I second that 👍A single trowel trying to keep his head above water in a tough environment but also having the time to teach Alex all about bricklaying ,building ,safety and life in general and now this time spent is paying off as the boy is heavily contributing to the pot and Steve gets a best mate .
Every kid should have the basics of home building. Instead of gender studies and psychology..they should ALL learn how to make a push-fit joint, cut a joint in timber, paint a window, unblock a sink, make some concrete and lay a level brick ...all simple stuff that will stay with them for life. I bet Alex appreciates what you have given him now in life. A job and pride. Respect to you Sir.
It`s nice to see there are still people who have pride in their work and do the job properly .I recently finished of my neighbour's tiling in her kitchen as the professional who was doing it hardly ever turned up, I had to redo around the sockets as he had done them in two pieces and he hadn't started in the middle of the window.
Agree with you. As a long retired tiler I sometimes got a little stick by insisting that I draw up a layout to scale, especially small areas like bathroom floors. always payed off.
Cracking job. It must be nice to be able to teach your son a trade and know he's set up well for life. New bricks match in well with the old structures. Looks lovely.
You should use "Dutch pins" to hold up your profiles, learned this trick in Australia years ago! saves trying to hammer nails in timber and the nails coming loose when the lines on. apologise if its been mentioned as I am late to your channel.
My back hurts just watching these lads 😂😂😂 If I had my time over again, I would swerve the construction industry, hard graft, long days, long weeks and a painful retirement. Well done you 2, another great job 👍👍👍
@@SteveAndAlexBuild I was as always taught.If you have the best Brickwork but you haven't cleaned up you have the worst brickwork .Cleaning up is as important as laying bricks perfectly mate so 👍
Top job as always. Liked the bit where you first lifted the roofing felt (I'd not realised the tiles were off). Also like the funny faces Alex pulls to camera from time to time. Look forward to the next one.
Excellent video! And a nicely built wall as well, can ask you a question? What would be the best way to clean a red brick wall please? It's the old smooth red brick style wall, my work colleague/mason has just finished grinding out old sand and cement, and has repointed it, but wall just needs a good wash, what would you guys recommend I use? Thank you.
Wet the wall give it a good scrub , a couple of rinses should do it . If it doesn’t try again with some diluted brick acid . Should come up a treat. Also thanks very much 🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild thanks for the prompt reply, and yeah was something quite satisfying watching it! I've got a small karcher pressure washer, could I use that or would it just be best to wash it with a good old fashioned bucket and lots of cold/warm water. Thanks
@@robh1521 with it being re pointing recently I’d avoid a pressure washer . Re pointing takes weeks even months to cure properly so elbow grease it is 🪣💪🏼💦🧼🧽🧱👍🏽
Another great job by the father and son duo. Oh by the way I think Al lost his concentration a few times as I saw he was using his ear phone. Steve I remember him giving you grief in a different when you had yours in😊😊
27 degrees = nice winters day in Oz. :) Heh. Interesting that the damp course is not turned up the face of the exterior of the inside skin. Is that how it's always done in Pommy Land?
This is obviously very high quality work. So you set your horizontal joint thickness with the line. How do you set your vertical joint thickness? Just by eye?
Genuine question when blocking up the door why didnt you block the outside then render, and not use brick on the inside to continue the internal shed/garage look? could you? also loved the comment "Alex is having a day off to go to the pictures!" ... love the work
Heres a tip. Hook your line behind your wood profile before you nail it. Then just slide your line up as you go along. Your pin wont pull out then. 🙈🙈🙈🙈
If not using wall ties should you not put morter in between the old layer and new layer of bricks so it ties in as strong double wall,Obviously you cant use insulation because there is not enough space?If i were doing it i would put morter in between the two layers for a stronger wall. Everyone has there own way and reason for doint it in any particular way.Nice brick and Good job lads! Sorry i did not see the wall ties untill the end!
Did you hide his comments Steve . I saw the first of them early this morning and your reply’s . I was back for the follow ups to see what he’d say next 😀but can’t find them .
Nope, I pinned him for all to see and went for a look myself but he must have took them down . Maybe he saw part one and realised calling us scammers makes him look like an arse ! 🤣🤣🧱👍🏽
Nice looking job considering how out it was to start with. If I'm being picky, there's a patch of reds going up diagonally from the bottom with no darker bricks in to break it up. Other than that 👍👍.
Steve what’s the weight of a concrete block ? and love the little funny bits that Alex puts in that you don’t know about till you edit. Just looked like he’d got you in the palm of his hand then flicked you over the edge. Also where the blocks go into two columns don’t you have to put any tie things in ?
Hi guys just been watching your vid and noticed something very strange, at the start of day 2 the pier with the plumb line 2 bricks from the top down there's a face right next to the plumb line watch it on a tv not a laptop and your see it, Spooky guys lol
Looks smashing now, shame about the horrible white board / plaster they have on the rest of the building. They should get that pulled down and have you folks do up the brickwork there too!
@@SteveAndAlexBuild I wish these had been made decades ago, so many good buildings with horrible stained and discoloured bricks, put me right off the type.
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Could've ripped out the old frame and door and taken it to one of those building recyclers. Some idiot would've paid hundreds of beers for it.
Tell you what Steve you’ve done a good job bringing Alex up. Seems
To be very respectful and that goes along way today great dad and son team
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I love working with him and we have a laugh too .we are very proud of him a d he is coming on well .
Thanks for the kind words 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽😁
I second that 👍A single trowel trying to keep his head above water in a tough environment but also having the time to teach Alex all about bricklaying ,building ,safety and life in general and now this time spent is paying off as the boy is heavily contributing to the pot and Steve gets a best mate .
@@ronniebiggs4026 😁😁🧱👍🏼
Every kid should have the basics of home building. Instead of gender studies and psychology..they should ALL learn how to make a push-fit joint, cut a joint in timber, paint a window, unblock a sink, make some concrete and lay a level brick ...all simple stuff that will stay with them for life. I bet Alex appreciates what you have given him now in life. A job and pride. Respect to you Sir.
It`s nice to see there are still people who have pride in their work and do the job properly .I recently finished of my neighbour's tiling in her kitchen as the professional who was doing it hardly ever turned up, I had to redo around the sockets as he had done them in two pieces and he hadn't started in the middle of the window.
Thanks pal , no not enough pride in the job nowadays 🙄🧱👍🏽
Agree with you. As a long retired tiler I sometimes got a little stick by insisting that I draw up a layout to scale, especially small areas like bathroom floors. always payed off.
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Beautiful finish, very clean...well done.
Thanks buddy 🧱👍🏽
Cracking job. It must be nice to be able to teach your son a trade and know he's set up well for life. New bricks match in well with the old structures. Looks lovely.
Cheers David yep the customer chose a good n .
As for Alex I do love working with him , we get on really well 👷🏽♂️👷🏽♂️😁🧱👍🏽
Really enjoyed the video , beautiful day with the song thrush in the background singing his heart out , magic.
Thanks Boyd , yes I had to leave that in 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
You should use "Dutch pins" to hold up your profiles, learned this trick in Australia years ago! saves trying to hammer nails in timber and the nails coming loose when the lines on. apologise if its been mentioned as I am late to your channel.
All tips always welcome , thanks pal 🧱👍🏽
My back hurts just watching these lads 😂😂😂 If I had my time over again, I would swerve the construction industry, hard graft, long days, long weeks and a painful retirement. Well done you 2, another great job 👍👍👍
Cheers mick 🧱👍🏽
There is something about building something and standing back and looking at it when you are through. Each job has a story of it's own. Good job!
Absolutely. Thanks buddy 🧱👍🏽
Very interesting video...
Thanks Trevor , we have another 192 to watch now 🤣🧱👍🏽
Superb job as always, love them bricks too, lovely finish. 👍
Very cheap too 🤙🏾🧱👍🏽
Good job as always chaps, best wishes for your op,
Cheers Gary 🧱👍🏽
Interesting watching professionals work and doing an amazing transformation. Thumbs Up!
Thanks very much Gary . We have another 191 videos if you want more 😉😆🧱👍🏽
+Gary Mucher Thanks Gary 🧱👍🏽
+Gary Mucher cheers Gary 🧱👍🏽🤜🏽🤛🏽
Fantastic job lads as usual 👊🏻
Cheers mark 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽
Really nice job!Those bricks look really nice, I think if it were my garage I would be tempted to have all the walls done in those!👍
Thanks David , yes the customer made a good choice 🧱👍🏽
The timber profile was a good idea mate. If you stick a few packers behind the profile, you can pull the line around and raise it with a corner block.
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I saw the tear out. It was really bad!! Nice job guys. You spend most of your time cleaning up other people mess
thanks , yep we certainly do 😁👍🏽🧱
that apex looked like a pain in the hole on the last few brick! top job lads, love watching these!
It certainly was 😆. Glad you like the channel 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽
“Just me, Al and the birds” = paradise!
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@@SteveAndAlexBuild OK, I’ll give you that - but you could do a lot worse!
Cracking job lads. Wall looks super, especially after the tidy up. Very smart looking.
I suggested render it to match the rest but the customer wanted it as a bit of a feature . Definitely a good choice 🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild the customer is right. 😉👍
Sheer artistry, guys.
Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽
Nice work, I wish you were in my area. Thank you for your excellent videos.
Glad you enjoy the channel, thanks very much 🧱👍🏽
Through well done job all tied in clean and tidy .Any youngsters watching take note very good job boys again and again .
Justin brickright 👍
Cheers Justin . I hate tidying up 🧹 🤣but it has to be done 🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild
I was as always taught.If you have the best Brickwork but you haven't cleaned up you have the worst brickwork .Cleaning up is as important as laying bricks perfectly mate so 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping Absolutely 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
Well another good job Steve could of hurt or killed someone if that come down was unsafe so good job all round 👍👌🙂
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping Yep , Thanks Justin 🧱👍🏽
Top job as always. Liked the bit where you first lifted the roofing felt (I'd not realised the tiles were off). Also like the funny faces Alex pulls to camera from time to time. Look forward to the next one.
🤣 cheers John , he makes me laugh too , I only see him when I’m editing the videos 😆👍🏼🧱
+John Coppock 😏🧱👍🏽
+John Coppock cheers John , I only see this stuff when I edit 😁😆🧱👍🏽
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Nice one. Wish I knew how you mix the mortar right every time!
It’s all down to the plasticiser 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
ANOTHER CRACKING JOB, STAY SAFE LADS....
Thanks very much Les 🧱👍🏼
bloody good work
Cheers Jack 🧱👍🏽
What a fine job, fellas! Very educational seeing you guys work around wonkiness and make it look right
Thanks very much . Sometimes it’s not about the bubble , it’s making it look right 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Great job love brick wall and some good tips along the way.👍👍👍
Thanks Richard 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Lovely job boys those bricks have a weathered look. Fit in great with the originals.
Thanks James 🧱👍🏼
Top job Alex and Steve nice work guy's very professional keep up the good work guy's top job
Cheers Andrew 👍🏽🧱
Another great job.
Cheers Graham 🧱👍🏽
New wall is a work of art 😉👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks very much glen 😁🧱👍🏽
I find it really relaxing watching two tradesmen at work,with the chorus of birds in the background!
Cheers Philip glad you enjoyed it 👍🏽🧱
+Philip Devenish yeah the birds sound so relaxing 👍🏽🧱
Good jobs them looking good boys.
Cheers Lee 🧱👍🏽
Excellent 👍👍👍
Cheers Steve 🧱👍🏽
Another brilliant video lads, keep them coming!
Cheers Stu 🧱👍🏽
That brickwork looks really smart 🧱🧱👍🏻👍🏻
Cheers Nick 🧱👍🏽
Good job. That new brick is ready for the new stucco to go on over it.
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Some beautiful brick laying by the both of you! Cheers from canada!
Thanks very much Martin over there in Canada 🇨🇦 .
Thanks for checking out channel out 🧱👍🏽
Excellent video! And a nicely built wall as well, can ask you a question? What would be the best way to clean a red brick wall please? It's the old smooth red brick style wall, my work colleague/mason has just finished grinding out old sand and cement, and has repointed it, but wall just needs a good wash, what would you guys recommend I use? Thank you.
Wet the wall give it a good scrub , a couple of rinses should do it . If it doesn’t try again with some diluted brick acid . Should come up a treat.
Also thanks very much 🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild thanks for the prompt reply, and yeah was something quite satisfying watching it! I've got a small karcher pressure washer, could I use that or would it just be best to wash it with a good old fashioned bucket and lots of cold/warm water. Thanks
@@robh1521 with it being re pointing recently I’d avoid a pressure washer . Re pointing takes weeks even months to cure properly so elbow grease it is 🪣💪🏼💦🧼🧽🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild ok thank you for your reply, I'll give it a good wet wash down and take it from there, thanks very much!
@@robh1521 no probs Rob good luck 🧱👍🏽
Another great job by the father and son duo. Oh by the way I think Al lost his concentration a few times as I saw he was using his ear phone. Steve I remember him giving you grief in a different when you had yours in😊😊
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loving the video and great to see how you tidy up
Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽
Really nice 👍🏾
Thanks Pal 🧱👍🏽
+GeoffreyDjango Thabks Geoffrey 🧱👍🏽
You should be proud of your work nice to see
We are Eliot , thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏽
Cracking job lads 👏👏
Cheers Mark 🧱👍🏽
Looks great. I'm a bricklayer from Pennsylvania.
Thanks vey much from over here in the uk .
Thanks for checking out our channel and taking the time to comment 🧱👍🏽
+bogey19018 Thanks pal and hi over there in USA 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
+bogey19018 Cheers buddy hello over there in America 👋🏾👋🏾🧱👍🏽
+bogey19018 cheers buddy 🧱👍🏽
Well done guys as per usual a quality job! Really nice bricks looks a little rustic which i think suits it.+++👍👊
Thanks pal yeah , nice choice by the customer 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Just goes to prove YOU TWO can make a silk purse out of a pigs ear/nose 🤗🤗🤗🤗
Fabulous job here again 👍👍👍👍
Thanks pal 😆🧱👍🏽
Good job 👍
Thanks Stuart 🧱👍🏽
The most professional job, you are always very neat and tidy.
Are the wall ties screwed in with rawplugs ?
Thanks Richard absolutely 👍🏽🧱
Are they standard frame ties threaded at the end ?
@richardrichards2199 🧱👍🏽
Fantastic job that men nice one 👊🏻🔥👍🏻🧱🧱
Thanks pal 😁🧱💪🏽
A very good job lads well done thats how its done 🌞🌝🌞🌝
Cheers Phil 😉🧱👍🏽
Great job lads looks amazing 👍
Thanks Dave 🧱👍🏽
What a difference lads.superb as per usual💯💥👍
Thanks Dave 👍
Great little job lads there the money earners 👍
The simple ones are the best 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
That looks fab......you.......las
Cheers buddy 🧱👍🏽
27 degrees = nice winters day in Oz. :) Heh. Interesting that the damp course is not turned up the face of the exterior of the inside skin. Is that how it's always done in Pommy Land?
Hi Phil . No this job is a one off . We were just tarting it up abs the rest of the garage never had a doc at all 😆🧱👍🏽
+Phil Box hi over in oz 🧱👍🏽
+Phil Box Hey Phil , yeah standard over here 🧱👍🏽
+Phil Box Standard over here pal 🧱👍🏽
Very Smart
Cheers Dennis 😁🧱👍🏽
This is obviously very high quality work. So you set your horizontal joint thickness with the line. How do you set your vertical joint thickness? Just by eye?
Yes Mike we do . 🤓👌🏼🧱👍🏽
brick by brick and pink floyd WALL is up,......excellent and pro job....
Thanks very much 😁🧱👍🏽
18:19 Lionel Ritchie the brickie makes an appearance 🤣
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Who needs music when you have natural songs like them birds
Very true , I had to leave that in when I heard it 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Hi, Why have damp proof on a second layer of bricks?
That’s where it has to go 🧱👍🏽
Love the hand waiting to receive the post .... it never came😂
Me too , I only see his little wise cracks when I’m editing 🤣😂🧱👍🏽
Genuine question when blocking up the door why didnt you block the outside then render, and not use brick on the inside to continue the internal shed/garage look? could you? also loved the comment "Alex is having a day off to go to the pictures!" ... love the work
Customer wasn’t bothered about the inside appearance 🧱👍🏽
Got it👌👌
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Aah you have them now!
Always wear gloves 🧤 🧱👍🏽
Are those white plates asbestos?
No mate they are brand new cement boards 🧱👍🏽
It's a good thing they were replacing that roof haha!
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Heres a tip. Hook your line behind your wood profile before you nail it. Then just slide your line up as you go along. Your pin wont pull out then. 🙈🙈🙈🙈
Thanks for the tip 🧱👍🏽
Good man🕌
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when the scaffold moves like that
You never get used to it. 😱🧱👍🏽
Doesnt that plumb line have to be tighter?
No pal 🧱👍🏽
Nice job, but that spade is a shovel! 🤭
Cheers Pete , whatever it is it’s nice and clean 🧼 😉🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild top rules, keep your kit clean. 👌 keep up the good work 💪
@@petesteele4487 Absolutely Pete 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
+Pete Steele 😏🧱👍🏽
+Pete Steele potato potarto 😆🧱👍🏽
If not using wall ties should you not put morter in between the old layer and new layer of bricks so it ties in as strong double wall,Obviously you cant use insulation because there is not enough space?If i were doing it i would put morter in between the two layers for a stronger wall. Everyone has there own way and reason for doint it in any particular way.Nice brick and Good job lads! Sorry i did not see the wall ties untill the end!
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@8:28 little tip for the apprentice. dont whack the face like that when your jointing up. you risk chipping and marking the bricks.
Mmm bad habbit , lm guilty of the too 😬🧱👍🏼
Did you hide his comments Steve . I saw the first of them early this morning and your reply’s . I was back for the follow ups to see what he’d say next 😀but can’t find them .
Nope, I pinned him for all to see and went for a look myself but he must have took them down . Maybe he saw part one and realised calling us scammers makes him look like an arse ! 🤣🤣🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild I’d say he had a quick look at part 1 once you pointed it out to him and he said o #### .
@@brickbybric 😏🤣🤣🧱👍🏽
Made a good job out of a mess there boys. Silk purses and sows ears should be mentioned 😀
Cheers Doug 🧱👍🏽
Are those bandstand still legal?.
Absolutely 🧱👍🏽👌🏽
Nice looking job considering how out it was to start with. If I'm being picky, there's a patch of reds going up diagonally from the bottom with no darker bricks in to break it up. Other than that 👍👍.
Thanks pal 😁🧱👍🏽
@@martin2466 . Absolutely 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
@@Deadwest-h3u . Yep we are what 🧐?
@@Deadwest-h3u Ah it’s still early 🥱🤣🤣🧱👍🏽
What’s the tools for the line called at 8.00
It’s called a Fitzbrick line clamp sold in pairs mate 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
THE OWNERS DONE THE WORK, OR HIRED THE FIRST DRUNK THEY COULD FIND. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.
Fire the hodcarrier.
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Steve what’s the weight of a concrete block ? and love the little funny bits that Alex puts in that you don’t know about till you edit. Just looked like he’d got you in the palm of his hand then flicked you over the edge. Also where the blocks go into two columns don’t you have to put any tie things in ?
About 20 kg I think.
As for the pillars the flat block tie them into the main wall 🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Thanks for the reply Steve and now I know why you have to pick the blocks up with two hands.
@@johnpeplow3985 🥵🥵☺️🧱👍🏽
Like a woodpecker
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Hi guys just been watching your vid and noticed something very strange, at the start of day 2 the pier with the plumb line 2 bricks from the top down there's a face right next to the plumb line watch it on a tv not a laptop and your see it, Spooky guys lol
I cant see it pal 🤨🤓🧐🧱💪🏽
I got to admit …the quality of your work is a lot better than Charlie Carlison
Thanks mate but Charlie is a very tidy trowel 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Looks smashing now, shame about the horrible white board / plaster they have on the rest of the building. They should get that pulled down and have you folks do up the brickwork there too!
Thanks very much 😁👍🏼🧱
+Construction Channel Luxembourg 😁😆🧱👍🏽
+Construction Channel Luxembourg cheers buddy 😁🧱👍🏽
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How do you stop brickwork like this from turning into nasty colours and looking crappy like the old stuff.
It’s new brick so it won’t 👍🏼🧱
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Well this new brick has been a long time coming!
@@paulmurgatroyd6372 . We gave the customer about 6 options and they chose this one . A good choice we think 🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild I wish these had been made decades ago, so many good buildings with horrible stained and discoloured bricks, put me right off the type.
@@paulmurgatroyd6372 😬🧱👍🏽
Do double brick wall improve sound insulation or there is little improvement from a single brick wall? Just curious🤔
It will improve it but it’s more for strength. For better sound insulation a cavity wall with insulation in the cavity is way better 🧱👍🏽
Not as good as usual........ ha ha only joking Steve, you was just about to have a go! Seriously lads cracking job, well done and good vids.
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+😏Thanks pal 😆🧱👍🏽E Bike
+Adge E Bike 😏😆🧱👍🏽
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I thought I got shifted to Heron's Bonzai when I started hearing the birds.
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You could have used wall starters. Much easier than them crocodile ties
Yeah not keen on those . Been using the individual ties for years . They all do a good job 🧱👍🏽
i watch this before i do a bodgey job anyway
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If you had used a wall starter you could have achieved the same as the timber.. that pouch would do my head in.!!!
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No gloves Steve?
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Fellas wouldn’t you have been better keeping/selling them imperial bricks ? Good vid
No mate that Sand and cement would never have come off 😳🧱👍🏽
Wow. I haven't seen a wedged mortise and tenon joint in years. That structure has to be pushing 100 years old.
Definitely, but of a shame to destroy okd craftsmanship 🥺🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Could've ripped out the old frame and door and taken it to one of those building recyclers. Some idiot would've paid hundreds of beers for it.
@@TyphoonVstrom 🥺 ah snap 🙄🧱👍🏽
I think I would have gone pre war common with weather pointing
I gave the customer about 5 options and he picked this one and was over the moon 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
@@SteveAndAlexBuild and that's what it's about at the end of the day 👍
@@ukmud6218 😉🧱👍🏽
+Uk Mud . Customers decision 🧱👍🏽
+Uk Mud They were offered but customer chose these 🧱👍🏽
Come on feller get yourself some better access equipment one stumble and your likely to end up in a bad way,, stay safe feller good job yet again..
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