Wet bricks, rain and your mortar not going off for days...what could go wrong? BUT we got there in the end! When I'm struggling with situations like this, Its important to remind ourselves that the work we do as bricklayers will be seen many years after we're gone. So stop, take your time, and get it right...or near as damn it 🤜🤛🧱 Lucky for me I was able to stop all of the brickwork over the soldiers from bellying out using some props, if I didn't you would have gotten a video of my crying with a wall on the deck 😂 Have a good week people 🤜🤛 keep those bricks dry 💪
A old Brickie told me in winter to always try to get the bricks on site a month early to dry out. Open the sides but cover up the tops. Working with wet bricks makes a good brickie look bad. Your works looks great though 👍🏻
@@elliottdebell7783 cheers mate appreciate that loads! And good tip opening the sides to let the air flow though them! Definitely gonna be doing that 💪 Hope you've had a good weekend mate
It's always an uphill battle this time of year mate, as you know 😂 looking forward to the next 30 years of battling 😂😂 hope you and the family are great 🤜🤛 excited to hear these new mics you've got brother
Strewth, that wet day was intense and I could feel my blood pressure going up! The rain made everything so much harder than I expected. It’s made me feel somewhat stressed out! Not rushing and propping the soldiers shows a high level of professionalism and experience yet Izzy is humble to appreciate a helpful tip from another bricky. A shout out for Drew doing some great filming work as well as nice compo! 🍺
Thanks so much mate really appreciate it! Yes that Monday got very hectic in a matter of minutes 😂 glad you enjoyed the video and saw first hand the struggles we go though during the winter months 😭 Hope you and the family are doing well mate!
Izzy, you and Drew are champs, doing what you gotta do, rain or what have you! You give brickies a good name everywhere! Loads of respect for your work ethic and attitude!!
Cracker as always Izzy! What you been up 2 recently TH-cam got quiet you and collision have disappeared 😜 weather must be shocking over there 2, am in Londonderry it’s almost a waste of time trying to build at the moment we keep calm and carry on same as yourself 👌👌
Hiya mate! Thanks for sticking with me! It's been so hard the last 2 weeks to do any filming or anything. Weather has been terrible..and I've had some shit drops so I've have 0 to film! HOWEVER! I've got a new video on Sunday! Setting out a new extension (sorry but there's an advert in it 😘) And then I've got another video coming out Wednesday pt2 of that video! It's really hard to get a good upload schedule this time of year because of the weather and sometimes you can't just film clips... because you've got too much to do and you cant really be arse to pull out a camera and talk about what your doing... sometimes you just gotta crack on 😭 I take alot of time and pride in my videos, the time and effort that goes into them is unbelievable...I could pump out 5/8 min videos daily. But they would be shite mate. I like the videos to tell a story..or have a nice flow to them. Cheers Glenn! Hope your doing great buddy and managed to stay a bit dry this week!
@@IzzytheBricky I could only imagine bud lol your videos are always great to watch never thought about the time it actually takes to produce them, your exactly right in what your saying the days are short the weathers wet no time to be wasted 👌👌 head down arse up as they say 😆
Izzy, you're a serious bricky. You're work is always quality. I've been bricking timber frames of late and found the soldier courses tricky. Like you say they always want to lean out even with a skim of mortar on the front of lintel. what I started doing was to lay the next course over the soldier as i went. ie- I lay 3 or 4 soldiers then a strecher on top , another 3 soldiers, strecher, etc. It really steadies up the soldier course and solved my problem.
Nice watching your videos, my late father was a Brickie and I see the bricks he has laid around the town and your right it's something that's going to be around for many years and it is also going to be you and your families memories
It's a fantastic trade and glad you can so appreciate seeing his work! So his legacy will be there for many years to come ☺️ Hope your well and thanks for the comment buddy
Oh mate, this time of year can be tough. It throws up so many surprises with the weather and all that’s associated with it. All the things add up to make the job that bit harder than it tends to be in the summer. You’re doing a great job given the extra challenges, keep up the great work and the great videos. All the best 💪🏻👍
Always hard ain't it! Especially with these bricks Thanks so much mate! We are trying our best to keep everyone happy and the job running smoothly! The internals are all ready for joists now 🤜🤛 I'm starting a new extension next week, so keep your eye out! Best wishes to everyone and yourself mate! Have a great Friday and weekend
Good brickwork as usual mate but if you prop your brickwork from underneath with a bit of timber couple mm bigger than the height of your lintel that will keep it all nice and tight on the lintel no sag from underneath as your going over the top with your brickwork and then you won’t have to do the limbo I like the scaffold tube trick aswel Always heard of it but never tried it myself but I will now 👍
Top drawer brickwork Izzy 👍, like mr trotter said in the comments I always prop my lintels when they are longer than 1500 mm in the middle with a bit of timber , stops the lintel sagging 👍
Beautiful job as usual Izzy, despite the weather. The window company we subby for made us some profiles out of ali with lugs on each end and marked gauge on them to prop soldiers, maybe help you out in the future bud.
You have a lot of pride in your work for such a young tradesman . Don't ever go working on site house bashing, site work will bash the pride out of you and you will end up like The After 8 Brickie.......rough workmanship and in it just for the money
Cut a piece of timber the length of the lintel and put an upright in as a goal post will help it from tipping forward, also helps when you put a skim under the dpc to hold it better from sliding
done well. never actually seen bricklayers protrude damptray over the front of the lintel, i know that's how it should be done but usually unsightly so don't normally do it. Did well keeping soldiers to line with no support, sometimes we prop timber underneath to underside of lintel, gives a wider bed. 👍👍
Cut a piece of 4b1 5/10mm shorter than size of the opening and put it under the lintel, and cut like 2 or 3 pieces of 4b1 to hold it underneath. That will help a lot with the stability of your soldiers the front of the brick will be supported and your bricks won't want to tip forward as they do now. Great work keep going good content!
Lovely job mate always best to prop everything when it's wet like that 100% what you said want it bang on when house like that with your name on it hope you well keep up good work 🧱👍
Wet bricks, rain and your mortar not going off for days...what could go wrong? BUT we got there in the end! When I'm struggling with situations like this, Its important to remind ourselves that the work we do as bricklayers will be seen many years after we're gone. So stop, take your time, and get it right...or near as damn it 🤜🤛🧱
Lucky for me I was able to stop all of the brickwork over the soldiers from bellying out using some props, if I didn't you would have gotten a video of my crying with a wall on the deck 😂 Have a good week people 🤜🤛 keep those bricks dry 💪
get blow torch 😂
A old Brickie told me in winter to always try to get the bricks on site a month early to dry out. Open the sides but cover up the tops. Working with wet bricks makes a good brickie look bad. Your works looks great though 👍🏻
@@elliottdebell7783 cheers mate appreciate that loads! And good tip opening the sides to let the air flow though them! Definitely gonna be doing that 💪
Hope you've had a good weekend mate
Never much fun working in the rain! For any trade…bricklayers nightmare but looks very good as always!
Battling through Izzy and making things right , nice one 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽
It's always an uphill battle this time of year mate, as you know 😂 looking forward to the next 30 years of battling 😂😂 hope you and the family are great 🤜🤛 excited to hear these new mics you've got brother
@@IzzytheBricky . Ah mate I wish I could hibernate through the winter 🥶.
Those mics are brill mate and simple enough for me and Al to use 🎙😂😂. 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽
Strewth, that wet day was intense and I could feel my blood pressure going up! The rain made everything so much harder than I expected. It’s made me feel somewhat stressed out!
Not rushing and propping the soldiers shows a high level of professionalism and experience yet Izzy is humble to appreciate a helpful tip from another bricky.
A shout out for Drew doing some great filming work as well as nice compo! 🍺
Thanks so much mate really appreciate it! Yes that Monday got very hectic in a matter of minutes 😂 glad you enjoyed the video and saw first hand the struggles we go though during the winter months 😭
Hope you and the family are doing well mate!
Izzy, you and Drew are champs, doing what you gotta do, rain or what have you! You give brickies a good name everywhere! Loads of respect for your work ethic and attitude!!
Thanks very much Bruce! We both greatly appreciate it! Ey we're the best trades about 🤜🤛..just don't tell the other tradies🤫
Great to hear it's your name on your work not many guys will say that on vlogs anymore great job as always Izzy!!!!👏👏👍👍💞💞
That's it mate 😀 appreciate it and try to be somewhat honest in the videos 😂🤫
Cracker as always Izzy! What you been up 2 recently TH-cam got quiet you and collision have disappeared 😜 weather must be shocking over there 2, am in Londonderry it’s almost a waste of time trying to build at the moment we keep calm and carry on same as yourself 👌👌
Hope your well 🧱 🧱
Hiya mate! Thanks for sticking with me! It's been so hard the last 2 weeks to do any filming or anything. Weather has been terrible..and I've had some shit drops so I've have 0 to film! HOWEVER! I've got a new video on Sunday! Setting out a new extension (sorry but there's an advert in it 😘)
And then I've got another video coming out Wednesday pt2 of that video!
It's really hard to get a good upload schedule this time of year because of the weather and sometimes you can't just film clips... because you've got too much to do and you cant really be arse to pull out a camera and talk about what your doing... sometimes you just gotta crack on 😭
I take alot of time and pride in my videos, the time and effort that goes into them is unbelievable...I could pump out 5/8 min videos daily. But they would be shite mate. I like the videos to tell a story..or have a nice flow to them.
Cheers Glenn! Hope your doing great buddy and managed to stay a bit dry this week!
@@IzzytheBricky I could only imagine bud lol your videos are always great to watch never thought about the time it actually takes to produce them, your exactly right in what your saying the days are short the weathers wet no time to be wasted 👌👌 head down arse up as they say 😆
Alright Izzy lad cracking job.
Many years ahead of ya doing this 😎😎😎😎👍👊
Thanks chap! Hopefully mate🤜🤛🧱⚔️ have a great week!
Respect, you have some serious pride in your work. 👍👍
Thanks buddy! Try our best
Izzy, you're a serious bricky. You're work is always quality. I've been bricking timber frames of late and found the soldier courses tricky. Like you say they always want to lean out even with a skim of mortar on the front of lintel. what I started doing was to lay the next course over the soldier as i went. ie- I lay 3 or 4 soldiers then a strecher on top , another 3 soldiers, strecher, etc. It really steadies up the soldier course and solved my problem.
Thanks so much Pat I really appreciate it mate! Cheers mate I'll probably be giving that a go mate🤜🤛 have a great weekend
Great work Izzy👏 Nice to see someone taking pride in their work💪 Hopefully, it'll be there for generations to come👍
Fingers crossed mate! Definitely gonna be one of my favourite builds 😍🤜🤛🧱
Love your dedication and pride in your work. Lovely job
Cheers Steve really appreciate it 🤜🤛
Nice watching your videos, my late father was a Brickie and I see the bricks he has laid around the town and your right it's something that's going to be around for many years and it is also going to be you and your families memories
It's a fantastic trade and glad you can so appreciate seeing his work! So his legacy will be there for many years to come ☺️
Hope your well and thanks for the comment buddy
Jobs moving on now Izzy. Taking shape 👍👍👍
Yeeaa mate so nice! Scaffolding is up, joists are going on soon 💪🤜🤛
Oh mate, this time of year can be tough. It throws up so many surprises with the weather and all that’s associated with it. All the things add up to make the job that bit harder than it tends to be in the summer. You’re doing a great job given the extra challenges, keep up the great work and the great videos. All the best 💪🏻👍
Always hard ain't it! Especially with these bricks
Thanks so much mate! We are trying our best to keep everyone happy and the job running smoothly! The internals are all ready for joists now 🤜🤛 I'm starting a new extension next week, so keep your eye out!
Best wishes to everyone and yourself mate! Have a great Friday and weekend
Good brickwork as usual mate but if you prop your brickwork from underneath with a bit of timber couple mm bigger than the height of your lintel that will keep it all nice and tight on the lintel no sag from underneath as your going over the top with your brickwork and then you won’t have to do the limbo
I like the scaffold tube trick aswel
Always heard of it but never tried it myself but I will now 👍
That internal profile with the tube works a dream! Just make sure you measure your line both sides! Apprentice the tips brother!! Have a great week🤜🤜🧱
Top drawer brickwork Izzy 👍, like mr trotter said in the comments I always prop my lintels when they are longer than 1500 mm in the middle with a bit of timber , stops the lintel sagging 👍
Cheers mate! Yea so we used a scaffold pole, don't know if you guys saw, it worked quite well🤜🤛 appreciate the advice man! Have a great week💪
Nice video mate, we got absolutely wiped out with a down pour last week, absolutely obliterated everything!
I know mate! It was a nightmare, especially with these bricks 😂 hope your well mate! Keep slamming them down🤜🤛🧱
Beautiful job as usual Izzy, despite the weather.
The window company we subby for made us some profiles out of ali with lugs on each end and marked gauge on them to prop soldiers, maybe help you out in the future bud.
Thanks buddy! Ooo they sound quite handy them! I'm going to order some 2.4 lengths of box section, see if I can somehow get it in the van 😂
Nice tidy work as usual bud,even with our inclement weather 🌡️
Bloody pain, but we got there in the end💪⚔️🧱
helps if you put a piece of timber in the middle on the lintel underneath, just takes the little bounce out helps stabilise it abit
Cheers mate! Yea definitely! Don't know if you saw but I had some scaffolding poles helping out, seemed to do the trick 🤜
Nice work brother get yourself a roofers propane torch dry them old bricks out before you lay them 😜👍
Haha I'll have to invest in one mate! Appreciate your support mate!
You have a lot of pride in your work for such a young tradesman . Don't ever go working on site house bashing, site work will bash the pride out of you and you will end up like The After 8 Brickie.......rough workmanship and in it just for the money
Changy hahaha 😆
Thanks very much mate! We always try out best to leave good work behind 💪 as what I said is very true 😀 Appreciate your support!
Cut a piece of timber the length of the lintel and put an upright in as a goal post will help it from tipping forward, also helps when you put a skim under the dpc to hold it better from sliding
Nice one Greg appreciate it brother! Hope your having a good weekend 🤜🤛
done well. never actually seen bricklayers protrude damptray over the front of the lintel, i know that's how it should be done but usually unsightly so don't normally do it. Did well keeping soldiers to line with no support, sometimes we prop timber underneath to underside of lintel, gives a wider bed. 👍👍
Cheers mate! I remember you telling me that it should protrude from the lintel over a year ago in my first video 😂 thanks for the support mate
Good video as always pal, shame about the weather😂 english weather for you
Thanks brother! Haha yea typical mate! It was sunny 5 mins before..then it was pure chaos 😂😂
Excelente trabajo 👊 👌🏻 🧱💯
My guy 🤜🤛🧱
Cut a piece of 4b1 5/10mm shorter than size of the opening and put it under the lintel, and cut like 2 or 3 pieces of 4b1 to hold it underneath. That will help a lot with the stability of your soldiers the front of the brick will be supported and your bricks won't want to tip forward as they do now. Great work keep going good content!
Cheers mate, alot of people suggested that, I'll give it a go next time around 🤜🤛 hope your having a good week buddy!
Lovely job mate always best to prop everything when it's wet like that 100% what you said want it bang on when house like that with your name on it hope you well keep up good work 🧱👍
Thanks so much mate! That's what brickwork is all about, it's gonna be there for years so best do a good job init 🤜🤛🧱
Weep holes I have never seen water coming out of them ever , who invented them
Couldn't agree more total waste of time
Soldier course , DPC , Lintel , pissing it down. I'm a Brickie , get me out of here
Fair play for not lipping out
😂😂😂😂 had me laughing that did mate
Cheers fella! Preserving paid off that day....just
@@IzzytheBricky You and your Lab are a treasure
@@IzzytheBricky I worked for Irish builders, they maintained "If its hard get harder "
Улицу греете .С такой изоляцией ,что она есть ,что её нет. Посмотреть бы с тепловизором на ваши дома зимой .
Why do you only have one mason on your job sites all the time just the labor and you drew?
cut the corners off the brick for your soilders then you can get a full bed on lintel
Cheers mate! Great tip! I've pistoled bricks before
Have a great week🤜🤛🧱
@@IzzytheBricky yeah it helps a lot and stops the line getting fouled
Any lintel over 600mm should be propped to avoid sag but will also definitely eradicate bricks falling forward (guaranteed)
Cheers brother appreciate it! I did have some scaffolding poles under to help the sag 😀 not sure if you could see them! Hope you've had a good weekend
Great stuff, what area is this one in Izzy?
Cheers mate appreciate it! It's Derby way mate
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All that profile stuff for soldiers… better off doing it like you did couple of lines on 👍🏽
Lines work brilliantly, worked for the last couple hundred years 😂🤜🤛🧱🧱