How good it is to see you both working together, there's going to be some cross words at times but that's normal. The work you produce is second to none and the commentary so helpful. Well done both.
This is amazing! Thank you for sharing! I live in the midwest in the US and for 6 years I’ve been having leaky windows after I had a popular window company install storm windows. I been arguing with them for years. The only leaks is after they installed the storm windows and all the old windows are okay. My windows leak in between the original wood windows and the vinyl storm windows this big box store installed. The wall above the windows has mildewed and molded several times. They come and say they Re-adjusted the windows, I get the wall repaired 2 years later the same problem. Much respect! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Wow that was a tricky job but you sorted it no problem. Excellent work and video although I have to say it was all down to your dads mixing of the mortar. What a star he is👍👍👍👍
Beautiful workmanship, and you make it look so effortless. Therein lies the trap for us DIY'ers, one load of mortar in and experience runs into reality. :)
Some absolute cowboys out there🤔. Excellent work again stu. And that is why you get so many repeat customers 👍👍. Good to see the chuckle brothers back in action.
an excellent video, very useful thankyou, that original tray is pretty useless but we live and learn and I like the way you put it all right, those weeps will do the trick
Great video, but I am confused about the lintel. My home has a lintel over every window, about the same span as the door in your video. How do you determine it is okay to eliminate the iron lintel?
Alright Stu thanks for the upload. I've got a paddle mixer and large tub for the small mixes. Saves your back and get a cracking mix using less water. You'll have to get one for the old fella.
Can I ask a question? When you're cutting out like that I see you didn't need acro's. When would you need to use acro's? As I would have thought the bricks above the cut out would want to fall down as there's is nothing supporting them whilst you do your repair
Reckon the logic is that If the mortar is good, the triangle of brick that it's holding up should be good for a while. Also depends on whether anything else is bearing onto it. If it's not good mortar, then adiós bricks!
*Mate I am new to this ....can you answer a question ? ....when mixing sand and cement 4:1 how much water do we need to add , what should the consistency be like ? Thanks 👍*
@@seniorgolfprogress83 *Thanks for the reply mate ...but I thought it was some near exact measurement e.g... 4:1 kg in sand / cement may take 1 liter. ..maybe 🤔*
Terry Chootiyaa you add the water a little at a time until you get the right consistency depending on what you’re doing, if you’re doing an extension and it’s brickwork you’d make a creamy mix, and if it’s blockwork you’d make a bit of a stiffer mix so it’s not as wet but it’s still workable, if you add all the water in one go it might be too much your mix is ruined if it’s too runny and you’ll have to keep adding and adding sand and cement until it’s right, water makes it look like it’s mixing but you have to let the sand and cement mix on its own and give it time, I’ve been making mixes for 2-3 years and if you have a standard mixer there’s always a lip/line in the middle of the drum and if the sand is nice and fluffy (dry) That’s where I fill water up to but if my sand is wet, sometimes no water is not needed and the sand has all the water inside it for you, and I just add Feb, theres no rule for the water as it varies between what you’re doing and how the materials are.
Terry Chootiyaa sand will come with different water content depending how it has been stored at a yard or how long it’s been stored .and wether it’s been sheltered or left in the open in bays with rain or sun on it ect
Come to my house in the midlands stu and put a lintel above a bay window, lead the roof and sort a staggered crack in brickwork .. please 😂 you pair are proper professionals!
stu I’ll pay for the digs 😅 I’m holding you to this pal, I’m a long time subscriber and know you and your dad was looking at a camper-caravan🧐 Imagine the content, you pair on the road.
Nice job stu the building regs in Scotland want a weep vent every 2 brick over a lintel they also want lintel on a bed of mortar and dpc on a thin bed i take it its different in England m8
stu been meaning to say, on jobs when you finish cutting your identity a hose to soak dry face work not only gets rid of brick dust but you'll find better when pointing in... malcs Perth WA
Our 1930's ex council house has creasing tiles above the front UPVC windows. When the rain is heavy water often comes through to the inside of the window. There appears to be no lintel just creasing tiles. How can I stop the water from getting in? Do the tiles need to be replaced with a lintel? I'm not a bricklayer. Can someone advise. Thanks.
Thank you gentlemen for a really good video really showing the good stuff you know. The finished work looks really outstanding. Questions thought, those orange spacers, why are they used for, and it seems that the aren't sealing the gap in any way, it would reason that water could drip inside and in between them. What say you, please educate me, and again thank you for the leaned knowledge.
Stu,what is the building regs on cavity wall try,I've got water ingress above a window ,had window in for 30 years,don't know if cavity tray was ever installed before windows were ever put in,can u advise please.thankyou..informative video.
If I hadn't of seen that scabby rusty lintel I wouldn't of believed it,Iv had to cut loads of trays in as an apprentice and I thought what a waste of time,we'll now I know, You do a great job Stu, I'm a chippie but I love a bit of brickwork if get the chance ,I've built a few extensions over the years I'd make more if I subbed them out but I just enjoy it,No 2 storeys though it would take me to long,Anyway I love your channel you deserve every success
Doing my garage conversion. Top of window that is going in meets soffit board of small roof above. Timber frame house. Does that need a cavity tray and if so how does that get installed? Enjoyed the video lads.
thanks for this wonderful tutorial, as you promised, during 2020 you will teach us some brick fixing. got a question from your project, that you insert 3 plastic orange vent plate, I suppose they are used for preventing water stuck inside, my home is also entire brick home build 2014, I checked all over the house, the builder didn't install any of these, should I be worried, should I go install some myself ? I noticed on my bottom layer of stairs, some brick surface is falling off, maybe it is due to water damage and cold weather.
The lads I labour for do their lintels and cavity trays properly but as they build higher the things just gets packed with compo and its annoying me especially above doors and windows as their is no way of clearing it once they have built up. How would you prevent this from happening ?
Excellent job and well explained. It's just a shame that it wasnt done right first time. Then again if it wasnt for numpty's decent tradesmen would be out of work lol. It would be nice if you could find out if the same bricky has done any more jobs like this you could follow him round lol
Its scary to see people putting stuff in but totally wrong, and if you think about it its easy to see why, I'm an IT guy but can understand how it works, need to do brick work on my house, this helps so much
I was handmixing mortar all week, just couldn't get that same creamy soft consistency, I used less water, more water, more mixing, less mixing, the mortar always looked a bit sandy and started to harden on a tray very quickly. All done now, was a nightmare though.
How much does that cost to have that done as I'm looking around for the same thing doing apart from it's a window that needs doing as I'm getting rain coming through it all started 3years ago so this is the 3rd time this has happened it used to be a council house till I bought it so ever time it's been repaired by the council and subcontractors called Mears have just repointed the problem not taken bricks out to look to see the problem and fix it as they are totally cowboys and just bodge it up on 3 times so just wondering how much i would be looking at I know all bricky's have different prices cheers bud
You're a lucky fella Stu, working with your old man and obviously your mate. Sod the money ,them memories are priceless. Keep up the good work pal.
Exactly mate money is paper, working with dad is precious 👍
Yes indeed. I miss my pops. Enjoy every minute with him.
U and your father working together and best mate. The way u give your dad respect its priceless. Well done
How good it is to see you both working together, there's going to be some cross words at times but that's normal. The work you produce is second to none and the commentary so helpful. Well done both.
Something therapeutic about the mortar being mixed. Downtown Chicago watching this....at work.
Good to watch someone else do it !
This is amazing! Thank you for sharing! I live in the midwest in the US and for 6 years I’ve been having leaky windows after I had a popular window company install storm windows. I been arguing with them for years. The only leaks is after they installed the storm windows and all the old windows are okay. My windows leak in between the original wood windows and the vinyl storm windows this big box store installed. The wall above the windows has mildewed and molded several times. They come and say they Re-adjusted the windows, I get the wall repaired 2 years later the same problem. Much respect! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
how do you keep the tray clean when installing the bricks again, isn't there mortar dropping in?
Wow that was a tricky job but you sorted it no problem. Excellent work and video although I have to say it was all down to your dads mixing of the mortar. What a star he is👍👍👍👍
I like how your a very accomplished bricky and still listen to your dad lol
Beautiful workmanship, and you make it look so effortless. Therein lies the trap for us DIY'ers, one load of mortar in and experience runs into reality. :)
"Builder required - no John Waynes need apply". Good job you know what you're doing Stu!
Thank you , Stu , and KC .
*That's really good mate.. 👍👍..in your next video can you make a garden tandoori oven or a brick barbecue 👍👍*
Thats a top quality job mate. You and your team are a credit to your industry. If only you guys were down South!
Absolutely brilliant Stu. Just remarkable. Such magnificent workmanship. You can't even tell it's been repaired. Your skill is just extraordinary. 😊👍
A good tradesman make it looks easy - Thanks for taking the time to video your work - Very informative.
First memory as a kid, my Grandad showing me how to mix compo!!! like KC on a board, something's never change apart from Grandads not here any more😔
Brillo Stu, great video, good on y'a. And your accent reminds of my time living in the UK, long long ago.
I love KC
" Luke a rat. Rats doubled een sighs"
😂
Some absolute cowboys out there🤔. Excellent work again stu. And that is why you get so many repeat customers 👍👍. Good to see the chuckle brothers back in action.
to me
@@Stucrompton1 to you....
Lovely job, description and instruction of what you're doing Stu 👌
King KC 😎😎😎 beaut job again 👌👌🏴
cheers peter hope youre well
@@Stucrompton1 good ta 👍👍
Great viewing again Stu, keep them coming
What a great relationship you and your dad have. Your both at the top of the tree.
an excellent video, very useful thankyou, that original tray is pretty useless but we live and learn and I like the way you put it all right, those weeps will do the trick
Really neat job. Very impressed.
Lovely job 👍👍👍 you two are a great team together
stu did you not need to support the above brickwork whilst replacing the lintel?
Hi Jason yes we did support the brickwork but it is my secret and nothing moved no cracks it was 👌 kc👍
@@seniorgolfprogress83 thanks for the reply kc. absolutely love watchin you guys👌
Your old man is right. It's a cracking job.
Great video, but I am confused about the lintel. My home has a lintel over every window, about the same span as the door in your video. How do you determine it is okay to eliminate the iron lintel?
Another beautiful job , you told it so well I now know how it should be done. 👍🏻😎👍🏻
3:00 that’s a shovel.Leave the spade for Alan Titchmarsh.🤣✌🏻
Another job welldone you keep them hands warm KC
Good lads.Pride in the job goes a very long way.👍
It's relaxing to watch that brick job 👍
I like that joint finish, it really sets of the brickwork, good job fellas
Alright Stu thanks for the upload. I've got a paddle mixer and large tub for the small mixes. Saves your back and get a cracking mix using less water. You'll have to get one for the old fella.
will have to have a look at one we are old fashioned
Another top job stew.
Little tip, fill the frog on the last course of bricks it will pack point a dream 👍
Cheers Craig
Smashed it as always Stu 💪
cheers paul trying to show all these little other parts of bricklaying, hope your well paul
Hand mixing on a board or a barrow keeps you fit for sure. Dunno how many mixes i done like that as a young un.
Can I ask a question? When you're cutting out like that I see you didn't need acro's. When would you need to use acro's? As I would have thought the bricks above the cut out would want to fall down as there's is nothing supporting them whilst you do your repair
Reckon the logic is that If the mortar is good, the triangle of brick that it's holding up should be good for a while. Also depends on whether anything else is bearing onto it. If it's not good mortar, then adiós bricks!
is it necessary to make the masonry and bricks wet before the bricklaying?
How come no acrows? Reason I ask is im changing the angle iron over my 2mtr front window. Is it best to have some acrows with strong boys ?
Master at work good work stu
*Mate I am new to this ....can you answer a question ? ....when mixing sand and cement 4:1 how much water do we need to add , what should the consistency be like ? Thanks 👍*
Hi Terry what it is trial and error there is all different types of Sand some sand takes lots of water others don’tHope this helps
@@seniorgolfprogress83 *Thanks for the reply mate ...but I thought it was some near exact measurement e.g... 4:1 kg in sand / cement may take 1 liter. ..maybe 🤔*
Terry Chootiyaa you add the water a little at a time until you get the right consistency depending on what you’re doing, if you’re doing an extension and it’s brickwork you’d make a creamy mix, and if it’s blockwork you’d make a bit of a stiffer mix so it’s not as wet but it’s still workable, if you add all the water in one go it might be too much your mix is ruined if it’s too runny and you’ll have to keep adding and adding sand and cement until it’s right, water makes it look like it’s mixing but you have to let the sand and cement mix on its own and give it time, I’ve been making mixes for 2-3 years and if you have a standard mixer there’s always a lip/line in the middle of the drum and if the sand is nice and fluffy (dry) That’s where I fill water up to but if my sand is wet, sometimes no water is not needed and the sand has all the water inside it for you, and I just add Feb, theres no rule for the water as it varies between what you’re doing and how the materials are.
Terry Chootiyaa sand will come with different water content depending how it has been stored at a yard or how long it’s been stored .and wether it’s been sheltered or left in the open in bays with rain or sun on it ect
Come to my house in the midlands stu and put a lintel above a bay window, lead the roof and sort a staggered crack in brickwork .. please 😂 you pair are proper professionals!
we will when we get a camper van :)
stu I’ll pay for the digs 😅
I’m holding you to this pal, I’m a long time subscriber and know you and your dad was looking at a camper-caravan🧐
Imagine the content, you pair on the road.
Nice job stu the building regs in Scotland want a weep vent every 2 brick over a lintel they also want lintel on a bed of mortar and dpc on a thin bed i take it its different in England m8
Pretty much same it’s every 2 or 4 brick lintel is bedded on mortar and dpc on thin bed too 👍
@@Stucrompton1 thanks for that stu top man
Maximum every two bricks/450mm in England too. NHBC Regs.
@@mattyc2008 thanks its good to see the nhbc regs are the same north and south of the border
stu been meaning to say, on jobs when you finish cutting your identity a hose to soak dry face work not only gets rid of brick dust but you'll find better when pointing in... malcs Perth WA
Great work mate. Learned a bit more . Many thanks.
Fantastic stu.i liked the sing song and the banter 😁👍🏻
its good to have a laugh
Yeah pal.i totally agree with u mate
Fantastic job! Thanks for sharing and passing on your knowledge and great tunes to boot! 🎸
Our 1930's ex council house has creasing tiles above the front UPVC windows. When the rain is heavy water often comes through to the inside of the window. There appears to be no lintel just creasing tiles. How can I stop the water from getting in? Do the tiles need to be replaced with a lintel? I'm not a bricklayer. Can someone advise. Thanks.
Stu what was that stuff you added to the mortar? I don't understand why your muck always looks buttery smooth
Plasticiser
Bit sad I know but ....I love watching a bricklayer....always looks easy.🤪
Stu can you do a vid using hollow concrete blocks with piers?
Cracking job mate.
Top man. I love watching both of you
Awesome video guys. Brilliant.
Great job. Enjoyed the video as always.
Jeez! you guys made meal of that muck mixing...
Nice brickwork as per usual!
Learning to use and handle most important thing
How do you determine how many bricks you can take away above the lintel before the brickwork above will move and crack?
calculate weight of bricks and correspond to lintel, they vary from standard load to heavy duty and come in all sorts of shapes and sized
stu crompton he meant how can you tell you can remove old lintel and brick above without the bricks above moving Stu, not how do you size the lintel.
And the answer to Bens question is because he just can. He will know what he can get away with without a strong boy etc by way of being experienced
We did prop above but using another method, it depends on so many different things it’s not a straight answer. Maybe do a video ok that topic Ben
@@Stucrompton1 yeah a video of that would be great 👍👍. Please
Thank you gentlemen for a really good video really showing the good stuff you know. The finished work looks really outstanding.
Questions thought, those orange spacers, why are they used for, and it seems that the aren't sealing the gap in any way, it would reason that water could drip inside and in between them. What say you, please educate me, and again thank you for the leaned knowledge.
What were them plastic spacers for? Ventilation and drainage?
Stu,what is the building regs on cavity wall try,I've got water ingress above a window ,had window in for 30 years,don't know if cavity tray was ever installed before windows were ever put in,can u advise please.thankyou..informative video.
I'm now schooled thanks for this well made video
Oh my god what building man nice bricks man
I'm a tad confused. At the start you seem to be showing some rusty metal. What is it and was it replaced?
If I hadn't of seen that scabby rusty lintel I wouldn't of believed it,Iv had to cut loads of trays in as an apprentice and I thought what a waste of time,we'll now I know,
You do a great job Stu, I'm a chippie but I love a bit of brickwork if get the chance ,I've built a few extensions over the years I'd make more if I subbed them out but I just enjoy it,No 2 storeys though it would take me to long,Anyway I love your channel you deserve every success
Nice job stu
cheers richard mate
Brilliant again 😁
Round and round the garden pmsl , KC you are brill mate 😂
Great job again Stu 👍👍👍
Love these vids. Satisfying to watch and educational 👍
Try using a marshaltown tilers trowel for little jobs like that..its a godsend.
Fantastic job 👏
Doing my garage conversion. Top of window that is going in meets soffit board of small roof above. Timber frame house. Does that need a cavity tray and if so how does that get installed? Enjoyed the video lads.
Beautiful and clean job guys.
So did you fit a new lintel then under that stuff ?
This might sound like a silly question, but what is the purpose of the 3 spacers on the first course you laid?
They are to let any water penetration come out of the cavity hope this helps kc👍
thanks for this wonderful tutorial, as you promised, during 2020 you will teach us some brick fixing. got a question from your project, that you insert 3 plastic orange vent plate, I suppose they are used for preventing water stuck inside, my home is also entire brick home build 2014, I checked all over the house, the builder didn't install any of these, should I be worried, should I go install some myself ? I noticed on my bottom layer of stairs, some brick surface is falling off, maybe it is due to water damage and cold weather.
Hi Steven It sounds to me like it could be a cheap brick but I can’t be sure without seeing them Thanks KC
Cracking vid mate 👍
@03:33 "10ml of that one" what being added ?
The lads I labour for do their lintels and cavity trays properly but as they build higher the things just gets packed with compo and its annoying me especially above doors and windows as their is no way of clearing it once they have built up. How would you prevent this from happening ?
Wish you guys lived in Stockton on tees I'm looking for some building work and you guys are awesome I watch all your videos absolutely class lads
What are those two pieces of red stuff between the bricks for?
They are weep vents. They allow water to flow out from behind the brick if it happens to get back there.
@@m.renner9650 Thanks for the name and what it is use for..
Excellent job and well explained. It's just a shame that it wasnt done right first time. Then again if it wasnt for numpty's decent tradesmen would be out of work lol. It would be nice if you could find out if the same bricky has done any more jobs like this you could follow him round lol
Question Stu, what do you use to clean the bricks that get some mortar on them ? Thx
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Where is the water coming from? Was it getting down the cavity 🧐
Moisture within the cavity, hence the need for a cavity tray
Why are you not using a mortar mixer?
Using cordless drill or mixer to mix this, not concrete mixer. You didn't see anyone to that?
get your old fella a paddle mixer Stu, save his old bones... lol
Your amazing and the passion you have for the brick work just wondering have you ever tried stone work?
Its scary to see people putting stuff in but totally wrong, and if you think about it its easy to see why, I'm an IT guy but can understand how it works, need to do brick work on my house, this helps so much
*mate ! Why put that plastic between the bricks ? What purpose?*
They let out any water that gathers in the cavity.
Its weep holes used to to let water out that may get in
OK thanks for the reply guys 👍👍
I was handmixing mortar all week, just couldn't get that same creamy soft consistency, I used less water, more water, more mixing, less mixing, the mortar always looked a bit sandy and started to harden on a tray very quickly. All done now, was a nightmare though.
Very very good video,, 👍👌👍👌👍
What kind of lintel is that ?
How much does that cost to have that done as I'm looking around for the same thing doing apart from it's a window that needs doing as I'm getting rain coming through it all started 3years ago so this is the 3rd time this has happened it used to be a council house till I bought it so ever time it's been repaired by the council and subcontractors called Mears have just repointed the problem not taken bricks out to look to see the problem and fix it as they are totally cowboys and just bodge it up on 3 times so just wondering how much i would be looking at I know all bricky's have different prices cheers bud
Smart job
Nice job bro 👍 thanks
Ever thought of getting a tub for mud mix
? Theres no point