TOUGH EXTENSION UP TO DPC ..PART 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- THIS WEEK WE GO TO THE BUILDERS MERCHANTS TO PICK UP SOME MATERIALS AS THERE ISN'T A LOT OF ROOM ON THE JOB .
WE BUILD SOME FACEWORK AND GET THE INSIDE WALL UP TO DPC LEVEL SO WE HAVE THE OPTION TO DO THE SLAB IF THE WEATHER IS TOO BAD FOR BRICKWORK ......ENJOY
#UPTODPC #FOOTING #AWKWARD
This week i (Ste) dig out and install all the new drainage for the extension . It was quite tough and took nearly all day with the odd hick up too. It all makes a lot more sense now than when we dug it up...
It was all done in 100 mm brown underground plastic pipe .There are seperate drains for surface water and the foul ..... enjoy 🧱👍🏽
This week its the missing part 3 video . We uploaded part 4 by mistake last week . Its just a simple mainly normal speed video showing me and Al getting a few courses on before we prepped for the slab ....Enjoy
Business only contact : e mail .. kennedy.steven130@gmail.com
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Amazing Steve. God bless. I watch all your videos and love the connection between you both and how knowledgeable you are. I watch all the builders but always come to your channel as a favourite every time. Take care mate and thanks for your reply and cant wait for your next videos with your new Mic set up.
Thanks very much Sean 😁🧱👍🏽
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There's something about watching job videos on Sunday that is just very relaxing. Maybe to do with watching all the steps and progress and considering the ins and outs while having no obligation to deal with any of it for once 😎. Great going as always.
Cheers buddy and thanks for watching 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽
Nice work lads 👍
Charlie Collison cheers pal ...... except the half in the front 🙄😂🧱👍🏽
Bricklaying With Steve and Alex lol easy enough mistake to make 👍 people like to see the mistakes anyway 😂
Charlie Collison Very true 🧱👍🏽
Pure genuine work from honest people, making building work very appealing, looking forward for next week
Abder Elhoudaigui . Thanks very much and thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏼
Top class vids these. Pig of a job dealt with so professionally, you are clearly thinking ahead all the time. Hope the clients appreciate you chaps!
Carl Cheers Carl , much appreciated. The customers are great and a pleasure to work for.
Luckily for us and them they don’t live there yet so gives us the chance to take our time and get things right and not worry to much about the mess .
Thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏼
Hi Steve n Alex found some your old videos hadn't watched keep up great work lads look forward to nx new video 👍
Nice one Dave 225 altogether 🧱🧱😁👍🏽
I love the look at the end when the young bloke masters something. Nothing beats trades for job satisfaction.
Thanks pal , totally agree
Thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏼
Nice vid. Good to see you include the hiccups (half brick) as well, that's how people learn. Great work.
Catabatic Anabatic . Thanks pal nobody is perfect . We would much rather keep it real than edit out all the mistakes.
Thanks for watching and commenting 👍🏼🧱
Another great honest vidio as usual love the half in the brickwork we've all done it have a good weekend.
Cheers Mervyn yes ... too many times 😬. You have a good weekend too pal 🧱👍🏼
Very informative video - many thanks for taking time to record it amongst all your hard graft 💪👍
Paul Lilly . Cheers Paul . Yes I can be difficult to just stop and talk sometimes 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Taken shape boys well done
mark dwyer . Yes thanks Mark we are getting there 🧱👍🏽
I hope the client appreciates the quality of your planning , work and service.
andrewb113 . Our clients are great , very patient and trustful , a pleasure to work for 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Their patients reflects their trust in your ability and skills boys.
james gallagher Cheers James 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
TA FICANDO SHOWW..UM FORTE ABRAÇO
Obrigado meu Amigo 🙏🧱👍🏼
Well done, nifty way of measuring,(dry brick),coooool!!!
Ian Howard Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽
Love the block clamps for carrying em...save your back...you soon got rid of the pig in the middle..lol...looking forward to seeing the next vid..:)
Wayne Bailey Evening Wayne , they are brill , they save your glove s, your back and time , wish I had invented them . Got loads of footage from this job 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
Great job lads, awkward little job but looking nice and tidy,have a good week👍
Certainly is James but it’s coming on well and has been quite enjoyable...... except the steels 🥵🥵🥵🧱👍🏼
I’m not keen on wrestling steels around,we got the steel company we use to make us a little trolley with a couple of wheels on that helps a lot.loking forward to see the next episode 👍
james d Cheers James , we used 2 pieces of soil pipe to get them round to back of the house ..... that was the easy bit ! 🥵😂🧱👍🏼
Love them custom brick prongs, save so much time setting out
Kris Rickson . I can’t tell you how much time and energy those bad boys save . I don’t know how people manage without them ! 🧱👍🏼
@@SteveAndAlexBuild you can tell mate, most labourers would struggle to carry the amount of bricks u have on 1 let alone 2 😂 😂
Kris Rickson . They are great , they hold 12 the same as the old hod but instead of wrecking your shoulder they are perfectly balanced especially over rough ground 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
Pain in the arse that drainage can't beat new builds tho great work lads as always c u next week
Cheers Stew , this little extension fought us every step of the way , a real tough one but enjoyable 🧱👍🏼
Thanks Steve for vid, looking forward to seeing the rest of the footage (love it buddy but bloody glad I’ve got a couple days off, you enjoy your holiday)
gareth hope . Thanks pal , have a good break . I’ll still be posting next Friday .... the wonders of the internet 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Fair play to you steve you get get on with it on your own respect yet again another cracking job lads luv watching a skilled brickie at wrk keep it boi's 👌👌👌👌
Anthony Brown . Nice one , thanks Anthony 🧱👍🏽
Love watching these...your a good hard working builder like I use to be ....I'd like to get into the game
Thanks Paul , it’s a very satisfying job 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
what i love about you steve you give great desciptions of materials you use also quantaties you use keep it up mate cheers to you and alex
Lin Cordery . Thanks very much 🧱👍🏽
Good job you are the best ever
Fanny Ake 😂🧱👍🏽 cheers
Great video. Keep it up guys 👌👍
LukeH- Cheers Luke , plenty more to come 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
Brilliant work keep it up 👍💪
Jay jay Bee . Nice one , thanks Jay , plenty more videos to come from this job 👌🏼🧱
Hey lads great video thanks for posting I’m watching regular now , gotta say love the brick clamps ! Great idea, I just seen this so I’ll be digging the arc welder out later and making some, such a simple great idea saves so much grief lol ❤️❤️👌👍 keep it up boys u are appreciated matey
Thanks pal much appreciated. The brick tongs are a game changer 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
That vans like Tommy Coopers sleeve 😂😂 another tight spot for storage 😳Great vid dudes love them.
Lol it needed a new spring for its mot last week 😬, thanks for the heads up on my grammar 😂😂🧱👍🏼
Your welcome ....You know what they are like 🤔👍
Ronnie Biggs Oh Yes 😬🧱👍🏼
Great work lads, love your videos,KP m coming,🇮🇪🇮🇪
Will do thanks pal 🧱💪🏽
Coming on well now lads . Those trench blocks are the business.
bric bybrick . They certainly are and they are the Irish ones too 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Really love your videos Steve. Just one thing. The audio is really hard to hear with the details your explaining but i understand your outside but it would be great to fully hear whats being said. Keep up the great videos Boys.
Thanks pal , in the videos coming up soon we have invested in sone decent mics 🧱👍🏽🎙️🎙️
Really enjoyed this video amazing I really found this video interesting 😄😄
ANDREW LOW . Cheers Andrew , glad to hear it , we’ve got over 50 more if you want to check some more out 😉.
Thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏼
Awesome workmanship there! Those drains look a total nightmare!!! 😩
Robbie Mulholland Cheers Robbie , they were . Took nearly a full day to re lay them all 🤯🧱👍🏼
Quality, lads....That's a bit of a stinker of an underbuild! You couldn't have more pipes in the way if you tried.....Plain sailing now though, hopefully!
Have a good weekend...don't graft TOO hard!
Jim Newlands PLAIN SAILING! .... wait till you see the steels 🤯.
Half a day on site tomorrow then off to Orlando for a week on Wednesday . Our backs are ready for the break after the steels on here 😬,you have a good weekend too pal 🧱👍🏽
Enjoy Orlando, lads & lasses! Don't you worry about me retrofitting air bricks under a floor! ;-)
Jim Newlands Cheers Jim we will try not to 🤔😎🧱👍🏽
Great video steve&alex .. that a nice tool there for picking up bricks .. its great !
Looks like you dont have much space there to work .. i know what it is to do extensions or conversions , especially on older houses , that kind of work can be difficult
Jay Puyenbroeck Hi Jay , yes this job is about as cramped as it gets , wait till you see the steels we had to put in by hand .......no fancy cranes on this job 😬. As for the brick tongs they are so useful , very quick , very easy ....... unless the bricks are solid 🙄😂😂, have a good weekend my friend🧱👍🏼
salt of the earth guys. the best.
Gary Bowen Nice one , thanks very much Gary 🧱👍🏼
Great videos, just caught on to this channel. Can't stop watching. Did the building inspector pass the chamber being built over?? Tell you why, as I've had this problem before and BC made me move the chamber and relocate which was a right pain.
This was a cheap repair job so it didn’t go through regs .😬🧱👍🏽
Nice job on a difficult site with all that awkward drainage. Btw - Alex definitely needs to get on the pies - far too skinny for a bricky!
Matt Cartwright Thanks pal , he is trying but suffered from IBS so has a bit of a hard time 😬🧱👍🏼
Great job lads....(Steve, I noticed you were doing all the trench work! And right at the end Alex popped up!? LOL!). Nice one.
john lewis . Well spotted 😏. Al had the right idea , he refuses to work 7 days , only the daft dad does that 😬😂😂🧱👍🏽
Little Transit was carrying a bit of weight that morning, worst of the job is near behind you once sub floor poured be a lot easier, 👍
wheaten bread . Poor van , be lost without it . Oh yes once that slab goes in it’s like a different job . Wait till you see the steels though 😬🧱👍🏽
Great vids boys.. bet the front end of the transit was up in the air on the way beck to the job haha. keep up the good work lads
Kris Holman . Mmmm it wouldn’t be the first time lol 😬😂🧱👍🏼
Bricklaying With Steve and Alex I use to do the same when I had a LWB traffic haha do miss having a big van
Kris Holman lol your so right the bigger the van the more you cram into it 😬😂😂🧱👍🏼
Jobs looking good, see your lad flexing his muscles lifting four blocks at a time 😂😂
Sean It certainly is pal , yes Alex trying to show me up 😂😂🧱
i can never hear what your saying, ever
but i watch anyway.
skitzo chik Sorry bout that but thanks for watching 🧱👍🏽
See you are using the whs thysack,spear and Jackson trowel, just bought one,and I love it, great trowel, what do you think of them,
Al really likes it and will be sticking with that make now 👍🏽🧱
Best trowel,I have used, and I have tried them all, glad he likes it,keep d videos coming,👍🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
@@hotpoker4212 will do pal . New one premiers tomorrow at 8.30 pm 😉🧱👍🏽
Hard working lads love your videos how long you been a bricklayer Steve 👍
Cheers malc . Roughly 34 years 😳😬🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild you can tell, got a lot skills and the the lad 👌
@@malcelwell7209 Cheers 🧱👍🏽
Brickies good job, from a sparky, o yeah just a basic question I am having my home workshop in a concrete or wood form, concrete is compton garage and wood is that lap type, for the woodshed if I use 2 x 2 concrete slabs on top of sand, that has been dug out to have no roots, I pref when you could get lime, simply take 2 inches of top soil off, lime the bollocks out of the soil then a sand layer, leveled off, with the 2 x 2 slabs on top, making the base, what would you do?
smartchip . Hi pal thanks for watching and commenting. Not sure I understand your question pal . Definitely never heard of Compton concrete ? 🧱👍🏼
@@SteveAndAlexBuild compton garages, but my question is how do you create a cheap base for a shed?
I can’t really advise you on that pal . All I would say is don’t scrimp on it because once the garage is up your stuffed if you have any problems . Sorry can’t be more helpful . 🧱👍🏽
What areas do you cover and do you have a website?
Dann Y Hi Dann we are in South West Lancashire, no Website though , too busy to advertise 😬🧱👍🏼
That is a very tight/small site to work in...but it looks good!
Your not wrong there , this little extension has fought us all the way . It’s been a really tough build for many reasons but because of that we really feel like we have accomplished something good . We have at least another 4 uploads from this job 🧱👍🏼
Do you and your son work for big companies or work just for yourself??, another good video
Paul Perrin Big company on site during the week and our own stuff mainly at weekends 🧱👍🏽
As much as I love the quickness of trench block, nothing beats engineering brick underground with a strong mix , just think trench blocks suck up to much water , not sure if they would still be there in 50 years time !
Ste P 😬🧱👍🏽
Love watching your videos, I find it so satisfying watching brick being laid for some reason! What was the issue with the half brick? Did you re-jig that just for the overall look? Never seen those brick carrier tools before, very clever idea. I see you're not a million miles away, on edge of Prescot here. If I'm ever looking to build an extension.. :D
stephen4X . That half was a school boy error 🙄, I could have edited it out but hey nobody is perfect . I had a header (half ) at one corner and a stretcher (full face ) at the other resulting in a half in the middle ..... a major no no . So i had to re build the corner so I had Stretcher to stretcher on each corner so getting rid of the half . Hope that made sense 😳🤔. We did an extension a couple of years ago in Prescott . We were in the showcase up the road from you last week watching Avengers End Game 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
Where you gonna put the site office ?lol
Richard Powell . That’s in the van too😂😂🧱👍🏼
5:00 wow thats insane that tool
Bitcoin CEO . Ah the persuader . You could do with one of these for your dig too . We don’t use it often but when we do it’s fantastic 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
When you put the bat up against the block I thought oh he’s worked out the bond, second thoughts no,it happens all the time.
Edward Lees It certainly does mate🧱👍🏼
Top stuff them pipes still been a pain lol how much are the Trench blocks I still use the breeze block ones but maybe should get with the times 😂
Mark Hep . They ain’t cheap , about £4 ish but well worth the extra cost in time saved and nocavity filling 🧱👍🏼
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Minght give them a try one day 👍 great work lads
Mark Hep .Cheers Mark , have a good weekend 🧱👍🏼
Hi mate did you use a nail to fix the line to the existing wall?
donna Lycett . No we mark Our wall out with a pencil then nail a baton up about 5 mm off it then put our pin behind the baton . Hope that makes sense 🧱👍🏽
Yes I do same using a Dutch pin and level I just couldn’t see it in the vid what you used, yeah good lads you lot love the vids and setting out methods suppose can’t go wrong finding you parallel line the. Measuring corner to corner
donna Lycett 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Had some nasty drain problems over the years but nothing quite like that. Bit of a nightmare?
Edward Lees certainly was but very satisfying to get them all sorted 🧱👍🏼
Love those brick tongs, did you make them yourself?
Joe Wright . Yes mate I buy the re bar and cut it to size and my mate welds a few pairs up,at a time for me , sold a few sets on site to the lads 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
Is the extension 1 or 2 floors good work lads
Wazzy Skillz . Just a single storey to double the kitchen / dining area .
Thanks for watching and commenting pal 🧱👍🏽
Was the pipe in the first few minutes foul or storm?
Matt Humphries Hi Matt , at about 1.46 you can see 2 pipes , 1 foul and one storm 🧱👍🏼
@@SteveAndAlexBuild did you supply rodding access to drains?
scott never Yeah Scott , there are 3 chambers on the foul and 1 in next doors garden for the surface lines 👌🏼🧱👍🏼😎
Sorry another question how would you calculate the diagonals ? Cheers
I need to do a video on that one as it’s hard to explain without showing it .
On a house they should already be on the drawing but often aren’t 🙄🧱👍🏽
I am starting to spend to much time watching these vids and I am a builder. I think I must have a problems.
Mark Symonds .oh no there’s no cure for that other than watch all our videos 😂😂🧱👍🏽.
Seriously thought thanks for watching and commenting
Again a great vid lads, nice work and I must ask why OX and not M,Town ?????, many thanks
Brendan Mcgivern . Thanks Brendan , simple answer .... cost . Very similar in every way , both last the same amount of time but Ox is just so much cheaper . On site they are both done in just over a year so don’t want to be forking out a fortune every year .
Thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏼
how many times have i laid the course out dry, laid the bricks with muck only to still end up cutting a cheeky stretcher.
Mark Mark . So true we’ve all done it many times 🤬😱😂😂🧱👍🏼
Good job, looks a nightmare ☹️☹️
craighughes craig . A tough little job but enjoyable with a lot of job satisfaction 😁🧱👍🏼
If it was easy, everyone would be doing it!
Sideslip 😬😂🧱👍🏼
Been watching and enjoying your lads content a long time only complaint I'm sure others are with me here is the music pal. Can you turn it down a bit it's hard to make out what your saying when you rarely speak we wanna hear what you have to say and soak up the knowledge, great work as usual keep it up
B47T0N Thanks pal , yes as the speaking is still very new , I’m just getting the hang of editing in , thanks for the tip and for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏼
@@SteveAndAlexBuild
Thanks for sharing all the good your trowel speed it what I'm aiming for myself
B47T0N No probs thanks pal 🧱👍🏼
Like to call it the pincher. 😆
L Milne 🧱👍🏼
I honestly think that showing a professional cutting bricks should be illegal!
Us poor amateurs would have to have about 7 go’s at it to get a brick that might work!
Ah ha , the magic of editing 😉. Only kidding they are good quality brick for cutting plus if the cut falls in line with a hole it’s generally straight forward.
Thanks for watching and commenting pal 🧱👍🏼
Couldn’t see the damp course going in. Did I miss it.
Colin Nicol 18.34 😏😂😂
Thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏽
Bricklaying With Steve and Alex that’s not an answer. Where was the damp course. Usually one course above ground level.
Colin Nicol . Not sure where your from Colin but DPC goes 150 mm above finished ground level . On this build there are 4 courses ( 300 mm ) of face brick up to DPC . 2 of those courses I’ll be buried . I gave the time stamp because it clearly shows the DPC 🧱👍🏼
Do you have the mathopenref app Steve? For your diagonals
Bob Hendry I haven’t mate but I will be looking into it , thanks 🧱👍🏼
Can you do a video on how to wheelie a van ? 😂
David Burt lol had to get a new spring on the back for mot , total cost £686 , that’ll teach me 😬🧱👍🏼
We slammed on one day on the M4 and lost our ladders through the windscreen . That was just a week after we lost a calor gas bottle outside Newport railway station 😂😂 mind you all joking aside you saved a few quid on delivery 👍
. Hi David I’ve got a notification for your comment but can’t reply back to it so . I’ll say here ..... remind me never to get in a van with you 😳😂🧱👍🏼
@@SteveAndAlexBuild haven't got a licensed now the doctor took it off me ☹️🚴
David Burt Ahhh David that’s a shame pal , sorry to hear it 😟🧱👍🏼
There’s an app to work out your diagonals 😂😂
Neil Smart . Old school me , a calculator will do me 🤓🧱👍🏽
I would prefer no music. 👍
ESSEX GARAGE CONVERSIONS .
Don’t let that put you off mate , just turn it down 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild When we turn down the volume we can't hear you talking or the tools working.
arkansas13 . Bear with me , still gettin the hang of the editing but things will get better 😉👌🏼🧱👍🏼
Great Vid but the music is really annoying.
John Hanlon . Glad you like it pal , still using the free music at the moment 😬, just turn it down 😉🧱👍🏼
Music sounds like a broken record player, poor choice
Harry Bond . Sorry Harry . One day I’ll pay for some good stuff but for now it’s the you tube free stuff .
Thanks for watching and commenting though 🧱👍🏽
I’d have that up in half a day
🤣 🤣 Ye OK in your wet dreams
😂 id love to see what it looked like