Learning how to build a CLAY WALL...(Rescuing a 120 year old house)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ต.ค. 2022
- This week we FINALLY got to lay the first clay bricks! and we had an expert there to show us how it's done
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Thank you for showcasing women in the trades. I am myself a woman in a male-dominant field, so it's nice to see all the women like Sinje and Anni from the last episode being so knowledgeable about their respective jobs.
Came on here to say the same !
I agree !!
Agreed!
Yes, love it. Women give me life
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Best Laura moment: "We need to build a machine for this." Rolls eyes. "Also I want to build a machine for this."
I'd buy this saying on merch, heh.
@@StillCountCrows One line on the front of a t-shirt, the other on the back?
Sign me up for 2👍😂
And she wouldn't even show us the machine. Such a teasing cliffhanger I can't take it ^^
Nice, another person who has watched the video
I will never build or restore a timber frame house, but I'm loving every minute of learning about it.
Same
Never say Never 😅
I am an art teacher and specify in the more impossible art concepts. I send many of my students to your videos, the way you approach a project, the way you tackle difficulty, and the way you love "the doing" (even when injured) is so admirable I hope my students are inspired to attempt the inconceivable by your success and joy. Thanks!
@Unexpected Art - YAY! So much of being an artist is seeing & hearing 'differently' than the average bear.
Watching Laura get excited & frustrated as she continues to move forward is great. She has a great flow about her.
She has a lot of tools of all sizes and kinds. She has supplies organized by type that she 'typically' uses as well as one room that's a mishmash. I see that as untapped potential/possibility. Then there are the things outside... lol... Aside from her spy storage cases, my favorite thing in her shop (studio) is the block of wood that says 'Glue Drying'.
(For me, knowing how to communicate the same ideas in different ways is so important. I understand that people think & process in different ways. It is crucial for folks that I get ideas & concepts through to them, so I use all the tools at my disposal.)
A wonderfully exciting episode, and gosh darn it, a perfect cliffhanger!
Sinje is awesome! So fun to watch a master bricklayer work & teach. In fact, I would watch an entire series of “Laura learns a new skill from a master craftsperson”!
It's so cool to see her laying the bricks. It gives such great insight into how the houses are made and how they have been made for literally hundreds of years
Those clay bicks are a pretty recent development though, the original houses were built (filled in) differently.
@@Dave1507 Those bricks are just a more refined modern take on a very old concept, 100 years ago it would have been straw and clay mixed together shaped into a brick and then fired in a kiln, fundamentally the same concept just a hell of a lot more simple
@@theseventhnight not really. back in the olden days, they wove willow brances between the timbers and then packed clay on top of it to fill all the gaps (from both sides, obviously), so no, they didn't use bricks at all way back when.
@@Dave1507 that was 1 of many ways that timber framed houses were filled in 100 years ago they certainly would have had the technology to make the bricks the way i said in a quantity that would have made it practical, go back 3 hundred years it's unlikely they would have used bricks doing it the way you've mentioned instead and then giving it a lime wash coating to protect it
@@theseventhnight you might have a point if most of these houses were not way older than 100.
One of the things I love about this channel is the incredibly inspiring female role models. You're always doing amazing things and teaching people along the way, and that's sooooo cool.
I was just thinking the same. Great to see women working in this field! 👍🏻💪
Yes! it's awesome!
LMAO get your sexist BS out of here! I couldn't care less if it's a woman or a man doing the repares, it's impressive work regardless of who does it. Laura sets a good example for boys and girls alike by trying to stay positive face to face to all the set-backs she had to face during this reconstruction, by being willing to take the learning curve for various topics, and admitting when something's too difficult for her, and her gender has literally nothing to do with it - or did you conveniently forget men were on her team from the beginning and the timberframe is literally build by male experts?
@@YamiKisara oh look, a male ego gets triggered and jumps straight to defensive whataboutism.
Agree!! It is super inspiring!
When you are laying the bricks it’s really helpful put level lines (string and nails) every line of bricks, once you are used to it you can lay them really fast and make longer lines without making an un leveled line
Also if spacing is so crucial, couldn't you use spacers??
@@Ludifant is the reply we got from laura or is it spam? I got the same reply you did.
@@DL-by8el its a scam bot. just report it
Brick laying is a mystical art. And I didn't even know you could get a Masters degree in restoring stuff
This is not a master's degree from university, it's a "craftsman master". This is the highest qualification for craftsmen jobs (apprentice->journeymen->master), gives you the right to train apprentices and prepares you for running your own business (i.e. it also contains business and legal training).
For many safety critical jobs you also need a "Meister" to verify the quality and accuracy of the work: For example, if an electrician wires up a house, you need a Meister to verify that everything is up to code and safe (something that even a phd in electrical engineering wouldn't be able to do).
Effectively, Germany has two education paths, one being the more academic, the other being the more craft focused.
There is, where there's stuff to restore ;)
@@TimeofMinecraftMods Looks very similar to the Danish system :)
@@TimeofMinecraftMods Taking the chance to out myself as "very German" here, but the Restaurator im (Maurer)Handwerk sits on top of the Meister - they even got the DQR 7, so it (the so-called Master Professional title) is equivalent to an academic master, qualification-wise. "Just" the Meister would be equivalent to a bachelor's degree.
From what I understanding, Germany's education system is quite good at preparing people for the trades just as they would for academia.
As soon as Laura said, "we need to build a machine for this" I was thinking, 'no, you WANT to build a machine for this'. And then she said it! 😁😁. Yay, maybe a making the machine video next week?
Watching this project helps me calm my future-anxiety, my own life is very much in the middle of a lot of change, and I don't have any long term plans at the moment, so watching you (re)build a house that will last many decades reassures me that investing in the future is still a reasonable thing. Also, it's a lot of fun ;)
Hard same. Long term thinking and working also helps my anxiety.
Great to see young intelligent people working together!! Great energy thankyou!
the people you're working on this with all seem very cool
I love how excited she was about making a machine for the stone cutting
Episodes go so quickly!
All the problems with the house seem to be yielding a “silver lining” in that all you learn about new materials and techniques. Your perseverance is inspiring. 🌿
So glad you’ve chosen these clay bricks! I don’t know if you saw my comments early in time when you just have bought the hose…. I was one of the first to suggest these materials… I am eager to see the final results. As member of a group of technical female architects in my country seeing your new expert and you building that wall makes me very happy! was sure you would like to build a new cutting tool for your bricks… can’t wait to see it !! Congratulations ! I 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Can't wait to see the machine you're building...!!
Well of course you are building a machine! Bravo!
Die Pause und das 'Geil' nach 'Lass mal nen Schrägschnitt machen' beinhaltet alles von 'Ach du Scheiße, wird es klappen?' Bis 'Der Himmel auf Erden!' Und sämtliche Hausbauer Gedanken dazwischen. Ich lache Tränen und bin verliebt in den Moment und den Prozess 💖
@kindly - I Love your heart felt way of seeing and being in the moment. I teared up when I saw your Screen Name, beautiful.
🧡 thank you for seeing and telling
This series is one of my favorite things on TH-cam right now, love it!!
Holy crap, a cliffhanger! Or as someone said in the chat, a clayhanger.
Thanks for the vid premier, and thumbs up as always.
These "Cliffhänger" at the end of your video was so shocking, i want to see part 2 😭😭😭😭
Now! PLEASE 🤗🤗🤗😘
Büdde Büdde lovley Laura 😊
AGONY! I simply cannot wait until next week!!! :)
Length of this video covering the clay bricks was about right - sometimes less is more and great seeing a female bricky 😊
Interesting stuff, I've been bricklaying nearly 50 years and not seen this system before. There are many machines available for cutting these, a reciprocating saw with a masonry blade probably cheapest 👍
Looks like cob bricks, wouldn't even need a ceramic blade. These are not ceramic as far as I can tell
Mann, das ist ja mal ein RICHTIG spannendes Ende. Bin gespannt auf den Steinschneider. Vielleicht kannst du ja mit ClayTec zusammen arbeiten?
Ah, this video brings back memories. :) We had to do a lot of this bricklaying in our timberframe house. We used a small cordless reciprocating saw to do the cutting after trying several methods. One main advantage of using clay is, that their is no alkaline cement to mess up your hands - hence you don't have to stay away from it with your skin. Just grab a handful and throw it whereever it is needed. No need for bricklaying tools like trowels besides heavy stiring. Working this way is pretty fun! Give it a try :)
So proud of you learning natural construction! Nearly all antique houses in Mexico are clay and it is a great material, if I were you I would have looked at other techniques like bahareque which is very interesting because is flexible and super light! Also lime mini she’s are super good looking, you should also look into polished ones! Great work! You always inspire
If I were in my twenties again, you would be my hero for reinventing, repurposing things you have on hand to make new stuff. Love watching you build.
Ooooo the best kinda of clif hanger, I can't wait
Das schöne an den Lehmsteinen ist ja das die fast nicht stauben, wenn man die schneidet.
Klasse!
Laura its so good knowing that youre feeling better and more confident in the house each day. I can't wait to see the next progress video. thanks for sharing and stay healthy
Loved it. I was so absorbed in the story that I can’t believe the video ended. Next week is so long away. 😢
"Also I want to build a machine for this..." would be a most excellent t-shirt or hoodie or both.
The small lip (triangle) to stop close the airspace / air gap to the beams was interesting.
I never noticed this Isolde house we feared down!
Super cool seeing the process of building with bricks! I've only tried a couple of repairs and it's definitely a learning process. You'll be an expert for sure after 4,000.
Awesome to see a woman master bricklayer.
Love your work 👍
This house project have taken so many turns. I've never been so emotional devoted into youtube videos as yours.
Vielen glück!
Thank you so much for fixing the subtitle issue!
Love that women run the show on this house! Way to go!
Die Steine finde ich total super, ich kannte die bisher gar nicht. Das Raumklima im Haus ist hinterher bestimmt obergut, das entschädigt dich dann für die viele Arbeit. Ich bin so gespannt wie es weiter geht! ❤
“We need to build a machine”
I hope Sinje is able to continue helping and sharing her knowledge! Here's some for the house fund.
This is just so different than typical Midwest building techniques that I'm having difficulty believing in this. I look forward to expanding my horizons. 👍
Also, as another Midwesterner, I wonder how much our building techniques could be improved/changed if we followed a similar "local materials" philosophy. So much of US construction is "assembled on site, with global materials" and it makes me think...what is around me that I could build a house with?
believe it or not, there are houses over here that are older than the US of A, so you can be assured, it's a tried and tested process.
@@Dave1507 Jep. I wanted to write the same.
The clay stuff is not structural. The wood part is. I don't think you could build a house with only the clay bricks.
Midwest Europe? Like Switzerland or Belgium? I would have guessed you would have seen these techniques before then? Or Midwest Asia?
Awesome
Very cool process. Working with the soft clay bricks is something I haven't seen before. Really interesting to see that process. And the end of the video got so intense! Can't wait to see that next time. Thanks for sharing!
It's starting to look like home you're doing good remember to stop refocus and then walk forward which you have you're doing good good job
Thank you for your sheer positivity... Even when things go awry, you smile laugh and tackle it... It helps to watch someone deal with issues the way you do so I can believe there are answers to my problems. 😀
Some of my brethren (and sistren) from the world of construction probably already told you that they make a masonry chop saw (miter saw.) It wouldn't leave us on the edge of our seats until next week, but it will really speed up the process. Also, and you will learn this, a well cut brick will leave the waste product as an equally useful piece to flip around and use somewhere else. You shouldn't have more than 2% waste. Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Thanks.
It's cool that you use old materials "Fachwerk", clay.. that works for centuries with modern methods.
How dare you end the video like this? 🤣
I love love love following this journey.
One thing that is probably great about working with clay is that there is none of the itchy feeling in the hands afterwards in comparison with cement. 🙂
And no dust in the lung . .
Wow, I can't wait to see the machine. I am way too invested in haus Liselotte and I decided I am going to enjoy it instead of being wary of the "too much"
So good seeing the bricks go in. So much progress now Laura. You're doing great.
I know I'm preaching (lol) to the Choir....
I am so glad to see talented & trained women working Trade jobs in your videos. We need a lot more women not just working in the Trades, but also owning the companies as well.
There need to be more women & generally more young adults getting into the Trades. In the U.S. we are facing a real problem. The people currently in the building Trades are aging out and not enough people are getting involved to replace them. ( this also may be true in other Trade areas as well.)
It's a great way to make a living & it can be very rewarding. I wish that in High Schools (preferably Middle Schools) 'they' would really promote the Trades - in all areas - to everyone, not just those ID'd as male at birth. College isn't for everyone plus we NEED people in the Trades.
There isn't a reason in the world why women can't, or shouldn't, be an equal part in all the Trades. Those of us men who agree with this have a responsibility to intercept and stop the 'Good 'Ole Boy's (White)' dominsted death grip on all the areas of work. Gender should not be an issue in any area of opportunity or employment.
You've got this Girl!!! I have faith in you.
I can't with the end jajajajjajaajajjaja that crafting new stuff energy is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!
Es macht halt immer Bock Profis bei der Arbeit zu beobachten, Sinje ist so flott und akkurat in dem, was sie tut, dass es wie Magie aussieht :D
Und wenn man's dann selber probiert fühlt man sich wie ein Vogelstrauß mit Koordinationsproblemen.
Excellent video! Thank you for the English subtitles. There are so many skills involved in building such a house. You will be excellent at brick laying very soon. You're not afraid of hard work.
Now that Laura can be significantly more 'hands-on' in the process, you can definitely see her fire re-ignite. This is fascinating seeing how similar, and different, the clay bricks/mortar is to 'traditional brick and mortar'.
I'm master bricklayer, living near Cologne and watching your videos. I thougth about helping but i'm injured by motobike accident, so i couldn't do anything praktical for you. So i'm glad you found Sinje as a real practical master bricklayer teaching you in bricklaying. I'm shure you will do it just in time - good luck!
Great to see use of those materials keep going 😅
Cliffhanger Magic. So excited for next week
I can't wait for the full transformation.
Building with bricks in Brazil is super traditional here. The masons here are very skilled.
This has been so interesting to watch! So laying the clay bricks is one thing. But imagine back in the day making all of the bricks first!
They didn't make those bricks back in the day, they mostly wove willow branches in between the timbers, and then threw clay on top of that weave from both sides, and than painted it white.
@@Dave1507 you're wrong. "Back in the day" they absolutely did use mud bricks, or they may have used thatched walls covered with mud, or even just use formwork and stuff it with the mud mixture and let it dry, all methods were used. Which one to use was mostly decided by how much money you had, and on the time period, but in a 100 years old house such as Laura's, there definitely would've been bricks - most likely done on site, as they used to.
@@Dave1507 I imagine that is a technique, but in the video when they took the walls down, you could see the outline of large clay bricks. So seems like this house was originally made with clay bricks.
@@dudeorduuude5211 or someone tried to restore it and didn't gaf about how it was originally made, which also was the cause for all the rot they had in the timber...
@@Dave1507 sounds like the builders or restorers did mess up by using concrete to cover it all.
Despite the amzing main process, i do idore the job Felix does in taking puctures, compositions, angles, Flare... respect guys
It’s great to see a skilled person at work. Brick laying is fascinating already, but this is at another level!
Also I agree that it’s good to see a female in the trade. Even better when it’s such a good product!
Keep up the good work.
i like the baked in subtitles! saves me from turning on CC lol. youtube needs a separate option for subtitle tracks and CC tracks
Hello from Canada
I can see why she sees cleaning as so important. When that stuff dries, it might be extremely difficult to remove out of all the nooks and crannies of the machine, maybe making it unusable in the future.
Sinje. I was weeks away from starting my apprenticeship training to be a brick layer when the pandemic hit and closed everything down. Mad respect
A clay brick cliff hanger?! Surley the first in YT history! 😂 I'm hooked
Hello from Santa Cruz California
Captioning is awesome!! I know it’s more work but we who need it deeply appreciate your empathy and hard work.
You’re doing an amazing job restoring the home, I’m cheering for you!!
I have my reservations on these clay bricks, as there isn't much holding the completed infill panels in besides the triangular wood strips nailed to the oak structure.
Traditionally in Britain, 'Wattle and daub' was in used, though I am unsure what would have been used in Germany. The Wattle was woven Hazel or Willow branches into a lattice frame built into the Oak structure thus giving it support from outward side loads. The Daub is a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw.
It will interesting to see the end result and how it fairs over time.
I love your Style Laura !
Really appreciate the English subtitles. Thanks!
At last! So satisfying! I can hardly wait to see the machine.....
Loving the progress. Love the idea of the clay bricks. Your channel is one of my favourite channels. Great work Laura.
I am a bricklayer in Australia and we use our trowel or a brick saw to cut bricks and it’s a 4 year course to learn the trade. So when you said I have 2 or 3 days to learn I did think it was funny. Love your channel and the variety you show so thanks
You'll have the best new old house on the block.
It's hard to be in a bad mood and watch Laura...her laugh is so infectious, ya gotta laugh too.
Oh fun, a "to be continued...!!" 😄 I have no doubts you will have gained a new skill in no time. ❤
Those cob bricks are really nice - what a wonderful material to (re)build a house with.
Very cool bricks!
Alter Falter was für ein Cliffhanger! Mega Material und das wird!!!
It's a very thorough restoration.
Gosh we want the machine !!!
Laura I think you're gonna have fun laying those bricks and I like how your friend was laying those brick like nothing just laying them like pancakes so cool.💪💪👍👍
Nooo! I don't want to wait til next week to see that machine! Great work, great video. Absolutely loved it
Now THAT'S how you do a TH-cam cliffhanger. Such a great series. I love this content. And thank you for putting in the English subtitles!
Winter is coming! 😱 Wishing you all the best. And Liselotte too, of course.
Geil was für ein Cliffhanger. Ich finde die Videoreihe mega. Total interessantes Thema.
Hallo Laura, mittlerweile steht es um Liselotte schon wieder richtig gut. Ihr schafft sicher vor dem Frost die Fassade zu schließen! Wieder mal ein lehrreiches Video, wir sind begeistert 😀👍
Grüße von Mädels@WORK
These video's are the best! And I was so happy to see more female master craftsmen at work.
I wish I could have seen these as a young girl because I that might have given me the confidence to follow a different route in education in life.
I love your videos and wish you all the best in finishing the house!
LAURA!!! YOU CAN’T LEAVE US WITH A CLIFFHANGER!!!! I’m dying to see the rest! omg lol please don’t keep us waiting too long, we can’t take it hahaha
Cliff hanger!! :) Waiting with bated breath.🙂 Thanks for sharing your journey through this!