I remember in my college class (as part of 4500hr apprenticeship) we had to build all the styles of arches as part of our training. We weren’t allowed to use any power tools. No saws or grinders with diamond blades. We had to cut all the Voussoirs with a bolster and hammer. That was tough to do. A few broke and had to redo them again. This was in 85 in Toronto Canada
That is such excellent work! It's so good that during the review at the end, you're expecting perfection, and you notice the tiniest of differences in the pointing!! This level of skill and attention to detail is so appreciated. Thanks, Stu!
I love watching what you do , it makes me more relax , its like watching a painting being drawn or sculpting , it gives the same sensation , it's art , we should all appreciate what we do to be better persons and live better lives .
I have never laid a brick in my life- i'm an engineer but i do other construction, yet i find this SO therapeutic and beautiful. Good work- you've got me wanting to try some beginner stuff on my own house.
Another great job from Stu. Stewart built our extension as a favour to us as our 1st builder had a accident and could not continue. His talent not only as a bricklayer but his artistic flare to picture something and then build it.A very talented guy. keep up the good work Stu
As a structural engineer spending all his time in the design office, I have great respect for the skilled 'hands-on' guys like yourself - especially ones who are clearly as skilled and dedicated as yourself. Your videos just happen to be great too.
Nice to see a fellow tradesman who loves pushing the boundaries of their work. We’re a dying breed, most if our apprentices spend every second they can sitting in the van on their phones, which is why I refuse to have one. A real pity for them as I have a lot to teach ☹️
Owen Johnson If you show a willing to work, there’ll be someone willing to teach. When I did my apprenticeship many years ago, I was fortunate enough to have some really good teachers, guys approaching retirement who had all the patience in the world to help me. Offer to work for nothing for a month or two if you have to, just to show people you are keen to learn, and if they can’t offer you work they may know someone who can. Good luck.
Sehr schöne arbeit ! Alleine das zusehen beruhigt ungemein. Wie professionel perfekt das ganze gemauert wird ist sensationel !!! Danke für den clip 👍♥️🌻
the cut middle brick actually works better. It makes the arch look like it's pushing upward through the brickwork, so gives the whole thing some lightness. Perfect
I'm really impressed tobseebtou showing errors made during the build. I subscribe to the notion that anyone attempting to get into the trade or just a weekend warrior needs to see a professional going through the normal motions. Very refreshing and great vid brother man. Mason from Alabama.
I could do framing, punchout, electrical, plumbing, etc but I could never get the hang of bricklaying. That just seems to take massive skills. And you sir have those skills. Looks great.
Hi Stu, Beautiful job, you should have a separate catalogue of projects like this, and give them price tag for potential customers, solid masonry benches, bird baths, brick planters, the list is endless. Your very creative.
The very same teqnique that the brickies used to build the glass furnaces at Pilkingtons. They used hardly any mortar inbetween the brick though due to expansion and better sealing. Pilks brickies had to tel contractors not to use so much mortar and on occasion had to take small sections down and rebuild it because of there being too muchbetween the bricks. I have a bench in my old shed made from the wooden lats used to build the crown, it all got skipped after a rebuild. Nice one Stu.
@@dsm091 The wood is only temporary. Wood forms are built to support the brick, stone. Once the brick or stone are laid and hardened. The wood forms are cut out.
I Love it, i saw no problems at all and the music got me to watch it a 2nd time and still I think it perfect. Can you build a wishing well, would love to see that from start to finish.
Just read through all the comments looking for Rob Songers reply of him shaking his head saying you didn't watch my video did you 🤣😂 Great job stu you really are an influencer. Wish I had more time to do wee projects and learn new stuff 👍🏻
You are a great person who loves and enjoy his work. If everyone learn his work honesty be a good person. Please make a video of stone Arch, if possible thanks.
Another fantastic masterpiece Stu 👍 I can only imagine the amount of hard work they goes into these projects, not only the planning and building but also the editing too. Much respect Sir 👍
Great job, I was watching this video and my wife just caught me, now she's thinking of things for me to build after I been laying brick all day long, thanks lol
Nice to see even experienced trades making mistakes. My biggest bugbear was customers not allowing for that human element. But I ALWAYS sorted out my errors at no cost.
My little brick retaining wall, flower trough crumbled when I tapped it with the mower.....I'll be following all your brick designs.....but I'm scared! Never worked with bricks! Thanks, ahead of my attempts!
Hi Stu Can you please post details of the brick you are using in the video header/description? I really like the colour/texture of these! Also: any details of the mortar mix/sand colour as well well would be useful! The technique is wonderful to watch but these extra details are very valuable!
Hola como esta? Muy buen trabajo como siempre. Calidad y prolijidad lo distinguen. Es bueno contar con personas como usted que enseñan a otros y no ocultan los conocimientos. Compartir es bueno y a través de medios como este uno puede aprender cosas que no podría hacerlo por no poder llegar a lugares como el que usted vive. Un saludo a la distancia desde Uruguay y muchas gracias por dedicar su tiempo para que otros podamos aprender.
It's nice to see a DIY video where workmanship is done coherently.I see gooney goo goo videos with guys in their bare feet, hacking stuff and people telling them:"nice job" 😂
Hi Stu, love your content! Fell in love with this bench. This reminds me of an idea I'd love to run with as a memorial bench in honor of my son, Christopher. Are you able to provide a rough estimate of how many bricks used?
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I remember in my college class (as part of 4500hr apprenticeship) we had to build all the styles of arches as part of our training. We weren’t allowed to use any power tools. No saws or grinders with diamond blades. We had to cut all the Voussoirs with a bolster and hammer. That was tough to do. A few broke and had to redo them again. This was in 85 in Toronto Canada
Did they make you eat gravel for your lunch as well?
@@JackSmith-kp2vs ahahahahaahahahahaha
That is such excellent work! It's so good that during the review at the end, you're expecting perfection, and you notice the tiniest of differences in the pointing!! This level of skill and attention to detail is so appreciated. Thanks, Stu!
What made that even more impressive, is the fact you did that working off the ground level. Very nice job young fella !
I love watching what you do , it makes me more relax , its like watching a painting being drawn or sculpting , it gives the same sensation , it's art , we should all appreciate what we do to be better persons and live better lives .
I have never laid a brick in my life- i'm an engineer but i do other construction, yet i find this SO therapeutic and beautiful. Good work- you've got me wanting to try some beginner stuff on my own house.
As an Engineer I see exactly what you mean.
You're really like a artist who's enjoying doing brick art . You're doing great brick arts sir . You are the greatest brick artist .
Excellent work Stu!! Thanks for sharing! So nice to see a truly skilled mason at work!!! D
Another great job from Stu. Stewart built our extension as a favour to us as our 1st builder had a accident and could not continue. His talent not only as a bricklayer but his artistic flare to picture something and then build it.A very talented guy. keep up the good work Stu
Thanks Malc will do
As a structural engineer spending all his time in the design office, I have great respect for the skilled 'hands-on' guys like yourself - especially ones who are clearly as skilled and dedicated as yourself. Your videos just happen to be great too.
wel thanks Luminous, i appreciate that coming for yourself
Another masterclass stu. Look forward to the next one mate
Nice to see a fellow tradesman who loves pushing the boundaries of their work. We’re a dying breed, most if our apprentices spend every second they can sitting in the van on their phones, which is why I refuse to have one. A real pity for them as I have a lot to teach ☹️
Wish I met you 2 years ago I love bricklaying , got laid off my college as the person giving me my apprenticeship couldn’t give me any work.
Owen Johnson If you show a willing to work, there’ll be someone willing to teach. When I did my apprenticeship many years ago, I was fortunate enough to have some really good teachers, guys approaching retirement who had all the patience in the world to help me.
Offer to work for nothing for a month or two if you have to, just to show people you are keen to learn, and if they can’t offer you work they may know someone who can.
Good luck.
I want to see you move it...🤣 Great work!
Ditto 🤣
New school & new order brick work, keep pushing the boundaries. Practice makes perfect. Thanks.
Sehr schöne arbeit ! Alleine das zusehen beruhigt ungemein. Wie professionel perfekt das ganze gemauert wird ist sensationel !!!
Danke für den clip 👍♥️🌻
Those brick cuts and trowel work, beautiful to watch. True art.
the cut middle brick actually works better. It makes the arch look like it's pushing upward through the brickwork, so gives the whole thing some lightness. Perfect
I'm really impressed tobseebtou showing errors made during the build. I subscribe to the notion that anyone attempting to get into the trade or just a weekend warrior needs to see a professional going through the normal motions. Very refreshing and great vid brother man. Mason from Alabama.
Thanks very much brother
I could do framing, punchout, electrical, plumbing, etc but I could never get the hang of bricklaying. That just seems to take massive skills. And you sir have those skills. Looks great.
You are easily the best bricklayer I have ever seen on RUclips or anywhere else.
Your work is truly amazing...it's as if you are an artist....
Hi Stu,
Beautiful job, you should have a separate catalogue of projects like this, and give them price tag for potential customers, solid masonry benches, bird baths, brick planters, the list is endless. Your very creative.
arched in and arched over, another 10 mins video worth watching. Excellent work stu
Masterpiece! Again Incredible this stu! Love it! So skilled how you adapted during the build
Cheers Liam matey, yeah was a tricky one 😃
The very same teqnique that the brickies used to build the glass furnaces at Pilkingtons. They used hardly any mortar inbetween the brick though due to expansion and better sealing. Pilks brickies had to tel contractors not to use so much mortar and on occasion had to take small sections down and rebuild it because of there being too muchbetween the bricks. I have a bench in my old shed made from the wooden lats used to build the crown, it all got skipped after a rebuild. Nice one Stu.
Excellent work and attention to detail, great to see👍👍👍
Oh wow! Beautifully done. Thank you for sharing this with all of us.
That's some dedication to the craft, rebuilding a demo bench, as it wasn't perfect. Nice.
Came tot he channel for beginner tutorials. Stayed for content like this!!
*Thanks for recommending this to me RUclips*
Thank you for watching Paul
👍 The simplicity of the final design... actually requires strenuous effort to even build one from scratch.
Indeed love ❤️
Been laying brick my whole life. Never seen anybody grape vine the joint with a point up trowel. Looks good.
How do they do this over wide rivers? Or in those mountains? I am sure they used wood or something.
@@dsm091
The wood is only temporary. Wood forms are built to support the brick, stone. Once the brick or stone are laid and hardened. The wood forms are cut out.
Well done, great work. lovely to watch.
Looks brilliant top work !! Thanks for keeping the videos coming in these tough times 👍
cheers Adam will do mate, got loads more ideas
Nice skills! Watched the whole thing because of the craftsmanship.
1 year 1 month 9 days I’ve had my membership for now unbelievable channel love it!!!! Keep up the good work mate!
Ah thanks for the support Liam I think I have 9 members out of 110k subscribes including kc so you’re all very special to support the channel 👍
You are creative ... your follower from Algeria
Thanks Algeria
Another top class video all these ideas for new projects in and around the garden and house 👍🏻
Stay safe and keep healthy buddy
Will do Adam pal
Alan 🤦🏻♂️😂😂
Alan! Apologies Pal 😂
Brick master if ever there was one, fantastic videos throughout, just need to get KC mixing just miss that man with ya, aka Morecambe &Wise.
He’s back soon
Real nice and clean...
I Love it, i saw no problems at all and the music got me to watch it a 2nd time and still I think it perfect. Can you build a wishing well, would love to see that from start to finish.
Like that Stu, especially the pointing looks great.
Beers Peter it turned out ok but lots of mistakes
Just read through all the comments looking for Rob Songers reply of him shaking his head saying you didn't watch my video did you 🤣😂
Great job stu you really are an influencer. Wish I had more time to do wee projects and learn new stuff 👍🏻
lol Robin i dont like to do things normal and as they should be, thanks mate doing all i can
Its a work of art Stu, Brill job.
Excellent piece Stu , another one for your portfolio of masterpieces .
Fantastic job pal as always. Been following you for a while now. Never fail to impress.
Cheers Abbas
You are a great person who loves and enjoy his work. If everyone learn his work honesty be a good person. Please make a video of stone Arch, if possible thanks.
Which material you used to join the bricks? Tkanks
Beautiful work. Keep it up.
Blessings To All Worthy Of Being Blessed
You are an artist Stu !
Another fantastic masterpiece Stu 👍 I can only imagine the amount of hard work they goes into these projects, not only the planning and building but also the editing too. Much respect Sir 👍
What a great piece of art
Superb 💕
when i saw the arch, i first thought you were going to build the fireplace in Bilbo's home. :)
Brilliant workmanship 👍 fantastic job.
A pleasure to watch.
Great job, I was watching this video and my wife just caught me, now she's thinking of things for me to build after I been laying brick all day long, thanks lol
Another fantastic piece of art and a wonderful show how video! Thanks Stu 👌🏻👌🏻
thank you for watching roberto
I'm not a bricky, nor in the building trade, but I appreciate the skill on show here. Amazing stuff. Keep up the good work.
Another great video. Really liked this as it was a lot different. Fantastic.👏👏👏
Nice to see even experienced trades making mistakes. My biggest bugbear was customers not allowing for that human element. But I ALWAYS sorted out my errors at no cost.
Мр Кромптон је уметник и најпозитивнија личност.
Amazing! Please show how you make the curved cuts.
I realy love you so much, because everthing you teach is fantastic
That mortar is a art of its own looks so fluffy
Never saw it done better.
Top job, looks amazing👍👍
My little brick retaining wall, flower trough crumbled when I tapped it with the mower.....I'll be following all your brick designs.....but I'm scared! Never worked with bricks! Thanks, ahead of my attempts!
Beautiful work ! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks buddy
That’s absolutely gorgeous pal
Awsum job my man! Very relaxing and soothing to watch
Beautifully done, gauge on mortar line to arch it didn't matter, master craftsmen well done Stu. Happy Easter Guy's.
You’re right mate. Happy Easter pal
Super nice. So good to see the master craft skills being carried on. Good job!
Excellent work
Another great video Stu 👍👍👍👍 I was hoping to see a video of you this week 👍 all stay safe
ah no worries Colin all the best pal
Amazing skill mate Bravo
Great job looks fantastic
Good stuff mate 👏👏
thanks mate
Amazing craftsmanship
Another fantastic video stu.i really like the brick work pal.well done and keep up the good work 😁👍🏻
cheers james all thew best
Lovely Stuart! Nice vid mate
Cheers Ben mate
I am one of your followers from Morocco
Thanks for following buddy
Gorgeous!
Another stellar job Stu. Have you ever thought of making a pizza oven? Would love to see that on your channel!
Yes I will be doing soon and bbq
great idea! I can't wait.
Best bricky pfft, best artisan bricklayer. 👍
Really enjoyed this ~ great cutting of the bricks and seat coping .~ 👍👍👏
Super job, you make it look easy.
Good stuff marra. I think you have this niche cornered for sure.
Nice light weight option, good job
Hi Stu
Can you please post details of the brick you are using in the video header/description? I really like the colour/texture of these! Also: any details of the mortar mix/sand colour as well well would be useful! The technique is wonderful to watch but these extra details are very valuable!
Very nice ! Amazing!!
Hola como esta? Muy buen trabajo como siempre. Calidad y prolijidad lo distinguen. Es bueno contar con personas como usted que enseñan a otros y no ocultan los conocimientos. Compartir es bueno y a través de medios como este uno puede aprender cosas que no podría hacerlo por no poder llegar a lugares como el que usted vive. Un saludo a la distancia desde Uruguay y muchas gracias por dedicar su tiempo para que otros podamos aprender.
Live and learn big man. We’ve all been there. Great video none the less.
That's gorgeous.
It's nice to see a DIY video where workmanship is done coherently.I see gooney goo goo videos with guys in their bare feet, hacking stuff and people telling them:"nice job" 😂
Your a different class stu! Amazing work love the videos! Jaw dropping stuff all the time Keeping me entertained all year round stay safe🤟🏼
VERY nice! 10/10 👍👍👍👍
next level stellar work man ... it's a pleasure to see your content ... awwesome
Great work Stu!
Hi stu, hope your staying safe , another great build 👍😊
Indeed alison
Hi Stu, love your content! Fell in love with this bench. This reminds me of an idea I'd love to run with as a memorial bench in honor of my son, Christopher. Are you able to provide a rough estimate of how many bricks used?
Real tidy job if I had a go I would of maybe tied the header coarse together but maybe doesn't matter!
How do you feel about his design with S type and lime in the mix? Gives it some flexibility and strength.
Love your work man
Great job !