Bricklaying Mortar Mix Explained
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- This is our way we find best to mix a mortar mix for bricklaying. There are many different ratios to mix mortar so its best to check with the an engineer architect or a qualified bricklayer.
Hope this guide of a standard mix helps you.
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This is the first time I have seen someone using a gauge. It's the right way to do it well done guys
Thanks Matthew 👍🙌
The side by side comparison for consistency of the mortar and the separation of an undermixed mix is the best I've seen on you tube. I'm a diyer and you have just corrected something I've been doing wrong for years. Thank you for your in depth videos. Much appreciated
Your welcome glad the video has helped 👍👊
Even with a bucket my mate never gets it the same colour, I've nicknamed him 50 shades of grey.
🤣🤣🤣 brilliant 👍
Good gag! Any mortar come?
Thanks, I've learnt a lot from your video.
Excellent demonstration especially for people like myself who are handy but inexperienced with mortar. Thanks for taking the time to film and post 👍🏻
@@Smithb83
A pleasure cheers 👍💯
i was literally mixing for half the needed time , cheers gents
Great video, a month or 2 before Xmas 2022 I started to help a mate who needed a labourer for 2 weeks, it’s now nearly the end of May and those 2 weeks still haven’t ended, I’m a spring chicken aged 37 and never laboured for a builder and every day is a school day haha love watching videos as helpful as this one just to make sure I keep my ‘skills’ on top form, at the end of the day it’s my job to make his job easier, love working my arse off for the first couple of hours so I can get in front of him then I can spend the rest of the day being in front and having him loaded with bricks/flags etc and taking it steady haha
What you said there is spot on work your arse off get in front and then step back a bit .Thats what a lot of labourers dont understand. Good luck and your definitely doing it the right way with the right attitude great see
Justin 👍
I tended to 3 brickies in New York, came into work half hour before they started, made all the difference, KP the great videos coming, 🇨🇮🇨🇮
@hotpoker4212
Thanks a lot .
Yea sign if a good labourer muck on spots as you get out the van cant fault that not many do that i have say so good on you mate 👍
i love your videos im new to the channel and honestly love the stuff you do. my dad recently passed and i use to build with him back in the day and im looking at getting back into it again and need to relearn everything again. keep providing the good videos please guys.
Or Jack I'm so sorry to here about your dad passing away mate .I hope your alright.
Appreciate the comment and glad you enjoy the videos.
Take care mate
Justin 🙏
First time mucking up for brickys instead of being a Hod carrier this was rlly helpful
Thank you for this, really didn't want to screw up my first project.
@someginger6996 good luck 👍
Finally a proper explanation! Thank you very much 👌
Your welcome glad the video has helped 👍💯
Great video very helpful as well as love how these instructions were broken down into step by step stages.
@fearless144
Appreciate it thank you 👍
Terrific vids, thank you chaps. Next time I’ll watch BEFORE I start the job😄
Glad we can help 👍🍻
😂 i work with a very skilled brick layer and he’s from wales 🏴 and i can hardly understand sometimes because of the accent but i still get what he means.
Good video 👍
😂😂 my cardiff accent is a lot slower than other welsh accents so should be understandable I hope 😂😂😂
Cheers lads, very informative, especially about the plasticiser.
@@alanhesketh9265 your welcome 👍
As a tile installer, it was much easier to stay true flat if you measured when you mixed your mortar. Thanks for the video
Good tip!
Some very good tips there by the main man Brad. Also worth mentioning mixing for too long will put too much air into it. I reckon 6-8 mins is what you need 👍
Spot on mate 👌 hope you and the lads are well 👍 💯🧱🧱
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping all good cheers Justin 👍👍
Brilliant video buddy. Glad to see more fellow Welshmen on TH-cam!
Thanks marcus 🏴🎄👍
Learning to spell mortar is the first step in getting a good mix!
Well ive only noticed that now because you've said so thanks and what a twit i am 🤣👍💯
Thanks guys. Great vid
Excellent video lads, clear, simple and informative. Obviously youve seen many a mix in your time 👍🏻✌🏻
Seen to many mixes tom 🤣🤣 thanks mate
Builder friend of mine swears by adding a little hydrated lime too
Yes you can do that 👍
just what i was looking for, very helpful, always look forward to your videos. cheers
Thanks ian cheers 👌💯
Great explanation and time to leave I always wondered how to get it fluffy thanks
Thanks and good luck 👍
This was very helpful advice, thanks boss 🤝
Great video mate, basic and straight to the point. helped me out heaps!
Glad to help thanks james 👍
Thank you great video, I’ll definitely start wearing my mask as well 👍
Thanks 👍
Thanks lads , going to have a go myself , respect, 👍
@dermotkelly6946 good luck 👍
Surprise, my it actually is I just communicate with this bricklayer by not in heads😂
Great walk-through lads, cheers!
Your welcome 👍
Plasticiser is very useful if you have a slow bricklayer who only needs one mix an hour ! Water was fine when I were a lad and three brickies would slice yer ears off for keeping them waiting ! your mortar should start to fall right in the mixer the moment you hit it with the gauge pot.
Nothing more frustrating than waiting for mixes i get that 👍
Thanks for posting this video, gents. Very helpful...
Your very welcome 👍
Thanks lads
Pleasure 👍
When gauging by buckets you should fill them up and flush them off with the bottom of the shovel to ensure the volume is correct each time
Spot on 👍
Top one, thank you
@@notsosmartmart5402
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Nice one, thanks Lad’s 👍
Your welcome 👍
Great help lads,,,,,👍🏻👍🏻
@mufuliramark
Glad to help 👌
Nice one lads , great tip Brad we always wash as we go . Our mixer is a 2008 and still going strong 💪🏽🧱👍🏼
Dont build em the same anymore steve gearbox went on my last one was only about 2 and a half years old .Thanks and all the best Steve 👍
Meanwhile, I don't wash as I go and no comment about the state of my mixer drum! 😂 Suffice to say I had the welder out last Sunday. 😬
@Jim Newlands
Steves drum is like triggers broom mate dont worry 🤣🤣🤣👍🧱
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping 😂😂😂
I've had the same mixer for 25 year its still going strong, ive just had to replace the drum twice 3 new motors and a new stand😂😂
Great video - thanks so much and I learnt a lot from this. Cheers
Your welcome thanks Kevin 👍
Great demo guys very helpful visual tips
Thanks phil 👍
Great. Idea, thanks lads, very useful.
This is Brilliant 👏 👌🏾
@@ha-media
Appreciate thanks 👍
Great video!! Great work, great team!!
Thanks marcus really appreciate that mate 👍
Top man just saved me alot of research
Glad to be of help mo good luck
Justin 👍
There's my mistake, to dry after a couple of minutes then adding more water, then it all broke up when I was haunshing monoblocks. Thanks for the lesson.
Your very welcome and good luck 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping
Thanks!
@@waterboy8999
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Perfect...
Thank you lads nice video really enjoyed it 👍👍❤️
Pleasure and thankyou 👍
we got 110 for safety then puts a 240v extension right next to it, all's good until you accidentally miss with the hose and soak the extension, which should also be completely unwound, not left coiled, good vid by the way boys😂👍
Thanks mate grumpy is about right
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping you want to see me when i do site inpsections🙂
@@grumpyoldgit8254
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Thank you! Great advice!
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So different here in West Oz..if you let it mix that long the brickie wouud be out of mud ....and we just put dishwasher liquid in the mix ...lemon ,,smells better ..on a good run we lay a 1000 a day ..to cold over there, so different,,,,p.s and lots of cold beer ..🍻🍻🍻🍻
Clive sounds great mate that especially the cold beer .yea its to cold to wet here in wales its shit .Good luck to you mate 👍 😉
Love your videos good quality work no point having a 110 mixer if you are going to run a 240 cable to the mixer 110 box should be at the power point and run 110 cable to the mixer all the best boys 👍👍
Fair paint i suppose cant argue with that Rob .Good point 👍💯
Why not, the point of 110v is that it’s unlikely to kill you so the mixer is safe. The transformer can be in any convenient position!
@@andyxox4168 Because you still have a 240 volt cable leading right up to the mixer which completely negates the point of making a building site safer by using 110 volt equipment and cables
@@Mike-fx4wk 240V distribution, 110V utilisation … it’s quite within the regulations, renders the equipment being used as ‘safe’ and negates the need for heavy cables to carry the 110V.
@@andyxox4168 I see so it reduces risk of death from the equipment ? They're not bothered about the cables running up to the equipment ?
Hi Justin
I do love a good bit off muck mate , it’s like watching “salt bae “ with you lads sand , cement
, plasticiser , belle mix , and out pops the creation ❤️ , love a bit of angel delight mix mate , pure craft , 🙏👍 patience with the mix mate especially with the belle , you can’t rush the baking mate ? Yes cement a killer with breathing mate rots the lungs but we all forget to wear one don’t we 😂😂 stay safe and hope your not too held back with this weather pal , say hello to the Welsh wilderbeast and fran , look after yourselves boys ❤️❤️🏴👍and all the best 🏴👍
Cant rush the baking 🤣🤣🤣 you got me there John 🤣🤣 thanks mate for the comments. We are all ok boys have been ill and weather has destroyed us but keep smiling mate all we can do isn't it.
Good luck u and the lads hope the weather improves for you 👍🧱💯
Cheers fellas, I'd always wondered how to get it fluffy and it's cos I've been tipping my mix out way early 🙄
Glad to help joe 👍
I have to build a small circullar brick garden bed for a customer's olive tree. She wants it probably 4-5 bricks above surface. I've tried to find a brickie, but not one will take the job - obvs, not much dosh in it.
Question: can i mix the mortar in a builders tub eg 36l, and what am i laying on - sharp sand, MOT1 etc?
@DeanWhiteUK
Hi Dean
I'd mix on a mixing board not a tub it's easier that way by hand.
I'd add a concrete foundation really for any brickwork 👍
If I do a small hobby project in the garden can I use washing-up liquid for the plasticiser ?
I wouldn't recommend it .it effects the durability of the mortar. Plastizer is cheap enough so id use that myself Andrew 👍👌
Definitely wrong about one thing. “Radio, you don’t need that”. I’ve been on lots of building sites and I’m sure they are compulsory.
Definitely need a radio james most important thing on site 👍🙌
We are all sick of those bloody masks aren't we lads. Good insight into knocking the compo up justin/Brad! I think it's great that Brad and fray are enthusiastic about what they do.Alot of young lads nowadays don't have any go in them and want an easy life and money for nothing! Hope you three are well👍💥
Hi Dave
Hope your well mate.Yea them mask are a nuisance for sure.
The lads are brilliant to be fair mate im lucky but it took me a while to get people i trust etc.
Thanks and good luck 👍🧱🧱💯
I'm great thanks Justin.yeah your right about getting lads you can trust....I've had the same lad for 20 plus years.weve been mates over 30 years! We get on great and love a good laugh at work but both take pride in our work. Atb justin👍💯💥
@Dave Barrow
Well thats great mate you ger on so well and you known him for so long.work and laughter is key Dave isn't it .
Top post that mate good to here 👍🧱💯
Liked and subscribed, fellow workers.
Welcome and appreciated alex .
Justin 👍 🧱🧱👊
thanks justin
Pleasure zaid
Hi Justin, can you use sharp sand for laying blocks for a small garden wall?
You can id prefer not to though 👍
Thanks mate.
Nice video. Thanks for the tipsz
Thanks and your welcome 👍
I find that when I am buttering bricks or block the muck falls off is this due to the muck or the way I am applying it and also I use a tub of feb mix how would you recommend using
Muck has to be creamy to stick but technique is also needed. As for Feb read the instructions id say .keep at it good luck 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping thank you very much appreciate
Could sharp sand be used instead?
Not on this type of bricklaying
Thankyou lads!
Thanks joshua 👍👊
Any reason why you cannot add the plasticiser to the water and let that mix first? Likely get a quicker and more homogenous mix?
Thats fine Billy no problem with that 👍👌👌
So basically Brad took his eye off the ball when knocking up the first mix, haha. Great video guys, used to be a labourer in the 80's for my cheap-skate ol' man.
I started in 89 so different back then wasnt it 🤣 yea brad probably had one eye on a pasty 🤣🤣👍
How much water did you put in to start off with tho
That all depends on the water content of the sand being used .
Usually id the sand isnt to wet we add around half a bucket of water and add more when needed
Take care lads, few days off for me as they wife give birth yesterday 👌
Marty (Derry garden services)
Orr congratulations Marty mate wish you the wife and the little all the very best mate .Did u have a boy or little girl ?
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@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping thank you, another little girl buddy, we have a 14 year old girl and a 9year old boy, so we have a massive 9 year gap between them haha, but we are delighted and over the moon, it has been a long long road trying to have another kid, many fails, we actually stopped trying and boom , it happens…
@DG SERVICES, ARTIFICIAL GRASS SPECIALIST
Nice mate ive got 4 two of each all grown up now bar one little bugger ive got there all different. Enjoy mate and hope mum and baby are well 👍
Great video
Thanks 👍
Tidy mix lads.you can mix for me any time lol 😉 I use the same cement good stuff that 👍👍👍
Hope your well Mark thanks mate and yes that brad is great for cement 👍🧱🧱
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping 👍👍👍👍😉
Great video. I was going to use flow point to point my patio but I’m thinking of just doing sand and cement with a mortar gun. What ratio of sand and cement would I need to make it buff coloured? Do I need white cement? Cheers
Id use a 3:1 mix and add buff cement liquid dye
That’s great. Thanks for the quick response. Cheers
Excelente video 👍 👏 👌🏻
Can I just add that different bricks require weaker mixes the London bricks with deep frogs have a six and one mix so if theirs any settlement in the foundations the joint would crack and not the brick
Spot on Reg think i mentioned different mix ratios in the description its a guide as i said .
Good luck mate thanks
Justin 👍
What would the mix be for laying a cement fillet on the inside floor of a sectional concrete garage? And what would I add to the mix? Pva?
Never done it sorry
No one seems to be able to answer this question. How do you colour match your mortar to the old mortar in the case of bricking up an external doorway.
You cant RC because you dont no the mix ratio.Also colour of the sand used and the brand of cement would make a difference in colour. So unless you no the answer to all that your not gonna colour match .You just do your best RC .
Good luck.
Justin 👍
Im building my house in south west of ireland. My block layer was finishing gables on sunday. He had a different young fella with him this time and he blocked approx 100 blocks in the rain and the mortar now looks abit sandy and you can scrape it back with a nail altough it seems still fairly set. Do you think i should get him to rip to 100 blocks down and do it again, iv a feeling it wasnt mixed great anyway and aswel as that the rain washed the cement out of it. I presume there still would be no fear of it
Presuming the mix has been done correctly if its run in the rain .
Just flush it all up with more mixed cement should be fine .
Good luck 👍
You already added the water but didn't say how much water?
All depends on the water content of the sand on site .id start of with a little water and build it up easy to add water you can't take it away hope that helps 👍
Hiya, a really useful vid. I need to relay my patio steps as the slabs came loose, thought I'd mix by hand in a wheelbarrow and having tried that today I realised that's nuts! Lol
So as it'll be the first time using a mixer, I wanted to ask if the time for mixing 10-15 minutes does that depend on how much you're mixing? I'll probably start with counting shovel loads. Thanks. 👍🏼
Yes depends on a lot of things dont add to much water let it mix 👍
Use sharp sand under the patio.
Nice vid! Complete beginner here hoping to do a bit of DIY work - how much water would you expect to use for this mix? I wasn’t sure from the video.
Start with half a bucket and add more as you need it 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping Thank you 😊
OPC Why? Why not motar mix that has lime in it? Does the plasticiser have a retarder in it? I noticed your old mix had not begun to set. I could see using OPC for concrete block, but looks like normal clay bricks and why not normal motar mix? What is the temperature there, looks a bit cool with all the heavy clothes. Is the temperature affecting the set time?
Opc is a common cement to mix mortar or concrete thats why its used .
You can add lime to the mix if you want to or instructed by the architect.
The plastizer has no retardant in it.
Yep the temperature here in wales at that time was cold and wet 👍
How much feb are you adding in that mix there matey
@petebirdpropertymaintenanceltd
We use the concentrated feb so only around 5-10mm 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping okay so 4:1 and mix for ten minutes
@@petebirdpropertymaintenanceltd
Yes approx
Hi, my house brick work has been repainted with a 3mm key so it’s falling out and turning to dust. What advice do you have for me, key it back 20mm and use this mix to point, or do I need to know anything else to make sure it sticks to the old mortar?
Disc it out as deep as a mini disc cutter will go.
Hose down all the bricks and joints .Allow to dry .damp joint and re point with mortar and bush the mortar in to the joint with a jointing bar or trowel.
Good luck 👍
Great video! thoughts on adding pva anyone? I thinking of adding to mix for my retaining wall, does it help with strength, adhesion, water resistance?
Seen it used for rendering but not for bricklaying. Commonly used for bonding aswell.
Not sure if it would be of any use for bricklaying have to look it up 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscapingthanks for info. I've now went down a rabbit hole trying to understand the use of sbr 😂
@@zororat
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A good thing to remember you can always add water you cant take it out. I used to take a trowel and take a trowels worth of mud and turn it upside-down and most of it should stick to the trowel
Spot on 👍
Great video. What do you do with the crap from the mixer when you clean it out at somebodies house if you haven't got a skip or waste land?
Appreciate it.
You just remove all the mortar with a trowel add the water and gently empty it on to the base each day it just drains straight through 👍
Cheers guys
Will need to watch again and take notes.
I’m always worried about my concrete drying to quick.
How long does it take before it sets?
Takes a full day to set passed 50% then its cures for about a month to set fully .we normally use concrete within an hour of mixing it all
Why other mix mortar different color?
Not sure what you mean all same cement all same ratio
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping different color not same ratio?
some good tips👍
a question about sand. your sand is damp, does the quantity vary if it is dry, like powder.
I ask because the bag of sand left in my garage has fully dried out, no moisture in it at all, so do I have to adjust the quantity of sand to suit? or should I add water to the sand first to dampen it before I gauge it and add to the cement for a mortar mix?
Thanks David
The sand amount and gauge is the same you will just need to add more water than in damp sand 👍
Good mix ratio for shade variation but cut the soap down to 5mil for that size of mixture
It just does mix adequate enough with 5 ml ive tried it so many times .Your right less feb the better but 5ml just isn't enough in my opinion 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping Check the bottle for quantity on the 25kg bag of cement , I always use 5mil straight into the mixer
and pour the water on top , always comes out like butter . Too much soap and you will be picking the powder mortar joints out a year later.
@chipper701
Totally aware of that we have tried so many times with 5ml and let the mixer mix its self to death and the mortar isnt what id call a nice mix to use layinv bricks .
Maybe its the sand here not sure .Ive been back to various jobs over many years and i haven't an issue but that said i dont disagree with you 👍
@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping okay I suppose everyone to their own 👍
@chipper701 yea definitely good luck to you mate 🙂👍💯
Can you use sbr in the mix ?
Billy yes you can in fact sbr has some very good advantages to use it such as addded strength to the mix waterproofing and reduced water per and reduced effloresence. Use it more in paving than bricklaying really though. 👍
Radio is a must😅
Yep i cant work with out one 🤣👍
If you were measuring the water, how much would you add to the mixture shown? It looks like here you used the "TLAR Method" ["that looks about right"]. Alas, that works only with experience by one who knows what he's doing -- and not with a noobie like me.
The measure of water is a difficult one .
It all depends on how wet or dry your sand is.
Id say a a little at a time easy to add but cant take away.dont forget the mix has to mix the plastersizer helps this process. Hope that helps.
Justin 👍
Is that pure cement, no lime?
Sand cement mix no lime 👍
What no dish soap? The UK bricky's I know use dish soap to provide workability for there mortar. I would never do that.
Yea lots do and its good but not the correct product to use so we dont use it 👍
In very exposed areas could you use 1 :3 mix or would that be too strong
Bit strong that michael normally for underground work that ratio.
Above ground anything from 4-1 to 6-1 is usually standard. 👍
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Suppose you have no cement mixer and you just have a board like me. How would that get fluffy 🤔
Keep turning over on the board until it gets fluffy just takes a bit of work 👍
Great video . If you had to guess , how much water would you use for 4 to 1 mix ? For example, half a bucket , full bucket . Cheers boys , I hope Wales do well at the World Cup 👍
Its all depends on the water content in the sand on site but that said .In an idea situation around 1 and a half buckets of water.
Think welsh rugby is in a mess and has been for years so all the luck passed on to us is welcome cheers 👍
Thanks for your reply 👍 just about to watch scotland v South africa. I'm a jock in the USA .
@alec1113
Well good luck to Scotland been down in the dumps for so long now but now its good to see Scotland back where they belong good luck hope you go far think you will 🏴🏴
Cheers, Justin . You are correct, young man . Scotland has been in the rugby wilderness for many year . Hopefully, we will do well . All the best to the Welsh boys . Found your channel looking forward to watching the rest of your vids .👍
@alec1113 Thanks Alec 👍
Gratitude
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Great video , just wondered if there's a rule of thumb as to how many kgs of sand and cement to order per brick .
Michael
You are taking me back now to my college days .Yes to answer answer your there is a formula to work out sand cement mortar but im affraid i just cant bloody remember sorry mate 👍
Haha no problem 👍 I can always nip back to back to b and q
@Michael J .
Michael as a guide 1000 bricks is 1 ton of sand and about 12 bags of cement. It does depend on the bricks though ie frog in the brick is more mortar. Can't remember the exact maths on it ill have to dig out my nash books and take a look 🤣🤣👍🧱
Cheers for your reply , really enjoy all the videos keep them coming 👍
@Michael J .
🤣 your welcome and thanks appreciate it michael 👍