to get your angles you can use plexiglass, cut plexiglass same size as brick, you can see through it and use a marker to mark angles and then transfer marks to brick makes precise cuts . brick mason , Evansville, Indiana, you are a great mason, try grout bag for pointing , also I like music.
I come from a long line of brick masonry's. My dad wanted someone to carry on the tradition, but he had 3 girls. Fortunately for him his youngest daughter loves the craft. I never realized I would but here I am at 24, after graduating with double science majors, researching how to become a brick masonry and watching videos like yours to get ideas on my first serious build to surprise my dad with.
This is why I am going to start training to be a Bricklayer in September, so I really think this is amongst the best of your projects... Yes, you can earn money building houses, but just imagine what you can do in garden landscaping.
Yes! I am a Carpenter and I build more things out of non wood products then I do with actual wood! Its really nice when I get a chance to build something using traditional methods and materials. Great job! Thank you for sharing this video with us.
I have been running renovation projects for years in the north west and your work is as good if not better than most bricklayers I work with . Very impressed your work and attention to detail is second to none
Highly skilled work. You make it look so easy and I know from trying to build a similar arch myself, they're far from easy! Well done, thank you for posting.
I do a lot of restoration as a carpenter on period properties and have seen a lot of arches dismantled and rebuilt. Definitely an art to getting it looking visually correct as well as structurally sound.
those bricks are beautiful and your bricklaying is really well done. This is skilled work that deserves pay befitting the skill. I wish we had builders like you in my country!
stu crompton Your welcome young man. Can an old man give you some advice ? Find ways to cut and manipulate the bricks and stone you work with. Your use of a brick saw is smart. I say this because I ruined my hands after a lifetime of holding the brick in one hand and chipping away with the other. I wish I had worked smarter. My hands are crippled with arthritis now and I’m kept from doing what I love. Awesome craftsmanship Stu, just wonderful work. Stay safe, always wear some well padded gloves. In 42 yrs , I never wore a glove and my hands look like Hell and feel worse. I can’t even hold a cup of tea anymore without using both hands. I was always working harder and longer than my employees to set an example. I wish I had been more careful. Anyways, enough out of me. Good luck my friend. EPK🇺🇸
I like how you accented out the "keystone" slightly, it's small flourishes like this that sets your work above the ordinary. I could even see this as a small garden feature for non-brickies looking to test their DIY ability . great music on this too!
Now, that was absolutely brilliant. A great example of a modern take on the ability of a builder/ mason to form an arch to a degree of accuracy that pleases the eye, and therefore is automatically seen as being in equilibrium. Thankyou.
Former bricklayer here.. good job, plumb, level, perfect. 👍 Never seen the color added on top of joint like that, we used to add color to our mortar while mixing in the beginning
@@jakehindmarsh4634 go and have a look at some 100 year old brick houses fella you'll see that gauge wasn't so important... but they're still here... 100 years later. Maybe if you're using an old sandy silo muck with lime, and building with a glorified insulation block with a powdered coating, then you need 10mm gauge, but if you're making a proper mortar, and using real bricks, then gauge can be smaller.
Hello stu I am laying bricks 40 years never think of doing work like that we take it for granted the art that’s in it ,lovely work young man cheers ☘️😉👍
This is western civilization... Pride in excellence. A thousand year march, striving to achieve something worthy. Something that should last... Watching a master craftsmen create with exactness has warmed my heart...
great passion and attitude my man, and i agree with your niece, good.its a shame that these's days on site most arches come stuck to the front of a lintel and skill's are being forsaken .
Just a little tip for apprentices or other people wanting to learn. When you do your cuts around the arch, if the joint width is less than the thickness of the other bricks and you are able to lay the brick, i.e. the cut isn't too big, lay the brick in place and later when you are pointing up you can use a grinder with a diamond blade to make the joint width match that of the surrounding bricks. By only cutting the brick face back by 10mm deep, when you later joint/point up the wall it will be invisible but give the appearance of the same width joint. If that makes sense. Good video Stu.
Basically you can neaten up your cuts around the arch ring/voussoir bricks with a grinder so they are all equal. Any better? I did a Gothic arch as one of my choices for NVQ 3 test panels. Cheers
Nice job but next time adjust arch height on coursing. By doing this the last stretcher course will hit top of key brick as not to have sliver over arch. Clean work. Bravo
I am a retired Bricklayer, many moons ago, i was on site, when the foreman said he have a lad that has just finished his apprenticeship, and would i just nurse him into the job, no problems i said, Well the young lad started, i worked out the bond, and said to him put your corner up working to the gauge marks, i kept looking down the line to him, and he was scratching his head,i asked him what was wrong, he told me he was unsure how to start. so i started him off, Poor lad had not got a clue, after a chat he told me he had served a 3year apprenticeship, BUT, he did a bit of plumbing, a bit of plastering,a bit of joinery, and he though Bricklaying was his best skill, how sad 3 years wasted, i try to help him out as much as i could but the foreman was watching at a distance, and sacked him after 4 days, the young lad said ''Please don't sack me i will just go labouring". I say again HOW SAD. I was happy to take him on but the foreman let him go.The government need to, as they did in the past subsidies the firms to train apprentices properly.
Maybe he bragged his way into that position les. If you do an NVQ now it’s a very thorough course both practical and theory. That being said the are a lot of quick fix courses out there for every trade and we all know there is no quick fix or fast track to being competent at anything.
Unfortunately - this is a fact of the modern skills shortage and the 20 year gap for apprenticeship from 1985 to 2005 when the NVQ etc got under way.... Starting to be a real problem on all trades
Very nice work. The pointed gothic arch when done is brick is also nice to do with a mitered halfbrick on each side rather than a centered keystone. The centered keystone rounds off the pointedness of the pointed arch. Look att Bergen red brick church for example. Also, sometimes leaving the joints in a tan or earth color is also nice.
Enjoyed the instructional and the music at the 5:28 mark , could not find it on epidemicsound. Would like to buy it. My sister said the window is beautiful and your creativity is awesome as well as your skill and also enjoyed the sound.
Boss. I’ve made a snare drum using staves like that. Obvs. It was round. But it’s still cutting wedges. I made it from a bit of solid wood worktop I had left over. Worked out really well that. I gave it to my daughter in the end. Anyway! Voussiors! I’ve got a brick arch to build for a mate now. So thanks again for all your vids stu. Boss resources mate. 👊😎
Hey Stu, came across your channel the other day and I have been fully engrossed in all your videos, I think I've watched about 15 or so! They are so informative! You make it look so easy! I'm going to be knocking down a little wall in my garden and I'm gonna attempt to make a new one, hopefully better than the one that's there at the moment, as its terrible!
I'm Walking on Air - Jayden Talley One of the Good Ones - Cody Decker Different Kind of Love - Akerman feat. Elve Now We Do It Again - Duplex Heart feat. Anya Gold
Smashing bit of brickwork, you’re 100% right mate all you need is your level 2 as long as you’re in with a good squad you can learn everything on site.
Nice work Stu. Bricklaying is more an art form than a skill set, a craft perfected over the centuries in just about every culture in one fashion or another. Nothing says home more than a hovel made of brick.
Quality Stu! I passed my level 2 in 2009 but don't work on the trowel any longer. I still work in House Building so I've got a good eye for detail and that, my friend, is a cracking bit of brickwork!!
Really incredible work. I remember an occasion about 45 years ago when I wanted a builder to make me a Gothic Arch for a wrought iron gate and all I kept getting were brickies telling me what 'specialist work' it was and I was on my 11th brickie before I found one who said he could do it!
Great brick control skills, clear demonstration of fun and passion. Have been at it for almost 15 years, always enjoyed working freehand. Hope you wearing proper dust mask... that's one of the things which used to be neglected by many brickies...
Great peace of work, I to am a bricklayer and get to do some technical work I appreciate the time and skill that goes into them keep up the good work. Mick
to get your angles you can use plexiglass, cut plexiglass same size as brick, you can see through it and use a marker to mark angles and then transfer marks to brick makes precise cuts . brick mason , Evansville, Indiana, you are a great mason, try grout bag for pointing , also I like music.
I have a serious urge to build one of these for absolutely no reason 😍
To crawl through of course.
I come from a long line of brick masonry's. My dad wanted someone to carry on the tradition, but he had 3 girls.
Fortunately for him his youngest daughter loves the craft. I never realized I would but here I am at 24, after graduating with double science majors, researching how to become a brick masonry and watching videos like yours to get ideas on my first serious build to surprise my dad with.
❤😊
This is why I am going to start training to be a Bricklayer in September, so I really think this is amongst the best of your projects... Yes, you can earn money building houses, but just imagine what you can do in garden landscaping.
TH-cam at its finest. Free education by someone at the top of his game. Thanks man!
Yes! I am a Carpenter and I build more things out of non wood products then I do with actual wood! Its really nice when I get a chance to build something using traditional methods and materials. Great job! Thank you for sharing this video with us.
I have been running renovation projects for years in the north west and your work is as good if not better than most bricklayers I work with .
Very impressed your work and attention to detail is second to none
Cheers Chris pal 👍
Highly skilled work. You make it look so easy and I know from trying to build a similar arch myself, they're far from easy! Well done, thank you for posting.
Thanks pal
I was a brick layer for years I love seeing masonry work still, I still do some work once in a while, he's a good mason
I do a lot of restoration as a carpenter on period properties and have seen a lot of arches dismantled and rebuilt. Definitely an art to getting it looking visually correct as well as structurally sound.
those bricks are beautiful and your bricklaying is really well done. This is skilled work that deserves pay befitting the skill. I wish we had builders like you in my country!
I spent 40 yrs in the business my friend and that is some of the finest brick work I’ve ever seen.
You have the touch
👍🏻🇺🇸
thanks buddy i appreciate that coming from you :)
stu crompton
Your welcome young man.
Can an old man give you some advice ? Find ways to cut and manipulate the bricks and stone you work with. Your use of a brick saw is smart. I say this because I ruined my hands after a lifetime of holding the brick in one hand and chipping away with the other. I wish I had worked smarter. My hands are crippled with arthritis now and I’m kept from doing what I love.
Awesome craftsmanship Stu, just wonderful work.
Stay safe, always wear some well padded gloves.
In 42 yrs , I never wore a glove and my hands look like Hell and feel worse. I can’t even hold a cup of tea anymore without using both hands.
I was always working harder and longer than my employees to set an example. I wish I had been more careful.
Anyways, enough out of me. Good luck my friend.
EPK🇺🇸
I like how you accented out the "keystone" slightly, it's small flourishes like this that sets your work above the ordinary. I could even see this as a small garden feature for non-brickies looking to test their DIY ability . great music on this too!
Now, that was absolutely brilliant.
A great example of a modern take on the ability of a builder/ mason to form an arch to a degree of accuracy that pleases the eye, and therefore is automatically seen as being in equilibrium.
Thankyou.
No thankyou for watching
Former bricklayer here.. good job, plumb, level, perfect. 👍
Never seen the color added on top of joint like that, we used to add color to our mortar while mixing in the beginning
What about gauging it? Doesn't every bed and joint have to be 10mm
@@jakehindmarsh4634 Why 10mm.
@@johnclark7049 in the UK to get the perfect brickwork you have to have 10m joints and 10m beds it's how am getting taught in college
@@jakehindmarsh4634 go and have a look at some 100 year old brick houses fella you'll see that gauge wasn't so important... but they're still here... 100 years later.
Maybe if you're using an old sandy silo muck with lime, and building with a glorified insulation block with a powdered coating, then you need 10mm gauge, but if you're making a proper mortar, and using real bricks, then gauge can be smaller.
Dry stone waller here mate. Have to say your work is tip top!
Beautiful work. Nice to know there are still skilled craftsmen out there
It’s 3am and i’m glad i learned how to build a brick arch. Awesome video!!
Thanks 😁😁
You. Are. A. Genius. I'm into home building myself and only just now started wondering "Where is it written that windows have to be square?"
Hello stu I am laying bricks 40 years never think of doing work like that we take it for granted the art that’s in it ,lovely work young man cheers ☘️😉👍
That’s what happens when you go to college. You learn these skills. I’ve been a gas engineer for nearly 50 years. I am very impressed my friend.
This is western civilization... Pride in excellence. A thousand year march, striving to achieve something worthy. Something that should last... Watching a master craftsmen create with exactness has warmed my heart...
great passion and attitude my man, and i agree with your niece, good.its a shame that these's days on site most arches come stuck to the front of a lintel and skill's are being forsaken .
Thanks buddy and that’s true although if I build a house there will be features like this in it.
Just a little tip for apprentices or other people wanting to learn. When you do your cuts around the arch, if the joint width is less than the thickness of the other bricks and you are able to lay the brick, i.e. the cut isn't too big, lay the brick in place and later when you are pointing up you can use a grinder with a diamond blade to make the joint width match that of the surrounding bricks. By only cutting the brick face back by 10mm deep, when you later joint/point up the wall it will be invisible but give the appearance of the same width joint. If that makes sense. Good video Stu.
That’s is very confusing for anyone to read even me lol thanks for the advice tho
Basically you can neaten up your cuts around the arch ring/voussoir bricks with a grinder so they are all equal. Any better? I did a Gothic arch as one of my choices for NVQ 3 test panels. Cheers
That’s some fine workmanship there 👌🏻
You are an artist mate.
Nice job but next time adjust arch height on coursing. By doing this the last stretcher course will hit top of key brick as not to have sliver over arch. Clean work. Bravo
I concur too
Outstanding job and great attention to detail. You cut the bricks perfectly and all the perps are evenly spaced; a really beautiful job.
What a beaut of a job well done
Been a bricky 37 yrs an I enjoy this guys work it’s tops.
How can anyone dislike this? Lovely job and skilled.
Cheers Karl, trolls will be troll mate that’s their purpose in life.
Excellent, very beautiful clean work my friend! 😁👍
Pete from Yuma, AZ U.S
I am a retired Bricklayer, many moons ago, i was on site, when the foreman said he have a lad that has just finished his apprenticeship, and would i just nurse him into the job, no problems i said, Well the young lad started, i worked out the bond, and said to him put your corner up working to the gauge marks, i kept looking down the line to him, and he was scratching his head,i asked him what was wrong, he told me he was unsure how to start. so i started him off, Poor lad had not got a clue, after a chat he told me he had served a 3year apprenticeship, BUT, he did a bit of plumbing, a bit of plastering,a bit of joinery, and he though Bricklaying was his best skill, how sad 3 years wasted, i try to help him out as much as i could but the foreman was watching at a distance, and sacked him after 4 days, the young lad said ''Please don't sack me i will just go labouring". I say again HOW SAD. I was happy to take him on but the foreman let him go.The government need to, as they did in the past subsidies the firms to train apprentices properly.
Maybe he bragged his way into that position les. If you do an NVQ now it’s a very thorough course both practical and theory. That being said the are a lot of quick fix courses out there for every trade and we all know there is no quick fix or fast track to being competent at anything.
It is a shame..But he should have been honest from the start.
Les Gill happened to me to, I was lucky I went with an older brick after my apprenticeship, he soon brought me up to speed.
once again Government is well intentioned schools not carefully vetted taking the tax payers money and not producing quality.
Unfortunately - this is a fact of the modern skills shortage and the 20 year gap for apprenticeship from 1985 to 2005 when the NVQ etc got under way.... Starting to be a real problem on all trades
Neat work . bin brickie 24 years nice too see someone takes pride in their work
Thank you for this video, I like when the work is done the best way
Great job, great music, and I love your assistant.
Im a joiner on site .i would love to follow brick layers who build as neat as you.good job mate !
Cheers Chris pal appreciate that
Chris Walmsley that what happens when they want the houses thrown up and sold quick you get price work gangs in
Exquisite work. You can not beat the old style craft, you do not see work like that anymore.
Please share guys, More like this to come wooooooo
stu crompton could you do a video on the different types of pointing?
Stu do u know anyone called Simon crompton?
stu crompton top quality as always
if he plays golf i know him
You've got major skills. Very well done!
Very good. Excellent mellow weekend music too. Enjoyed it, no songs of mine yet though :(
You are not getting brick wet before use? I saw many bricklayers working here, and they always soak brick in water before use.
Great video Stu, but the most important question is "How do you figure the wedge angles"?
Cut them on the radius of the circle
@@joekenlan6377 I'm not sure I follow...
Very nice work. The pointed gothic arch when done is brick is also nice to do with a mitered halfbrick on each side rather than a centered keystone. The centered keystone rounds off the pointedness of the pointed arch. Look att Bergen red brick church for example. Also, sometimes leaving the joints in a tan or earth color is also nice.
Привет, все отлично,Мастер, удачи тебе!!,
Вряд-ли он вас понял)
Lovely brick work. I was trained in S.A. with coloured bricklayers.Excellent craftsmen. Miss it much.
I love it ... so beautiful... keep going.... how the arch keep standing so quickly?
Arch shaped structured stand under their own weight thats why so many bridges are built in this shape.
This is by far the best thing you've done. It looks spot on!
Enjoyed the instructional and the music at the 5:28 mark , could not find it on epidemicsound. Would like to buy it. My sister said the window is beautiful and your creativity is awesome as well as your skill and also enjoyed the sound.
Thanks Ted I can’t remember the track now it was a while ago
Boss.
I’ve made a snare drum using staves like that.
Obvs. It was round.
But it’s still cutting wedges.
I made it from a bit of solid wood worktop I had left over.
Worked out really well that.
I gave it to my daughter in the end.
Anyway!
Voussiors!
I’ve got a brick arch to build for a mate now.
So thanks again for all your vids stu.
Boss resources mate. 👊😎
Fantástico!!! Buen trabajo amigo 😉
Hey Stu, came across your channel the other day and I have been fully engrossed in all your videos, I think I've watched about 15 or so! They are so informative! You make it look so easy! I'm going to be knocking down a little wall in my garden and I'm gonna attempt to make a new one, hopefully better than the one that's there at the moment, as its terrible!
Muy buena esa arcada fantastica un genio el ruso yo tambien soy albañil y m gusta ver gente joven que les guste este oficio ami m gusta
Awesome job..you made something that is very complicated look easy......thank God for your skills
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One of the Good Ones - Cody Decker
Different Kind of Love - Akerman feat. Elve
Now We Do It Again - Duplex Heart feat. Anya Gold
Thank you so much!
I'm not really interested in things like this but this is truly a work of art. And the music behind went perfectly
Good jop ...
Missing some details
The cutting process
you wont need to do any cuts, theyre already done, did you watch the video
U did it stu. Been with u from the beginning. Over a million views. Fellow mason. Lots.of love from the usa
Appreciate it buddy 😁
Top job! How did work out the angles for cutting the arch bricks? Cheers
just did it by eye mate
stu crompton Cheers mate. Keep up the good work!
I really love arches in building.
Wonderful job Stu!
Congratulations for the super good work demo!
Absolutely lovely brick work. Can not stop watching your videos mate. Making me want to get into brick laying. Fantastic
beautiful seeing good craftsmanship
That's a great job Stu. I like the use of the chopsaw
Stunning work, Stew. Not enough brickwork like this being built nowadays. A real shame. It really shows off your skill.
i know mate sad aint it, but i like to Incorporated it into my work
Beautifully clean.
Thanks Stu ,you're a gent for showing how it's done properly.
i started an education or training🇩🇪 idk how to say as Bricklayer and damn you are my idol
For bricklaying videos with no music or speeded up footage follow ASMR bricklaying channel
stu crompton never ever thought to use a chopper on brick.
which blades do you use?
👍
What's the black stuff you finally finished with?
Black dyed mortar
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The first time in YT I’m watching instructional video while listening to a music 😋👍🙏
Smashing bit of brickwork, you’re 100% right mate all you need is your level 2 as long as you’re in with a good squad you can learn everything on site.
Impressive set of skills
Really great for the angle measure and way to cut the bricks
Nice work Stu. Bricklaying is more an art form than a skill set, a craft perfected over the centuries in just about every culture in one fashion or another. Nothing says home more than a hovel made of brick.
100% agree Marc! It not something you can just pick up and learn working watching a few video. It takes years of practice with the right technique
Topman...
Excellent job !!!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience
Awesome job stu! Clearly your passionate about the craft as am I. I feel like i learn something new with each video you put out. Thanks again
Jon Goncalves c
Very good job, very nice ,greetings from bavaria Germany. In the past i worked as mason and i enjoy your work. Very accurat, clean nice.
I love to watch a true professional do his thing. Great video!
Quality Stu! I passed my level 2 in 2009 but don't work on the trowel any longer. I still work in House Building so I've got a good eye for detail and that, my friend, is a cracking bit of brickwork!!
Flawless as always wow not many men can do that . That's why you can command the title the best .!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!
Really incredible work. I remember an occasion about 45 years ago when I wanted a builder to make me a Gothic Arch for a wrought iron gate and all I kept getting were brickies telling me what 'specialist work' it was and I was on my 11th brickie before I found one who said he could do it!
this wasnt done in the traditional way, i just kind of winged it with no plan but i got there
Loved the push of the last brick and seeing it just hold.
Beautiful piece of work !!
Another quality build,Stu.Keep up the good work fella.👏👏👏
Smashing job stu I built a Gothic arch at college back in 1977 will try to dig out the photo only built one arch since. Keep up the great work.
cheers Nigel
Master at work again
Looks great!! Thanks for sharing
From one Bricklayer to another. Good Tutorial Sir! R E S P E C T!!
Beautiful gothic brick arch demo. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice, the only thing different I would suggest using a cake bag to tuck point❤❤❤
Great brick control skills, clear demonstration of fun and passion.
Have been at it for almost 15 years, always enjoyed working freehand. Hope you wearing proper dust mask... that's one of the things which used to be neglected by many brickies...
Absolutely superb Stu. Completely in awe of that 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks for the video. Ive been trying to explain how to do it to my girlfriend for a month. This video showed her in 3 minutes.
I love it ... so beautiful... keep going.look so good
First arch? Wow! True craftsman.
You are not a construction worker! You are an artist, your work is beautiful and wonderful
Very beautiful as a painting lived hands
Wow, absolutely fantastic.
I have zero building skills, but really enjoy watching your channel, thank you.
cheers Barney
Great peace of work, I to am a bricklayer and get to do some technical work I appreciate the time and skill that goes into them keep up the good work. Mick