I'm a 5 year served chippie, all the old boys wore aprons in the joiners shop and were perfectonists, not quick, but bloody neat, just like the old brickie and yourselve Ben, couple of legends ❤
@@thomasgriffiths5594 I worked sites for about 16 years. Done day work and price. The only thing that I thought was a joke… bricklayers thinking they can start a gang and pay us all day rate 😂😂. Done a 3/1 for a wile and we all split 25% the hoddy earnt every penny. Bricklayers think they are special for some strange reason
@allnightmike8374 in his day my dad was fast and neat but he’s 74 now so I take the title 😂 my brother is getting very good he might end up better than me. I hope he does 👍
Great brickwork ben,you are a real perfectionist taking great pride in yr work. Old bricky doing a Sterling job on the camera also with good commentary and old tales of yesteryear.nice video.
@@Theoldbricklayer on it again looks well, i would always have the 3 brick end, cloaked stretcher facing, however its solid , knew an old boy that said he was due and deserved a silver trowel, a labourer handed him a bag of silver spoon sugar! that sussed him;
Got to be the best father and son work mates going .. such a great laugh to watch yuz and listen to .. next vid mate fist bump u dad and send regards 😂🖐👏👍
Top job as always mate 🧱👊👊my old boss won the golden trowel when he was going threw his time at college he's now a bricklayer teacher at college now 🧱👊👊
Nice to see some care in the work. I'm currently helping to restore the concrete mural that's outside Sainsbury's in Town Hall Square. Someone (before us) had made a right mess of repointing the bricks, I think they flicked a load of cement at the cracks and walked away.
Excellent job. The metal ties at the end brick is a great idea. Did you put screws in on the outside too. Love your Dads tales, they always make me laugh
Love the old bricklayer ❤ The way he does it is like rolling a beautiful joint .. 😮 Correctly measured to build up a beautiful high .. Godspeed the old bricky and son ❤ I normally get the munchies after building up such a beautiful high 😮 Love when the old bricky gets his munchies for bacon butties and more 🤣🤣🤣
They have to lay bricks like maniacs as they get 60-70 p a brick I charge £2 so can plod along and still make a good wage. Thanks for your comments and I hope you have a great weekend
Remember being a Labourer in 1990 only 16 years old my first job....the brickies got a flyer Friday they forgot to clean the mixer....so my job Monday morning with a hammer chisel cleaning out the bastard mixer
Think you’ll find English Garden Wall bond is three course of stretchers to one course of headers, probably just a slip of the tongue by the old bricklayer but no taking anything away from a very nice wall especially with shit LBC bricks
I was at that college south borough St John’s rd didn’t go in that pub all the tutors were in there I was there 1976 to 1977 great college Derek hook hook was our tutor and very good never forgot it one of the best times of my life 👌
I didn’t go to college I got my dad to train me and got a blue nvq via the back door . Was driving the telehandler when the assessor turned up he made me lay 1 block and that was it 😂
@@robertpainter5210 I was there day release and one night a week from 72 to 75 carpentry and still on the tools 50 years on ( Greenhearttimberframeltd) 👍
Hi Ben just a quick question I'm a bricklayer in Guernsey Channel Islands and we use a lot of concrete 6 x 4 6 x 9 bricks do you use many of them in the UK to build houses or do you just use standard London bricks
@@Theoldbricklayer thanks Ben it must make work a lot easier in some ways because you can lay more bricks a bit more faster than we can obviously. But as you may know we're also deal with a lot of Guernsey blue granite on a lot of houses over here. I'm currently working in a house that was built in 1786 and there is a lot of granite coins as we have to try and keep it as original as possible but it's been turned into flats so there's only a couple of brick walls going up. If only I could show you photos it's a lovely place.
@@Theoldbricklayer Thanks for reply, love his sense of humour, on my level. I am 64 awarded silver trowel in 1979, unfortunately had to retire early this year due to illness, that’s why I find time now to watch these videos. Keep up the good work on film and site, nice to see someone still producing skilled quality workmanship, standards have really fallen in recent years.
Not any more government took that away I will pay his heating bill no problems He prefers the heat from the log fire so will treat him to a few ton of good quality seasoned logs
In the U.K. we have to lay the bricks frog up. Other country’s are frog down These bricks have the biggest voids you can get so laying them frog down would be impossible to get the beds full
As Bert the hands from Sunbury used to say " I'm here in a super visory capacity " not to be confused with Harry the hat , Mick the boot or Gerry the head also late of this parish
Great workmaship have to say also down south tge bricks are lovely to work with when i served my time in scotland the english used to call out bricks Bast--d bricks as they was the worse brick in the world
@@Theoldbricklayer not cheap now but ones in scotland used to be made from coal believe it or not our facing brick would have been rejected for common brick down south
Looks like an exciting job. But the wind,better on film, much warmer,amazing pensioner it's what keeps him young all this fame, did he ever get that new car 🚗 a red one same colour as bricks,everyone gives him gifts wow 😂wall looks great good job.
I'm a 5 year served chippie, all the old boys wore aprons in the joiners shop and were perfectonists, not quick, but bloody neat, just like the old brickie and yourselve Ben, couple of legends ❤
It’s not about speed it’s about doing the best job you can
Your dead right there mate that's why I never went on building site, own work, at your own pace, no comebacks, and made a good living
@@thomasgriffiths5594 I worked sites for about 16 years. Done day work and price. The only thing that I thought was a joke… bricklayers thinking they can start a gang and pay us all day rate 😂😂. Done a 3/1 for a wile and we all split 25% the hoddy earnt every penny. Bricklayers think they are special for some strange reason
HAHAHA
@@Theoldbricklayer the old bricky special though ☝️☝️☝️
Brilliant commentary from a very wise brickie. Meticulously laid and very presentable. Old school values here.Wonderful to see !!!
Lovely work. I like listening to the old brickie talking, he's a great guy.
Yes he’s a great guy a character
New video tomorrow with the old bricky and my brother the younger bricky
What’s the rating for best bricky out of the dad older brother and younger brother
Honestly can’t listen to you both all day. What a fantastic relationship you both have. Amazing to see. Keep on being you
Thanks me and my dad are very close . He’s a great guy.
@allnightmike8374 in his day my dad was fast and neat but he’s 74 now so I take the title 😂 my brother is getting very good he might end up better than me. I hope he does 👍
@@allnightmike8374 Dont forget the old boy was a foreman aged 22 .LEGEND
I work with an old boy bricklayer the man was a true gent big love to bob hope you are well and still kicking
Another pristine job and another bonus old story from the old brickie, doesn’t get much better 👌
Great brickwork ben,you are a real perfectionist taking great pride in yr work. Old bricky doing a Sterling job on the camera also with good commentary and old tales of yesteryear.nice video.
Thanks new video tomorrow
Old brickie works in any conditions
As he is a master of his trade
Love your channel. You guys do the best work. Wish we had the Old Bricklayer near me in the USA.
Thanks very much . Will be a longer vid tomorrow
Love your channel lads 😊 I came across you by your stories on Instagram, then came over here to follow you 😀
We only have RUclips so if you have seen us elsewhere that’s an imposter 😂
absolutely fabulous banter good on the pair of you
Thank you hopefully many more vids to come
i'd rather pay someone more to get the job done right, than pay cheap and then have to get the job done again. you two are great 👍
Thank you have a great weekend
Love the advertising placement under the T shirt 3:31 😂 Reputation to preserve and all that.
@@Dungshoveleux typical bricky that is 😂😂😂😂
Nice job, love the old bricklayer
Looks great Ben and young man. Good idea those ties and SBR cuz you always see them popped off. 🍻
Yep end one can be knocked off easy with out the clamps they was £1.60 each 😂
@@Theoldbricklayer on it again looks well, i would always have the 3 brick end, cloaked stretcher facing, however its solid , knew an old boy that said
he was due and deserved a silver trowel, a labourer handed him a bag of silver spoon sugar! that sussed him;
Had to match the existing but none of them had the brackets
good to see the old queen closers on the end but one , nice work chasps
Thanks have a great evening
Old Brickie - master teacher! He's bending quite well for his age!
Very well for a man with a plastic hip and a metal hip
Got to be the best father and son work mates going .. such a great laugh to watch yuz and listen to .. next vid mate fist bump u dad and send regards 😂🖐👏👍
Thanks have a great weekend
Lovely job both now the trade in side out love the banter 😂🤙
For us our vids are just a laugh but try and show a bit of what I do ….
Ben knows his job thank you very much !
I should do he taught me 😂
@@Theoldbricklayer 🙏
You two are quality 👊🏻 love your videos 👍.
Thanks new vid tomorrow evening my bro is with us tomorrow
He's only here for Supervising Skills, I love it.. your Killing it lads
Supervisor /advisor is his new title. Got some t shirts being printed soon for him 😂
Quality work and quick, very quick! You move really well, as does The Old.. but in his own time! 😂❤
Top job as always mate 🧱👊👊my old boss won the golden trowel when he was going threw his time at college he's now a bricklayer teacher at college now 🧱👊👊
That looks so good,jedi knights of brick laying
Great stuff finally we saw him lay a brick
Nice to see some care in the work. I'm currently helping to restore the concrete mural that's outside Sainsbury's in Town Hall Square. Someone (before us) had made a right mess of repointing the bricks, I think they flicked a load of cement at the cracks and walked away.
Work of art
Ben you should have one of those fold up tents for you and your dad to work under, for the sun and rain.
If it’s to hot or wet I stay at home 😂
@@Theoldbricklayer 👍
@@TheoldbricklayerDefinitely. Same here with working with fibreglass.
Great finish, another happy customer 😊
Got the other side to do tomorrow
Great weekend watch. Looked wicked at end too.
Another vid tomorrow will try and make it 15 mins will upload in the evening got my dad the old bricky and my brother tomorrow
@@Theoldbricklayer young blood is going to show us how to do it. Sweet
Yep will be a good day with them both should be fun
Good watch as usual. Nice wall aswell.
Thank you new vid tomorrow evening
Great video lads, 🫡🙏
Thank you have a great evening
Excellent job.
The metal ties at the end brick is a great idea. Did you put screws in on the outside too.
Love your Dads tales, they always make me laugh
No I don’t use screws. I did put sbr on the and brick so should never move
All in all it's justa ,nother brick in the wall..
Right where is my cooked breakfast.
Top Job.
The Old brickie brightens up my day. "you better believe he does"🤠😎
The old soldier course son love it!! Yesssss
Making it look so easy . Good skills .
I couldn't stop laughing he said I can come down and do it 😂
All good fun 😂😂😂
Barry the brick LOL what a legend 😂
😂😂😂
Lovely old job
The old brickie is a Legend ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Old Brickie is surprisingly good with the filming. Pat on the back to him! Back does look achey sometimes.
Few mil
Difference in the bricks as always
Nice work ben aswell as always
Thank you
Top job Ben
The old Bricky doing a supervisors job now
Yep supervisor/advisor is his title now 😂
Looks lovely fair play to you 👏
Thank you have a great weekend
Nice work,very neat n tidy 👍
It’s not perfect but it’s to a good standard
Old brickey knows what he’s doing, expert in action! Hope you got him a good full English after that Ben 😁
Always offer
Love the old bricklayer ❤
The way he does it is like rolling a beautiful joint ..
😮
Correctly measured to build up a beautiful high ..
Godspeed the old bricky and son ❤
I normally get the munchies after building up such a beautiful high 😮
Love when the old bricky gets his munchies for bacon butties and more 🤣🤣🤣
Nice work keep tapping the brick down
Thanks have a great weekend
Old brickie is good with a camera as well as the trowel!
Great job and memories 👍
That’s what this is about creating memories that will be stored forever
nice wall better than these so called brickie's that think they can lay thousands of bricks in a hour thanks for the video
They have to lay bricks like maniacs as they get 60-70 p a brick I charge £2 so can plod along and still make a good wage.
Thanks for your comments and I hope you have a great weekend
SERVED MY TIME IN THE SIXTIES AS A JOINER/CARPENTER really enjoyed WORKING WITH THE BRICKIES
I like working with the older brickys u can learn so much from them
Brickies and Carpenters are the main men on any site. Nothing happens without them.
Beautiful work cheers 🍻y’all are amazing 💪👍👌
Thank you have a great day
@@Theoldbricklayer not a bad day laying 4ft long pre cast bands on a college cheers brother 🍻
First time I've seen old brickie laying a brick usually pointing up or asking for more money 😂
We get a lot of pointing work and it’s quite profitable for me
@@Theoldbricklayer 😄
Remember being a Labourer in 1990 only 16 years old my first job....the brickies got a flyer Friday they forgot to clean the mixer....so my job Monday morning with a hammer chisel cleaning out the bastard mixer
@@lfcloyal8284 I have done that before 😂. Very recently . Got a new drum Friday very good price aswel
@@Theoldbricklayer 😄
Feel a costa comin on!
Only had 2 costas today
Fabulous. Top quality work to be proud of.
@@andrewnelson3681 thank you have a great day
Lovely clean job
Thank you
We have that colour brick and I want to repoint can you please tell me what was the mix you used ie; 3 builders sand and 1 cement? Great job.
I use 4.5 builders sand and 1 cement ……..
Old boy now a camera man is there no end to his talent
Camera man plus supervisor is his new title
Nice job guys
Thank you
Slow and steady wins the race😂 legend sir
I never rush no matter what
@@Theoldbricklayer work looks good all time. proper bricklayers 💪💪👊
Thanks have a great weekend
It's English bond, English garden bond is headers every six course. Basic for an apprentice trained bricklayer !
@@kevinmckenna-c9g 😂😂😂 we are painters and decorators
Think you’ll find English Garden Wall bond is three course of stretchers to one course of headers, probably just a slip of the tongue by the old bricklayer but no taking anything away from a very nice wall especially with shit LBC bricks
@@lordgoldenrodthefirsit's change now mate to everyone other course headers nightmare 🧱👊
No tipping my friend I like
Think I worked in Windsor with him and while I was working for a builder from Eton Wick 35 years ago!
Very possible he worked around Slough Windsor ect for over 40 years
Walk past it regularly 😁 nice job 👍
Thank you have a nice weekend
Do you old boys use the wooden or plastic string blocks to hook on the end of the walls to keep tension on your strings
But if the wall tops out without a rollock or header and just strecher would you lay it frog up?
Worst way top course frog up if they don’t want to buy a capping or have a brick on edge …..
Love work fellas
Really nice repair lads.
Slip of the tongue, he said English garden wall bond.
We know it is English bond but just pointing it out for the young lads.
Let them come and do it 🤣
Dam right
I did my time at west Kent college 52 years ago and the pub over the road was the cross keys is that the pub ? Nice job boys 👍
Not sure I spent most of my life living in Berkshire. Lived in bexhill about 8 years
I was at that college south borough St John’s rd didn’t go in that pub all the tutors were in there I was there 1976 to 1977 great college Derek hook hook was our tutor and very good never forgot it one of the best times of my life 👌
I didn’t go to college I got my dad to train me and got a blue nvq via the back door . Was driving the telehandler when the assessor turned up he made me lay 1 block and that was it 😂
@@robertpainter5210 I was there day release and one night a week from 72 to 75 carpentry and still on the tools 50 years on ( Greenhearttimberframeltd) 👍
@@paulstaton8267 I went back day realise 1977 and 1978 I had 47 yrs on trowel then called it a day
Very nice job that pal 👍👍
Thank you have a great weekend I give it 8/10 👍
I make it 9 / 10 you too bud 👍
Great video
Thank you have a great weekend
@@Theoldbricklayer and you your dad as taught you well grafting hard it’s the only way to be
@@joshd790 not many way to make money but grafting for it is better than stealing it . All my family are grafters even the women 😂
You should be sponsored by COSTA 😂
Quality finally seen him lay afew hes a working supervisor afterall
Couple of bricks was enough for today 😂
LOVE is best.
The old brickie ain’t there to work! He’s there to entertain the troops!
That’s his job title now
Hi Ben just a quick question I'm a bricklayer in Guernsey Channel Islands and we use a lot of concrete 6 x 4 6 x 9 bricks do you use many of them in the UK to build houses or do you just use standard London bricks
We pretty much lay standard size bricks 215x100x65 or blocks 440x215
@@Theoldbricklayer thanks Ben it must make work a lot easier in some ways because you can lay more bricks a bit more faster than we can obviously. But as you may know we're also deal with a lot of Guernsey blue granite on a lot of houses over here. I'm currently working in a house that was built in 1786 and there is a lot of granite coins as we have to try and keep it as original as possible but it's been turned into flats so there's only a couple of brick walls going up. If only I could show you photos it's a lovely place.
@thingstodoinguernseychanne4950 sounds like interesting work. My email is on my about me page …. Hope you have a great evening
Whs silver trowel? How old is the old bricklayer?
Silver trowel was an award from back in the day at college. He’s 74
@@Theoldbricklayer Thanks for reply, love his sense of humour, on my level. I am 64 awarded silver trowel in 1979, unfortunately had to retire early this year due to illness, that’s why I find time now to watch these videos. Keep up the good work on film and site, nice to see someone still producing skilled quality workmanship, standards have really fallen in recent years.
Thats a master brick layer.LEGEND
Hello Ben is this person used to get heating allowance .?
Not any more government took that away
I will pay his heating bill no problems
He prefers the heat from the log fire so will treat him to a few ton of good quality seasoned logs
Well done lads 10 out of 10 someone how has been in the trade for 42 years and still in it but it is getting harder 😉 👍
Every day gets harder
Would the old brick later do it in half the time though? Same age?
If he was my age he would he had it up in a couple hours he was very fast in his day
I understand frog up but just for clarification why not frog down on the last course? Only asking for knowledge because I love masonry and it’s my job
Spoke to soon 😅roll lock on top sorry old bricky 😅
In the U.K. we have to lay the bricks frog up. Other country’s are frog down
These bricks have the biggest voids you can get so laying them frog down would be impossible to get the beds full
@@Theoldbricklayer I fully understand I was taught frog up here in Virginia USA. Y’all are awesome thank you for your reply 💪😎
I used to cut the old bricklayers hair in Cippenham
We remember you. Very fast with the sizzors and a great cut 👍
Who is the old brickie
@@IanHyslop-w8n ?
Old bricklayer..What you doing tomorrow lunchtime..come over we can talk bricks...I'll cook you a roast. Keep up the good work lads.
Thank you have a great weekend
Bens pretty good too
8/10 😂
@@Theoldbricklayer Ben id give a 9 old brickie 11
Anything above a 1 is good for me 😂
@@Theoldbricklayer cool
Bexhill! I’m in Hastings do you want some work?
@@jaketracey9991 hi I’m booked up for a few months
As Bert the hands from Sunbury used to say " I'm here in a super visory capacity " not to be confused with Harry the hat , Mick the boot or Gerry the head also late of this parish
Great workmaship have to say also down south tge bricks are lovely to work with when i served my time in scotland the english used to call out bricks Bast--d bricks as they was the worse brick in the world
I think our bricks are crap usually all bent and twisted and they charge us nearly £2 each 😂
@@Theoldbricklayer not cheap now but ones in scotland used to be made from coal believe it or not our facing brick would have been rejected for common brick down south
It’s very interesting learning about what bricks was made in different areas and how they made them. I actually love bricks 😂
Good job boys perhaps they should have made their entrances wider
No I want it knocked down again more work 😂
Good pointing can make a Bad wall look good Bad pointing can make a good wall look Bad 😂😂😂😂
Looks like an exciting job. But the wind,better on film, much warmer,amazing pensioner it's what keeps him young all this fame, did he ever get that new car 🚗 a red one same colour as bricks,everyone gives him gifts wow 😂wall looks great good job.
No new car but I have a new van on the way soon 😂
I reckon the old brickie might have been in on the old Brinks Matt robbery 😂
He might have had a small share 😂
£2.50 a brick is that the virtual price or the real life price ?
It’s a wall repair so yes it’s what charge … it was £2.30 a brick labour only
Nice job , but I couldn’t get on with taking muck oh of those buckets, why not spot boards.
For an extension I will use my Marshall town boards but for smaller jobs I can’t be bothered putting every thing in the van
@@Theoldbricklayer ok fair comment 👍
As my old boss used to say never lay below your knee or above your nipple 😂