6 course of block first, then 21 course of brick then go back in for 3 more course of block.
I know a lot of gangs start with 21 course of brick then go inside and back it up with 9 course of block in one go.
Either way we are reaching. Defo takes a bit of practice if you’re not used to it 👍👍 thanks again for commenting pal 😊👍