How lucky those boys are to have a dad who is a skilled bricklayer, teach them the ropes. Over 30 years I've worked with many union and non union bricklayers. Your very accurate in saying speed is not as important as quality. I know people that throw in 500 brick a day , but the workmanship suffers . Head joints poorly buttered, nobody back parges , voids throughout the matrix etc etc etc. there is way too much emphasis on numbers and too little on quality these days. lay 50 -100 good brick a day, and walk away from solid integrity..... or let it chew and lay 400 dump trucks ... Quality and mechanics first. Speed will develop after the necessary fundamentals are implied. Well done sir. Well done
It’s a shame that so many young bricklayer try to emulate the type of stuff in the specmix bricklayer 500. They see that stuff and think that’s how it’s done. It awful to see, and it definitely sets the trade back. The work looks exceedingly worse every year as the camera quality gets better too. Thanks for your comment and support!
I would like to say that I think that you are a brilliant teacher and I hope that your son's keep this tradition alive. It's the best way to learn is hands on. What I find really annoying in the UK is that plasterers don't know how to put brown on with a finishing coat. It's all dot and dab plaster board and then a thin skim of finishing over the top. I live in a 1930's old build and is solid built with lime plaster. You just can't find anyone whom knows how to repair it without covering it over with plaster board causing your rooms to become smaller as the dot and dab method is much thinker than browning and top coat plaster.
Thank you! We’ve lost a lot of knowledge and ability in construction over the years, especially especially pertaining to lime. Hopefully it can be revived.
@@chadvaillancourt I have noticed more and more in the younger generations that people are no longer willing to do work that is old school, hands on to the point you may break out in a sweat or you need your thought process to get over a challenging job! Dare I say it! I am in my 40's and feel like I am a dieing breed with how practical minded I am and work many 12hr days. Please keep up with your amazing workmanship and take care of your backs when lifting. 👍
You do fantastic work. Awesome setups. Professional in every way. I'm glad that you noticed that that crap cap was too low on the flues to allow for proper draft. However one of the key reasons for the destruction of the bricks and joints has to do with the fact that both oil and gas are extremely corrosive. A by product of burning oil is soot which mixes with rain or moisture and turns into a mild form of sulfuric acid. Gas has moist acidic vapors with the same corrosive properties. On top of those corrosive properties flues are often not properly aligned which is like having an exhaust system with holes throughout which will cause erosion, etc. As you know there's a million reasons that masonry Chimneys don't really last. But thank God for them as they keep us in business. Love your videos. Keepem coming. 👍
Chad, you are a lucky man to have such fine sons! Very cool "monkeys"... Very enjoyable watching all of you work together. Thanks for sharing... 🦍🦍🦍😁👍👍👍
I always enjoy building scaffolding setups, I just assumed most people aren’t interested. I do like my ultimate ridge hooks, I just wish they weren’t so cheaply made, some nice aluminum ones would be awesome. I only ever use them on metal or slate roofs.
Cool video. You’re lucky to have two strong boys. I never watched my dad lay brick either when I was younger and labored for him. More worried about girls and thought I would do something else with my life. 😂 . . . I learned getting buried in the line when I started in the Union
Dr. Seuss would do better than that 😳🧐. We totally understand your frustration when you see such terrible brick work / chimney construction. It's a good day in America when people such as you are educating the public along with your excellent craftsmanship. Fantastic video 🙏
Boys your Dad is teaching you a Trade so you’ll never be hungry. Someday you’ll look back at what he tried to give you and wish you had showed your old man Respect. .
It's good that carrying hod is a trade too! lol Not that anyone will work that hard now. We had a guy in his 50s and that was his career. He paid into a pension his whole career and did well. I had two brother in laws that were hod carriers and never had the desire to lay brick. I went to work with my dad when I was about 5 in 1971. I played in the sand pile with my steel Tonkas and would carry a brick or block or two. I was never not in the business. I was laying brick my last two years in high school, not sure how I graduated. We could hardly stay in business when the labor all moved from south of the border and noone wanted to pay for the "real" thing. Steel electric and gas fireplaces with some tile or screw on stone and a little trim was good enough for the $500k + houses. I wouldn't stucco and did a lot of repair work and eventually threw in the towel. Luckily I was in it and had a long great memorable career. I read last night that 7.2 million working age men are not looking for work at all. There is so much work available it's shameful.
There aren’t many anymore. I like Belden brick and Pine halls right now. I wish we had other brands to choose from. Glen-Gery has taken over and their quality control sucks.
@@chadvaillancourtI am from VA. On a short trip to New England last week, we passed right by Glen-Gery plant PA. It made me laugh thinking of your comments about their bricks. 😂
is that profile+clamp setup sold as a kit? or did you buy everything separately? where can one buy those? none of the masonry places near me seem to have them.
Unfortunately nobody in the US sells good tools for masonry. I bought the aluminum 2x2x1/4” wall thickness square tubing from a local metal retailer, a 24’ stick costs about $195. I bought the 50.8mm long-sided dori blocks from rhino-build.com. and the F clamps on Amazon; they’re made by Ox tools. It was a little investment getting started, but I really love the setup.
i saw bon tool and kraft tool have profile setups, but they're made for veneer walls basically. wouldn't help much for a chimney. and way more expensive than a metal shop for the tubing.@@chadvaillancourt
Fron the US, where all the codes and standards say that a chimney must be 4" nominal thickness at a minimum. Where are you from that says anything different?
Give me a break. That is why most places still require it to be filled solid. Funny I can take you to the DMV area and show you 50+ year old chimneys that are filled solid and are still in phenomenal shape. That is not to say it has to be built solid. Most old chimneys were only built solid up to the first flue and firebox. Becareful before you talk trash about old mason's. Not every mason is a chimney builder. That being said this individual did horrible work a.k.a Boot.
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Bless up Mr. Vaillancourt and crew, cherish these moments. Learning a trade on site means a hell of a lot. Thank you for sharing...
This is such an awesome video. I hope these kids turn out to keep the tradition alive.
Thank you!
How lucky those boys are to have a dad who is a skilled bricklayer, teach them the ropes.
Over 30 years I've worked with many union and non union bricklayers.
Your very accurate in saying speed is not as important as quality.
I know people that throw in 500 brick a day , but the workmanship suffers .
Head joints poorly buttered, nobody back parges , voids throughout the matrix etc etc etc. there is way too much emphasis on numbers and too little on quality these days.
lay 50 -100 good brick a day, and walk away from solid integrity..... or let it chew and lay 400 dump trucks ...
Quality and mechanics first.
Speed will develop after the necessary fundamentals are implied.
Well done sir. Well done
It’s a shame that so many young bricklayer try to emulate the type of stuff in the specmix bricklayer 500. They see that stuff and think that’s how it’s done. It awful to see, and it definitely sets the trade back. The work looks exceedingly worse every year as the camera quality gets better too. Thanks for your comment and support!
I would like to say that I think that you are a brilliant teacher and I hope that your son's keep this tradition alive. It's the best way to learn is hands on.
What I find really annoying in the UK is that plasterers don't know how to put brown on with a finishing coat. It's all dot and dab plaster board and then a thin skim of finishing over the top. I live in a 1930's old build and is solid built with lime plaster. You just can't find anyone whom knows how to repair it without covering it over with plaster board causing your rooms to become smaller as the dot and dab method is much thinker than browning and top coat plaster.
Thank you! We’ve lost a lot of knowledge and ability in construction over the years, especially especially pertaining to lime. Hopefully it can be revived.
@@chadvaillancourt I have noticed more and more in the younger generations that people are no longer willing to do work that is old school, hands on to the point you may break out in a sweat or you need your thought process to get over a challenging job! Dare I say it!
I am in my 40's and feel like I am a dieing breed with how practical minded I am and work many 12hr days.
Please keep up with your amazing workmanship and take care of your backs when lifting. 👍
You do fantastic work. Awesome setups. Professional in every way. I'm glad that you noticed that that crap cap was too low on the flues to allow for proper draft.
However one of the key reasons for the destruction of the bricks and joints has to do with the fact that both oil and gas are extremely corrosive. A by product of burning oil is soot which mixes with rain or moisture and turns into a mild form of sulfuric acid. Gas has moist acidic vapors with the same corrosive properties. On top of those corrosive properties flues are often not properly aligned which is like having an exhaust system with holes throughout which will cause erosion, etc.
As you know there's a million reasons that masonry Chimneys don't really last. But thank God for them as they keep us in business. Love your videos. Keepem coming. 👍
Chad, you are a lucky man to have such fine sons! Very cool "monkeys"... Very enjoyable watching all of you work together. Thanks for sharing... 🦍🦍🦍😁👍👍👍
Thank you! I enjoy working with them, I know that it won’t be like this forever.
@@chadvaillancourt do everything you can to make it last on both sides forever. They will come full circle. Family first... Best to you... 😁👍👍👍
I didnt know they were his sons. Interesting
Most for your buck. Great dad and teacher now let's see if I can go do it myself and thank you
I've been 20. twice. and then some. man it goes quick
It’s not fair how fast it goes.
Good stuff. Show more of your scaffold building 👷♂️ 🙌
# ultimate ridge hooks rule!
I always enjoy building scaffolding setups, I just assumed most people aren’t interested. I do like my ultimate ridge hooks, I just wish they weren’t so cheaply made, some nice aluminum ones would be awesome. I only ever use them on metal or slate roofs.
Wow ... the R. Lee Ermey School of Bricklaying.
I think I just learned something. Thank you Sir.
Cool video. You’re lucky to have two strong boys. I never watched my dad lay brick either when I was younger and labored for him. More worried about girls and thought I would do something else with my life. 😂 . . . I learned getting buried in the line when I started in the Union
This is an awesome tutorial on bricklaying! Thank you!
Another excellent video!
Dr. Seuss would do better than that 😳🧐. We totally understand your frustration when you see such terrible brick work / chimney construction.
It's a good day in America when people such as you are educating the public along with your excellent craftsmanship. Fantastic video 🙏
Boys your Dad is teaching you a Trade so you’ll never be hungry.
Someday you’ll look back at what he tried to give you and wish you had showed your old man Respect.
.
It's good that carrying hod is a trade too! lol Not that anyone will work that hard now. We had a guy in his 50s and that was his career. He paid into a pension his whole career and did well. I had two brother in laws that were hod carriers and never had the desire to lay brick. I went to work with my dad when I was about 5 in 1971. I played in the sand pile with my steel Tonkas and would carry a brick or block or two. I was never not in the business. I was laying brick my last two years in high school, not sure how I graduated. We could hardly stay in business when the labor all moved from south of the border and noone wanted to pay for the "real" thing. Steel electric and gas fireplaces with some tile or screw on stone and a little trim was good enough for the $500k + houses. I wouldn't stucco and did a lot of repair work and eventually threw in the towel. Luckily I was in it and had a long great memorable career. I read last night that 7.2 million working age men are not looking for work at all. There is so much work available it's shameful.
Generally you don’t start to lay brick until you have proved yourself for quite a while .
Someone somewhere needs to pay this man to teach if society decides to value this trade
Sorry I'm a Mason and that's ridiculous.. Love your videos just found them
Chad, who are some of your preferred brick manufacturers? Glen-Gery is what I find here in PA.
There aren’t many anymore. I like Belden brick and Pine halls right now. I wish we had other brands to choose from. Glen-Gery has taken over and their quality control sucks.
@@chadvaillancourtI am from VA. On a short trip to New England last week, we passed right by Glen-Gery plant PA. It made me laugh thinking of your comments about their bricks. 😂
I wanna lay some brick now 💪🏽
Wow
is that profile+clamp setup sold as a kit? or did you buy everything separately? where can one buy those? none of the masonry places near me seem to have them.
Unfortunately nobody in the US sells good tools for masonry.
I bought the aluminum 2x2x1/4” wall thickness square tubing from a local metal retailer, a 24’ stick costs about $195. I bought the 50.8mm long-sided dori blocks from rhino-build.com. and the F clamps on Amazon; they’re made by Ox tools. It was a little investment getting started, but I really love the setup.
i saw bon tool and kraft tool have profile setups, but they're made for veneer walls basically. wouldn't help much for a chimney. and way more expensive than a metal shop for the tubing.@@chadvaillancourt
Hello,how much a job like that cost.thanks
Do you travel to MA?
How can you last block like that
At 39:14 , i’d remud that brick. Because the suction is gone…
Chimneys are not 4" of solid masonry where your from?
Fron the US, where all the codes and standards say that a chimney must be 4" nominal thickness at a minimum. Where are you from that says anything different?
Rule no 1 , never use stronger mortar than the brick itself….
Give me a break. That is why most places still require it to be filled solid.
Funny I can take you to the DMV area and show you 50+ year old chimneys that are filled solid and are still in phenomenal shape. That is not to say it has to be built solid. Most old chimneys were only built solid up to the first flue and firebox. Becareful before you talk trash about old mason's. Not every mason is a chimney builder.
That being said this individual did horrible work a.k.a Boot.