41 years in the game and I still enjoy looking at fantastic brickwork.l copied your victorian weave pattern on a feature wall out my back garden .Everyone who has seen it are well impressed .The last time I layed flemish bond was when I was an apprentice in tech.Cheers mucker
Rob, you're template marking is genius, way back when I was an apprentice (20yrs ago) I was lucky enough too learn in London doing the same work as you do. How I miss those days, my foreman was meticulous in his approach like yourself and if I laid 200 bricks a day he was happy. All he ever wanted was perfection. Damn I wish I could work on those type of projects now. Keep going mate, your work is amazing
Am I the only middle aged man who gets excited every time a new Rob Singer video is released? Your work never ceases to amaze me Rob, thanks for sharing it!
Your passion,knowledge and skill and understanding of Brickwork are beyond any I've ever seen... staggering beyond belief...every project you start is a joy to see from the beginning to completion..perfect every time
Rob - absolutely mind blowing work again. You are surely the most talented bricklayer in this country ! Love watching your videos. Been a bricklayer for around 30 years and I have to admit I would not know where to start with most of the projects you do ! Absolutely top class work and an inspiration to us all
First class mate . I'm a bricklayer with 30 odd years experience and I have yet to see brickwork as good as this .you defo blow us slap down trowels clean out the water
Hello Rob its Rickie here back from when you used to work for CTS instructing, i somehow stumbled across one of your videos absolute quality, its good to see you you haven't changed in your attention to detail and also wanted say thankyou for teaching me and Craig whilst you where there.
As a 77 year old man lorry driver from Salisbury wilts now living in usa only place in the world I've ever seen brick work of this level was in Italy and Portugal plus I a very old hardback book translated from very early medieval English to modern English I bought the book in Salisbury bookstore by the entrance to Salisbury cathedral it traveled to the usa with Me in 1991 it went missing about five years later it was very favorite book by far to read rob truly has the grasp of the very early principles of his craft absolutely amazing work.
@@robsonger1 yes Rob it was a fantastic book when I bought it I was actually attending Salisbury wilts technology College for bricklaying I had just turned 15 and two months when I started working for old Charlie Wilkins builders Salisbury wilts we were building about half a dozen bungalows in the little village of porton just outside Salisbury near old sarum spent lots of time digging footings for said bungalows all by hand pick shovel 2 men or in my case half a man lol and each taking turns using pick then the shovel built a lot of muscle not much bricklaying until I finished digging bloody big hole for concrete block septic tank the I got to fill in most of the hole with said blocks one cou say a shit of a job but Charlie was pleased enough I got a two penny a day raise in pay good old days would love to get dimensions for twisted arch jig I can build my own with those basic measurements keep on doing what you do best fantastic video thanks for all the information you provided us all
Your a credit to the bricklaying world should be made a ambassador for the brickwork craft keep uploading Rob your showing another side of brickwork that no one on utube is capable of, these uploads must be a great inspiration to all the youngsters coming into the industry to know that's there's more than square boxes and profiles and slapping them down 👍
That is unreal. There won’t be many in the country that could achieve this. Like other have said, the other house bashers on RUclips may well slap down a thousand a day but they’d have absolutely no clue where to even start with something like this
@@leer798 yeah I've seen all the stupid videos on here of daft house bashing cowboys, pick and dip and shite like that, they get more compo down the cavity than in between the bricks, I would honestly be embarrassed to post them
The crazy thing about house bashers is that they actually really believe that they are good because they say they lay large amounts, and do you know what I've worked with hundreds of them over the years, and they are not that fast anyway, they sit in the bait cabins all day boasting how many they laid here and how much they made there, they are the laughing stock of the building game if they only knew
How long did it take you to do that ? Also is that saw an old Norton clipper saw Rob. I am amazed by your work its brilliant and inspirational the best. Justin brickright 👍
Was that red pile in the picture at 7:15 just red mortar or is it a combo of clay dust and a putty of some sort? Do you line the fireplace with fire brick? Man I have some many questions. How about selling tickets to watch you work.. 👍🧱👀
@@robsonger1 I knew it!…..You can’t reveal all your tricks.😏 Thanks for all the Videos they really help expand the mind and imagination on s we hat can be
Hi Rob Your always and cutting bricks to precision, you should buy a flush cut blade for your grinder, 115 125 and 150 blades, this is from a stonemason of 36yrs.
Wow ! Have you been taught all these different techniques Rob or do you ad- lib any situations where you haven’t ? Would love to learn this stuff - any recommendations on courses I could attend - tired of square box site work !
I admire the way you use full-size drawing / templates to work out the design. I followed you clearly enough as you flattened the circle into an ellipse, but I did not quite understand how you used the information to make your cuts. - - - If you are not already familiar with it, you might enjoy looking at a facsimile copy of Sebastiano Serlio's 1611 publication, "The Five Books of Architecture" (reprinted 1982 by Dover Publications of New York).
Superb! How did craftsmen in the old days cut the shapes that you used the water cooled cutter for? Also, were they as accurate? Were you using the water cooled cutter for making the bricks that made the triangular patterns in the brickwork? I`m not a brickie, i used to work on sites with cowboy plasterers as a naieve 15year old, almost 50 years ago. I was conned by them. That`s another story though. That`s why i have great interest in your craftmanship. Wish i`d met people like you, too be taught the right way. Your skills are very rare and your pupils are very fortunate.
Those tradesmen long ago had more time than we do and they were taught properly when apprenticeships were 5 yrs, I remember having a 3 year apprenticeship and being mocked by the older guys saying that colleges will never be able to teach us what we need to know in that time... last week I found a college in Kent offering Level 2 in 8 weeks....thats just ridiculous. We were always told it takes 2 years for a lad to lay a brick. Now that doesn't mean it takes 2 years just to lay a brick, it means 2 years to understand most situations of how to lay a GOOD brick and all the implications that go with it. Then, they'd move onto technical stuff/advanced year 3. In my workshop I have a small group and I have space for 3 more....just saying.
@@robsonger1 even though I've been laying nearly 10 years I would definitely come to your workshops to learn some of your amazing skills. if I didn't have a wife 2 kids and lived 2.5 hours away I'd be there like a shot 😂
Our college here in wales will not teach just bricklaying they now do a construction course of 3 trades its pathetic these lads dont stand a chance now they have killed off these trades now
@@robsonger1 If anyone in your area wants to really learn what it is to be a real bricklayer, that's the best opportunity those 3 will ever get! I used to live in your area a long time ago, i'm south of the border now. Glad that your doing vids again, always a pleasure to watch.
@@robsonger1 that's great you like my comment you ruined my whole night after watching this video, lol😜. No honestly without any jokes pure skill. Iv been lucky enough to do some historical restoration work but all in natural stone. But your skill is another level, an absolute privilege to see this. But I bet I can make a better spag bowl than you! Ya ha bet that hurts don't it ya amazing brick work to spag bowl my kid loves! Here I need to feel better somehow, I'm looking at my trowel in shame, me and my trowel are gonna sit down tomorrow morning talk about our future together. 😭😭😭👍👍👍 Just amazing work not gonna watch any of your videos again ha ha is it obvious you've driven me to drink
Hi rob wow that is some incredible craftsmanship, would you consider yourself a perfectionist?, do you work to a zero tolerance policy or do you have tolerances or allowances in your work that deviate from perfection?, is perfection unrealistic? Would you say someone like the NHBC tolerances is deemed as good standards to adhere to? One example from NHBC is that plumb ness can have tolerance of ±8mm per storey height (up to 3m) or is your philosophy is that it should be zero tolerance perfect? Would love to hear your thoughts from a master craftsman like yourself cheers
there are definitely allowances to make in a variety of disciplines, obviously the smaller the tolerance the better the work but in todays world of get'm down the standards have definitely fallen away. For instance the work I am presently doing (pictures on my instagram) are rubbed and gauged arches that is completely new to me. The time during preparation takes longer than to build it, but there is only 1mm max tolerance. This is what most bricklayers 100yrs ago could do with their eyes shut. Perfection these days comes at a cost, but remember, what we build now will be here 100's of years after we are gone, so if something takes an extra day to do rather than slash it up, I believe that extra day of getting it right will last 100s of years. thank you for watching, lots more to come...
As a level 3 trowel, I honestly feel like a chimp when I see the setting out you do, crazy that they allow a gold card to be achieved without vast knowledge 1st. Sad to say but skilled aspects of our craft will die over the next years to come. We got lazy.
Fuck Me I thought I wasnt bad at bricklaying but this shit scares the shit out of me. Just how did you get the chance to learn this stuff. If there is a bricklaying god to worship, pretty sure this bloke comes close. Now I honstestly wanted to use a swear word rather than bloke!
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You wouldn't want to go off plumb there man lol
Top class as usual
41 years in the game and I still enjoy looking at fantastic brickwork.l copied your victorian weave pattern on a feature wall out my back garden .Everyone who has seen it are well impressed .The last time I layed flemish bond was when I was an apprentice in tech.Cheers mucker
Champion league of bricklaying rob 👍👍
Rob, you're template marking is genius, way back when I was an apprentice (20yrs ago) I was lucky enough too learn in London doing the same work as you do. How I miss those days, my foreman was meticulous in his approach like yourself and if I laid 200 bricks a day he was happy. All he ever wanted was perfection. Damn I wish I could work on those type of projects now. Keep going mate, your work is amazing
Am I the only middle aged man who gets excited every time a new Rob Singer video is released?
Your work never ceases to amaze me Rob, thanks for sharing it!
No your not mate 🤣🤣👍🧱🧱
Not a chance your alone
Now that is what you call a master craftsman folks
Your passion,knowledge and skill and understanding of Brickwork are beyond any I've ever seen... staggering beyond belief...every project you start is a joy to see from the beginning to completion..perfect every time
Rob - absolutely mind blowing work again. You are surely the most talented bricklayer in this country !
Love watching your videos. Been a bricklayer for around 30 years and I have to admit I would not know where to start with most of the projects you do !
Absolutely top class work and an inspiration to us all
I just…I don’t know…you’re no bricklayer. You’re a master craftsman. Another level.
There is no better bricklayer out there than Rob true inspiration x
That’s got to be the most impressive bit of brickwork I’ve seen on here 👍🏻👌🏻
Thank you, please spread the word! Lol
Ridiculously impressive
First class mate . I'm a bricklayer with 30 odd years experience and I have yet to see brickwork as good as this .you defo blow us slap down trowels clean out the water
been a bricklayer nearly 30 years and followed you from start on RUclips but your work just gets better and better very talented good to see you back
thank you for keeping the faith...
I REALLY like that Diamond Pattern!
Wow, great respect for the way you managed to solve all the problems in this "once in a lifetime" project.
Hello Rob its Rickie here back from when you used to work for CTS instructing, i somehow stumbled across one of your videos absolute quality, its good to see you you haven't changed in your attention to detail and also wanted say thankyou for teaching me and Craig whilst you where there.
Thank you, good to hear from you.
I hope you are doing well
@@robsonger1 doing great Rob i am still in the trade landscaping, you look like your cracking on nicely
Just brilliant Rob. Looks spectacular.
Absolutely gifted
As a 77 year old man lorry driver from Salisbury wilts now living in usa only place in the world I've ever seen brick work of this level was in Italy and Portugal plus I a very old hardback book translated from very early medieval English to modern English I bought the book in Salisbury bookstore by the entrance to Salisbury cathedral it traveled to the usa with
Me in 1991 it went missing about five years later it was very favorite book by far to read rob truly has the grasp of the very early principles of his craft absolutely amazing work.
Lovely comment, thank you
If I knew the book you lost I'd but it for you
@@robsonger1 yes Rob it was a fantastic book when I bought it I was actually attending Salisbury wilts technology College for bricklaying I had just turned 15 and two months when I started working for old Charlie Wilkins builders Salisbury wilts we were building about half a dozen bungalows in the little village of porton just outside Salisbury near old sarum spent lots of time digging footings for said bungalows all by hand pick shovel 2 men or in my case half a man lol and each taking turns using pick then the shovel built a lot of muscle not much bricklaying until I finished digging bloody big hole for concrete block septic tank the I got to fill in most of the hole with said blocks one cou say a shit of a job but Charlie was pleased enough I got a two penny a day raise in pay good old days would love to get dimensions for twisted arch jig I can build my own with those basic measurements keep on doing what you do best fantastic video thanks for all the information you provided us all
Thats some tasty work, true craftsman at work here ******************
absolutely magnificent brickwork.
Absolutely amazing work Rob. Wish i had chosen a different career path when i was young.
You actually own you tube brickwork. An absolute master.
Your a credit to the bricklaying world should be made a ambassador for the brickwork craft keep uploading Rob your showing another side of brickwork that no one on utube is capable of, these uploads must be a great inspiration to all the youngsters coming into the industry to know that's there's more than square boxes and profiles and slapping them down 👍
I hope so..
It's really lovely work as always Rob atb 🙂👍
Amazing! Few people have your ability to see this in their head then make it.
Excellent work true craftsman
Now your just showing off,, and rightly so !! First class, beautiful.
Definitely an artist in burnt clay
That is unbelievably amazing wow 👍🏻👍🏻
Rob is the best bricklayer in the world
hardly, but thanks, made me smile...and I need those at the moment.
What can one say that's already been said,another master class by the god of bricklayers,you should be made a saint of bricklayers,
Absolutely beautiful!!!
Patients of a saint you’d want . Top work .
Love the expertise & the architectural precision.
Brilliant work as always great respect for your work rob
Love the pencil in the sock, your like a bricklaying ninja
Rob best brickmason
Easily the best around rob.. great to see someone using their gift.. can't wait to see what's coming up next...
my first ever rubbed and gauged arch (c12 to do) a world first twist, 2 fireplaces shaped like....I can't tell you yet....
Real art work bud!!!!! Great job
never seen anything like that it's breathtaking, your truly a master craftsman
Never seen anything like it absolute quality craftsmanship 👍
Great work mate
Above tradesman , craftsman ! ..different level that my friend ..
Smashing.....lot's and lot's of cutting, great stuff
Wow how many guys can do this.. respect!! 👍👍👍
Class as usual Rob.
Stunning, next level craftsmanship
Far from simple but simply stunning
That is beautiful work as always love it
Amazing work again rob 👌🏻
That is unreal. There won’t be many in the country that could achieve this. Like other have said, the other house bashers on RUclips may well slap down a thousand a day but they’d have absolutely no clue where to even start with something like this
All house bashers are wank - that’s why they do it
@@leer798 yeah I've seen all the stupid videos on here of daft house bashing cowboys, pick and dip and shite like that, they get more compo down the cavity than in between the bricks, I would honestly be embarrassed to post them
The crazy thing about house bashers is that they actually really believe that they are good because they say they lay large amounts, and do you know what I've worked with hundreds of them over the years, and they are not that fast anyway, they sit in the bait cabins all day boasting how many they laid here and how much they made there, they are the laughing stock of the building game if they only knew
Genius and quality work
First class workmanship
Smashing work and smashing tunes.
I'm glad you liked the snippet of my playlist....checkout the Backseat Lovers, they are currently my Alexa and road trip favourite
Amazing work well done 👍
Absolute masterpiece.
Wow ! That diamond work looks beautiful 🧱👍🏽
thank you chaps...
@@robsonger1 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Top class rob
Unreal skill.
Another outstanding pease 0f work 👍
Mint!!
Супер. Просто здорово!!!
5 STAR work
Brilliant really really smart.
Fantastic, need not say anymore
Very Very good job sir
Out off this world beautiful craftsman ship 👍🧱👍🧱👍
Just amazing! Where in the UK is this brickwork prevalent Rob? I should move there...
Amazing brickwork! True artist.
Brilliant👌
What the fuck that is sensational 👏
If I was one of the other bricklayers on you tube I wouldn't bother posting.
They can't compete with that.
How do you price something up like this?
Your work is impeccable.
Your like god of the bricklaying world
haha, thank you John...
Your everything a bricklayer aspires to be absolute top of pile by a country mile
How long did it take you to do that ? Also is that saw an old Norton clipper saw Rob.
I am amazed by your work its brilliant and inspirational the best.
Justin brickright 👍
Was that red pile in the picture at 7:15 just red mortar or is it a combo of clay dust and a putty of some sort? Do you line the fireplace with fire brick? Man I have some many questions. How about selling tickets to watch you work.. 👍🧱👀
hahaha! tickets....great idea, maybe I show do some lives
and the red pile....secret
@@robsonger1 I knew it!…..You can’t reveal all your tricks.😏 Thanks for all the Videos they really help expand the mind and imagination on s we hat can be
Hi Rob
Your always and cutting bricks to precision, you should buy a flush cut blade for your grinder, 115 125 and 150 blades, this is from a stonemason of 36yrs.
Excellent
Superb.
Wow !
Have you been taught all these different techniques Rob or do you ad- lib any situations where you haven’t ?
Would love to learn this stuff - any recommendations on courses I could attend
- tired of square box site work !
Haha Same mate. That’s all I learnt on. Never got to learn anything technical, or even taught, learnt most stuff myself
Have you got the foundation drawings you can share for this project
Amazing patience
I admire the way you use full-size drawing / templates to work out the design. I followed you clearly enough as you flattened the circle into an ellipse, but I did not quite understand how you used the information to make your cuts. - - - If you are not already familiar with it, you might enjoy looking at a facsimile copy of Sebastiano Serlio's 1611 publication, "The Five Books of Architecture" (reprinted 1982 by Dover Publications of New York).
that book sounds like gold dust...thank you for watching..
Amazing
First class touch wood architect s will start doing there jobs and stop drawing box’s and draw something that can be admired for ever
Fantastic
Superb! How did craftsmen in the old days cut the shapes that you used the water cooled cutter for? Also, were they as accurate? Were you using the water cooled cutter for making the bricks that made the triangular patterns in the brickwork? I`m not a brickie, i used to work on sites with cowboy plasterers as a naieve 15year old, almost 50 years ago. I was conned by them. That`s another story though. That`s why i have great interest in your craftmanship. Wish i`d met people like you, too be taught the right way. Your skills are very rare and your pupils are very fortunate.
Those tradesmen long ago had more time than we do and they were taught properly when apprenticeships were 5 yrs, I remember having a 3 year apprenticeship and being mocked by the older guys saying that colleges will never be able to teach us what we need to know in that time... last week I found a college in Kent offering Level 2 in 8 weeks....thats just ridiculous. We were always told it takes 2 years for a lad to lay a brick. Now that doesn't mean it takes 2 years just to lay a brick, it means 2 years to understand most situations of how to lay a GOOD brick and all the implications that go with it. Then, they'd move onto technical stuff/advanced year 3.
In my workshop I have a small group and I have space for 3 more....just saying.
@@robsonger1 even though I've been laying nearly 10 years I would definitely come to your workshops to learn some of your amazing skills. if I didn't have a wife 2 kids and lived 2.5 hours away I'd be there like a shot 😂
Our college here in wales will not teach just bricklaying they now do a construction course of 3 trades its pathetic these lads dont stand a chance now they have killed off these trades now
@@robsonger1 If anyone in your area wants to really learn what it is to be a real bricklayer, that's the best opportunity those 3 will ever get!
I used to live in your area a long time ago, i'm south of the border now.
Glad that your doing vids again, always a pleasure to watch.
where have you been!? :)
Just wow.
I'm forty years old but was wondering, do you need an apprentice?
that...made me laugh...
@@robsonger1 that's great you like my comment you ruined my whole night after watching this video, lol😜. No honestly without any jokes pure skill. Iv been lucky enough to do some historical restoration work but all in natural stone. But your skill is another level, an absolute privilege to see this.
But I bet I can make a better spag bowl than you! Ya ha bet that hurts don't it ya amazing brick work to spag bowl my kid loves! Here I need to feel better somehow, I'm looking at my trowel in shame, me and my trowel are gonna sit down tomorrow morning talk about our future together. 😭😭😭👍👍👍 Just amazing work not gonna watch any of your videos again ha ha is it obvious you've driven me to drink
Where are you sir
In sunny England
Wow
Hi rob wow that is some incredible craftsmanship, would you consider yourself a perfectionist?, do you work to a zero tolerance policy or do you have tolerances or allowances in your work that deviate from perfection?, is perfection unrealistic? Would you say someone like the NHBC tolerances is deemed as good standards to adhere to? One example from NHBC is that plumb ness can have tolerance of ±8mm per storey height (up to 3m) or is your philosophy is that it should be zero tolerance perfect? Would love to hear your thoughts from a master craftsman like yourself cheers
there are definitely allowances to make in a variety of disciplines, obviously the smaller the tolerance the better the work but in todays world of get'm down the standards have definitely fallen away. For instance the work I am presently doing (pictures on my instagram) are rubbed and gauged arches that is completely new to me. The time during preparation takes longer than to build it, but there is only 1mm max tolerance. This is what most bricklayers 100yrs ago could do with their eyes shut.
Perfection these days comes at a cost, but remember, what we build now will be here 100's of years after we are gone, so if something takes an extra day to do rather than slash it up, I believe that extra day of getting it right will last 100s of years.
thank you for watching, lots more to come...
@@robsonger1 thanks for that so to clarify do you think there should be some tolerance though or ultimately should it be zero tolerance?
Is your next job a new Hampton Court?😎
The brickfather x
As a level 3 trowel, I honestly feel like a chimp when I see the setting out you do, crazy that they allow a gold card to be achieved without vast knowledge 1st. Sad to say but skilled aspects of our craft will die over the next years to come. We got lazy.
I absolutely agree
This is why I have my workshop running
@@robsonger1 and i honestly would love to come down and learn something, every days a school day if you live with open eyes.
Fuck Me I thought I wasnt bad at bricklaying but this shit scares the shit out of me. Just how did you get the chance to learn this stuff. If there is a bricklaying god to worship, pretty sure this bloke comes close. Now I honstestly wanted to use a swear word rather than bloke!
Fucking gorgeous work !
Класс!🐰
He’s spreading it like marge when he should be spreading it like butter man.