I am a bricklayer day in day out and still watch your vids on an evening. I pick little tips up from you. You are definitely a true craftsman of our trade. Hopefully new content coming our way soon
Hi Rob, its a safety product for the UK construction industry, an inexpensive alternative to securing hessian during the curing process, currently being trialed by several large national home builder's. Keep up the great videos Rob.
Lovely job there rob I think I have seen all you're videos now I am just waiting for new content I've must of watched a few many times over as I just enjoy that much....young brickie myself
Hey Rob, do you have a video or a method that shows how to get an accurate reading on the foundation once you have your batter boards and lines up? I always wonder if there is an exceptional way of transferring marks to the ground when the line is up in the air. ( sometimes more than a foot above the ground) Thank you.
Yes, I have a few but only one on RUclips, its on 'Extension - Substructure' watch it from 5 minutes on. Also, I will add that you'll see me scratch the foundation as the concrete was only laid 2 days earlier but normally I would spread a thin bed of mortar, smooth it, and mark it.
Hey man, thanks for the videos. I started watching them last summer, and to be quite honest it was a bit of a revelation. I've always fancied myself as artistic, and when I saw the curved wall you were making I was like "I would really like to do that." Anyhow, I bought an Amazon book on it within a week and watched lots of videos, but I never got the gumption to try it. You see, I need to do my garden wall, my drive is a bit of a mess, and I got to your video by looking at how to install paving. Anyhow, it turns out I need the edges done first, so that means garden wall. Anyhow. I think I can handle all the levels and stuff, it's really just the mixing in worried about. That and making a fool of myself. I think I shall start early in the morning, like 5, when no one is up. Watching that video of yours gave me that idea. To be honest, im terrified, but it's got to be done. It's the fear of failure that hinders success.
Sklahd thank you for your comment.Give it a go.....but watch the videos a bit more and practice bed joints and perps on a spot board before laying...they are the key.Watch Setting the Gauge and Running in 2 to get ideas for keeping it level. Practice this on the foundation below ground level to build your confidence, then, raise your corners evenly and away you go. Take your time, as what you do will be there long after we are gone.Send me pictures!oh and mixing.....there is a video on that, keep it gauged
Nice clean work man! So in my part of the world rigid insulation with a 1 or 2 inch air space is typical. Is the mineral wool pretty standard in England?
laying just enough muck for one brick at a time is such a slow way of doing it. so much easier and quicker to lay the complete bed then run the course in.
From what I have seen in his videos Rob is pretty dang efficient with his lick and stick and working backwards. I say whatever works for you. I lay with both hands, so I am usually facing the next mason on the wall.
hi Rob Do you not need to cut a vertical chase and put in a vertical dpc in the cavity between the wall starters to stop driving rain transfering across the cavity to the internal wall. I was always told it was bad practice to use full fill insulation on brickwork as bricks are very porous.
Trench blocks are an 'aircrete' block that are specifically designed for below ground, and other aircrete are suitable for below ground. But always check. Shield, Shield 2000 are ok, but Turbo & Paint grade are for above ground use. Always check with the manufacturer to be sure.
rob songer thanks for educating Mr yet again. Here in North Yorkshire we tend to just use dense concrete blocks. The foundation shape ones or standard.
Last brick was tight... Them flettons never are the same length . Lbc or London brick what every a like to call em. Used them many years ago on a site for persimmon homes, bananas wasn't the word. Even a couple of mil per brick can make ya creep over ...
Rob I think you should just do a video on your technique and one laying the full bed and compare the difference?! It’s the same old bickering on these videos who’s way is best you should put it to the test not just about speed but overall finished product!!
thank you Jay. have you looked at my Basic Skills videos? and yes, I will talk a bit about my method and the full bed in the next Basic skills video thank you for watching and commenting
Brandon Karnes hi Brandon, lots of reasons for backward laying. firstly, when I was an apprentice all the best bricklayers I worked with laid this way so I was trained this way. secondly, the way we are taught to perp a brick is for backward laying. thirdly, backward laying means you are always looking at what you have just laid so it's easy to make adjustments. fourthly, it is much easier to keep bond....I have other reasons that will one day be explained in a video. I hope that answered your question
im right handed and like to lay bricks as you do rob , I find I can be faster . I can lay anyway but if I was asked id choice backwards , nothing wrong with it in my eyes .
Work set out correctly inner leaf first, frog up tidy jointing even though you are using a horrible Marshall Town jointer. On the whole very neat work. I am very fussy about my work but, You are one of the few I have seen that I would work with, well done. Oh I speak with over 40 years in the trade and a third generation masonry worker.
David Dore the guy doesn't work and most of his work is customized work I work in New Jersey and New York and here in the states we use a total different style of laying bricks
@@robsonger1 😂 😂 😂.. Good sense of humour at least.. Like I said very decent brickie and good for people to learn from but the setting out profile For a small porch.....?? No need for them. And yes I'm a brickie and have been for 35 years..
Rob songer are you a bricklayer or a bricktapper?? If I ever see you whacking your bricks with your trowel I will get my labourer to kick your work down 😡
You make brickwork so interesting. You are truly a great teacher. Thank you.
I am a bricklayer day in day out and still watch your vids on an evening. I pick little tips up from you. You are definitely a true craftsman of our trade. Hopefully new content coming our way soon
thank you Leeds, there are a were more on their way.
Pineapple, herringbone, motif with tuck pointing and hopefully a flint panel are coming soon
rob songer thank you for the reply rob looking forward to them
all Leeds Aren't we
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@@PrettyGreenMonk Marching on together!!
That is how it is done in Sweden and it saves unnescessary movement between the mortar and the wall.Love your work Rob.
thank you
And in Germany ; as an old Brickwork lecturer I just sit here and smile ,well done Rob !!
Hi rob, just saying thank you for uploading these videos, they really help and I learn a lot from them. Cheers
Hi Rob, its a safety product for the UK construction industry, an inexpensive alternative to securing hessian during the curing process, currently being trialed by several large national home builder's. Keep up the great videos Rob.
Lovely job there rob I think I have seen all you're videos now I am just waiting for new content I've must of watched a few many times over as I just enjoy that much....young brickie myself
as a carpenter brick work astounds me
nice uniform joints makes a bricklayer a good bricklayer. Cheers looks great!
I honestly have become a better tradesmen since watching robs videos.
oldmanfromyork that is one of, if not the nicest comments I have ever had.Thank you
+rob songer pleasure sir. watching your videos have given me the confidence to take on work I would have passed on years ago. so thank you.
+rob songer also rob I'd like to show some of the work I've been on with. check me out on instagram.
thank you !
oldmanfromyork
Hey Rob, do you have a video or a method that shows how to get an accurate reading on the foundation once you have your batter boards and lines up? I always wonder if there is an exceptional way of transferring marks to the ground when the line is up in the air. ( sometimes more than a foot above the ground) Thank you.
Yes, I have a few but only one on RUclips, its on 'Extension - Substructure'
watch it from 5 minutes on.
Also, I will add that you'll see me scratch the foundation as the concrete was only laid 2 days earlier but normally I would spread a thin bed of mortar, smooth it, and mark it.
Thank you so much for the reply Rob, much appreciated. I will have a look.
That is amazing work.
Hey man, thanks for the videos. I started watching them last summer, and to be quite honest it was a bit of a revelation. I've always fancied myself as artistic, and when I saw the curved wall you were making I was like "I would really like to do that."
Anyhow, I bought an Amazon book on it within a week and watched lots of videos, but I never got the gumption to try it. You see, I need to do my garden wall, my drive is a bit of a mess, and I got to your video by looking at how to install paving. Anyhow, it turns out I need the edges done first, so that means garden wall.
Anyhow. I think I can handle all the levels and stuff, it's really just the mixing in worried about. That and making a fool of myself. I think I shall start early in the morning, like 5, when no one is up. Watching that video of yours gave me that idea.
To be honest, im terrified, but it's got to be done. It's the fear of failure that hinders success.
Sklahd thank you for your comment.Give it a go.....but watch the videos a bit more and practice bed joints and perps on a spot board before laying...they are the key.Watch Setting the Gauge and Running in 2 to get ideas for keeping it level. Practice this on the foundation below ground level to build your confidence, then, raise your corners evenly and away you go. Take your time, as what you do will be there long after we are gone.Send me pictures!oh and mixing.....there is a video on that, keep it gauged
Don't see the reason for a flashing that's not through wall to direct moisture out to the exterior?
Don't mess with songer he's the best
You Sir, are an artist ! I might find out where you're working so I can just sit and watch :-)
Very good job rob
Excellent work.
I also like working with stones . Here in Germany is getting extra grouted . How do they make the mixture ?
Vielen Dank für Ihre Filme
Nice clean work man! So in my part of the world rigid insulation with a 1 or 2 inch air space is typical. Is the mineral wool pretty standard in England?
laying just enough muck for one brick at a time is such a slow way of doing it. so much easier and quicker to lay the complete bed then run the course in.
I like he's using lime mortar, it is hard to get bricks down on the bed is you spread a long run
Also a lot messier u mug. We sing like those house bumpers who have an inch of muck on the front scaff board at the end of the day.
Think you will find it’s quicker one brick spread you sausage
From what I have seen in his videos Rob is pretty dang efficient with his lick and stick and working backwards. I say whatever works for you. I lay with both hands, so I am usually facing the next mason on the wall.
hi Rob
Do you not need to cut a vertical chase and put in a vertical dpc in the cavity between the wall starters to stop driving rain transfering across the cavity to the internal wall. I was always told it was bad practice to use full fill insulation on brickwork as bricks are very porous.
Neil Hogarth yes, or if it is onto an existing cavity wall, then the cavity is cut in and this provides the break of moisture penetration.
beautiful wall! thanks
Nice work,just one tip,on closer,butter both heads of bricks already laid along with closer brick.
Rob what kind of lime do you use ?
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Quick question rob. Our local building control won't let us use thermolite blocks below dpc.
Have you ever heard of this?
Trench blocks are an 'aircrete' block that are specifically designed for below ground, and other aircrete are suitable for below ground. But always check. Shield, Shield 2000 are ok, but Turbo & Paint grade are for above ground use.
Always check with the manufacturer to be sure.
rob songer thanks for educating Mr yet again. Here in North Yorkshire we tend to just use dense concrete blocks. The foundation shape ones or standard.
Last brick was tight... Them flettons never are the same length . Lbc or London brick what every a like to call em. Used them many years ago on a site for persimmon homes, bananas wasn't the word. Even a couple of mil per brick can make ya creep over ...
Do you not put a cavity tray in?
there is a cavity tray over the door lintel.
I reckon you would be hard work to work with
Craig Scott
possobly
rob songer possibly
GREAT .....
Rob I think you should just do a video on your technique and one laying the full bed and compare the difference?! It’s the same old bickering on these videos who’s way is best you should put it to the test not just about speed but overall finished product!!
thank you Jay.
have you looked at my Basic Skills videos?
and yes, I will talk a bit about my method and the full bed in the next Basic skills video
thank you for watching and commenting
why do you always lay backwards?
Brandon Karnes
hi Brandon,
lots of reasons for backward laying. firstly, when I was an apprentice all the best bricklayers I worked with laid this way so I was trained this way.
secondly, the way we are taught to perp a brick is for backward laying.
thirdly, backward laying means you are always looking at what you have just laid so it's easy to make adjustments.
fourthly, it is much easier to keep bond....I have other reasons that will one day be explained in a video.
I hope that answered your question
there is no backwards when you know how to lay brick to a line. You may favor your hand when laying a rowlock or soldier.
im right handed and like to lay bricks as you do rob , I find I can be faster . I can lay anyway but if I was asked id choice backwards , nothing wrong with it in my eyes .
rob songer I'm a left handed you did great lol
Doesn't matter how you lay em, the quality and end result are what matters
Excellent!
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Work set out correctly inner leaf first, frog up tidy jointing even though you are using a horrible Marshall Town jointer. On the whole very neat work. I am very fussy about my work but, You are one of the few I have seen that I would work with, well done. Oh I speak with over 40 years in the trade and a third generation masonry worker.
David Dore the guy doesn't work and most of his work is customized work I work in New Jersey and New York and here in the states we use a total different style of laying bricks
Yes he makes a tidy job but Jesus he’s slow !!! At that speed it should be spot on!!
At 4 30 you missed a head joint
Hi Rob, great work as always, have you come across our product yet? If not we would love to send you some free samples
thank you, and I'm intrigued, what is your product?
Painfully slow
Decent brickie but painful to watch.
have you tried sitting in a more comfortable chair?
@@robsonger1 😂 😂 😂.. Good sense of humour at least.. Like I said very decent brickie and good for people to learn from but the setting out profile For a small porch.....?? No need for them. And yes I'm a brickie and have been for 35 years..
Martin Hames hence why your brickworks probably messy as fuck, gives me sea sickness
Rob songer are you a bricklayer or a bricktapper?? If I ever see you whacking your bricks with your trowel I will get my labourer to kick your work down 😡
This guy does quality work he needs to take a little more time and is not moving fast enough oh well but you just quality work
Nothing wrong with tapping bricks down.
Adam my laborer can beat up your labourer
adam spencer tapping makes it stronger