Great video. I must say that its a bit scary to watch. I have more respect for the mason than ever before. When you get up close, you realize that this is less of a tightly-engineered structure and more like a pile of rocks that is expertly fitted and adhered together by skilled craftsmen. I'll never walk by (or under) one of these old arches without thinking about the expertise of the guys that make them.
It goes to show how the hell did they build the railway tunnels under ground using millions and millions of bricks one continues arch it's mind blowing in Liverpool the train tunnel under the Mersey took 38 million bricks in it's construction when you think the tobbaco warehouse was 27 million bricks and that was the biggest brick building in the world brilliant work team
@jay puyenbroeck that's outstanding work, in a carpenter so my job would be to construct the arch formers for you. I understand just how much work involved in you building those arches and how complex it was. You should be very proud of your work! 👍🙂 And you managed to do it in that rubbish weather and wind that makes you just want to go sit at home. A true craftsman. 👍👍👍🙂
Thank a lot mate 🙏🏻, , much appreciated 😊 , yes the conditions didn’t make it easier lol and yes ... it’s a lot of work not everybody can notice this if they haven’t made it before , I also underestimated these arches 😁
Looks awesome bro! Crazy that y’all cut the joints then get another crew to repoint everything! Love how everyone does it different! Top work brother!! Keep grinding homie💯🧱🔥🍺🤙
Yeah it seems that they do that a lot in Belgium for some reason, sometimes with a completely different mortar. They don't do it in Great-Britain and my limited experience tells me you don't need it if you don't mess i up from the get-go...
Because in the UK we don't have any brick built arches? Like the entire London Underground rail network (the first in the world) was made of preformed plastic? Or the sewage system of London with all those miles of brickbuilt tunnels made possible by the British invention of portland cement. Yeah, we're just learning.
Goeiemorgen Jay I'm a new subscriber from the UK. I'm not a Mason, in fact I work in an operatie theater. Love to watch the videos though. Keep up your good work. Succes 👍
Yes a rose and a marshalltown I recently got thanks to some of my viewers , very happy with it 😁, just looked up bontool i didn’t know this brand , my whole life Ive been bricklaying with a Jung trowel out of a tub . 🙏🏼
@@JayKTS yeah Bon Tools have been around here in the states a while but everyone likes marshal town More because of the name but Bon tools have done me well great work by the way beautiful job on those old bricks Brother have a good day and keep on laying to the line brother 👊👍
Hello mate .. in Belgium we like to joint or point the brickwork afterwards in the desired style and color .. that’s why we take the mortar out .. cheers
I noticed the second one drooping a bit was the muck a bit too wet or former or both ? But apart from that Excellent work thanks for sharing your work with us all.
The owner made the form .. he is also a bricklayer /roofer/ constructor and this is his own house we were building for him ..I told him about the drooping but he was fine with it .. cheers !
hiya fellow maurer, reminds me of working in Germany back in early 1990'Ss ... we had Dutch pointing gangs come in afterward us to finish off. Full respect Jay for the work you do, keep the trade floushing, you're full of skill! p.s. what saw is that you're using?
Hello thanks mate . Dutch pointers in germany , did you work close to the Dutch border ? I know some places there . The saw I used is a dewalt steel chop saw with a concrete blade on it , works perfect 👌🏻
They look really nice jay well done. What pattern Marshalltown trowel did you get. 19 is a Philadelphia trowel , 33 is a narrow London trowel and 34 is a wide London trowel. The number will be stamped into the blade .
Beautiful job,can I ask why you didn’t build with the right colour mix from the start so as you wouldn’t have to go round and re point it.?seems like twice the work
Hello Steve this is how we work here , bigger jobs het raked out and pointed up by professional pointers , people can still think about what color or style the want for the joints , smaller jobs we do the pointing at the same time . Thanks 🙏🏻
Them arches look great love your trick whit the fake joint cut out of the brick and is that a steel chop saw whit a concrete blade on it will it cut the full lent of a brick
mark thanks ... that’s indeed a steel chop saw with a concrete blade , we use this a lot , cutting full length bricks are no problem I even cut blocks with it , I hardly use a cissle we almost cut our bricks always Thanks again 🙏🏻
@@JayKTS is it just an average chop saw with a concrete blade? Or a chop saw specifically designed for cutting bricks? What model and make is it Jay? Nice tool it is 👍👍
James there are models advertised as a bricksaw , but this one I have is just the average steel chop saw from de Dewalt nothing special not very expensive I guess around 300 euro or usd
Yes the owner actually made the mold I told him it shoujd be rounded but he wanted it like that , this makes the arch weaker 😏 . This was around 24 manhrs I believe for the arches and a course on top ..🙏🏼
@@JayKTS vind het persoonlijk een slechte keuze van de opdrachtgever, met een uitslag waren alle voegen hetzelfde geweest. En ik weet het het kost meer maar het oog wil ook wat.
ray haha yeah that’s the owner of the house making it himself , it looks just with a chainsaw 🙈 , I guess if it’s good for him it’s all good 😀 , thanks 🙏🏻
Wolf thanks friend , no haven’t use them yet except for some “air- bricklaying lol ,, but this week on a evening I sat in my sofa , holded it in my hand for an hour and just kept looking at it haha . It’s beautiful and I am extremely happy with it , will try it soon with the first good chance to work off a board , have something for you , will send it out next week
@@JayKTS the new one with the red handle is a good 1, i agree. But i have enough trowels, lol. I was working on a gable last week, wasn't much room for a muckboard, so i worked from the bucket and used yours. It's a bit heavy, but i can work with it.
Yes that is what I told the owner , but he feels confident about it , although it’s not a complete arch in the middle , the form is long gone by now and the arch is still hanging in there though 😅
I was wondering about your trowel. I guess it is for getting mud out of a bucket. I've always a trowel with a London or Philly heal. Always. always a Rose till, I guess they went out of business. They Marshal Town.
A day per arch , a day for cutting the bricks and running two or 3 courses over it I believe .. the owner of the house made the wooden form so I didn’t spend time on this 🙏🏼
It's got ridiculous the amount of sh*t you have to go through to set up a simple bit of scaf these days, the paper pushing pansies that make the rules have never been on a site in their lives.
Beautiful workmanship 😊
Woody cheers mate ;)
Great video. I must say that its a bit scary to watch. I have more respect for the mason than ever before. When you get up close, you realize that this is less of a tightly-engineered structure and more like a pile of rocks that is expertly fitted and adhered together by skilled craftsmen. I'll never walk by (or under) one of these old arches without thinking about the expertise of the guys that make them.
Shyam cheers mate 😀👌🏻
@@JayKTS uitstekend werk, Jay. Dank je. (Google Translate)
Did you use F-clamps to connect that arch formwork to the walls?
Dank u wel 😊
Yes I believe I did
nice to see real structural masonry still being built
Beautiful work Brother!
Thanks a lot mate ;)
The wind is probably what I hate the most about working outdoors in Belgium.
Nice job on the restructuration ;)
Thanks a lot man 🙏🏼
That's gorgeous! Stay blessed!
Thank you Lakesha ;) god bless you
It goes to show how the hell did they build the railway tunnels under ground using millions and millions of bricks one continues arch it's mind blowing in Liverpool the train tunnel under the Mersey took 38 million bricks in it's construction when you think the tobbaco warehouse was 27 million bricks and that was the biggest brick building in the world brilliant work team
Builds from the past are indeed crazy !
Now you are a master bricklayer, and your works will be around long after your gone
Thanks a lot , Anthony !! Very cool thought there 😎 🙏🏻
@jay puyenbroeck that's outstanding work, in a carpenter so my job would be to construct the arch formers for you. I understand just how much work involved in you building those arches and how complex it was. You should be very proud of your work! 👍🙂 And you managed to do it in that rubbish weather and wind that makes you just want to go sit at home. A true craftsman. 👍👍👍🙂
Thank a lot mate 🙏🏻, , much appreciated 😊 , yes the conditions didn’t make it easier lol and yes ... it’s a lot of work not everybody can notice this if they haven’t made it before , I also underestimated these arches 😁
Excellent work Jay, those arch's are beautiful. 👍👍 Great job well done sir 👍👍💪🛠️
James thanks a lot dude 🙏🏻🍺
The three centered arch is my favorite
Zeer mooi werk geleverd! Is niet simpel te metselen respect!
Tgm bedankt man!😁
Looks awesome bro! Crazy that y’all cut the joints then get another crew to repoint everything! Love how everyone does it different! Top work brother!! Keep grinding homie💯🧱🔥🍺🤙
Thanks a lot bricklaying brother 😎
Yeah it seems that they do that a lot in Belgium for some reason, sometimes with a completely different mortar. They don't do it in Great-Britain and my limited experience tells me you don't need it if you don't mess i up from the get-go...
Beautiful work as always
Joshua thanks dude ✌️😁
Hard work but the end result was fantastic mate 👍👍👍
Mark Thanks a lot dude , yeah it was some job 😁
This is a real bricklayer. Make the uk look like beginners
Because in the UK we don't have any brick built arches? Like the entire London Underground rail network (the first in the world) was made of preformed plastic? Or the sewage system of London with all those miles of brickbuilt tunnels made possible by the British invention of portland cement. Yeah, we're just learning.
looks a bit rustic to be honest.
Nice, you don’t see many 3 centered arches built these days
Cheers mate ;)
Stunning job as always Jay 👌🏼liked the secret joint you cut 😉. 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱👍🏽
Thanks guys 😊🙏🏻
Jay Puyenbroeck 👌🏼👍🏽
Nice work Jay... Bricky from UK.... Love them bricks 👍
Andrew thanks a lot mate 🙏🏻
Similar to our clamp bricks, very rewarding to look at at the end of a day
Beautiful job.
Thanks a lot mate ;) 🙏🏼
Nice work my friend
Really top quality work Jay, well done.
Jim thanks 😊🙏🏻
Goeiemorgen Jay I'm a new subscriber from the UK. I'm not a Mason, in fact I work in an operatie theater. Love to watch the videos though. Keep up your good work. Succes 👍
Morning Simon, thanks a lot !! It surprises me a bit as others than just bricklayers like the videos 😄😄
thanks for watching 🙏🏻
Nice, good patience too.
That is a cool trowel you guys use Marshalltown and rose are used hear a lot But my trowels are made by Bon tool I love them used them for years .👍👌
Yes a rose and a marshalltown I recently got thanks to some of my viewers , very happy with it 😁, just looked up bontool i didn’t know this brand , my whole life Ive been bricklaying with a Jung trowel out of a tub . 🙏🏼
@@JayKTS yeah Bon Tools have been around here in the states a while but everyone likes marshal town More because of the name but Bon tools have done me well great work by the way beautiful job on those old bricks Brother have a good day and keep on laying to the line brother 👊👍
James thanks a lot man much appreciated ! 🙏🏼
Why do you remove so much mortar? Wouldn't the wall be stronger if it was pointed almost to the outside edge of the brick?
Hello mate .. in Belgium we like to joint or point the brickwork afterwards in the desired style and color .. that’s why we take the mortar out .. cheers
Example
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@@JayKTS wow, that's really something, cheers mate
Heel goet werk. Groeten van Wales,
Henrik thanks , groeten vanuit Belgie 🇧🇪🙏🏼
Very good work
Thanks man 😁
very good
Thanks a lot cheers mate;)
It looks pretty impressive mate👍
Barry thanks bro 🙏🏻
I like it very much brother
John thanks bro 🙏🏻
Good job.
Thanks dude
Nice work👍👍🔥 I’ve subscribed
Thanks 🙏🏻 ... awesome 😎
I noticed the second one drooping a bit was the muck a bit too wet or former or both ? But apart from that Excellent work thanks for sharing your work with us all.
The owner made the form .. he is also a bricklayer /roofer/ constructor and this is his own house we were building for him ..I told him about the drooping but he was fine with it .. cheers !
Great work. Where are you from
Thanks man ;) I’m from Belgium 🇧🇪
hiya fellow maurer, reminds me of working in Germany back in early 1990'Ss ... we had Dutch pointing gangs come in afterward us to finish off. Full respect Jay for the work you do, keep the trade floushing, you're full of skill! p.s. what saw is that you're using?
Hello thanks mate . Dutch pointers in germany , did you work close to the Dutch border ? I know some places there . The saw I used is a dewalt steel chop saw with a concrete blade on it , works perfect 👌🏻
Nice work man
Thanks a lot dude 🙏🏼
Look expensive arches, but nice job.
Thanks derek , yes not really cheap , it’s a lot of labour that goes into it 🙂
They look really nice jay well done. What pattern Marshalltown trowel did you get. 19 is a Philadelphia trowel , 33 is a narrow London trowel and 34 is a wide London trowel. The number will be stamped into the blade .
bric bybrick thanks friend , it’s a Philadelphia 19-10 1/2 🙂
Tilers trowel?
When I’m tiling
Beautiful job,can I ask why you didn’t build with the right colour mix from the start so as you wouldn’t have to go round and re point it.?seems like twice the work
Hello Steve this is how we work here , bigger jobs het raked out and pointed up by professional pointers , people can still think about what color or style the want for the joints , smaller jobs we do the pointing at the same time . Thanks 🙏🏻
Them arches look great love your trick whit the fake joint cut out of the brick and is that a steel chop saw whit a concrete blade on it will it cut the full lent of a brick
mark thanks ... that’s indeed a steel chop saw with a concrete blade , we use this a lot , cutting full length bricks are no problem I even cut blocks with it ,
I hardly use a cissle we almost cut our bricks always
Thanks again 🙏🏻
@@JayKTS might have to invest in one thanks pal 👍👍
@@JayKTS is it just an average chop saw with a concrete blade? Or a chop saw specifically designed for cutting bricks? What model and make is it Jay? Nice tool it is 👍👍
James there are models advertised as a bricksaw , but this one I have is just the average steel chop saw from de Dewalt nothing special not very expensive I guess around 300 euro or usd
@@JayKTS thanks Jay 👍
Your fast and could do this in your sleep, many man hrs did this take? Shouldn't the arch be more round at the top it looks flat right in the middle.
Yes the owner actually made the mold I told him it shoujd be rounded but he wanted it like that , this makes the arch weaker 😏 . This was around 24 manhrs I believe for the arches and a course on top ..🙏🏼
Super traveaux
Mercury beaucoup ;)
Merci beaucoup
god job
Waarom kies je ervoor uit de vrije hand te metselen? Je hand uit ook een uitslag kunnen maken en alles op voorhand kunnen zagen.
Heb ik eigenlijk niet aan gedacht of overwogen , de werken waren ook in regie of per uur en die boog moest er zsm in van de eigenaar 😏 , bedankt 🙏🏼
@@JayKTS vind het persoonlijk een slechte keuze van de opdrachtgever, met een uitslag waren alle voegen hetzelfde geweest. En ik weet het het kost meer maar het oog wil ook wat.
I hate cutting in over arches it takes forever, almost as painful as floor joist beam filling 😂
Damian for sure haha , if every brick is gonna need a cut I’m outta here lol 🙏🏼
@@JayKTS rewarding at the end but, man I feel your pain 🤣
Try a bonnet arch with 3mm joints 😎
Very nice job but I think the timber could have been cut a bit better I'm no expert by any means and I noticed it but very nice job
ray haha yeah that’s the owner of the house making it himself , it looks just with a chainsaw 🙈 , I guess if it’s good for him it’s all good 😀 , thanks 🙏🏻
Bid your arch form collapse /band in the middle of the span , looks a bit flat at that point?
Your right, an arch is the strongest thing but in the middle it’s not an arch , I told the owner about this but 🤷🏻♂️ , he’s confident about it
@@JayKTS It bwill be fine, Thanks for reply
Mate, let me purchase you a watch with a saphire face.
Sounds great haha .. I’ve had one in the past . A Casio Oceanus it’s really scratch free awesome glass it is ;)
Nice work, as always jay. Have u used my trowels yet?
Wolf thanks friend , no haven’t use them yet except for some “air- bricklaying lol ,, but this week on a evening I sat in my sofa , holded it in my hand for an hour and just kept looking at it haha . It’s beautiful and I am extremely happy with it , will try it soon with the first good chance to work off a board , have something for you , will send it out next week
@@JayKTS the new one with the red handle is a good 1, i agree. But i have enough trowels, lol. I was working on a gable last week, wasn't much room for a muckboard, so i worked from the bucket and used yours. It's a bit heavy, but i can work with it.
What kind of new trowel did you get?
Hans I got a 10 inch marshalltown from wolf 🙏🏻
What supports the weight when the former is taken out ? That will collapse as it’s not a proper supporting arch
Yes that is what I told the owner , but he feels confident about it , although it’s not a complete arch in the middle , the form is long gone by now and the arch is still hanging in there though 😅
Hoi Jay.
Walke morteilmix gebruikt u.
Dank u.
Gewoon zand , cement en mortelvet of luchtbrlvormer , 1 op 3,5 of 4
@@JayKTS Dankuwel Jay. Ik denk dat jij workmen is hel goot. Groeten vanuit Wales👍👍
Pardon voor Mijn hel slecht nederland😀
Medwyn i think it’s pretty good , it’s not an easy language to speak or write , I understood it perfectly 😎
Thanks a lot !!
جيد جدا شكرا
🙏🏻
I was wondering about your trowel. I guess it is for getting mud out of a bucket. I've always a trowel with a London or Philly heal. Always. always a Rose till, I guess they went out of business. They Marshal Town.
Rose out of business? , they still selling it I believe , rose and marshalltown or any of that kind are non existent where I live
Lovely work Jay. Can I ask what mix are you using please? Subscribed 👍
Hello David ! We use a simple mix 1 cement on 3,5 sand ( 0,2 mm) and some plasticizer . We don’t use lime anymore .
Have a good one buddy 🙏🏼
What’s with the big ass dip, the form on the right must have been cut by a rookie.
Cut by the owner of the house
How many hours did it take to lay one arch including cutting the brick and building the form?
A day per arch , a day for cutting the bricks and running two or 3 courses over it I believe .. the owner of the house made the wooden form so I didn’t spend time on this 🙏🏼
Maybe a little longer than a day for one arche.. think I did some first bricks the day before for both arches , it’s a long time ago lol
Sehr cool🤙🤙wo ist das?
Belgien 🇧🇪
Wizard!
Thanks 😊 🧙🏻♂️🧱
Sack the guy who built those arch centres.
Really nice. Shame the arch centres weren’t cut with more care though !!
J D11 thanks mate , will be checking the arch with a small grinder later 🙈
Scaffolds a bloody health and safety nightmare.Great arches though
LOL shit everywhere for tripping hazards with no work height platform for materials.
It's got ridiculous the amount of sh*t you have to go through to set up a simple bit of scaf these days, the paper pushing pansies that make the rules have never been on a site in their lives.
The osb forms are poorly cut the brickwork is acceptable nothing more
Good job it's a rustic property
No saben trabajar el ladrillo
5+++++🇦🇩
It’s called a head joint try using them then maybe they’ll call you a bticklayer
A bticklayer ? Haha sure ok
are you in a education as bricklayer ??
Rundbogen scheiße aus