Hi Charlie, Everyone, When I was in my early twenties and not too long out of my time I cocked up and built a detached house 150mm too high between the joist height and the wall plate height on the 1st floor. I miscalculated the 1st floor finished height measurement and set the bedroom window openings out two courses higher than what they should have been. It wasn't until after the roof was tiled and the house was being first fixed that my error became evident by the joiners. I was counter charged by the main contractor for extra materials by the sub-contractors i.e. plasterers, plumbers and painters and the additional timber costs and labour. My message to all young and inexperienced bricklayers is to follow Charlie's advice and learn and develop best practices of how to be efficient and build level but don't underestimate the importance of working to finished heights and how to guage down. Thanks for the vids Charlie, really pleased you won the super trowel 23.
Hi Charlie i am loving these video's showing how to set up / checking levels etc problems that can occur & how to remedy it, Only someone like yourself with the knowledge & Experience can help other less experienced Bricklayers to get on and having seen you describe a problem that they haven't come across yet If / When they do they will know how to sort it out, I have always said someone who really want's to become a tradesman and get's their nut down and study's and if they are prepared to go the extra mile put the work in & still wants that job as a career then those are the people that are wanted by the Trade's, Labourers there are plenty around but the Skilled Tradesmen there is a shortage of and the older generation / Andy mentioning no names who will be retiring in the not too distant future and will be flitting about to his villas across the globe on his Yacht and they will be crying out for replacements and like everything else people from abroad will come to the UK and get work some come stay a while until they are qualified then f%^k orf to somewhere where there's work all year round and get paid well for it. Drifting off the subject a bit, A lot of people can learn a lot about the job of a bricklayer by watching your video's Charlie so Thanks for Sharing and see you on the next one mate.
Excellent workmanship shown on the job there Charlie - used to help too having a good ground worker doing the footings to help the bricklayer out with coming out the ground nice and level
That only works if the base your working off is level. As groundworkers pour floors nowadays, tamping off the brickwork, they never are as the concrete settles above the brickwork. That's why they self level compound the floors pretty finished flooring.
That's bcos it is. You see us bricklayers, well, we all got our sums wrong at skool. Fell into anything that was going. Those that stumbled into bricklaying thought that they had achieved something with their lives. Luckily the money is good. All in my opinion obviously 😮
It's so different how you guys build houses over there. Crazy thinking even if I can build the whole house over here . If for some reason, I had to work over there. I'd have to start all over as a laborer again because I wouldn't know shit. LoL.
Don't they put datum pegs anymore gauge rod floor to floor average everything out over 30 odd courses use story stick to put the datum peg in only level the first peg in ...used to use the top of the plate on the profile level that in ...?
It being a Friday at 12.30pm, it seems; plus bright blue skies. Knocking off when the sun is shining runs counter to what you said yesterday griping about rainy days and the need for temporary roof coverings. Just saying! Some critics might say, you want your cake and eat it.
@@bricklayingwithamy1546 Amy, we’re all big fans of Charlie, and more so, have respect for him, being him. 👍😀 p.s. You getting in there doing your share and on building sites, says volumes about you.
Its been like that for a while now. Done it back in 2018 and got £600 took of my wages for another squad to put it right after i left the firm. Lesson learned!
At the moment, according to nhbc specs not only, the lintels cannot sit on coursing brick but they have to sit on a full block, not a cut/ half block. That doesn't work in the real world so they let it slide but that's the actual regs🙄
Is it usual in UK to do a "manual" formwork of the ceilings with all these single deal boards? This was common practice here in germany several decades ago... Today (and already since 20-30 years) we get individually produced steel reinforced concrete elements from the factory which are put dry onto the walls (depending on size of building... 4-6 in a std home) which are then poured with concrete.
Those boards are part of the scaffolding for the builders to work from, if you look they only come up half the window heights. UK houses don't have concrete floors/ceilings for the upper levels
I never knew bricklaying was so technical.....thought it was just bish bash bosh! At least that is what I witnessed when a bricky built a wall for me and probably why it looks so shit! Loving the cockney c bombs thrown in.....qwality son. Thumbs up.
Obviously all brickwork has to be level. Lol. Yeah, your brickwork. A lot of brickwork is within tolerance though. And thats a different thing altogether Congrats on the golden trowel.
Don't the joints looks massive on the 1st course over window formers. Get yourself a multitool. Chop them down. Youve just spent 20 mins explaining. Let the window fitters worry. Not your bad brother. Saves alot of time and bullshit😢
Millwaukee redstick backbone is more robust than that stabila model buddy. 2-3mm wider 65mm height same as yiur brick where that is 60mm. Slight heavier far more robust has double spine in bubble are hence backbone. Should give 1 a go buddy. All there levels up 2.4m have milled surfaces where stabila stop at 1200mm. Where vial stand to the stabila time will tell as stabila are the king of levels.
Hi Charlie, Everyone, When I was in my early twenties and not too long out of my time I cocked up and built a detached house 150mm too high between the joist height and the wall plate height on the 1st floor. I miscalculated the 1st floor finished height measurement and set the bedroom window openings out two courses higher than what they should have been. It wasn't until after the roof was tiled and the house was being first fixed that my error became evident by the joiners. I was counter charged by the main contractor for extra materials by the sub-contractors i.e. plasterers, plumbers and painters and the additional timber costs and labour. My message to all young and inexperienced bricklayers is to follow Charlie's advice and learn and develop best practices of how to be efficient and build level but don't underestimate the importance of working to finished heights and how to guage down. Thanks for the vids Charlie, really pleased you won the super trowel 23.
Im 62 and still learning, nice one Charlie
Hi Charlie i am loving these video's showing how to set up / checking levels etc problems that can occur & how to remedy it,
Only someone like yourself with the knowledge & Experience can help other less experienced Bricklayers to get on and having seen you describe a problem that they haven't come across yet If / When they do they will know how to sort it out, I have always
said someone who really want's to become a tradesman and get's their nut down and study's and if they are prepared to go the extra mile put the work in & still wants that job as a career then those are the people that are wanted by the Trade's, Labourers
there are plenty around but the Skilled Tradesmen there is a shortage of and the older generation / Andy mentioning no names
who will be retiring in the not too distant future and will be flitting about to his villas across the globe on his Yacht and they will be
crying out for replacements and like everything else people from abroad will come to the UK and get work some come stay a while until they are qualified then f%^k orf to somewhere where there's work all year round and get paid well for it. Drifting off the subject a bit, A lot of people can learn a lot about the job of a bricklayer by watching your video's Charlie so Thanks for Sharing and see you on the next one mate.
Excellent workmanship shown on the job there Charlie - used to help too having a good ground worker doing the footings to help the bricklayer out with coming out the ground nice and level
Lovely job Charlie 👌💪🏼
Thanks for your time .
Use a gauge stick from damp up
Yeah, ie Blake’s or pt profiles etc..
That only works if the base your working off is level. As groundworkers pour floors nowadays, tamping off the brickwork, they never are as the concrete settles above the brickwork. That's why they self level compound the floors pretty finished flooring.
Yes but one would ensure splash courses- dpc are exact, therefore allowing us to raise the building with Blakes perfectly gauged from dpc...
Good points you explained there mate. Very important too 👍👍
I used to get “it’s not the level that’s our stop taping it” piss off it’s quicker and “when I need a new level I will get one”
Charlie or any bricklayer, ALWAYS ERR. On the big side on the inside brick/block work , 10 mm wider 10 mm higher. No carpenter will EVER complain!
Don't you just like that when it happens Charlie 🤣
Good video
You make it look so easy🤣
That's bcos it is.
You see us bricklayers, well, we all got our sums wrong at skool. Fell into anything that was going. Those that stumbled into bricklaying thought that they had achieved something with their lives. Luckily the money is good. All in my opinion obviously 😮
It's so different how you guys build houses over there. Crazy thinking even if I can build the whole house over here . If for some reason, I had to work over there. I'd have to start all over as a laborer again because I wouldn't know shit. LoL.
Great video Charlie
Literally would ask if Charlie built my house.
Why would you have to ask? Surely you would know!!!!😂
@mattalford389 Well, played that man! Good shout.
Nice one mate going build me own house now...
Scaffolds too tight to the wall always used to get a 3 inch gap for the muck to drop an get profiles on ?
Exactly.
And the later is sublime
Is the top con the best laser too get Charlie?
Top job mate 🧱 👌
Don't they put datum pegs anymore gauge rod floor to floor average everything out over 30 odd courses use story stick to put the datum peg in only level the first peg in ...used to use the top of the plate on the profile level that in ...?
It being a Friday at 12.30pm, it seems; plus bright blue skies. Knocking off when the sun is shining runs counter to what you said yesterday griping about rainy days and the need for temporary roof coverings. Just saying! Some critics might say, you want your cake and eat it.
He worked today till 4 and is working tomorrow till 4…. He needed a half day this week to go to the bank. The bloke don’t stop 🤷♀️
@@bricklayingwithamy1546 Amy, we’re all big fans of Charlie, and more so, have respect for him, being him. 👍😀
p.s. You getting in there doing your share and on building sites, says volumes about you.
1st I heard about not sitting a lintel on a brickett.. does that just depend on the building inspector ??
New NHBC rules.
Its been like that for a while now.
Done it back in 2018 and got £600 took of my wages for another squad to put it right after i left the firm.
Lesson learned!
@@stevendunn5430 trouble is it throws the bond on the course above 😅
@quabarb4547 I know. Especially on the 625 turbo blocks, pain in the arse. Got to mix it up a bit havent ya 😮💨
At the moment, according to nhbc specs not only, the lintels cannot sit on coursing brick but they have to sit on a full block, not a cut/ half block. That doesn't work in the real world so they let it slide but that's the actual regs🙄
Any recent sightings of Francis. Hopefully he's ok
Where’s the trowel rubber end from?
I gave it to him, they are made by W Rose and I bought them from Speadcrete, pretty sure they still sell them 👍
Must be a sothern thing with that common under the lintel it ok up here as long as its a full one
Nice one Charlie on that site is the cavity insulation pumped in
Hi Charlie
Can you recommend the best laser level to use please
A level brickwork CIRCUMFERENCE? Or perimeter .. good video .😊
Omg did you see my message 😮thanks this helps a whole lot
Why are you building corners Charlie? Did I miss you mention it sorry?
Where did you buy your laser from
Live the pencil ✏ mate I get it brilliant ha
Is it usual in UK to do a "manual" formwork of the ceilings with all these single deal boards?
This was common practice here in germany several decades ago... Today (and already since 20-30 years) we get individually produced steel reinforced concrete elements from the factory which are put dry onto the walls (depending on size of building... 4-6 in a std home) which are then poured with concrete.
Those boards are part of the scaffolding for the builders to work from, if you look they only come up half the window heights. UK houses don't have concrete floors/ceilings for the upper levels
4th lift for us is gable ends....... vistry wont pay for a 5th...
Yeah same. I prefer it. Dropping back on joist lift too put 9 courses round.
Its agood little earner also 👍
I never knew bricklaying was so technical.....thought it was just bish bash bosh! At least that is what I witnessed when a bricky built a wall for me and probably why it looks so shit! Loving the cockney c bombs thrown in.....qwality son. Thumbs up.
And the winner of the number of bricks layed is…?
Lazer
Lecia level ?
У нас так не делают, всё намного ужасней.
Doesn't seem to be any sound 😢
Sounds fine
Obviously all brickwork has to be level.
Lol.
Yeah, your brickwork.
A lot of brickwork is within tolerance though.
And thats a different thing altogether
Congrats on the golden trowel.
Did you build the gable that fell down off the new house recently was it your site did you forget the cement
Nothing worse than having to tell them where you want materials constantly.
A few worse things comes to mind
Well don’t complain then when someone drops materials in the wrong spot because ur too arrogant to to stop for a min to tell them where u want it
Don't the joints looks massive on the 1st course over window formers. Get yourself a multitool. Chop them down. Youve just spent 20 mins explaining. Let the window fitters worry. Not your bad brother. Saves alot of time and bullshit😢
Millwaukee redstick backbone is more robust than that stabila model buddy. 2-3mm wider 65mm height same as yiur brick where that is 60mm. Slight heavier far more robust has double spine in bubble are hence backbone. Should give 1 a go buddy. All there levels up 2.4m have milled surfaces where stabila stop at 1200mm. Where vial stand to the stabila time will tell as stabila are the king of levels.
Great video Charlie