I like your work ethic Charlie....i myself frequent the building sites come rain or shine though im the one stuck in the hole jointing for the services, im a believer in organisation and prep, your day can be so much easier
Good man Charlie doing a proper day’s work like myself ( I’m 58 and still cracking on and laying and providing for my family like yourself - you’re probably never change it’s just in you to work like that it’s addictive i reckon - I like how you show the young fellas the right way of doing things and you’re making decent trowels out of them well done you 🍀👍
I was doing stuff like this for a company and they gave me no benefits and under-paid me while I was working in the dead of winter, and supplying all of my own equipment and tools.
Proper graft today Charlie on your lonesome. Top job bro. Just one point though the Labourer also feels knackered the next day, but that doesn’t make any difference when the labourer is there the bricklayers just always want them to do more & more without having the worry how they’ll feel the next morning!!! No chance a labourer can say let’s leave the others till tomorrow as I’ll be toiling 👍😅
My hat off to you. In 42 years in the building game I stuck it for 2 years on sites. It bored the living daylights out of me, but 10 out of 10 to all those who can stick it.
Charlie, I've used them trench block for years but used to put a perp on them.... obviously they are T and G, does the clerke of works or inspector have an opinion on putting a cross jointing or ?? I don't myself anymore and it's so much faster....
Hoddy for 6 & 1. Obviously couldn’t keep up especially without a bath. 2 x 4”solids was normal and if we were pushed, 3 x 4” solids up a ladder without a telehand or forky I was fitter than a butcher’s dog. Back then, I’d pick up 2 x 4” solids above my head no problem. I definitely couldn’t do that now though
I once laid £4000 worth one day but was shattered so only did £2900 the next day , luckily the labourer came back in so it was back to normal and we did half day Friday for £3500 (gave him£100)in the pub for 12 .
from a little google search either -255mm 18,1kg -275mm 19,6kg -300mm 21,3kg -355mm 25,3 kg can,t really pick it up from the camera but going by width of his hands i think its the 355mm thick heaviest ones. i can see why he is tired laying those for hours.😉
Fair play that you can get away with not perping your block never been allowed where I’ve worked because it’s weaker there not exactly a TandG bond half them don’t even interlock … very relaxed with regs down south… good for you like…
I would love to see someone try that in the super trowel there is a video the channel is roh brickwork and the guy made a video like a month ago were he was building a 8in or 9in brick wall and he was spreading the wall with the shovel and laying one side overhand like in the super trowel
back in the 80/s 9 inch solid concretes around london on the office block basements , 8 course lifts , southern counties brickwork dave milburn a geordie , if he caught 2 bricklayers laying course 8 ONE BLOCK ONE MAN ...tosser ,those blocks rightly got banned and fucked up many men
Remember them mate- Joe 90s who couldn’t remember them / I remember a bricklayer bringing a soaked one home and putting it in the middle of his front room and saying to his wife (now you think you’ve had a hard day now move that ) 😂👍🍀
@@shanesullivan5656 M8 I can’t believe your experience sounds exactly like the job I had in Edinburgh. We had a company called Apple-Cross who went into liquidation with the crash. Anyway as you say we had to build with those bad boys when they already had been told that there to be banned & bought them on the cheap but just as you said we had a gaffer who made us work with them on your own at up to the steel height first lift and the whole job. It was complete torture. The houses were to be many millions worth in a rich area. Hence no kit all steel & block All the old school bricklayers were going crazy too & me being young and new to the trade was my immediate thought I can’t handle this job. I realised that they would not be allowed again but we had this site that was huge & we built with them for another year before the job was finished & so was all our jobs. The work dried up completely & we had to do anything to make money but as you said one guy had a stroke on site & a few others strained backs & wrists etc. 🧱. ✌️👍✌️
Nice mate top level tradesmen. I’m going back into bricklaying after 15 years away due to your vids and making it look a lot More efficient. Any chance of tutorial vid on how your perp concrete blocks sir all the best
Back in the day I did 120 8 inch solid concrete blocks in a day, before they where banned, never mind the next day, my back was f**** no labourer, loaded out on my own, and halfway up a scaffolding, did you ever lay those 8 inch solid blocks, jesus they where heavy
Mate you are top dog at laying bricks, I’d love to work on site with you as a Labourer, it’s a joy to watch the skill you have, which it really is bro. You seem a good crack and I can see how lads learn from watching you and listening to you on sites
way to go charlie. i allways spread mi muck for foundation blocks with a small shovel.saves the wrists and elbows but shit for the labourer.he ends up having to grow two more arms.and roller skates.🤣🤣🤣
Yeah & could you imagine the labourer saying something like let’s not do the other 50 trench this afternoon because I’ll be to knackered tomorrow!!! 👍✌️👍
I like your work ethic Charlie....i myself frequent the building sites come rain or shine though im the one stuck in the hole jointing for the services, im a believer in organisation and prep, your day can be so much easier
Good man Charlie doing a proper day’s work like myself ( I’m 58 and still cracking on and laying and providing for my family like yourself - you’re probably never change it’s just in you to work like that it’s addictive i reckon - I like how you show the young fellas the right way of doing things and you’re making decent trowels out of them well done you 🍀👍
That's right,great energy and yes it's addictive
If only half the population knew what it takes to build.
Makes sense what you said about leaving early,i work on my own and do 8 hrs..massive retainer,mixing,laying blocks…
I worked with a bricky who used to bring his wife and son out to labour to him if he was working on a Sunday and nobody wanted to work 😂
I do same all the time with my Mrs if it’s something steady
I was doing stuff like this for a company and they gave me no benefits and under-paid me while I was working in the dead of winter, and supplying all of my own equipment and tools.
Working on your own and having to mix your muck is bloody hard work. Physically and mentally!!
Proper graft today Charlie on your lonesome. Top job bro. Just one point though the Labourer also feels knackered the next day, but that doesn’t make any difference when the labourer is there the bricklayers just always want them to do more & more without having the worry how they’ll feel the next morning!!! No chance a labourer can say let’s leave the others till tomorrow as I’ll be toiling 👍😅
Proper graft that solo, nice one Charlie
My hat off to you.
In 42 years in the building game I stuck it for 2 years on sites.
It bored the living daylights out of me, but 10 out of 10 to all those who can stick it.
That hair style switch at 1:10 🤣
Got electrocuted
See a ghost 😂
My 13 year old son is the most reliable and hard working laborer ive ever worked with
Best
Bricklaying without a labourer every bloody Monday 😂😂
Моё уважение Чарли.
Charlie, I've used them trench block for years but used to put a perp on them.... obviously they are T and G, does the clerke of works or inspector have an opinion on putting a cross jointing or ?? I don't myself anymore and it's so much faster....
No cross joint, check the manufacturers spec 👍
How come your footings are always level. In my day they were miles out. They could be a foot difference from one end to the other old brickie
Good point mate, I am usually picking up at least 40mm on the lowest point ,on a good footing
Reminds me of Dad Charlie, head down arse up just need you to sing Danny Boy like he did bless
Guy's like this fellow keep the planet turning....
Muck up !!!
Lost count how many times heard that .
Loved my time as a hoddy
You are the exact definition of starting in the trade the RIGHT way. Hardcore no complainng JUST. GET. IT. DONE.
Hoddy for 6 & 1.
Obviously couldn’t keep up especially without a bath.
2 x 4”solids was normal and if we were pushed, 3 x 4” solids up a ladder without a telehand or forky
I was fitter than a butcher’s dog.
Back then, I’d pick up 2 x 4” solids above my head no problem.
I definitely couldn’t do that now though
I am a Bricklayer , great that you show what we have to endure on a daily bases
Well said brother 🍀👍
Exactly.
I’m in my last year of school and looking to get in to bricklaying, would u recommend?
They really left the site in rough condition for him
@craigadair128 the ground workers are special but if you have their back up then
All these videos (including this one) is inspiring I’ll be honest 😎. Wouldn’t mind trying a bit of hod carrying. Up the brickes and hoddies 💪
I once laid £4000 worth one day but was shattered so only did £2900 the next day , luckily the labourer came back in so it was back to normal and we did half day Friday for £3500 (gave him£100)in the pub for 12 .
And then you woke up and smelt the coffee 😅
Why were you only laying 3-4 bricks per day?
Them trench blocks look 👀 Farley heavy so don't blame you not killing your self great video as always 👌👌💪💪
Charlie, what weight are the trench blocks?
from a little google search either
-255mm 18,1kg
-275mm 19,6kg
-300mm 21,3kg
-355mm 25,3 kg
can,t really pick it up from the camera but going by width of his hands i think its the 355mm thick heaviest ones.
i can see why he is tired laying those for hours.😉
On a price per block can u make more money with or without a labourer
You will always need a good carrier,your wage is more than his .while you are labouring, you are not earning
Great video
What's a trench block weight?
You got to want it.
You don't mess about do you! Bloody awesome work. Loving this channel btw. You are a good role model.
Keep on enjoying your shift.
How much do one of them blocks weigh
How come don’t need perps on first row?
I laboured for plasters as a teenager hardest work I ever done. I was rolling out of bed in the morning.
And if you could tell me what does a 4 and 6 inch block weigh as well.....thx
Should you not have wet the founds in the trench first before laying the block?
Fair play that you can get away with not perping your block never been allowed where I’ve worked because it’s weaker there not exactly a TandG bond half them don’t even interlock … very relaxed with regs down south… good for you like…
I remember years ago there was a thing in the paper about a hod carrier he did 2 hods at a time and made a fortune , was he called super hod?
Hey Charlie why did you not joint the bottom row in that footing? Was that to let the water 💧 run out or did you get lazy?
Interlocking mate, no joints anywhere :-)
Good earner them block dont think they excist up north, never seen the perpless trench 👍
2:47 Casio F-91w have the exact same watch seen it and was like jaysus same watch as mine
Serious graft mate
Dumb question - is there a reason the mortar is chopped up into those wee humps?
Billy Mountain Goat at it again!
How much do you get paid per trench block?
What do the blocks weigh?
How much you getting each trench block
Back breaking work mate
Rocks whilst cleaning mixer? Dislodge any build up of muck over the day I guess??
Top grafting 👍
Always makes sense to use a shovel to lay the bed why move it more than you need to get it on the wall job done
Is this Waverley?
Be sure to tune in next time when Charlie does bricklaying without a trowel….
You won't need the gym later matey..😁
Fair play Charlie!
Also Loving the long handle trowel..🤪
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
I am a Chicago Illinois Union Bricklayer in Local 21. The Two Attributes for Bricklaying are. A Strong Back and a Weak Mind.
Lots of bricks in Chicago. I’m in a Canadian bricklayers union . But mostly do refractory work
That shovel is a belting trowel love it 😂😂
Clean that shovel like it's your trowel
@04:41 how deep/wide does the foundations need to be?
thats plot specific
9:08 the hair 😂
Sort that Barnet out boy. 😂😂😂 half day and get up the Turkish barbershop ❤
A question:
Why dont people use those bricks for the whole house, they look sturdy.
Why not just use bricks to wash mixer takes half the time
Us labourers love footings..
Was waiting to see what time you knocked.
You have to have a labourer because without one production falls disproportionately. I worked with some terrific hoddies in my time.b
Shovel of gobbo in one hand and a wet trench block in the other , wots up ya girl 😅😅😅👍👍
Washout best sound of the day
Good man Charlie built like an earthworm 😅
Stortford Fields?
Perps not included?
Worked by myself for years set on average 5oo brick or 200 block a day im 65
You are talking sense mate ,a change to the £4000 pound a day dreamers
Show that mixer who's boss Charlie!
Only just discovered this channel but so glad I did , loving the content keep it up mate 🙌
You pissed off the laborers again?
Shovel spread practice for supertrowel final Charlie? 🤣
I would love to see someone try that in the super trowel there is a video the channel is roh brickwork and the guy made a video like a month ago were he was building a 8in or 9in brick wall and he was spreading the wall with the shovel and laying one side overhand like in the super trowel
😂 my trowel is like a shovel
Top man wurzel
good at racking cement, aye ;)
Easy money 💰 💪🏿
back in the 80/s 9 inch solid concretes around london on the office block basements , 8 course lifts , southern counties brickwork dave milburn a geordie , if he caught 2 bricklayers laying course 8 ONE BLOCK ONE MAN ...tosser ,those blocks rightly got banned and fucked up many men
👍
Remember them mate- Joe 90s who couldn’t remember them / I remember a bricklayer bringing a soaked one home and putting it in the middle of his front room and saying to his wife (now you think you’ve had a hard day now move that ) 😂👍🍀
@@shanesullivan5656 M8 I can’t believe your experience sounds exactly like the job I had in Edinburgh. We had a company called Apple-Cross who went into liquidation with the crash. Anyway as you say we had to build with those bad boys when they already had been told that there to be banned & bought them on the cheap but just as you said we had a gaffer who made us work with them on your own at up to the steel height first lift and the whole job. It was complete torture. The houses were to be many millions worth in a rich area. Hence no kit all steel & block All the old school bricklayers were going crazy too & me being young and new to the trade was my immediate thought I can’t handle this job. I realised that they would not be allowed again but we had this site that was huge & we built with them for another year before the job was finished & so was all our jobs. The work dried up completely & we had to do anything to make money but as you said one guy had a stroke on site & a few others strained backs & wrists etc. 🧱. ✌️👍✌️
Great job mate
That is a proper full head of hair haha
Jack jones don’t you mean billy no mates ha ha
Hi chas like the new trow.
No problem to Charlie boy a breeze m8🏴
Barnet of doom
fuck me, looks like hard work mate fair play.
Hand mix. That’s a tough gig.
Do something with that hair 🤔
Nice mate top level tradesmen. I’m going back into bricklaying after 15 years away due to your vids and making it look a lot
More efficient. Any chance of tutorial vid on how your perp concrete blocks sir all the best
Being a chippy without a Labrador ?..
What a gangster , casually using a shovel like a trowel 😂 love that
Back in the day I did 120 8 inch solid concrete blocks in a day, before they where banned, never mind the next day, my back was f**** no labourer, loaded out on my own, and halfway up a scaffolding, did you ever lay those 8 inch solid blocks, jesus they where heavy
Ball breakers.
Mate you are top dog at laying bricks, I’d love to work on site with you as a Labourer, it’s a joy to watch the skill you have, which it really is bro. You seem a good crack and I can see how lads learn from watching you and listening to you on sites
You ever do any work in scotland? i know thats a bit of a stretch but just curious.
Me to ime 64 and a plasterer and ime still working like ime in my 40s no lie just fit and strong and love my job
Why do you not perp the trench? I wouldnt if i could get away with it lmao
way to go charlie. i allways spread mi muck for foundation blocks with a small shovel.saves the wrists and elbows but shit for the labourer.he ends up having to grow two more arms.and roller skates.🤣🤣🤣
Yeah & could you imagine the labourer saying something like let’s not do the other 50 trench this afternoon because I’ll be to knackered tomorrow!!! 👍✌️👍
Not your fault, but I see the concrete footing hasn't got the correct width in places, groundworkers for you, 😂😂
Who thought at a quick glance all them bags were from aldi 😂
Why do people draw all over themselves?