Used to do pointing work not so much now Andy .Your work is exemplary my friend. The knowledge you have is inspiring for those young bricklayers out there 👌👍🧱🧱🧱
Top notch, I have to say, mortar gin for me, most people wont pay for the time and effort of this amazing level of pointing, the6 want a quick cheap job, out comes the gun, three times as fast but nowhere near the precision of your work. I wish I had customers that would pay the correct price for a craftsmans job but I cant turn down people 😂😂😂
Nice job Andy. Is it possible to do that pointing as you are building with the mortar the brick are laid with? Or, perhaps the wall needs to have been previously built so it's strong enough to be leant against. Seems like that kind of pointing is a job in itself separate from laying anyhow.
It is a job on its own, in Northern Europe its a trade on its own as it was in the UK untill maybe the late 1950s. Yes you can do it as you go but only on small jobs if using sand an cement. I built a big school project some years ago and we struck and cut as we whent but we were using NHL3 Lime
Proper job, the times I’ve seen people do it with a pointing trowel all uneven no uniformity at all, even cutting left on one perpendicular right on the next 🤮tidy ✊
Andy hope this is ok to post ...what are the thoughts on the RAAC CONCRETE , i didnt know much about it till local schools have been shut down , thing is this stuff cant be limited to schools what about tower blocks /office blocks /factorys etc. seems strange its only come to light in the last few weeks
I watched a TV programme on it a few years back, typical underfunding by the government as they knew it had a 30 year lifespan, the problem with it is that some of the planks were under calculated and the concrete itself is very porous so if allowed to get wet water in ingress can rust the reinforcing. It was used in schools, offices and some housing but ive not heard of it being used in tower blocks.
I keep it the same as the build normally which is always 5and 1,the pointing mix was 5 and 1 with a little bit of hydrated lime in it, I wouldn't use the lime myself but the builder wanted it.
I have a Victorian bayed house to re point , weatherstruck , could you tell me which type of sand are you using here please ? I am thinking of using silver sand but concerned the finish maybe too white
That is a sand and cement job on new work, silver sand will definitely be white unless you use a dye, if ime doing weatherstruck with lime i only use building sand anything else dosent cut clean, ive never had a problem with it.
Victorian houses were built with lime, so probably best to use lime again. 3 sand 1 nhl 3.5 lime. However much different beast to cement. Hope this helps
It's raked out between 12 and 15mm, the old rule is the depth is one and a half times the width of the joint, so if it's 10 miil the depth is 15mm. Standard mix for me with sand and cement would be 5 and 1, Lime mortar is a completely different Animal. I don't discuss prices on here as everybody's needs are different 👍
@@Yiddo67 ive seen a few answers to this the one i think is probably correct is the Dutch were the first to make clay bricks as we know them now, the protrusion in the mould that forms the frog they call the kicker, the Dutch word for a frog is also kicker .
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 ahh i see looks proper that mate 💯👌 what mix would you say gives your a real wight joint ? Thats not to rigid and cracks if you know what i mean🙃. Ive used some duch stuff in NL before but its like you said in one of your vids "porridge" 😅regards Rob 👊👊💪
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Used to do pointing work not so much now Andy .Your work is exemplary my friend. The knowledge you have is inspiring for those young bricklayers out there 👌👍🧱🧱🧱
Thanks Justin👍
In 35 years I’ve never been shown how to do that Andy and the specialist tools you used . Beautiful job mate 👌🏼👍🏽🧱
Thanks Steve 👍
Beautiful work Andy . 👍🏴
Wow cool technique with the straight edge and cut 👍 shit hot mate
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Lovely job Andy neat and tidy 👍🏻
Proper bricky is Andy absolutely full of knowledge ❤
He knows exactly what he's doing.😏
Beautiful job mate looks spot-on👍👍
am impressed.......love learning simple but effective technique's 👍👍
Excellent work Andy real top quality.
Thanks 👍
Lovely job Andy nice work that's how it should be done !!
Proper bricky 2:20 kept concentration like a true professional
Great video, really enjoyed that Andy👍
Top job super bricky 👍👍
Now theirs a skill,a journeyman @ work top notch andy👍
You don’t smudge a single brick , 1 hours work because you worked 40 years to make it 1 hours work ! Love it
Lovely job Andy. 👍
Quality Andy love watching your videos mate
Thanks 👍
Bloody lovely well done Andy
Proper Legend is our Andy
Thanks Andy , I was thinking that, so I have ordered a sieve to remove the larger stones 👍
Best I’ve seen
Quality craftsmanship Andy 🔥👍
Thanks 👍
Really neat.👍
Lovely finish, not as easy as Andy made it look I wager.
Thanks 👍
Top notch, I have to say, mortar gin for me, most people wont pay for the time and effort of this amazing level of pointing, the6 want a quick cheap job, out comes the gun, three times as fast but nowhere near the precision of your work. I wish I had customers that would pay the correct price for a craftsmans job but I cant turn down people 😂😂😂
Quality, I don’t know what you got paid but pound to a penny it weren’t enough, client probably don’t realise how lucky they are. Well played sir
Grand job 👍
Nicely done bro !
Quality work. Was that one of your home made Frenchman tools ?
Yes mate
Cushdy....top job
What was your set up to grind out ? The cyclone thing , blue tub and...
The tub with cyclone, there is a video on it i think and many more in depth ones on youtube.
Great work ...any holidays or days out coming up Andy..
October fishing Senegal, revamping the bedroom at the moment, big spend on a new mattress and some fitted wardrobes.
Good luck with the home improvements...look forward to the fishing..cheers Andy
@@delscorey8727 👍👍
Nice job Andy.
Is it possible to do that pointing as you are building with the mortar the brick are laid with? Or, perhaps the wall needs to have been previously built so it's strong enough to be leant against.
Seems like that kind of pointing is a job in itself separate from laying anyhow.
It is a job on its own, in Northern Europe its a trade on its own as it was in the UK untill maybe the late 1950s. Yes you can do it as you go but only on small jobs if using sand an cement. I built a big school project some years ago and we struck and cut as we whent but we were using NHL3 Lime
Proper job, the times I’ve seen people do it with a pointing trowel all uneven no uniformity at all, even cutting left on one perpendicular right on the next 🤮tidy ✊
Awesome
Andy hope this is ok to post ...what are the thoughts on the RAAC CONCRETE , i didnt know much about it till local schools have been shut down , thing is this stuff cant be limited to schools what about tower blocks /office blocks /factorys etc. seems strange its only come to light in the last few weeks
I watched a TV programme on it a few years back, typical underfunding by the government as they knew it had a 30 year lifespan, the problem with it is that some of the planks were under calculated and the concrete itself is very porous so if allowed to get wet water in ingress can rust the reinforcing. It was used in schools, offices and some housing but ive not heard of it being used in tower blocks.
Top job
Top job mate ,can you give us a little close up of that Frenchman ? Is it made from an old school table knife
Go through my vids, ive done one on it 👍
Another top upload by Andy showing us how to do weatherstruck and cut pointing and tools required top workmanship as usual thanks for the upload
Thanks John 👍
Nice that
Twice as quick with a pointing trowel.
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Nice job Andy, out of interest, what mix do use for that?
I keep it the same as the build normally which is always 5and 1,the pointing mix was 5 and 1 with a little bit of hydrated lime in it, I wouldn't use the lime myself but the builder wanted it.
I have a Victorian bayed house to re point , weatherstruck , could you tell me which type of sand are you using here please ? I am thinking of using silver sand but concerned the finish maybe too white
That is a sand and cement job on new work, silver sand will definitely be white unless you use a dye, if ime doing weatherstruck with lime i only use building sand anything else dosent cut clean, ive never had a problem with it.
Victorian houses were built with lime, so probably best to use lime again. 3 sand 1 nhl 3.5 lime. However much different beast to cement. Hope this helps
@@LiamR-ee2hi Its just building sand, anything else just dosent cut clean, it will be white with silver sand.
How much per sqr mtr you charge?
@@shoehorn71 Every job is different.
I got to say Andy class.
Sweet
How deep ? Did you take it out , roughly, what mix did you use please ? What is that work on the square meter, these days … thanks
It's raked out between 12 and 15mm, the old rule is the depth is one and a half times the width of the joint, so if it's 10 miil the depth is 15mm. Standard mix for me with sand and cement would be 5 and 1, Lime mortar is a completely different Animal. I don't discuss prices on here as everybody's needs are different 👍
Just out of interest whats the going rate for something like that ?
Dont really know to be honest, i dont price by the M2 as every job is different.
Top job as always Andy...why do they call it a French man
I dont know for sure but have been told that the hook on the knife looks like a Frenchmans nose.
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 😂😂😂👍....and why is it called a frog in the brick 🤔
@@Yiddo67 ive seen a few answers to this the one i think is probably correct is the Dutch were the first to make clay bricks as we know them now, the protrusion in the mould that forms the frog they call the kicker, the Dutch word for a frog is also kicker .
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 'kikker' is the dutch word.....
and frenchman is not given its name because of the nose shape of a french person.
@@OutofPlumb-ic5pl What is the correct answer then ?
The old woman will be looking for her butter knife
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Hello andy mate what mix are you useing thair🤔 looks smart as fuck ❤💯👊👌
It's 5 and 1 yellow building sand and white cement.
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 ahh i see looks proper that mate 💯👌 what mix would you say gives your a real wight joint ? Thats not to rigid and cracks if you know what i mean🙃. Ive used some duch stuff in NL before but its like you said in one of your vids "porridge" 😅regards Rob 👊👊💪
how many knew that was a frenchman
Not many.
Andy isn't French 🤣🤣🤣
Everyone one here seems to be implying you're old mate😂😂
Thats because they are all cunts mate 😉😄
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Looks good on london stocks. But lbcs. Get the barrel jointer on em lad❤
Matching the house mate 👍
Nice clean job, they're not the easiest bricks to do weather struck on either!
Very true!