Tommy Walsh Meets Mr Bricky
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- DIY Legend Tommy Walsh test driving the Bricky at the recent Somerset building show.
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Tips
Calculate your wall dimensions to full or half sized bricks/blocks. This avoids unnecessary cutting.
The natural colour of mortar can look quite bland. It\'s common for brick walls in particular to add some mortar dye in the mix to enhances the appearance. (I prefer black but use just half the recommended amount, this leaves a grey joint as opposed to black).
Ensure bricks are not dried out. Spray them with water if necessary but leave to surface dry before placement. (Dried out bricks absorb the moisture from the mortar, this then forces the mortar to set too quickly and prevent it gaining full strength.)
Lay out brick heaps and spot boards every 2 meters apart to have mortar and bricks under your nose at all times.
Keep your tools reasonably clean as you work and clean well at the end of each day a rag to hand is quite useful.
Do not point your joints until the mortar has started to set. (1-4 hours after placement). The half hour before lunch and end of the day is when a bricklayer comes back to point up their work.
A round nose gauging trowel (as supplied) works best when building with your bricky.
Use the light durable skin tight rubber brick laying gloves as the mortar may pierce your skin especially if your working for prolonged periods.
Laying brick/blocks is physical work but instead of crying from the pain think of what you'll achieve and how fit your getting in the process beats spending time/money in the gym.
Visit our website www.bricky.com frequently to keep up-to-date with the latest innovative building tools.
ONLY an Irishman could come up with something so simple, yet so bloody useful. I bought one of the first "Bricky's" and I'm about to use it for the first time. I KNOW I'm going to be VERY glad I bought it, and when I saw it, I just had to support Noel (who was just starting out). I also bought ALL his DVD's.
Noel, if you can make one that can do curved walls, that would be VERY useful too. I have a few ideas, but I'm not interested in commercialising any of them.
Half of these comments are just trash talk.. this tool is for the homeowner pr do it yourselfers.. this is a great product for those not in the trade. I work construction and i bought one of these. Im not a brick layer but im already looking forward to using it.
amen brother
It is pretty pointless though, i mean laying a bed of mortar is sooo easy, i know it takes time to do it like a brickie but shit man it only takes a few more seconds that using this silly tool.
The walls have zero strength as no suction is being created and/or no mortar is being pushed in to the brick recess. You can literally lift the bricks up by hand once it's dried.
Tips on Building a Wall
Splash down bricks/ blocks to saturate them with water but leave to surface dry before placement. When working with very porous materials such as Aircrete/ lightweight block brush PVA adhesive (polybond) onto the joint surfaces before placement.
Mortar Mix - 6 part building sand, 1 part cement & 1 part hydrated lime, add water with plasticiser or PVA adhesive mixed 5:1 in the water. (Never use washing up liquid)
bricky.com
Meets Mr bricky makes me laugh especially at the end of the build it your own dvd! but the most interesting thing is is that when Tommy Walsh comments a lot about how to do it and not to do it, why am i laying bricks that are not at perfection Mr bricky has saved my day and what a great design LOL!
I'm a bricklayer and the only way to learn to lay bricks is to get on the line. this misses out cornering and setting out so it starts from an assumption that these things are known...which if they were, you really wouldn't need this tool.
+TheDaveBarronBand
Its a good proven tool for keen DIYers plus for cavity wall construction it keeps the cavity spotless. for corner setup check out our Marshall Profiles - Noel www.marshallprofiles.com - www.bricky.com
How did you get to gauge, was it face brick or blockwork
Ok but how did you get to 2.100mm that's what I don't get, this product would only work to gauge if all bricks used were 65mm deep, how do people who use this tool keep all the perps in line, has a builder I open the perps out to get the perps in line, if I kept them all 10mm the perps would not be aligned and if I did in most probability I would be short from the reveal I don't know how they work to gauge vertical and horizontal
What do you mean end tool
Are you real or just taking the just taking the piss, all bricks vary in depth and length for that wall to work out all the bricks would have had to be the same length, if they were mixed you would have one end plump and the other end would not be
plump what would you put in the end the other end a bit of facia or some skirting board.
Bricklayers don't work to 10mm beds or 10mm perps they work to gauge, we adjust accordingly, we can make the two reveals plumb this toy will not, period end of the debate, either you have no clue or you have a vested interest, which one is it
Tommy is highly trained in brickwork - if he were not, would not know anything about cementing levels; consistency of layering or dimensional bedding. Tommy Walsh possesses a of wealth of DIY information even if the other presenter just a sales rep; and where the two depart from one another. I think it is great that we are given easy and practical tools to do DIY at a fraction of the price it would otherwise cost to have the work all done for you.
Yes that is the truth but what I do not like is the way it portrays that you can do extensions etc, it's mathematically impossible to do so
Agree entirely Ian. Just love Tommy and know him personally from his breif time at brick-laying college.
Be all day using that bloody thing 🤣
I like the string line.....
All these negative comments from the so called 'Pro's' makes me chuckle. Any idiot (even your average brickie) can see this tool is aimed at the home DIY'er for simple jobs and not for experienced bricklayers to build a 3 storey house. Get some perspective guys and don't feel so threatened. At least one thing to gain for the Diy'er customer is when he orders his bricks he will pay for the right amount and not the usual brickie prices of two for you and one for me (yes we all know it goes on).
I think you are missing the point big time lol, people are not complaining that this is gonna threaten our jobs lmao, or that this is useless on a big site.. no shit it would be... personally my complaint is that EVEN for a home DIY'er this is a useless tool... laying a mortar bed is incredibly easy, even for a completely untrained person.. it would take a few seconds more than using this tool, seconds... so OFCOURCE we are gonna think this tool is stupid, its the kind of think a muppet like yourself with a lack of confidence in yourself would spend 30 odd quid on some nonsense like this just to use it, realise its easier by hand... and put it away in the shed for years lol.
But go ahead, waste your money instead of trying something with your hands.
The line is great
I wish the so called bricklayers who built my house had bought one, perps from 3mm to 20mm liberally sprinkled around the house and holes at the top of lots of perps. It's a great tool to give beginners confidence
No bricks are at the same size. And this would nerver work in real life, it goes way way way to slow, and you cant fill perps while u do it. This is kinda a joke.
@@sebastianjakobsen1866 big joke that why we don’t see them on jobs EVER
I hope you are still in business I would like yo come and try out building a wall with this tool please
I’m interested to know how you might get flush pointing when the bed appears to be so far back. Anyone ?
What's the perfect motor mix to get the best flow?
So you can build extensions etc, head height for lintels in the UK is 2.100 mm that is made up of 28 courses , the gauge is 75 mm i.e. 75/150/225 if a brick 63 mm the bed is 12mm so the bed is altered plus or minus what is important is the gauge ( not 10 mm beds) So unless you would use bricks that are all 65mm deep this will not work, how can you get to gauge when you have use bricks that are 63mm, 10mm plus 63mm is 73 that 2mm minus out of gauge, over 28 courses that's 56 mm out of gauge.Hard baked bricks go down to 62 that 3mm that's 84 mm out over 2.100, now if you are 2.090 or 2.110 mm that's ok but not 56mm or 84mm , don't take my word for it find out the tolerances in the manufacture of bricks, ask about gauge don't take my word.The maths are there 10 mm bed 63mm brick= 73mm ( that 2mm minus on 1 course) i agree it's a good tool for building flower beds etc , and also bricks vary in length the gauge being 225/450/675 if a brick is 212 the perp is 13 to take it to 225, any builder/ bricklayer will keep the perps in line, to achieve this we open or tighten up the perps, if we would have 10mm perps the perps would not be aligned when you eye them from top to bottom, let say we keep 10 mm perp and we are 20 mm short my the reveal bung some plastic facia in there to hide the shortfall?, no we open out or tighten to suit accordingly
I buy from people like this that knows its mortar and not MUD!
erm ok
Fantastic for a job you don’t have to set out, square up, pick up gauge, grind beds down, open up perps,tighten perps or build the corners 🙄🙄🙄
Bingo
can you use this tool to lay a mortar bed with a width of 240 mm? or you need a wider tool?
Tell me where I could buy this aligner of Bricks you used in the demonstration of your product?
Where do you buy this materials please tell me??
Genius
So what happens when you get a pack of big bricks followed by two small??. Your 75mm gauge goes to pot. 10mm joints throughout, we wish eh?.
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thats good for just doing standard half brick walls but if you want an english bond or flemish maybe then its not going to work. also if you want to include a diaper in there to this is not going to help much at all. However the line is a good invention
New Wider model now for double brick walls perfect for english bond or flemish bond. See it @ www.bricky.com
I've always wondered what you do with the wall you've built on a trade show floor. Do you just bash it apart every evening to make room for the next day's demonstrations?
-jcr
Show us how to set out the first course on uneven ground using this gimmick
Why would the ground be uneven if you're laying on a footing bed?.
Noel always wanted to be a Bricklayer
They always said a bricklayer is a carpenter with his brain removed!👍
So as soon as you buy this the house will build itself. Simples 🦦
Firstly, bricklaying is a 3 dimensiional skill that is quite difficult to master but with time, practice and experience of proper methods, walls can be built plumb and level
this device might be ok if bricks are exactly the same size, wall length and height are measured and gauged precisely - but any bricklayer will tell you that is a very rare occurrence - in fact never in my experiencce as a bricklayer with over 30years experience -. the bricklayer must overcome these discrepancies and these 'tools; will never do that - i have never seen any decent bricklayer lay a bed of mortar like that - don't waste your money on it - just get an experienced bricklayer to build your wall .
Good product. But you can't beat an experienced bricklayer.
Or an expensive bricklayer for that matter......
This gadget is crap tommy is definitly getting a kickback from this guy and as every bricklayer will tell u gage on site is not always 10mm but what the hell if u need this crap dont atempt to build a wall
I didnt know Pikeys laid bricks.
Sorry but this isn't right.
No proper bedding and perp squish.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
100%grate tool....
Sad to see a professional tradesman/celebrity endorsing a very poor product.
Yeh, it was hardly a chance meeting. More like Tommy getting paid to endorse this.
My dad done some work on a house Tommy brought, my dad was a plasterer, before my dad past he said his a conning b@stard tried to do me out of money, I've got a picture my dad took of Alan titchmarsh doing Tommy garden at the house and Tommy standing by the doorway of the house Tommy brought
I'm a bricklayer nice product but I wouldn't use it. Also completely useless for decorative walls or anything more fancier than a straight wall
What about if you have to pick up or tighten down what about a course of pig and trench block your playing on people's ignorance and it usually ends with a job costing twice as much thats why I don't touch my cars engine because I'm not a mechanic be warned but it's caveat emptor
Exactly and that what tradesmen do, there are a few beauties on here, I phoned up the company soon has I mentioned gage work i.e. Using bricks that are plus/ minus 65 mm they put the phone down, what about working to a datum or picking the beds up because the foundation was los.
Ok for DIY but on site you would never earn a bean
Is there a tool for cutting into existing masonry and showing how to tie in +fold dpc at cills and head hight +up jambs if so great now all we need is an other chippy with to much time on his hands to tell a pilot how to crash land a plane 😂😂😂not a wood plane 😁oh plus an unemployed celeb pleb
I like Tommy but this is BS. As for the guy who invented it, I admire for trying to help the keen DIY enthusiast. " But I'm Out "
If this way any good it would be used by brickies, but its not. Also i would never trust someone with an accent that is quite that irish lol.
Make something for Americans we use block not brick
Its clever but I think is for beginners. Professional bricklayers I don’t think they like this
BE AWARE NOT SUITABLE FOR STANDARD AUSTRALIAN BRICK >>WASTE OF MONEY
Interesting, never knew you guys used diff sized bricks.
It’s as bad as the plasterboard cutting device sold by British gypsum which relys on magnet’s holding the blade from below .waste of money
What a load of bollox
CRAP...!!
I suppose if you are sending a boy to do a man's job.....................