HOW TO LAY BRICKS WITH NO EXPERIENCE
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 22. 08. 2024
- HOW TO LAY BRICKS WITH NO EXPERIENCE
Today we test and review the BRICKY PRO bricklaying tool and put it through its paces. After receiving a few comments on my Bricklayer Vs Wife video asking for me to personally review the BRICKY PRO tool, here we are. I go into extensive detail about each part of the tool and the different aspects of how it is used. I end with my final thoughts and let you know if i recommend it or not. Hope you all enjoy đ€đ§±
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Hi everyone. This tool was used by my wife in a video we filmed and I had a few comments asking me to use it myself and give my opinion. This video is me using this tool and giving my opinion at the end. I've had a few comments already saying I shouldn't reccomend this product...spoilers....if you watch untill the end I dont recommend this product at all, in fact I provide a list of cost equivalent tools I recommend learning how to lay bricks with instead.
Perhaps, you should have left the bricks in place for a few days?
I built a 5x4m pub in my garden and over 60m of walls with one of these and there rock solid the finish is far better than most new builds . you clearly didn't let the mortar set. I would never have had the confidence to attempt to build anything like i did without this tool. If used correctly its perfect To be honest you seemed to make hard work of it like i did to start with but after a while it just clicks.
I will definitely try something like this...Always wanted to do bricklaying ... Please send me one
No timeserved person would use this bro no compaction rate
@@Befree9 ....one million percent
I used this kit a few years ago to build a garden wall for the first time, and found many of the same issues, the biggest of which was that I could lift the bricks off the next day. The trouble is that without it, I struggled to get a consistent depth of mortar. So, I used it as a bricklaying training kit. Instead of the flat mortar bed, I furrowed it like I'd seen in other videos, and that fixed the bonding problem. I quickly went from using the perp tool to buttering by hand. By the time I was a couple of feet up from ground level, I was able to abandon the kit and do it freehand. But the important thing is, without the kit, I'd probably have given up by the 2nd course and hired a brickie to clean up the mess, rather than having a garden wall I'm really quite proud of having done by myself.
That's what this kit is about - giving an amateur the confidence to get started. It's for odd jobs like garden walls not site work. My first instinct when I saw the flat bed was to furrow it to aid suction and manoevrability when laying the brick.
I'm not a brick layer, Im a maintenance man but I bought one of these, and it worked so well I was really happy with the end result. When I finished building the wall, I was lucky enough to have a professional brick layer see me using this and he came over to chat. He checked my work he said it would pass on a building site. It is a good tool. I don't need one now, I can lay bricks without one, just not as fast as the professional's. I would recommend this for anyone to use.
I am not a brick layer but I understand that the suction/strength problem can be resolved by using damp bricks, hope that helps
I dont get it why people complain abou this guy who is helping every one building experiance his is good teacher fantastic tool kit no problem my man you are good guy very good thank you
I think this a excellent tool I made one with wood and it's working 100%
I like how you are leary of the technology, but give it a proper chance. So ya know, I biult small spent paper incinerator by watching your videos. Thanks
thanks for your honesty, it clearly shows we will appreciate and admire the skills of a bricklayer. good point regarding levelling, because with no suction that wall will not be strong Simples!!!
Iâm enjoying watching the tutorial vids, lots of excellent pointers and instructions.
The tool you reviewed the bricky mate I was given one of the original tools he patented and I built a complete 6.5mtr single story extension to my house and it work genius for me and Iâm not a bricky. I did have the same issues as you found with recessed mortar joints etc however, the facer tool I ended up holding on with my hand as a bricky would butter his bricks. Anyway that was all 4yrs ago and the building is still as strong as a bricky would have laid. But I agree with your review and opinion for example the line was a pain and I ended up improvising.
We appreciate the effort that you go for us,please don't be so apologetic,love your work
All I can can say is that I bought something like this tool years ago and itâs still sitting in the back of my shed somewhere , I never even opened the box to see what was inside mainly because Iâve never had much time on my hands. After watching this video I think Iâm going to leave it in the box and learn to lay bricks properly now that I have the time.
If the brickwork has no strength then what be the point in putting in the effort to build it in the first place and more to the point if the tool was any good then every professional bricklayer the world over would be using it.
Great video , now I need to watch your other videos and learn how lay bricks properly đ
Don't know how I ended up watching this vid, but now I feel the need to go and build a wall
The main drawback with this tool is that the mortar should not be too stiff . It should be soft enough so that a light tap would set the brick into the mortar. You should also use the trowel to create a small trench in the middle of the entire length of the mortar.
Good review. Iâve done various small jobs and Iâm generally pretty crap at brickwork. As you mention thereâs no substitute for skill and understanding. I found knowing how to mix up muck consistently for the conditions is central to successful outcomes. Drier or recon bricks, hot days needs much wetter mortar which in turn tends to lead to narrower mortar joints once laid. Similarly damp bricks, cool damp day and the much needs to be stiffer else when you build up the corners they wonât stay true& firm and properly in place. Also critical the type of bricks and blocks used.
This product is really about laying a consistent tidy mortar bed and cutting waste for beginners when all the other issues are properly addressed
Thanks mate I was already worried about the compression on bricks below and you've confirmed it for me. You are spot on about learning how to do it properly.
I bought one of these in 2012 as I needed a four course high wall 2.2m x 4.8m for a base of an observatory as I had never laid a brick in my life. For a novice it is a great way to get decent looking results. The Observatory is still standing so the wall is strong. I later built a BBQ, and a bin cover using the remaining bricks I had left over and tried my hand at free laying. It was a lot quicker, but as a total novice the final result wasn't brilliant (cement on the brick face was an issue). But both are still standing so I must have done something right !
Well, in fact it is a good video for beginners.
In many projects here in Brazil we work with 3x1 grease (3 - sand, 1 - cement) and wetted blocks, whether using this device or not.
Dry clay blocks do not adhere to the dough if it is placed as you did.
The first course is meant to be done the usual way so you don't remove the clips. I used one of these to do thermalite blocks something like 20 years ago. It did the job fine. Since I've been doing the odd brick job the traditional way but it's not a bad system for someone that cannot get the hang of bricklaying.
freakin covid. there's me now living in a huge city centre with a 3 foot balcony, lying on bed, watching brick laying clips on yt.
chtubing81 LOLOLOL! U2? Iâm watching this in Washington State, USA. Where r u at?
George Ramos stuttgart, Germanyđđ»
George Ramos , Los Angeles
He didn't even build a three foot wall
Brick your balcony up, knock it down and throw the bricks at the covid Marshallâs lol
âAs seen on TVâ is never a substitute for craftsmanship
You're so kind to shoot such an enlightening video on this tool! You know if it is not gonna be a solid wall,why build it anyways?
Appreciate the effort and honesty!
I'm watching and thinking how it would be if someone fetched up on a site with this and proceeded to lay bricks with it :D
We all need a good laugh in the morning, it's very healthy.
brando6BL He would be destroyed for life and thrown out of the cool brickie gangs...
i think one would get their ass kicked for that... and then a good laugh could be had by all! lol
Jigs like these have been independently invented by various people all over the world. My father who was a chippy knocked up one of these in the 70s to build our back garden walls there still standing today . I was building a large shed for a mate of mine and an electrician arrived to price up the electrics . I got talking to the spark and he told me he had an extension built on to a country cottage he was moving into just up the road and asked me would I be able to recommend a plasterer . I arrived out to his place with the plasterer a few days later and the minute I stepped out of the van I could see it had been built using one of these and he confirmed it when I asked him . Himself and his brother who had no building experience built it between them and did a top class job on it , all block work no brick.
As I was watching this I was skeptical and was surprised at your optimism on day one.
I noticed the lack of compression in the muck and wondered about that.
Then day two came along and I was impressed by your honesty after being shocked by the weakness in the wall.
I've never properly laid bricks and was looking for info, hence watching your video.
Yes a real waste of time
Yeah but people here seem to be using it czcams.com/video/zf3v2jSszU8/video.html
I did a high school report project on the strength differences between dry, damp, and saturated bricks and cinder blocks assembled with mortar. This came about when I noticed a huge difference trying to knock cured mortar off a concrete block that I knew was wet when the mud was dropped onto it. I collected several types of bricks and the results varied quite a bit. This was in the early 70's. Might be an interesting experiment. Enjoyed your video. I will add that tools like that work best as a means to put inexperienced friends to work as helpers. Cheers.
Hi, what were the results of your report ? Did wetting the bricks make any difference ? Thanks
Always thought the "no give" bed made for a weaker wall thanks for confirming
Excellent tutorial, you do tend to repeat things a bit, but that's clearly your passion to get your message across to us in a very genuine fashion, which can be frustrating for you as a teacher trying to get your point (pun intended) made. Thank you.
Mate, tutored myself on the back of your videos. Iâm three weeks in and my garden wall is nearly done đ€đ»
Bet it looks shit
Can you tell me how you make your mortar please. I am from Croatia and builders here use completly different looking mortar. They make it with sand, lime(calx) and little bit of cement. I really like how mortar in video is nice to spread and work with. Hopefully I could make that kind of mortar here, because even sand looks different.
At my school they let a bunch of kids who were frankly idiots do bricklaying during lessons because they had no confidence they would achieve decent grades, which I found very unfair, since even though I was doing well in my lessons, I would much rather be doing something practical like this. Pissed me off that they were rewarding people for stupidity basically, rather than letting EVERYONE skip some awful, useless lessons and do something useful like bricklaying. This video is very helpful for me though since I never had a chance to learn before, thanks.
Really enjoyed watching this video - you gave that contraption a fair go. I thought when you first started that the beds were too flat with little suction or that bit of manoeuvrability that furrowing gives you.
The instruction DVD that comes with the tool says to wet the bricks to cure the bonding issue. Iâd see this as stabiliser wheels for a total novice. For ÂŁ50 it gets you going and then you take the stabilisers off and go freehand.
i got an original a couple of decades ago now and i built some retaining walls for raised beds and half way up my large workshop shed ..lent to to a work mate who made a very large pond and the pillars to support a deck
Sod that haha all that faffing around with plastic for beginners haha my first attempt at brickwork I built a koi pond in my back garden and the only Experience I had was watching others lay bricks. Watching is the best way to get the basics before you even pick up a trowel
What is your mortar mix? Cement to sand ratio? After watching this, I should ask what your mixture normally would be used for your walls?
Suggestions.
Pre-soaking the bricks should greatly improve adhesion.
Cutting the edges before lifting the tool?...I've seen video where the tool is slid along so no lifting until the edge which seems logical for longer rows.
2 home made 10 ml. block spacers per brick imbedded in the mortar might aid with leveling depending how consistent the brick is.
Finally, albeit expensive, the Marshall Profile system should aid with the masonry line clips along with the entire process...seems like a must for larger projects.
Pre soak the bricks!? You canât soak all bricks, the thing with this tool is that people think they can build anything with it and itâs going to turn out right. Iâve seen the results of using this on a wall and a double storey extension and both were utter dog sh*t.
I was going to buy this piece of kit, thanks for the review, I will take your advice and buy some tools and try to learn the more traditional methods.
Free hand Mate. Itll be yours
I learn how to use the tool and it is very good for me the one who just wants to mess around. Thank you. I don't care the wall about a built-up ugly or nice look I only care the wall will build and no illegal jump over.
Is it better to lightly WET the bricks or no?
I love your honesty, "Rodi." I've just subscribed because this is a worthy channel đ
I did wonder if there was enough pressing and stuff. They looked delicately put on. Great ending demonstration.
Maybe useful to build a free wall half that size by free hand. At the same time. To demonstrate difference. But Iâm sure most can take your word.
Most everybody who made it to this video have already seen plenty of what you describe. Maybe some found it because they were sizing up the product, themselves.
Watched a router tutorial yesterday where a plywood guide was constructed for routing channel for bookshelf. Add that jig of ply instead of this plastic jig and I think you could make a tool yourself for multiple brick sizes. As itâs the only useful component, and you can make multiple ones, that looks, to me, to be the solution on top of basic brickwork tools.
'If this was metal, I'd sing this all day long'. - Rodian, 2020
That's my new saying, I'll sing that all day long!
15:51 THAT ACCURACY THO
I'm not even a brick layer and my first thoughts were you get the strength from pushing the brick into the mortar and this could create weak joints. Really appreciate you carrying out this experiment as I was considering buying it, I won't now.
Hi Rodian, I've enjoyed a few of your videos and well done, not only do you get the information over but you do remember not to use 'builders jargon'! I'm a very experienced DIY'er but not with brickwork and the biggest problem I've encountered, which you have addressed in another video, is mixing the morter, as with plastering 'the mix is all important'. Addressing this video, by your own admission, you're not used to using it so it would be somewhat fiddly for you, fair enough. If you watch the inventor, on his myriad of videos demonstrating it, it can be seen that the end buttering gismo is held in place with the thumb that holds the brick whilst the other does the buttering and the large jig isn't used for the first course. You'll probably find the pointing tool would last a lot longer than you'd imagine! The first brick in to the corner is buttered and placed in position after which the bricks seem to be buttered in situ. I completely see that an obviously experienced person like yourself could find it awkward to 'get in to' using a new system (which I don't think is aimed at professionals anyway). Just a bit of perspective for the 'experts' who, by their own admission, have never touched a trowel let alone done any brickwork but feel qualified to post rather forthright opinions embellished with expletives which they obviously feel add kudos to their comments. I have just set foundations for an extension and laid 205mm blockwork up to DPC and getting the morter bed consistent is very difficult for the inexperienced, notwithstanding that, the foundations turned out within 15mm of level end to end over a 27metre run. Even after laying the blocks getting that bed right was tedious. I fully 'get' the bit at the end, about the furrowing of the morter with traditional building techniques, and can see how your suggestion could provide a solution though how do the thin joint systems work?. Would have been nice to see a direct comparison between two walls though. Keep up the good work. By the way I know a fella who could get you a SAM missile cheap to get round your pesky aeroplane problem! :)
Like your video mate,,keep coming.. You guys do it a bit different from the way how we do it here in Canada.. good contents!đ
I'd love to jump on the line with some Canadian brickies some day and see the differences between how we work
@@RodianBuildssounds good,anytime holla ..
Great video. If an experienced professional bricklayer thinks this building tool is a poor substitute for traditional bricklaying, then I will follow his advice.
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I really enjoyed your insights into this tool. Very important wise words surrounding the strength of low height brickwork using this tool
The only use for the plastic mortar guide is to smack the person in the head who made it. Such a stupid idea
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Wumpty heâs a millionaire now and heâs laughing at you!
@@TheOzzybot Well good for him as long as he's not sniffing cocaine with his millions đđđ
Haha,yeah could do.
wrong that bit of plastic is a fantastic idea works fucken great
Hi I found that there was no suction to hold wall together and wall very weak , especially when I added paving slabs
I agree with what you found using the bricky tool
Hi found you today by chance and enjoyed watching a lot đ
It would be awesome to see you bricklaying a small outdoor Pizzaoven in a shape of a "dome house" using and explaining the techniique step by step.
Blessings from Germany and stay safe
I used it to build a garden wall and it worked a treat, to be honest though any brickwork I do at home now I use normal bricklaying techniques and it is quicker then using the brickie
Honest with you, if that was the thing I had to use, and I was a bricky I would throw it straight in the bin. It looks stressfulđđ
I need this tool, it would speed up my upcoming project. Never laid brick before
Thanks for this, youâve literally just saved me making a terrible mistake, by ripping down a dangerously decaying Victorian wall in my garden, and wasting ÂŁ50, putting up an equally dangerous wall, that wouldnât stand. I wish i could do a part-time bricky course, to sort my garden wall and a small retaining wall, but as Iâve got Aspergerâs, I find the social side too difficult. Might be time to learn dry stone walling, hahahaađ€Łđ€Łđ€Łđđâ„ïž
You could always get some basic bricklaying tools and give it a go. You might surprise yourself with how good you are. It's all about practice buddy
Rodian Builds Thanks for the helpful advice, I think iâm gonna try the three course high retaining wall, as itâs replacing a Limestone dry stone wall, so how much worse can it be, hahahađ€·ââïžđ€·ââïžđ€·ââïžđđ€Łđ€Łđ€Łâ„ïž
Rodian, your a legend, you have inspired me to do it properly, truly an outstanding presentation. Many thanks buddy. Stay safe. Kindest regards Rob
Excellent work
Instead of spending money on that kit buy bricks , lime mortar mix and just have a go freehand . Practice makes perfect
The thing that scares me is the pitch and yaw of the bricks đ§±. Iâve seen some awful, bricky built places, that look like the surface undulates like a wet mudflat. Thereâs a Brewerâs Fayre in Kettering whose main fronting looks like it was made by a blind bricky whoâd had more than a few too many. I think to myself, if a trained guy, on a formal job, canât get the bricks to align to a single vertical plane, what chance have I got, haaaa. Maybe they laid all of them in a rush and they shifted before they could set?đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
dennisphoenix1 I was taught to practice laying bricks with just wet sand no mortar. But yea I agree.
@@williammartinez9906
A masonry cord would help a lot too.
I never laid bricks and I tried with just a level (stupid me ;-)
Really glad nobody sees that part of the wall ;-)
Afterwards I used a masonry cord and I got the hang of it.
Straight but slow, but still a lot faster than what I see in this video.
Im your mummy
I agree
The pointing tool is sold in metal too đ
im glad this channel was recomended to me
This was a great review. đ
F****** brilliant mate I've just watched it happy days going to tackle that f****** annoying break I knocked off with the car thank you for the video
Top man. Love your videosđđ»
For a beginner (like me) a potential solution to the lack of bond is to paint the bricks with a slurry of mortar.
Particularly enjoyed when you explained that cement on the line could burn through, but not set it on fire đ
That's what lime cement does. Why do you think it's used to destroy dead bodies if you killed them duh
Give you baby smooth fingersđ
The man the myth the legend
Hello thanks for your tutorial it does help just one question WHAT TOOL DID YOU USE TO CUT THE BRICK?
I wonder if you'd left it a few weeks b4 lifting the bricks to give the cement a chance to develop and set if the job would have been stronger?
Brilliant video. Missed the free kit, but thank you. Will have to look at getting this kit. No experience at all at Bricking, but giz me confidence
Instead of buying this kit why not advertise for a retired bricklayer to help get you started. He would show you how to lay bricks, supervise the job and be glad of the extra money. Also he's always on the end of the phone.
@@railway-share3820 thank
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I am not defending the tool, but I will say brick choice for the job is a large part of the job in how you do it... So a more pourous brick, or break with certain features can make it have a stronger bond. There are many features of a system in which operates. I think you made a fair judgement based on what was used. Of course mortar used. Of course.... I think its faster to bam bam bam get the bricks up and in, set and continued on... acid wash at the end for the face to bring the colour back, etc... Who knows....
Then again the bricks I have seen work, depending on the brick... They work doing on certain amount of heights per day... and lines.. its pretty strange.. So for instance the red brick.. I've seen them only go a certain height each day, while the larger grey bricks, they would do x amount of lines and then break and then do x amount of lines and break.... I think it was ike 4-5 high... Not sure why, but i guess if you have to go up like 20 feet, you wouldn't want it sag or push out all the mix.
Brilliant video mate. Exactly what i wanted to see. minimum tools and a good job. I'm about to build a BBQ and it's the most brickwork i've ever done in 53 years. BUT can i please give you one bit of advice. Two words, that's all. Knee pads.
Bought one of these before seeing this video as I've never put a brick down in my life . Put down 140mm dense blocks didnt like this tool however I found the corner blocks really good but used them the opposite way to yourself and found they didnt move
Very enlightening. Great to hear a pro talk through the various issues and demonstrate the skills required. Thanks much!
How long you been laying bricks you should know that the frog on the brick that hollow is suppose to go Down so you've got a flat surface for next layer
well ACTUALLY bricks should be laid Frog UP. THATS the way a REAL bricklayer does it.
According to this they should be down....
www.concreteconstruction.net/how-to/frogs-up-or-down_o
You NEVER lay brings frog-down EVER, the only exception being if you have an extreme necessity to 'grind' down to get the brick courses on gauge and even then its frowned upon, not sure how or who taught you up in Newcastle buddy but they were 100% incorrect. not only is it extremely bad practice and is more likely to make the face 'hatch and grin' (especially a novice) but it will create a cavity in the mortar bed and lessen the longevity of the same,
I'm glad you checked the strength the next day
Great demonstration.
I like the wall you build behind you couldn't do that with that gadget
Thank you for the video buddy.
in the video by the inventor he uses a much wetter mortar than you seem to be using therefore I think he would get slightly better suction between bricks. I also spotted when he uses the string line he switches to buttering the ends up first before laying the brick. Great vieo of yours though and good to seee someone with an open mind towards new inventions
Thanks Rodian, as a college lecturer of 17 years teaching Brickwork, how do we know that this has the same structural strength as traditional Bricklaying techniques? Both vertically and horizontally, as you said no suction = the brick not being keyed into the structure properly, you have a DIY person now saying they are fully fledged brickies. The only purpose of that equipment is for recycling bag. My opinion as with others, thanks for the video.
I knew a bricklayer that was an alcoholic, stunk of booze everytime I had to pick him up but boy could he lay bricks! Even checked it with a level (when he wasnt on site) perfect. Damndest thing I've ever seen
Andrew Hollis most bricklayers Iâve worked with are drunksđđđ. It makes since to be a drunk considering the back pain. I donât get drunk but I definitely have a few swigs every now and then for the pain but I think when you have that little buzz. You flow a lot better when laying. Just my thoughts.
There's an article I read once saying the biggest alcoholics are: 1.Judges 2.Bricklayers 3.Doctors 4.Lawyers
i think the kit looks nice for a beginner who only wants to do 1 or 2 little projects. I donât think it is intended for professionals. It looks a lot nicer than what I could do with no experience at all
Had seen an online video of this at some NEC type event by the salesman/owner and had the same reservations on its strength and potential danger if used by diy folk especially building walls to fall over.. I'm sure there still evening schools at local college's for bricking 101 and some good references on here...Nice review mate
Please can u show us how to mix the cement ? I need to relay about 20 bricks that have come off a small garden wall
Here's a link to my mixing cement tutorial play list. $ different ways to mix cement. Hope this helps
Rodian Builds thanks but canât see link đ
Use hands not keyboard, you will be fine
Good work on your channel. I've got a small channel and I enjoy uploading videos....only thing that gets me down is the occasional negative comment! Keep up the good content!
That was a fantastic review. Thank you.
I agree with your assessment of the tools I don't think it is good enough if we consider the issue of compressive strength
You sound just like Rodney, I was just waiting for Del to say "2 for the price of 3 - come an Ladies come an get them before they are all gone". Rodney you plonker. I loved the video :-)
Looks like these tools make double work. Even for a beginner!
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Always wondered about this tool now I'd buy one. Nice review, thanks
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good morning! i need to make brick steps. but the side with the holes in the bricks needs to be on top... can i fill in with muck? to fill in top side of bricks?
Looks pretty crap, but why not use the tool and put a furrow in? Also lime mortar without wetting the bricks, it would fall apart regardless. 24hrs with lime isnât enough time for it to remotely go off, u should be wetting back for 24hrs to delay the set and allow full strength. Just saying...
My questions are. Do you have have to get the mix slightly wetter to obtain the right consistency when using this tool just to make it grabbed a bit more. It appears your muck/MIX was not to the right consistencty that you usually used. My apologies if I am wrong. Just a one off review is not sufficient in my opinion to be accurate on the results. As you are a pro, I fully understand why you would find so many aspects of this tool so annoying to use. To review it properly you would need to repeat the experiment and use a few groups of people who has little experience, some who have a little bit more experience and a group who have more experience but are not pros. I do believe that some people will find this tool useful as you mentioned for steps, building brick barbecues, small walls, minor garden wall and small brick projects etc. Watching the demonstration on official bricky.com (you tube) I noted he used the small hand tools to apply the muck first on the brick then placed the brick to another brick. I agree with you and my own experience starting direct by learning the basics without any sort of template tools is far much better. We are all different and tools and templates do help for many DIY tasks and projects. I love it when I see a good template or any kind of tools that make DIY and life so much easy than it would normally be. Inventors keep the inventions and innovations going.
Seems like itâs more time consuming and doesnât look like much mud would fill in the hallow so the bound would be solid
You overestimate the bond i would rate it at a "0-1" range. Lateral pressure on furrowed mud fills the "frogs" (holes in a brick) creates bond through water transfer.....im just a mason not a rocket mechanic but i see this creating more problems than it fixes... This guy literally takes ten minutes to do what can be done in two. Id love a guy to show up with one of these do-hickeys lmao
There's still SO much more to bricklaying that what he's showing you. How much you can tap with your trowel before you have to pull the brick, re-mud and start over, gettin your 90 degree initially for the lead, how to keep them horizontal, proper mortar selection, proper mix for that mortar, etc etc. He's making it seem like any old silly homeowner can just buy this, with a bag of ready mix and go to work lol. I'm sure he can, but the structure will last a year and crumble...
He has a whole playlist on how to do those things...
Would you be able to explain how to build a block wall. All the start, when, where and how to put the insulation. Which wall goes up first, do they both go up together? The reason I ask is that we canât get a builder for love nor money to do our single story extension. So Iâm thinking of having a go myself, Iâve watched your videos, and Iâd like to keep my wife happy and get it done. So if you could do a video of this maybe, pleeeeease?? đđ
That perp spacer will be a lot of fun if you're running the line even for a beginner! Use that any of that junk on price work and you'll starve!
Need to soak the bricks in water then lay them with the in mud using the bricky Will hold much better
Yeah soak the bricks in water that'll look really nice if its face work! #not
@@MrPaulDewdney In the very old days, you would wet the brick with water to adhere to the mortar mix to create a stronger bond.
@@gino007able Well I left school at 16 and went straight into a 4 year bricklaying apprenticeship, that was now more than 40 years ago and I can honestly say I have NEVER heard or seen that carried out, so unless your reference to the 'very old days' precedes my own near half-century on the tools then it must be unique practice to your part of the world? If you are a bricklayer yourself then you will know well the vagaries of laying some of the softer stocks in the height of summer which suck-up like individual sponges as they are laid onto the mortar bed, in some cases so much so that you have to joint up every couple of courses but even then soaking the bricks would be bad working practice and frankly would achieve nothing; if the mortar is the correct consistency then there is no need to introduce water to the bricks, you simply adjust your schedule of jointing up to compensate, likewise the creating of a stronger bond (I presume you are referring to bond as in adhesion?) is a fallacy, for example, you wouldn't soak Celcon or Thermalite blocks in water before laying them would you so why suggest it for face brickwork and materials that have an almost identical composite structure and soaking-up properties? In the days before cement was even invented and lime mortar was used, the stronger bond (adhesion) that you refer to was even less. Brickwork is under constant compression long after the bricks are laid, often for centuries, just look at the Roman-built structures, every one of them built with lime mortar, likewise houses built in the Victorian era, again all constructed with lime mortar. The objective is not to create a solid immovable rigid structure, houses built with lime mortar are better simply because the brickwork (along with everything else) expands and contracts with the heat and cold atmospheric conditions and in doing so less cracking occurs in the superstructure; just look at Victorian-era properties that have had a modern extension built on them; the house itself is built with lime mortar and often as not on minimal foundations (some straight off the sub-soil) then a modern extension is built on the property with 1, 2-metre depth foundations with trenches mass poured with concrete, the substructure and superstructure are raised with 5:1 sand/cement mortar. What you then have is a movable semi-rigid structure (house) with a rigid structure attached to it (extension) and over a period of time the laws of physics will occur and as a result differential movement (expansion and contraction) WILL also occur in these separate structures which aside from other potential contributory factors such as soil erosion or ground heave will cause cracking to occur during and beyond the settlement period. If however, this soaking of the bricks prior to laying them is a 'new advisory' now being taught in colleges to up and coming tradespeople then I'm afraid its completely wrong and misguided. Surveyors per se generally prefer a lime based mortar as this rigidity is alleviated.