CUTTING OUT A NEW WINDOW!!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 เม.ย. 2020
- IN THIS WEEKS VIDEO WE CUT OUT A 600MM X900MM WINDOW OPENING IN A CAVITY WALL OF A HOUSE TO FORM A BRAND NEW WINDOW IN A KITCHEN.
WE SHOW US SETTING IT OUT , CUTTING WITH OUR BLUE BOSCH 9" ANGLE GRINDER AND THEN DRILLING WITH OUR TITAN SDS PLUS DRILL.
WHEN BOTH SKINS ARE OUT WE MIX SOME SAND AND CEMENT WITH RED DYE IN
WE THEN INSTALL A NEW CAVITY WALL LINTEL THEN A CAVITY TRAY. WE THEN START REPLACING THE BRICKS STARTING WITH THE 2 COURSES OF STAFFORDSHIRE BLUES INCLUDING SOME WEEP VENTS. THE TOP BED JOINT IS RE POINTED WITH A TUCK POINTER/FINGER POINTER TO MAKE SURE IT IS FULL.
NEXT THE INSIDE BRICKWORK IS BUILT TO FINISH THE JOB......ENJOY
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Perfection. I could watch brick laying all day. But wife says no, apparently I have to speak to her from time to time.
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James Bee 😬😂😂🧱👍🏽
Absolutely beautiful presentation! Instructional, too, even for this old school bricklayer in Tennessee.
Thanks very much Paul 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽
You install these lintels the correct way... there are many who don’t bother with the damp tray... my self included in my earlier days. Top job guys
Cheers James , I’ve only started doing the tray right since watching TH-cam 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
Very posh scaffolding indeed! Lovely video, thanks again!
Thanks very much 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
Absolutely textbook. That's all that needs saying. 👏👏
Cheers Jim 😉🧱👍🏽
Excellent craftsmanship gentlemen 👍 look forward to the next one 👍👍
Cheers James 🧱👍🏼
NICE WORK , I LOVE BRICK AND BLOCK WORK I ENJOY WATCHING SKILLED WORKERS AT THERE TRADE
Thanks very much 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Top vid men I like these jobs on a nice day 👍👍👍
Mark Hep Cheers Mark is too 🧱🧱👍🏽
A pleasure to watch.😊
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Can’t wait for this lads 😀
Billy 23 💪🏽🧱👍🏼
Lovely mix
Brandon Greeves Cheers Brandon 😉🧱👍🏽
Always a great job..keep with it fellas..
Liam Crawford Cheers Liam pal 🧱👍🏽
Lovely work on a tricky job!
John ten Have . Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽
Nice work there , proper job as always , like the lintels easy to install 👌🏼
Cheers Jay 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
Lovely job mate , good to post videos like this , as they teach alot of bricklayers how to do other stuff than general site brickwork ,
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks Gareth 🧱👍🏽
Great video! I'm going to be bricking up a window in a porch and am nervous about when I take the lintel out, got 5 courses above so have made a strong arm,I see your exterior wall stayed up OK but you had a prop on the interior wall. I guess experience was your guidance on that one!At least watching you has boosted my inspiration!👍
Better to er on the side of caution, good luck 🧱👍🏽
Pointing the top joint is a laborious task Especially the inside with those frogs down. Great vid as usual.
It certainly is and always takes longer than you think 🙄🧱👍🏼
Thanks lads! Excellent job
Our pleasure Rob 🧱👍🏽!
Another fine day's work Gents. 👏
Matt Cartwright cheers Matt 🧱👍🏽
Great video again boys🙌🏽
Glad you enjoyed it Mark 🧱👍🏽
Most excellent, gentlemen.
Must say that I loved the music as well:)
Thanks very much 🧱👍🏽
Thank goodness you now have the stihl saw Steve 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Deffo Marc , we also have a 300mm Evolution 240 v cutter two , both excellent 🧱👍🏽
Good job, little jobs like that can be a pain in the arse 😂👍🏻
craighughes craig . Cheers Craig. They certainly can 😬🧱👍🏽
Lovely job!
Cheers Richard 🧱👍🏽
Top job again lads 👍🏼👍🏼
Cheers Ashley 🧱👍🏽
Nice to see a proper skilled job done.
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Man, you guys make it look so easy.
😆cheers Jeff 🧱👍🏽
Great video lads and love seeing your skills keep up the great work and STAY SAFE 😊😷👍
zulu59 blue . Cheers pal 🧱👍🏽
Tidy job lads, nice to do this kind of work from time to time makes a change from site work.
It certainly does , almost enjoyable 😆🧱👍🏼
Few of them bricks you out in were cracked 😮
They were re used . The house was full of them . They are solids so they are only surface cracks 🧱👍🏽
Great work lads👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽
Very nice, True craftsman
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Hi Guy's awesome video, top job as ever all the best Tony
Cheers Tony 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
Cracking job
Cheers pal. 🧱👍🏽
Top course of grey one of the bricks on right hand side looks cracked lads
You’re right . They were solids and it was just a surface crack , they were all over 🙄🧱👍🏽
Enjoying watching your shows! 🍻
While we get stomped by our government here in Canada....😉
Thanks for allowing me to join you on jobs....Keep up the Hard Work...👏👏👏
Thanks very much Gary 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽
Good work fellas very nice 👍🧱
Rowlock Construction Thanks pal 🧱👍🏼
OK, everyone seems to love your work. Sorry to say that I thought the pointing on this job was just average.
Just being honest and calling it as I see it.
I do really enjoy watching your channel.
Cheers 🧱👍🏽
Love your content guys I’m a brick myself and love watching videos like this and people doing a proper job!
Just a tip for when you’re filling in the last joint with mortar turn your trowel upside down it stops the handle getting in the way when you use the finger trowel to force it in, please don’t think I’m telling you how to do things because you guys are great and I can’t stand the idiots who are always telling other people they’re wrong on what to do, you keep putting out the great content guys!
These guys are learning new things, as we all are , they won't take a fence , or a gate 😂😂 all tips graciously accepted
dennisphoenix1 . Thanks for the tip pal no offence taken at all , all tips and tricks welcome here 🧱👍🏼
James bond on the blockwork
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nice job this
Cheers Rod 🧱👍🏽
Fantastic I'm going to watch it again
Cheers David 😂🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild what a day I've been out in search of paint and luckily we couldn't find any .the chip yard is open and delivered my tea and now I'm watching a block buster 😂
Great video guys, a hate they Staffordshire blues 😂, can point they things the next day, they just don't soak in the moisture,
David Burt it’s a win win day for you Dave 👌🏼😂🧱👍🏼
Marc Hanlon . Your right there Marc 🙄🧱👍🏼
Thanks for the video! What is the membrane you guys put over the lintel before laying and what is it's purpose?
It’s 450 mm dpc and it’s called a cavity tray . It’s to stop any water that may end up in the cavity from getting inside around the window . We have a few videos explaining it in more detail 🧱👍🏽
Great video. I hope you have the part where you put the window in.
Sorry We don’t fit windows 🪟 🧱👍🏽
Thanks for the video. At what point should the wall support prop be installed? And does the wall prop span both masonry leaves?
This brickwork didnt need propping on such a small span of good brickwork , the inside was propped as some bricks worked loose. i usually put the props in every 4 bricks 🧱👍🏽
Back on the lintels eh Steve , Nice job mate , belt 'n' braces , fiddly buggers though .
Spartrowel Cheers pal , don’t mind , a nice break from the mud 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Just a pity the inner leaf hadn't been Thermalites, I love it when they are, you can cut them from the outside with just a panel saw, and use your grinder cut on the brickwork as a guide...sheer luxury...But I'd do little jobs like that all day long, especially on this mind numbing lock down...But just to add a rider, those frog downs are a pain in the arse, I'm not criticising here, but what I like to do on these jobs, is to tap in some slate packers on the last course, then pump the muck in with my pointing gun, you know you're safe for achieving a full joint that way, and it's a tad quicker and easier
Green Genes Cheers pal thanks for the tip 🧱👍🏼
Good job laying the brick, But you cannot just plumb cut brick jambs. The first 1" of the brick jambs are exposed. You have to tooth out the halves. If the window frame comes out past the face brick, it will probably not be sealed right?
For the sake of seeing 30 mm of face on the reveals toothing out etc would make the new window stand out like a sore thumb. The chances of matching the bricks and getting the mortar colour spot on are quite slim and would be very obvious just walking past. Just doing the cut is a stronger job and is only noticable up close.
Thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏽
Yes your right it would stand out alot more if you tooth them out good job but the two cracked blue bricks you put in does drop this one to a 6/10 sorry
@@SteveAndAlexBuild In construction books it says the proper way is to tooth out the bricks, but your point makes sense. The way you did in the video with the grinder is a better way of minimising bad looking edits to the wall.
Lovely looking mortar, almost looks edible 🥣 👍
MARK FINN 😂😂, like buttercream 😋🧱👍🏼
Looks great guys. Love this channel every job shown from start to finish.
Those final joints look a complete pain to do. It might sound a bit daft you being an accomplished brickie and me being just a know it all Plumber but instead of using your trowel would it be worth using one of those pointing guns. You know a mastic gun on steroids. Or would it just be too much hassle filling and cleaning it. Then you could just pump the stuff into the joint and use your finger trowel to help push it in. Or would that be like you telling me how to solder a joint lol
John Blackburn . It probably would be easier but we don’t own one and they look like a massive faff 😬. All suggestions always welcome here though 🧱👍🏽
This is not about who is better or not. That is a great idea, but I think for the small amount of grouting it is just not worth the effort.
Do you have a video showing how to repair the drywall and make good the inside? Would be good as am trying to do this myself.
Tomas Bavington Sorry Thomas we only do bricklaying . Try searching for it in TH-cam I’m sure there will be a plastering channel out there . 👌🏼. Thanks for watching 🧱👍🏽
A great job boys I bet that's a nice change from working in footings. Steve that mortar does it have a dye in it or is it the sand you used to get that colour, I need to regrout some crazy paving that colour.
It's a dye , he says early on in the video, he's going to get it while Alex is chopping out the inside
dennisphoenix1 Thanks pal , it had a bit of red dye in 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
Excellent job!!
Thanks pal 😁🧱👍🏽
Excellent video well done chap's 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Cheers Phil 🧱👍🏼
Is it neccessary to use something to support the load above the opening you made in the outer leaf? I couldn't see anything there although I could see a prop inside. Cheers, Ben
An opening that small is self supporting 💪🏼😁🧱👍🏽
i,m putting a catnic lintel in a concrete block wall which will get sand and cement rendered and dashed,do i need to put dpc in as well as weep vents,,,cheers
Yes always pal 🧱👍🏽
Thank you. How did you decide the section of steel beam dimension above the opening?
This is just. Standard cavity lintel 🧱👍🏽
Nice one. Question: how do you color the mortar?
Klaas Kielmann Thanks pal , we use a red powder dye . 🧱👍🏽
Should have toothed reveals out and had the face of brick showing instead of cut edge .
Brickwork should be dry packed and pointed over .Thats just what I would do ,better and neater finish .
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Dead right Pauli was a brick I’ve started at 15 I’m 72 now my dad was a brinier before me and most of my uncles we would never leave a raw reveal, not the real way to do it.
do you put the lintel on a fresh bed of mortar. also do you put the damp membrane on fresh mortar on the lintel, thanks
Yes bed the lintel but the tray doesn’t get bedded down 🧱👍🏽
Brilliant video as normal! Just one question.. why have you installed a cracked brick?
kaanfeltoni92 cheers pal , there were a few unfortunately but they were solids and the cracks were only surface cracks 🧱👍🏽
Ah nice! I hope my question didn’t come across arrogant in anyway 😃 hope you’re both staying safe 👍🏽👍🏽
kaanfeltoni92 . Not at all pal 🧱👍🏽
I would like to cut out new door from kitchen to the garage. It is through a double block wall. Should I use this cavity lintel with dpc or would concrete lintel be enough? The door would go to the garage not outside.
As it’s an inside wall just concrete lintels will do . No need for a tray 🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Thanks a lot. Also thanks for the educational content.
@@AllkoDH . No probs and you are very welcome pal 🧱👍🏽
Just because you’ve seen it done does not necessarily mean you should try it.
Very true 🧱👍🏽
also what are those handy spikes you used to set up your line???
They are just called line pins specifically for that job 🧱👍🏽
Thanks for the video. I can never match the colour of the cement. From Cyprus
Always a problem 🙄🧱👍🏽
@Ken Fullman yep 😬🧱👍🏽
Don't you need a support beam?
No 🧱👍🏽
Is there a video of the window being fitted?
No just bricklaying on this channel 🧱🧱
Don't like to see the grinder cut on the reveals
It would look 10 times worse all toothed out and patched up with no guarantee of a mortar or brick
Match 😬🧱👍🏽
I'm not a brickie so know nothing about this, but shouldn't you support the brickwork above the opening before you remove all the window bricks? I mean until that lintel is in place couldn't it all just collapse at any moment? Seems the acro bar goes up to support the inner wall only, but after all the brick removal, and there is no support for the outer wall - isn't that dangerous?
It’s only a small opening abs even if any bricks did fall only about 6 would drop . There is definitely not danger of collapse 🧱👍🏽💪🏼
hi I am watching this but excuse my lack of knowledge.
Don't we need to support the upper wall when making a hole in it. ???????
As the hole was only small and the brickwork above was ok we didn’t need to prop this one 🧱👍🏽
How do you match pigment?
Nothing scientific it’s just experience and a guess 😬🧱👍🏽
How come there were a few cracked blue bricks laid in there?
They were the original solid blues but they were only surface cracks 🧱👍🏽
Hello, can someone please tell me what the plastic item that went between the 2nd and 3rd brick on the lintle is?
I think you mean the weep vents 🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild thank you
spindle053 No probs 🧱👍🏽
What sort of price does a job like this cost guys?
Lee Morton . In the region of £400 plus the price of window plus fitting 🧱👍🏽
I would have used strong boys right away to hold brickwork up. that brickwork could have all collapsed, very risky
Richard Cruickshank We had plenty of strongboys ready but even if the brickwork moved it only goes up in a triangle and you would only lose a few bricks not “collapse “ 🙄🧱👍🏽
Bricklaying With Steve and Alex i understand what your saying but the brickwork could have still fractured with all the weight above.
Richard Cruickshank . It’s actually couldn’t because brickwork is self supporting to a degree . If 5 bricks drop then only 4 above will follow then 3 , 2 then 1 🧱👍🏽
can you install a new door flush to the existing wall in a new extension wall?
Not sure as we don’t install doors 🚪 😬🧱👍🏽
What’s that lintel called guv? Nice solution!
Cheers. It’s just a standard catnic lintel 🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild Thank you Sir. I'll be needing one soon.
@@Acheiropoietos no probs 🧱👍🏽
Would you not change the half cut bricks, with brick ends for the window aesthetics ? Just curios not condemning
If the match isn’t perfect on the brick and coloured mortar it would look awful 🧱👍🏽
Didnt you put dpc down the sides of the opening
No the cavity is open , no returns for damp to track across 🧱👍🏼
I don’t believe you have left broken bricks man.
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how much would i pay for this to be done approx
Not sure as this was a while ago and stuff has gone up a lot plus we didn’t supply or fit the window 😬🧱👍🏽
How much do you charge for a job like this in 2024? I'm in Aylesbury
Sorry there is no ball park figure. You need a local builder to have a look in person and give you a quote 🧱👍🏽
@@SteveAndAlexBuild can this work also be done on cavity wall? Red brick oitside and aerated blocks inside. Gable end.
@attilagal6672 yes mate, this job was on a cavity wall.
It’s important that a cavity tray is installed above when the work is done 👍🏽
Do you not have to put strong boys in because it’s a small span?
No mate the brickwork was sound enough so no need 🧱👍🏽
Bricklaying With Steve and Alex thanks for replying always worried about doing this could just imagine the brickwork falling in 😂
Dank If ever you are unsure play safe and prop it 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
Bricklaying With Steve and Alex thanks mate 🙏🏻
Dank 🧱👍🏽
Good work, Could you fit a window for me ?where are you based
Thanks , we are in Lancashire but undies don’t fit windows 😬🧱👍🏽
Someone please educate me on that membrane
It would be easier for you to google “ Cavity Tray “ as it would take too long to explain in the comments.😉🧱👍🏽
Hello there I have a few questions about tuck points you fill joints with what sizes would you recommend buying and brand please
Thanks
Kyle Arts Hi Kyle , mine is a cheap one and it’s rubbish ! Go for an Ox and get an 8 and 10 mm 👍🏼🧱
@@SteveAndAlexBuild thanks would you need anything bigger ?
Kyle Arts I wouldn’t bother personally 👍🏼🧱
Sorry I have another question what brickhammer would you recommend a 16oz estwing a Stanley fatmax or a ox brickhammer thanks
Kyle Arts . The Estwings are very expensive ! , I’ve never liked them either . I have an ox but not keen on it and fat max gear is going down hill .
If you go to the description below our videos and click on the ck brick hammer that’s the one we prefer plus if you buy one we will get a small commission at no cost to you ( sorry about the shameless plug ) 😬😂👍🏼🧱
Is this the same film with the broken bricks ? Or are they cast like that. Ha.
They are solid blue engineering bricks abs they all have surface cracks in them for some reason 🤔🧱👍🏽
Why take three courses out above please?
You could have slid lintel in from inside surely.
Just one course leaves no room to install a new cavity tray which is essential 🧱👍🏽
why use the red dye
To march the existing 🧱👍🏼
I'm
You’re what ?
Why didn't you do a proper job and make good the reveals?
That was option b , customer chose option a 🧱👍🏽
Very slow, never levelled the lintel when bedded on disappointed
And put in cracked bricks
Retro Please .The cracks are only surface cracks in solid brick so not an issue .
The work is remedial so we are working to what is already there so putting a level on that lintel is completely pointless ! As for the speed ..... we were done for 2 so I’d say that’s fast enough .
Shinobi . Because they were only surface cracks I’m happy there won’t be any problems and at the end of the day if there is a problem I will rectify it . I could very easily have edited that part out but nobody is perfect 🤷🏼♂️