As a DIY’er, these video’s are invaluable! Nobody sets out on a job intending to get it wrong, but invariably mistakes happen when you’re ‘learning as you go’. Having watched hours of RUclips clips on bricklayers with tips and tricks, this is one of the only one’s I’ve seen that goes through the whole process of building a corner in terms that most half decent diy’ers can understand. Can’t thank you enough!! 👍
Good to see these videos. I have some similar ones on my old laptop that I used in class when I was teaching.I thought about updating them recently but you cover most of the things I did anyway.Keep up the good work
Thank you Edward for making these videos,well done. The frog up / frog down debate is definitely a country stance. Here in the U.S.,the few brick producers that make frogged brick have very shallow frogs. Those in your video have frogs as deep as our Grand Canyon HA,HA. I can understand the logic of frog up. Our producers along with Masonry organizations all spec. frog down. Again,much,much shallower frogs. Thank you for taking the time to produce your videos,Well done.
Taping the level applies even pressure along all the bricks that need to be adjusted, is a faster and better method than tapping individual ends of bricks with the trowel. Technically you may be correct, but this is Bricklaying in 2015. Blade on trowel bad practice, handle on level absolutly no problem in my book. Some levels are even design with this in mind. Thanks for you comment.
+Paul Greener If you were to level the face side margin you will cause the bricks to tip (grin and hatching) best practice is to level the middle of the bricks then pull the level to the face side margin to double check making sure no brick are riding up, halfs batts often do this and should be checked. Thanks again for you comments.
Thanks rob, yes I've watch most of your videos all very good, enjoy the technical ones. Have shown yours to my level 3 students in the past, thanks for commenting.
Thanks for comment Kyle, because these bricks are porous and need adjusting before mortar starts to dry, if were laying an engineering brick your method would work fine. Also video was aimed at students on week 3 of their bricklaying course, your way just wouldn't work. Tapping the level, bored, but thanks for you opinion
Hi Edward just a little tip when using wet mortar tap the trowel on the spot board to get rid of mortar on the back of The trowel less smudges on brickwork
Love the video , my mans like a gangster brick layer , he got the same tone like out the drug film called the business lol but more bout bricks 👍👍✊ keep them coming bruv I love em lol 😂
Absolutely right always gauge from the face side, in this video we are working off a plinth so this is more difficult to do so. Hope you were able to take some positives out of the video!
Silly Americans, they say if the frog is laid up it can retain water, which may contribute to early brick deterioration. Don't know if they have looked at the make up of a brick becuase to me the clay brick will dry out pretty damn quick even in the littlest of sun. Take it from the boys in the UK they have a lot much more rain then you do and have been laying frog up of since the beginning. Don't worry about youtube hate its laughable at best, Everyone with a keyboard thinks themselves as a master mason
Edward Williams go back to bricklaying school, you should never hit the level. Or level them at the same time. And you smudged the Bricks well done sir well done.
Well thats the first time ive seen a collage lecturer taking a gauge rod reading from the back of the wall, for anyone watching this video, you take your gauge rod reading from the face side at the "Quion", as thats your leveling point as well,
While all the tutorials teach you to be level and plumb, which is obviously the right thing to do, every building I've ever worked on to install a window or whatever else, the bricks are rarely level and never plumb. So most brickies just throw up these walls with little regard to accuracy.
Hi Edward I would just like to say I agree with you about students not being able to build corners straight away.But,All the bricklayers i have taught my self included did not build corners or were not capable, until we could run the lineProperly & efficiently then we would be ready to build corners.you are correct about laying bricks frog UP,The comment below was rubbish bricks layed frog up fills the bed joint up also frog up 27 kn squ,frog down 10 ,for Commons brick that is the main reason why.
You take care and always stand your ground don't let the bastards grind you down and remember " rack back don't tooth keep your brickwork smooth keep your closure next to your header and you can't go wrong "
Is bricklaying fun or is it boring. I start college in 1 week and I’m on a construction course where I do different courses to do with construction. I don’t know what I like and I feel I will get board of it or just hate it. Is bricklaying fun or is it boring.
Gamer 26 I’m not going to try and pretend it’s something it’s not, me personally I enjoy it, it’s physical, hard, you achieve something and it pays well. The construction skills course you will do will be good as you will get a taste for each area, hopefully in year two they will let you do your chosen trade full time. Best way to learn is apprenticeship so after year 1 or 2 you should be looking to do this. You will find it boring at times that normal and not many will go on from your class and become good tradesmen. Keep your attendance high, go to maths and English if you need to and work harder than you knew you could. The more effort you put in the more you will get out of it. Good luck don’t let yourself get bored, remember there is always something to do
Edward Williams thank you for replying. Your info will help me. Do you have to be good at bricklaying or can you be bad at it. I always panic that when I start next week i would be terrible at it and others would be fantastic at it.
Gamer 26 you can be terrible to start with mate doesn’t matter at, is hard but don’t worry yourself with what the others are doing or compare yourself to them. Set yourself up well nice and neat get all your bricks ready before you start laying. Give yourself space between your board and wall. If your teacher is no good use my videos as they will teach you all the basics. Any questions once you start just ask us on here 👍
Don't wish to embarass Rob but if any of you are hear to learn about brickwork, you wouldn't go far wrong looking at Rob Songer's videos. Rob is the guy commenting before me.
Is that the best you can come up with? You think a level 1 students in their first five weeks are quick enough to lay the bed full and laid the bricks before the mortar goes hard? Gauge rods are used at colleges at any point have I mentioned is how we do on site? I challenge you to match your words with actions and build quicker and explain better. Will happily upload for you.
Good man. Too much unnecessary negativity on You_Tube comments. You made a big effort and credit where credits due. Like you said, provide a better video and then we can talk ;)
Where are you now Edward ? Teaching or banging a few in? Would be nice if you could perhaps do some update vids as you are a good teacher and there will be a new crop of youngsters looking for some professional tips 👍💪🇬🇧
Not hitting the level comes from years ago when levels where made of wood. Good to see more up to date videos cheers. PS I'd ask your cameraman not to use his Pogo stick while videoing lol
+Paul Greener Hi Paul thanks for you comments, I don't think you will find many bricklayers on site who don't hit their levels with their trowel handles. Im not sure why your commenting on hitting it with the blade as this doesn't happen in this video! Also not sure why you are commenting on the type level being used! The video is on the bricklaying sequence. Incase you are interest Stabila levels have patents which means all other levels are inferior, I personally use a Stabila 96-2. What bad habbits are you on about?
every level is reversible Paul 96-2 is a very good tool for the job, I use a stabila 196 and love it. Tapping a level with the handle of a trowel is common practice, "TAPPING" been the word..... Beating the crap out of it on muck going off is another which I have also seen on site and would not do. Good mortar, nice clean mortar bed bricks planted well, a light tap on the level is all thats needed which is what Eddie did. And as he says, (not in this video) its quicker and more accurate. Tapping each brick in turn means your up and down all the bricks tap tap taping to get them level and thats a fact!
+Paul Greener Are you aware of the purpose of the frog? Students need to be taught how bricks are laid on site and in the south of England bricks being laid on site almost always have a frog?
NEVER tap your level this is a bad habit !!! The more the bricks are out of level the heavier the blows.pushing down on the level is fine. Bricklaying 1978.
You are building your corner wrong.Once the first course is set out, the only plumbing point should be the end of the wall.When you lay away from the corner check corner for plumb then range in diagonally otherwise you are adding more plumbing points and then you are more likely to have a kink in the wall.
Ha ha I hope your going to back up your comment with some substance and not just be a jealous troll. Please make a video of how I should do it and explain the bricking sequence better than me, I will be happy to load up for you x
Yes I will elaborate I'm a retired bricklayer and watching you goes against everything I was taught for starters the way you pick the mortar up from the board is very slap dash when I started work all apprentices spent a week learning how to pick mortar up from the board and spread the mortar and feather it properly! That's just for starters If I had spilled mortar like that I would have got a crack round the ear hole ! Don't for one minute presume I don't know what I am talking about please!
brian o'reilly so when were you last on-site? Please don't assume because it is not how you would do it it is wrong. I think is very easy to say negative things and what you did as an apprentice is irrelevant as was possibly 50 years ago?
It would have been great if when he tripped over his bricks he slipped on the muck he spilt earlier and knocked down he's work and the class all roared, when I was at college my lecturer hit his hand with a hammer I still laugh now when imthinkmof it
Ha ha thanks Chris, I'm sure you could make a much better video explaining what I have twice as quick then drive off in your sports car! Will look forward to seeing it.
The frog of the brick is always supposed to be laid down because of water penetration and the freeze and thaw effect on brick. Every brick you laid is wrong. Tear it down and try again.
clean off each course of excess muck as you go. place all bricks in a course before you touch the level. dropped mortor pick it up and put it back on spot board. if you were a proper brick layer you would be on site on 600 a thou raking it in. no wonder i have to unteach kids when they come on site.
Is 33 too old to become a brick layer? i guess it would take about 5 years to become fully competent, like most skilled trades. I'm asking as i'm looking to change career direction
Alex Thorbrand hi Alex that's a hard question to answer, I won't lie to you bricklaying is hard work and it self regulates its self by if your not good enough you earn less money or will be laid off. Yes it's possible but depends on the individual. What industry are you moving from? Bricklaying is highly skilled, apprentices serve 4 years to get full level 3 qualification even then will depend on their skill level and speed how much they earn.
Well i'm one of those people who has moved from job to job, office work, warehouse work, bit of private building related stuff but, not as a skilled person, more of a 'here mate can you hold this plaster board up while i nail it in' kind of thing whilst helping out my mate who is a skilled builder. Recently I started labouring through an agency on proper sites and seeing all the tradespeople and watching them work with their skills made me think I wish I had learned a proper trade when I was a lot younger. What you're saying with brick laying is, you really have to want to do it and be very dedicated, i imagine that clients also expect a certain quota of work to be undertaken in a day, considering a good brick layer can earn £180 + a day you'd need to be pretty confident you can meet their demand. 4 years is a good long time it's basically like doing a university degree.
Alex Thorbrand exactly that mate, you got to be putting down 200 plus blocks a day or 500 odd bricks. Could try labouring for some bricklaying company and try to get on the trowel once your on top. Look around local colleges or training centres see if anywhere is doing part time courses. Don't be fooled thought its ability that earns good money not qualifications
Hi Alex, I was 42 when I started laying. It can be done if thats what ya want to do but as Eddie says it is hard work. I did it the hard way and started with a price gang, i would say start with day work if ya can the lads will be more willing to stop and teach you. brick on dude lol
Why not just lay the course and level them all at same time instead of just doing one side of the corner is way faster and yes real masons never tap the level
Take care no offence I'm sure you are a decent guy I just had to comment ok? Take care and good luck I'm not good health wise these days have COPD watch out when using cement mate it's knackered my lungs up I wish you well
brian o'reilly thanks Brian no offence taken I could pick fault with that video also. Sorry to hear of you illness, guessing your generation had little health and safety. Please check out and comment on my other videos sometime. Nice to chat with some who has a passion for bricklaying like myself 👍🏻
Let's put it this way? As far as I am concerned yours is the wrong way? Plus you do NOT hit your level with your trowel!! It will not show a true reading doing that
brian o'reilly yes you are entitled you an opinion, but now you have lost all credibility by saying you don't tap the level with your trowel, all us modern bricklayers do it and stibila even have a mason level with pads on to be hit.
Sorry my friend but nothing you have done no offence ok? Makes me think any different I started work in 1960 served a 6 year apprenticeship bricklaying got my city& guilds and hnc I would like to add the houses built then are still in good order not like the modern rubbish being constructed today like you say practice makes perfect lol
brian o'reilly your first sentence doesn't make sense! 1960s house were built frog down, no insulation or expansion joints, internal walls not tied in adequately and are only still up because of the beauty of bricks. Bricklaying has been de-skilled compared to what you would have learnt but it has also evolved. I feather in different ways for different situation, please look at my video on mortar spread and comment. We all hit the level actually applys even pressure which is better. If you could comment on my positioning, too many movements and inaccurate technical information then you would have cause to write negatively.
As a DIY’er, these video’s are invaluable! Nobody sets out on a job intending to get it wrong, but invariably mistakes happen when you’re ‘learning as you go’. Having watched hours of RUclips clips on bricklayers with tips and tricks, this is one of the only one’s I’ve seen that goes through the whole process of building a corner in terms that most half decent diy’ers can understand. Can’t thank you enough!! 👍
Good to see these videos. I have some similar ones on my old laptop that I used in class when I was teaching.I thought about updating them recently but you cover most of the things I did anyway.Keep up the good work
Excellent training video each brick laid neat without any over the top tapping .Thanks for your kind upload .
Thank you Edward for making these videos,well done. The frog up / frog down debate is definitely a country stance. Here in the U.S.,the few brick producers that make frogged brick have very shallow frogs. Those in your video have frogs as deep as our Grand Canyon HA,HA. I can understand the logic of frog up. Our producers along with Masonry organizations all spec. frog down. Again,much,much shallower frogs. Thank you for taking the time to produce your videos,Well done.
Taping the level applies even pressure along all the bricks that need to be adjusted, is a faster and better method than tapping individual ends of bricks with the trowel. Technically you may be correct, but this is Bricklaying in 2015. Blade on trowel bad practice, handle on level absolutly no problem in my book. Some levels are even design with this in mind. Thanks for you comment.
+Paul Greener If you were to level the face side margin you will cause the bricks to tip (grin and hatching) best practice is to level the middle of the bricks then pull the level to the face side margin to double check making sure no brick are riding up, halfs batts often do this and should be checked. Thanks again for you comments.
Thanks rob, yes I've watch most of your videos all very good, enjoy the technical ones. Have shown yours to my level 3 students in the past, thanks for commenting.
Seeing loads of negative comments makes me laugh Mr Know it alls. Great video cheers
Thanks for comment albertdog, will hopefully posts some more soon. Ha ha will have a word with camera man
Only just come across the video's. Thanks for doing them!
Thank you so much for the good information/I flow you from Iraq🌷🤝
Thank G ram, at last a sensible comment with someone who is knowledgeable 👍🏻
Thanks for comment Kyle, because these bricks are porous and need adjusting before mortar starts to dry, if were laying an engineering brick your method would work fine. Also video was aimed at students on week 3 of their bricklaying course, your way just wouldn't work. Tapping the level, bored, but thanks for you opinion
I agree, we use them to start with and then encouage the students to bring their own tape in to use. Thanks for watching.
Hi Edward just a little tip when using wet mortar tap the trowel on the spot board to get rid of mortar on the back of The trowel less smudges on brickwork
Good videos Edward . I noticed one of the Russian bricklayers left a few comments for you they do really excellent work .
Love the video , my mans like a gangster brick layer , he got the same tone like out the drug film called the business lol but more bout bricks 👍👍✊ keep them coming bruv I love em lol 😂
great job you are fast. when I first started one corner could take half a day.
Thank you for tsking the time to help others !!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Bricky Boy4 I’ve been inspired to do construction videos. check them out you might like them.
Good to see a brickie buttering the brick with full joints.
Absolutely right always gauge from the face side, in this video we are working off a plinth so this is more difficult to do so. Hope you were able to take some positives out of the video!
Good video. Nothing wrong with using handle on trowel to tap the level. Even pressure applied. You have good technique. 🧱👍
Great teaching, thank you for your videos.
Great video 👍
Thanks Rob, yes frog up is the correct way and stronger. Frog down is quicker and uses less mortar and possibly easier to but bad practice.
Silly Americans, they say if the frog is laid up it can retain water, which may contribute to early brick deterioration. Don't know if they have looked at the make up of a brick becuase to me the clay brick will dry out pretty damn quick even in the littlest of sun. Take it from the boys in the UK they have a lot much more rain then you do and have been laying frog up of since the beginning. Don't worry about youtube hate its laughable at best, Everyone with a keyboard thinks themselves as a master mason
Edward Williams go back to bricklaying school, you should never hit the level. Or level them at the same time. And you smudged the
Bricks well done sir well done.
Kak Don't law nank lol take it you never been on-site, bless
Thanks for watching, ha ha yes good spot
Well thats the first time ive seen a collage lecturer taking a gauge rod reading from the back of the wall, for anyone watching this video, you take your gauge rod reading from the face side at the "Quion", as thats your leveling point as well,
I'm not sure albertdog, would like to at some point maybe blockwork or brick bonds or components of a cavity wall. What else would you like to see?
While all the tutorials teach you to be level and plumb, which is obviously the right thing to do, every building I've ever worked on to install a window or whatever else, the bricks are rarely level and never plumb. So most brickies just throw up these walls with little regard to accuracy.
Nice video bud
Thanks bric by brick, yes their work is extremely neat I must admit. Thanks for watching
Is it aline or align?
What you on about wall ties and damp the videos about the bricklaying sequence not cavity walling substructure to superstructure !
Hi Eddie, great videos mate
Can you tell me is that a lime mortar mix you're using? if so what's the ratio to make it -
Cheers mate
Hi Edward I would just like to say I agree with you about students not being able to build corners straight away.But,All the bricklayers i have taught my self included did not build corners or were not capable, until we could run the lineProperly & efficiently then we would be ready to build corners.you are correct about laying bricks frog UP,The comment below was rubbish bricks layed frog up fills the bed joint up also frog up 27 kn squ,frog down 10 ,for Commons brick that is the main reason why.
Should get the students use to gauging with a tape measure! Scrap using gauging rods while you can!
You take care and always stand your ground don't let the bastards grind you down and remember " rack back don't tooth keep your brickwork smooth keep your closure next to your header and you can't go wrong "
Thanks Warren, is very easy to be negative hey.
So what happens if water gets inside the wall and settles in the frog
and then freezes?
Is bricklaying fun or is it boring. I start college in 1 week and I’m on a construction course where I do different courses to do with construction. I don’t know what I like and I feel I will get board of it or just hate it. Is bricklaying fun or is it boring.
Gamer 26 I’m not going to try and pretend it’s something it’s not, me personally I enjoy it, it’s physical, hard, you achieve something and it pays well. The construction skills course you will do will be good as you will get a taste for each area, hopefully in year two they will let you do your chosen trade full time. Best way to learn is apprenticeship so after year 1 or 2 you should be looking to do this. You will find it boring at times that normal and not many will go on from your class and become good tradesmen. Keep your attendance high, go to maths and English if you need to and work harder than you knew you could. The more effort you put in the more you will get out of it. Good luck don’t let yourself get bored, remember there is always something to do
Edward Williams thank you for replying. Your info will help me. Do you have to be good at bricklaying or can you be bad at it. I always panic that when I start next week i would be terrible at it and others would be fantastic at it.
Gamer 26 you can be terrible to start with mate doesn’t matter at, is hard but don’t worry yourself with what the others are doing or compare yourself to them. Set yourself up well nice and neat get all your bricks ready before you start laying. Give yourself space between your board and wall. If your teacher is no good use my videos as they will teach you all the basics. Any questions once you start just ask us on here 👍
Edward Williams okay. Thanks.
Would you be able to do a vid o for block work?
Anyone else notice the first and second brick he laid dip in the middle...
Danny Burke video been on there almost two years and your first to notice, you must be some kind of expert 😂
Edward Williams
No expert just something that caught my eye mate😂
@@edwardwilliams8924 fletton is a hard brick to lay, u see every mistake.
Are you going to do any more videos Eddie?
Wonder where the damp course is and the missing wall ties?
no need for that stuff on such a wall like this
It is informative, great
Nice dance 💃 on 5:26 👍🏻
Don't wish to embarass Rob but if any of you are hear to learn about brickwork, you wouldn't go far wrong looking at Rob Songer's videos. Rob is the guy commenting before me.
Is that the best you can come up with? You think a level 1 students in their first five weeks are quick enough to lay the bed full and laid the bricks before the mortar goes hard? Gauge rods are used at colleges at any point have I mentioned is how we do on site?
I challenge you to match your words with actions and build quicker and explain better. Will happily upload for you.
Good man. Too much unnecessary negativity on You_Tube comments. You made a big effort and credit where credits due. Like you said, provide a better video and then we can talk ;)
Where are you now Edward ? Teaching or banging a few in? Would be nice if you could perhaps do some update vids as you are a good teacher and there will be a new crop of youngsters looking for some professional tips 👍💪🇬🇧
Not hitting the level comes from years ago when levels where made of wood. Good to see more up to date videos cheers. PS I'd ask your cameraman not to use his Pogo stick while videoing lol
+Paul Greener Hi Paul thanks for you comments, I don't think you will find many bricklayers on site who don't hit their levels with their trowel handles. Im not sure why your commenting on hitting it with the blade as this doesn't happen in this video! Also not sure why you are commenting on the type level being used! The video is on the bricklaying sequence. Incase you are interest Stabila levels have patents which means all other levels are inferior, I personally use a Stabila 96-2. What bad habbits are you on about?
every level is reversible Paul 96-2 is a very good tool for the job, I use a stabila 196 and love it. Tapping a level with the handle of a trowel is common practice, "TAPPING" been the word..... Beating the crap out of it on muck going off is another which I have also seen on site and would not do. Good mortar, nice clean mortar bed bricks planted well, a light tap on the level is all thats needed which is what Eddie did. And as he says, (not in this video) its quicker and more accurate. Tapping each brick in turn means your up and down all the bricks tap tap taping to get them level and thats a fact!
zzzzzzzzzzzz now
i wish the brick at my college where that good
I go to this college. U don't get to use these new bricks only level 3 do. , I'm level 1 so we have to use some crusty ass bricks
+Paul Greener Are you aware of the purpose of the frog? Students need to be taught how bricks are laid on site and in the south of England bricks being laid on site almost always have a frog?
all well and good when you've got square bricks!..which is a rarity
NEVER tap your level this is a bad habit !!! The more the bricks are out of level the heavier the blows.pushing down on the level is fine. Bricklaying 1978.
Michael Broderick I’ve been inspired to do construction videos. check them out you might like them.
Unsure of you point, it will freeze and then melt just like it does on a paving slab or tarmac!
Are those clay brick?
PaddleDogC5 yes clay from London brick company
thanks
You are building your corner wrong.Once the first course is set out, the only plumbing point should be the end of the wall.When you lay away from the corner check corner for plumb then range in diagonally otherwise you are adding more plumbing points and then you are more likely to have a kink in the wall.
Ha ha I hope your going to back up your comment with some substance and not just be a jealous troll. Please make a video of how I should do it and explain the bricking sequence better than me, I will be happy to load up for you x
Yes I will elaborate I'm a retired bricklayer and watching you goes against everything I was taught for starters the way you pick the mortar up from the board is very slap dash when I started work all apprentices spent a week learning how to pick mortar up from the board and spread the mortar and feather it properly! That's just for starters If I had spilled mortar like that I would have got a crack round the ear hole ! Don't for one minute presume I don't know what I am talking about please!
brian o'reilly so when were you last on-site? Please don't assume because it is not how you would do it it is wrong.
I think is very easy to say negative things and what you did as an apprentice is irrelevant as was possibly 50 years ago?
It would have been great if when he tripped over his bricks he slipped on the muck he spilt earlier and knocked down he's work and the class all roared, when I was at college my lecturer hit his hand with a hammer I still laugh now when imthinkmof it
Am requesting for contact and the details of the machine we are also praying to purchase such a machine of the latest technology
Ha ha thanks Chris, I'm sure you could make a much better video explaining what I have twice as quick then drive off in your sports car! Will look forward to seeing it.
The frog of the brick is always supposed to be laid down because of water penetration and the freeze and thaw effect on brick. Every brick you laid is wrong. Tear it down and try again.
fucking dumbass, the frog is meant to be facing up not down dunno were u got that bullshit from 😂
+Its-only-wayne- he is 100% right frog DOWN
+John Shiels Thank you John!
+John Shiels are u seriously agreeing with that lemon
+Its-only-wayne- www.ibstock.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Ibstock-TIS-B18-FROG-UP-OR-DOWN.pdf lets see what the brick manufacturer has to say...
Beautiful, but Lucky too ever see London brick laid ever seen laid up Edward at college always taught to be laid up more difficult and less mortar
please don't hit you're spirit level.
Lance Lovatt why not, surely in applies even pressure to the bricks being adjusted. It doesn't break the level providing you have a stibila.
Gutt 👍👍
clean off each course of excess muck as you go. place all bricks in a course before you touch the level. dropped mortor pick it up and put it back on spot board. if you were a proper brick layer you would be on site on 600 a thou raking it in. no wonder i have to unteach kids when they come on site.
Chris Walker
Where you getting £600 a thou brother??
On mine craft
Thought you was suppose to hit the brick not the level to level it
OMG Chris you are such a buffoon, one of most ridiculous comments I've ever read. Please justify exactly how this would work then lol
Is 33 too old to become a brick layer? i guess it would take about 5 years to become fully competent, like most skilled trades. I'm asking as i'm looking to change career direction
Alex Thorbrand hi Alex that's a hard question to answer, I won't lie to you bricklaying is hard work and it self regulates its self by if your not good enough you earn less money or will be laid off.
Yes it's possible but depends on the individual. What industry are you moving from?
Bricklaying is highly skilled, apprentices serve 4 years to get full level 3 qualification even then will depend on their skill level and speed how much they earn.
Well i'm one of those people who has moved from job to job, office work, warehouse work, bit of private building related stuff but, not as a skilled person, more of a 'here mate can you hold this plaster board up while i nail it in' kind of thing whilst helping out my mate who is a skilled builder. Recently I started labouring through an agency on proper sites and seeing all the tradespeople and watching them work with their skills made me think I wish I had learned a proper trade when I was a lot younger. What you're saying with brick laying is, you really have to want to do it and be very dedicated, i imagine that clients also expect a certain quota of work to be undertaken in a day, considering a good brick layer can earn £180 + a day you'd need to be pretty confident you can meet their demand. 4 years is a good long time it's basically like doing a university degree.
Alex Thorbrand exactly that mate, you got to be putting down 200 plus blocks a day or 500 odd bricks.
Could try labouring for some bricklaying company and try to get on the trowel once your on top. Look around local colleges or training centres see if anywhere is doing part time courses. Don't be fooled thought its ability that earns good money not qualifications
Hi Alex, I was 42 when I started laying. It can be done if thats what ya want to do but as Eddie says it is hard work. I did it the hard way and started with a price gang, i would say start with day work if ya can the lads will be more willing to stop and teach you. brick on dude lol
lay one brick level it lol then end up pushing it when you lay up to it not how we do it in Canada
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Why not just lay the course and level them all at same time instead of just doing one side of the corner is way faster and yes real masons never tap the level
Take care no offence I'm sure you are a decent guy I just had to comment ok? Take care and good luck I'm not good health wise these days have COPD watch out when using cement mate it's knackered my lungs up I wish you well
brian o'reilly thanks Brian no offence taken I could pick fault with that video also. Sorry to hear of you illness, guessing your generation had little health and safety.
Please check out and comment on my other videos sometime. Nice to chat with some who has a passion for bricklaying like myself 👍🏻
Dude give it up,cup side down
Your mix is too sloppy
MadModz yeah the video wasn't on mortar mixes, but thanks
Real men use pink brick
Let's put it this way? As far as I am concerned yours is the wrong way? Plus you do NOT hit your level with your trowel!! It will not show a true reading doing that
brian o'reilly yes you are entitled you an opinion, but now you have lost all credibility by saying you don't tap the level with your trowel, all us modern bricklayers do it and stibila even have a mason level with pads on to be hit.
You must be in the R.A.F! (Ruff As Fc@k) you shouldnt bash the level or be a smudger
Blueskinedbeast ha ha RAF and £200 per day 😂 but do you now understand the bricklaying sequence with you obviously not being a bricklayer
Blueskinedbeast
Let's see yours then? Bet you're shit hot aren't you?
Sorry my friend but nothing you have done no offence ok? Makes me think any different I started work in 1960 served a 6 year apprenticeship bricklaying got my city& guilds and hnc I would like to add the houses built then are still in good order not like the modern rubbish being constructed today like you say practice makes perfect lol
brian o'reilly your first sentence doesn't make sense!
1960s house were built frog down, no insulation or expansion joints, internal walls not tied in adequately and are only still up because of the beauty of bricks.
Bricklaying has been de-skilled compared to what you would have learnt but it has also evolved. I feather in different ways for different situation, please look at my video on mortar spread and comment. We all hit the level actually applys even pressure which is better.
If you could comment on my positioning, too many movements and inaccurate technical information then you would have cause to write negatively.
Bloody awful everything a bricklayer should not do!!!!
brian o'reilly o really o'reilly care to elaborate or is this the limit of you vocabulary?