Should probably talk about how "retempering" the mix by adding water after the mix has started to dry out/cure, inherently reduces the strength of the mix. Maybe better to make smaller batches more often than compromise the strength with larger batches.
The tiny bit retempering mortar is weaker is by far made up for by the increase tensile strength the bled water creates as it is 'sucked" into the dryer units by differing vapour pressure. Only ignorant Engineers think untempered mortar is superior then mud of the proper plasticity for quality workmanship. Further more the actual strength of mortar isn't the limiting factor of the wall strength as a whole.
Ive never heard that and Ive been around masonry work all my life. I Guess if you want to sit back and nitpick at all the work you can find anything wrong.
Note for beginners or vets.. if you have dyed mortar and you keep adding water to your mortar will dry two colors in the beginning it will be darker and the last bit will be lighter.
nice rake joint on the brick we used to make our labors turn the mixer off for about 10 min to let the chemicals work then run it again and also a little dawn dishwashing liquid in the water slows the drying out of mortar
I find that the bucket method for sand is much more consistent. Also the proper amount of cement to sand can be determined by doing a void ratio test on your sand. If mixed right, the cement will fill the empty space between sand particles without increasing the overall volume of sand. Also you should be laying damp brick in summer. Nice neat brickwork there.
our labours just put enough on each bored for each course and wet the bored before they put mud on the boards not the Masons job to shake the mud up you can lay ten bricks while your shaking the mud up we also soak or wooden boreds every day over night in the water barrel helps alot
was brick/block laborer for 20 yrs.. I never used any lime.. and 32 shovels of sand and 2 bags of mortar for a two bagger mixer and had it mixed in a few minutes... I picked the whole bags of mortar up and only dumped a half bag in at a time, after all mixed just let the mud set up in the mixer for a few minutes and dump it and you good to go..
Honest question, when you say laberor does that mean he’s there solely to do the labor? Does he get to learn the trade and move up as well or are you stuck with just that positions
Been in construction 35 yrs. Seen a laborer years ago dump a barrel of mortar on the ground and he shoveled back up and put it on layers board with debris and rocks in it. After a few obscenities, Needless to say, he got his check early that day.
Boy do I remember when I worked as a labor for those small mom and pop masonry companies, back in Florida in the 80s 90s and early 2000s.that South Florida heat used to dry those boards up quicker than a pile of shit sittin on a frying pan 💩🍳👈😩
I've read down & read lots of questions ,lots of comments on moisture barrier. But nothing bout that half bond on a king size brick . I'd like to know how that happened ?
I have a lanai that I want to close off. It has a stucco finish, as does the entire exterior of my house. I am wanting to lay some brick veneer (about 1/2 " thick) over that stucco after I make the lanai an internal room. The stucco is painted, so I was thinking I could remove the paint, and perhaps mortar these veneers directly on the stucco. Does this sound reasonable or no? Perhaps I should lay them like tile, and then grout?
Good neat brickwork and good neat recessed jointing but might want to give the wall a rub down with a glove before it dries, is plastered in dirty marks. Also what's the deal with the skinny brick? Here in the UK ours are 4 in by 3 in high by 9 in long. Those Skinny brick look like they would tend to bow the wall if they were built too quick, unless they're butted tight to the timber
😂🤣😂 all the while I’m watching this I’m thinking you better get back on the wall or you’re going to have to dump that board you just tempered…oh well you’ve got fresh stuff now!!!🤣🤣🤣
You shouldn't temper (Wet) your mortar more than twice during its use. After wetting the mortar twice the mortars strength is weakened and the color of it may lighten. Bond strength may also be affected
That's up in the air.. the BIA, Did a Study saying re tempering mortar can diminish its strength. Note a dry mortar will not bond as well. The problem is real world.. if it dries out they will ret emper it.
Depending on what you're doing should designate how much you re-temper. If it's a brick veneer with no load bearing purposes then it should be okay. But if you're laying a structural block foundation you should keep in mind that re-tempering does weaken the mix
***** * Where do you work ? Fantasy Land.. The reality is building inspectors are lazy ! If Framers know they only check trusses on one end of the home thats the side they nail! I have seen larger production builders such as Centex, Pulse, Ryland, Ryan, have Trusses not nailed on one side of house. COMMON IS STEEL BEAMS NOT HAVING THE TREATED LUMBER PLATE BOLTED ON AS PER B.O.C.A. BUT BENT OVER NAILS. ROOFING CONTRACTORS NAILING EVERY OTHER COURSE OF SHINGLES! BRICK MASONS NOT USING TIES! NO HOUSE WRAP & BRICK STONE! OR WORSE YET OSB SHEATHING WITH WIRE MESH NO WRAP NO AIR GAP NO DRAINAGE BACKER, JUST CHICKEN WIRE & MORTAR THEN CULTURE STONE! THIS IS ON HOMES $250,000 TO $700,000 FACT! I have seen lally columns set in concrete on an angels! Windows not flashed ! Get FREAKING REAL!
ACCORDING TO THE { B.I.A. } =Brick Industry Association ~ Re Wetting AKA Re Tempering, Mortar is fine I will reference a Book for Architects, Engineers ~ on the subject of Masonry = Author -Christine Bell, Title : Masonry Design & Detailing, Under Retentivity & Flow of Mortar ~ Re-tempering or Wetting has NO EFFECTS ON STRENGTH ! In fact a mortar that is too dry will not bond properly.. The only issues sited are with color additives, since wetting may dilute the pigments appearance. 2& half hours mortar should be disposed of if not used.. that's it THE ASTM is in AGREEMENT ! FACTS ...
Well that must be something new then because all of the masonry text books I've read say to not temper more than twice. Including my new one that was published in 2013
it was the 90s and up to the home owner back then. Also in Utah which is the second driest state in the country so the moister here isn't like most other places. But yes it should be used and is now. But amazingly this house is still fine without it almost 30 years later.
That's the first thing I noticed is why isnt that the osb papered... I don't care how dry of state and lack of moisture you should always paper the wood walls before veneering w brick... ALSO why was there a wheel barrow of mud on one board in the heat. shovel and half is all maybe two shovels full on board is plenty. Less to temper... The hoddy making the morter wouldn't make on my crew. Toooo slow.. PUT water barrels next to ur mixer. Use buckets of water ,exact ration and it will speed up the process. Forget to spray mixer down after he dumped the mud.. mixer is probably caked.
Great vid, articulated and informative advice always helps. One guy we had working was told to make a batch of mortar in the mixer, he was knumb as can be. He put the sand and the light dragon in the mixer before the water.... A disaster, more or less. :)
Nycholas Burns Belden bricks out of Ohio used to use the big bad wolf and the 3 little piggies as their logo. Used to be on the cardboard that covers the bricks when they come from the suppliers.
Interesting. Every older building or house that i've had to tear into has some type of water proofing. Usually tar paper on older homes. Maybe its also the area you filmed this in doesn't see much rain.
Yes exactly we are in the second driest state in the country so usually when a house has water damage its because of a leak somewhere in the home. My sons home was built in 97 and we recently had to redo a good portion of it because it wasn't built properly and even with moisture barrier the wood was rotten.
16+ years iv been doing this but got out of it went to factory pays better and don't have to kill myself so much. I love doing the work it just don't pay what it should
Never realised there re claimed bricks ,just could not use them on face work . I take back my comment ,thought you was a messy Bricklayer with the mortar Staines on the face work . Nice location though ,try the brick acid on the Staines .
I worked for this guy in Wv years ago that would put Laundry detergent in the 1st batch of the day to keep it from setting up to fast. I thought WTF am i see and laughed at this guy. No bs it works.
Yeah my guys use it when is real hot in Texas but if you put too much when it comes down to wash the house with acid the house will have lots of holes to touch up. Can't put a lot is my point.
you are correct. these where filmed in the 90s when house rap wasn't code and left up the home owner to decide. As you might have guessed they decided to skip it.
Time to invest in plastic mortar boards homie! You do know its 2019, they make stuff like that these days. And where the hell is this work being done where they don't use tyvek house wrap?? Are you in Haiti?
@Mark Peacock it was 30 years ago and it was up to the home owner at the time, of coarse everything now has it, but I don't know a single home builder that will do things that aren't required on their own dime.
We use a big plastic bin for the mortar at site and when it's hot we put a wooden lid on it...No problems at all with drying out. Exposing mortar on a wooden plate in the sun just asks for problems...
Don't mix so much mortar at once just in time amounts and may be add a retarder to slow the setting down. I was always taught you should try not to keep knocking mortar up as it reduces its finished Strength. But remember mortar should never be stronger than the bricks you are laying. Stick to a gauge other wise you will see different colours in your wall. You would never get a job on my site mixing like that.
David Dore yeah mix has to be gauged or it will show on finished brickwork (patches) I use buckets to gauge my mixes you can't go wrong and also if you get a different labourer that's when it will really show, brickwork will look shitty and that reflect on us
Wear a respirator mask when adding the ingredients, especially lime which is caustic, high pH, and the sand and cement which can give you lung silicosis. Safety glasses don't cut it when you're walking through a cloud of dust. Goggles are better. Cutting the bag in half method spills product and it may not be much on one bag it adds up. It's not a rite of passage to expose your laborer to unsafe working conditions. You're only young for a short time and unsafe work practices are cumulative, especially lung disease and tintinitis (permanent ringing of the ears) because you're too proud to wear hearing protection on the job.
That lime is all in his lungs actually. Standing back does not help. He is in a cloud of lime powder. An appropriate, properly-fitted particulate mask would be much more appropriate here. And safety glasses are near useless when dealing with liquids and splash hazards. Safety goggles would be much more appropriate here.
Too much water weakens the strength of the cement.. if you have to stop every 5 minutes you best throw the trowel in or dont put so much on the board that you cant use.
integrity is everything. would you want your home bricked without a vapor barrier. I am also an American and I would not start the job without it even if I had to put it on myself!
well in this case the homeowner was the one who decided it wasn't necessary, back in the 80's in utah, when this was filmed, it wasn't required and left up to the homeowner. But today it would be required.
@@420somewhere4 government work, and they are talking from the time it leaves mixer to wall, now if your telling me you can lay 1000 block in 20 mins you are a one man crew and most build like crazy, house in a 4 hours, mailbox 10 mins, high rise in a week.
"to mix a batch o' mortar takes about 10 or 15 minutes" ( 8.08) blumming 'eck i had 3 minutes b4 ppl wer shouting "compo" at me i only had 10 or 15 minutes to throw ' mix in, clean all ' liggers, jump in telehandler, get ' tub over, wet ' liggers, get compo on liggers lol 👷👷👷👷👷 i used to carry my lads up 'ladder on mi shoulder 💪💪💪 two a time 😎
This video was so 80's, and I loved every second of that.
Yes, I'll second that
Looks more 90s to me
@@johnp82 I asked the question on another video. He said it was late 80s or early 90s, he's not really sure.
1990
Should probably talk about how "retempering" the mix by adding water after the mix has started to dry out/cure, inherently reduces the strength of the mix. Maybe better to make smaller batches more often than compromise the strength with larger batches.
you are correct
drkjk I agree
The tiny bit retempering mortar is weaker is by far made up for by the increase tensile strength the bled water creates as it is 'sucked" into the dryer units by differing vapour pressure. Only ignorant Engineers think untempered mortar is superior then mud of the proper plasticity for quality workmanship.
Further more the actual strength of mortar isn't the limiting factor of the wall strength as a whole.
I have been told not to resoften more than once.
Ive never heard that and Ive been around masonry work all my life. I Guess if you want to sit back and nitpick at all the work you can find anything wrong.
To a weekend DIY warrior, this is a great video!
Note for beginners or vets.. if you have dyed mortar and you keep adding water to your mortar will dry two colors in the beginning it will be darker and the last bit will be lighter.
nice rake joint on the brick
we used to make our labors turn the mixer off for about 10 min to let the chemicals work then run it again and also a little dawn dishwashing liquid in the water slows the drying out of mortar
Cool to watch these old videos, I do commercial masonry for a living but do residential on the side with a few guys love the trade wouldn’t change it
I find that the bucket method for sand is much more consistent. Also the proper amount of cement to sand can be determined by doing a void ratio test on your sand. If mixed right, the cement will fill the empty space between sand particles without increasing the overall volume of sand. Also you should be laying damp brick in summer. Nice neat brickwork there.
I agree ! There by getting accurate proportions! CONSISTY
how come there's no paper on the plywood for waterproofing
because in 89 when this was filmed it was up to the home owner and he decided to skip it. By todays codes it would be required.
our labours just put enough on each bored for each course and wet the bored before they put mud on the boards not the Masons job to shake the mud up you can lay ten bricks while your shaking the mud up we also soak or wooden boreds every day over night in the water barrel helps alot
It gets wide open and I would just load board till the layer said good
Cutting the bags in half is an interesting technique
was brick/block laborer for 20 yrs.. I never used any lime.. and 32 shovels of sand and 2 bags of mortar for a two bagger mixer and had it mixed in a few minutes... I picked the whole bags of mortar up and only dumped a half bag in at a time, after all mixed just let the mud set up in the mixer for a few minutes and dump it and you good to go..
that's exactly how we were taught been around masonry all my life. If you let it sit about 5 min before you dump it then it wont set up so fast.
There’s lime in the “mortar” bags.
yep let it blow up in the mixer .. productivity is higher doing this . layers and tender won't have to tamp at all should last a good hour
@@tnridge letting it sit is called slaking
Honest question, when you say laberor does that mean he’s there solely to do the labor? Does he get to learn the trade and move up as well or are you stuck with just that positions
Been in construction 35 yrs. Seen a laborer years ago dump a barrel of mortar on the ground and he shoveled back up and put it on layers board with debris and rocks in it. After a few obscenities, Needless to say, he got his check early that day.
Boy do I remember when I worked as a labor for those small mom and pop masonry companies, back in Florida in the 80s 90s and early 2000s.that South Florida heat used to dry those boards up quicker than a pile of shit sittin on a frying pan 💩🍳👈😩
I've read down & read lots of questions ,lots of comments on moisture barrier. But nothing bout that half bond on a king size brick . I'd like to know how that happened ?
When you say cement, do you mean (portland powder or portland mix) ?
drychalice neither, portland is not for bricks you need to buy brickcement which is 1 part limestone 1part cement and 6part sand
Portland is for concrete cement. In US brixment is the big masonry cement.
I have a lanai that I want to close off. It has a stucco finish, as does the entire exterior of my house. I am wanting to lay some brick veneer (about 1/2 " thick) over that stucco after I make the lanai an internal room. The stucco is painted, so I was thinking I could remove the paint, and perhaps mortar these veneers directly on the stucco. Does this sound reasonable or no? Perhaps I should lay them like tile, and then grout?
They make a bonding agent,you can use,if paint is not peeling or overly glossy,could etch it with muriatic acid.
Good neat brickwork and good neat recessed jointing but might want to give the wall a rub down with a glove before it dries, is plastered in dirty marks. Also what's the deal with the skinny brick? Here in the UK ours are 4 in by 3 in high by 9 in long. Those Skinny brick look like they would tend to bow the wall if they were built too quick, unless they're butted tight to the timber
Where was this filmed at? Looks gorgeous
Mapleton Utah.
can anyone tell me why sometimes the next day some my cinder blocks separate from the mortar/previous course ?
Great teacher, learned a tremendous amount, in uk they use a plasticizer in the mix , i assume for Workability and drying out,do they use their.
Yes, mostly use it in cold weather or running concrete through a pump and slick line. Otherwise its the cost.
He mentioned lime. Lime works.
😂🤣😂 all the while I’m watching this I’m thinking you better get back on the wall or you’re going to have to dump that board you just tempered…oh well you’ve got fresh stuff now!!!🤣🤣🤣
K
man this is hard and dirty work.
mateollios 67 Every brick mason I’ve ever been friends with was tough and could endure due to their years of determination and stamina. You’re right.
This is work you need to try. Good for you. Build character.
@@gomasonpatriot1 bigly, tough men only, never seen women able to do the work
We used to say shake it up when we mixed and wet the mortar
i teach my laborers to keep about three shovels of mud on the mudboards. when I mix mud, I 17-20 shovels of sand per bag of cement.
David Mehaffey what are you building sand castles 🤔🤔🤔
Same here, 1 bad to 20 shovels 👍🏽
You shouldn't temper (Wet) your mortar more than twice during its use. After wetting the mortar twice the mortars strength is weakened and the color of it may lighten. Bond strength may also be affected
That's up in the air.. the BIA, Did a Study saying re tempering mortar can diminish its strength. Note a dry mortar will not bond as well. The problem is real world.. if it dries out they will ret emper it.
Depending on what you're doing should designate how much you re-temper. If it's a brick veneer with no load bearing purposes then it should be okay. But if you're laying a structural block foundation you should keep in mind that re-tempering does weaken the mix
***** * Where do you work ? Fantasy Land.. The reality is building inspectors are lazy ! If Framers know they only check trusses on one end of the home thats the side they nail! I have seen larger production builders such as Centex, Pulse, Ryland, Ryan, have Trusses not nailed on one side of house. COMMON IS STEEL BEAMS NOT HAVING THE TREATED LUMBER PLATE BOLTED ON AS PER B.O.C.A. BUT BENT OVER NAILS. ROOFING CONTRACTORS NAILING EVERY OTHER COURSE OF SHINGLES! BRICK MASONS NOT USING TIES! NO HOUSE WRAP & BRICK STONE! OR WORSE YET OSB SHEATHING WITH WIRE MESH NO WRAP NO AIR GAP NO DRAINAGE BACKER, JUST CHICKEN WIRE & MORTAR THEN CULTURE STONE! THIS IS ON HOMES $250,000 TO $700,000 FACT! I have seen lally columns set in concrete on an angels! Windows not flashed !
Get FREAKING REAL!
ACCORDING TO THE { B.I.A. } =Brick Industry Association ~ Re Wetting AKA Re Tempering, Mortar is fine I will reference a Book for Architects, Engineers ~ on the subject of Masonry = Author -Christine Bell, Title : Masonry Design & Detailing,
Under Retentivity & Flow of Mortar ~ Re-tempering or Wetting has NO EFFECTS ON STRENGTH ! In fact a mortar that is too dry will not bond properly.. The only issues sited are with color additives, since wetting may dilute the pigments appearance.
2& half hours mortar should be disposed of if not used.. that's it THE ASTM is in AGREEMENT !
FACTS ...
Well that must be something new then because all of the masonry text books I've read say to not temper more than twice. Including my new one that was published in 2013
that brick will wick water to that OSB and rot it out. why did you not use tar paper?
it was the 90s and up to the home owner back then. Also in Utah which is the second driest state in the country so the moister here isn't like most other places. But yes it should be used and is now. But amazingly this house is still fine without it almost 30 years later.
Tyvec
That's the first thing I noticed is why isnt that the osb papered... I don't care how dry of state and lack of moisture you should always paper the wood walls before veneering w brick... ALSO why was there a wheel barrow of mud on one board in the heat. shovel and half is all maybe two shovels full on board is plenty. Less to temper... The hoddy making the morter wouldn't make on my crew. Toooo slow.. PUT water barrels next to ur mixer. Use buckets of water ,exact ration and it will speed up the process. Forget to spray mixer down after he dumped the mud.. mixer is probably caked.
question type s lime type sa lime whats the difference?
Bret Lafty air entrained
Great vid, articulated and informative advice always helps. One guy we had working was told to make a batch of mortar in the mixer, he was knumb as can be. He put the sand and the light dragon in the mixer before the water.... A disaster, more or less. :)
what kind of mixer is that?
Talk about safety why no dust mask?
What is the type of sand are you use?
+telosfd Masonry silica sand
When was this filmed cause it doesn't look like 2014
80's!
2019
where is the house wrap that should be on the wall before you lay the brick
hes just the mason not his problem and it is America and americans do it different🤷♂️
I love this channel.
When working with cement. I always thought it was bad to keep adding water as its a chemical reaction and makes it weak by adding water
Cement and mortar are different things.
@@learntolaybrick ah OK buddy. Is that lime based mortar? In UK we use sand and cement or sand and lime.
Son Col in canada we use all three together
It does make it weaker.
good information what about those of us who don't have a huge machine or a mortar guy to mix it up.
PlayGirl You get to mix it in a wheelbarrow all on your own.
PlayGirl
Then you have to play girl😋
where is the house wrap? 15 lb felt at least?
We don't cut bags in half just pick em up and cut them on the cutter on the lid
what's the purpose of having Lime in the mix?
+cody modes makes it sticky and it's a binder.
Gives it a good taste.
I just toss the whole bag in the mixer, it gets shredded when mixing and turns to unseen pulp.
well done,, how to get silica
I have to know where the shirt is from!
Nycholas Burns We had a friend who made them back in the late 80's. Haven't seen any in a few decades.
That is one of the coolest shirts i've seen in a long time!
Nycholas Burns Belden bricks out of Ohio used to use the big bad wolf and the 3 little piggies as their logo. Used to be on the cardboard that covers the bricks when they come from the suppliers.
No water proofing on that wall? Not even tar paper?
wasn't required when this was filmed in 89.
Interesting. Every older building or house that i've had to tear into has some type of water proofing. Usually tar paper on older homes. Maybe its also the area you filmed this in doesn't see much rain.
Yes exactly we are in the second driest state in the country so usually when a house has water damage its because of a leak somewhere in the home. My sons home was built in 97 and we recently had to redo a good portion of it because it wasn't built properly and even with moisture barrier the wood was rotten.
A smart laborer will only put out enough mortar for each course , finding a good laborer is the hard part
I haven't found one yet....
Where do you find a smart laborer?
Smart laborers come from smart teachers. Teach one.
By the time you take time to teach one,they want to lay bock or brick or leave.
16+ years iv been doing this but got out of it went to factory pays better and don't have to kill myself so much. I love doing the work it just don't pay what it should
EXCELLENT INSTRUCTION AND DEMONSTRATION THANK YOU SIR
Never realised there re claimed bricks ,just could not use them on face work .
I take back my comment ,thought you was a messy Bricklayer with the mortar Staines on the face work .
Nice location though ,try the brick acid on the Staines .
I worked for this guy in Wv years ago that would put Laundry detergent in the 1st batch of the day to keep it from setting up to fast. I thought WTF am i see and laughed at this guy. No bs it works.
Yeah my guys use it when is real hot in Texas but if you put too much when it comes down to wash the house with acid the house will have lots of holes to touch up. Can't put a lot is my point.
are you gordon strachan?
+thanxx not quite but close.
+Learn To Lay Brick your his double....like a young Gordon Strachan :)
ps/ great videos by the way. liked&subbed
The house or building that you were working on didnt have black paper or house rap /
you are correct. these where filmed in the 90s when house rap wasn't code and left up the home owner to decide. As you might have guessed they decided to skip it.
back breaking work right there
Josh Riddle atta boy josh
HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD A WEAK BACK?
I would get the sack if I mixed mud this slow
Whaaas? No vapor barrier?tough fix.
I love the mom jeans!
Should've showed them how to break the set on mortar. easiest way to keep the mortar from burning up in the summer time. js
do they still use lime in mortar? I thought it was just cement and sand now
If you use masonry cement,you just add sand.
Air Handler they still use lime. It makes the mud sticky and more workable.
7:02 you guys ok with lyme in the face and lungs?
Time to invest in plastic mortar boards homie! You do know its 2019, they make stuff like that these days. And where the hell is this work being done where they don't use tyvek house wrap?? Are you in Haiti?
Charlie Galanti 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂 this video is damn near 40 years old.
I want to live where most of these comments live IN A PERFECT WORLD.
Long time contractor,thanks for the tips! Find it hard to believe that a seasoned masonry contractor goes to work in sneakers?
For a time he did. He fell 20 feet while grouting a wall and shattered both his heals, so work boots where hard to where for a long period of time.
Wow badass!!
after watching this I must be God's greatest gift to Masonry
My dad always added a table spoon of dish washing soap for each batch he made, kept the mortar nice and smooth for a longer time. works great !
Ed Shaw no no
Ed Shaw, i heard of dry wall spacklers doing that to joint compound.
no vapor barrier on that OSB?.....ok
yea not a very good practice, but by the local standards in 89 it wasn't required.
@Mark Peacock it was 30 years ago and it was up to the home owner at the time, of coarse everything now has it, but I don't know a single home builder that will do things that aren't required on their own dime.
Lol. NO PAPER ON OSB? SOB
thank you for posting
Tyvec paper???
didn't exist in the 80's but would be required by todays codes.
Around here its $45hr. Not to many companies gonna put up with slow production
i'm a brickie fae Scotland ..... sun !! what the fuck is this 'sun' ??
If Scots got to see the Sun once in while, no one would have ever left come to America
Take a drink everytime he says Mortar...then you will know how to mix the ratrom....
We use a big plastic bin for the mortar at site and when it's hot we put a wooden lid on it...No problems at all with drying out.
Exposing mortar on a wooden plate in the sun just asks for problems...
very informative
Bricklayers were a dying breed....
Don't mix so much mortar at once just in time amounts and may be add a retarder to slow the setting down. I was always taught you should try not to keep knocking mortar up as it reduces its finished Strength. But remember mortar should never be stronger than the bricks you are laying. Stick to a gauge other wise you will see different colours in your wall. You would never get a job on my site mixing like that.
David Dore yeah mix has to be gauged or it will show on finished brickwork (patches) I use buckets to gauge my mixes you can't go wrong and also if you get a different labourer that's when it will really show, brickwork will look shitty and that reflect on us
Ok Bob Vila
Wear a respirator mask when adding the ingredients, especially lime which is caustic, high pH, and the sand and cement which can give you lung silicosis. Safety glasses don't cut it when you're walking through a cloud of dust. Goggles are better. Cutting the bag in half method spills product and it may not be much on one bag it adds up. It's not a rite of passage to expose your laborer to unsafe working conditions. You're only young for a short time and unsafe work practices are cumulative, especially lung disease and tintinitis (permanent ringing of the ears) because you're too proud to wear hearing protection on the job.
You need more safety when use the mixer
Laying brick over wood without any rough ????????
Thank you.
One trick of the trade. PLAY THE WIND
That string line is either nit level or your brick isn’t…
That lime is all in his lungs actually. Standing back does not help. He is in a cloud of lime powder. An appropriate, properly-fitted particulate mask would be much more appropriate here. And safety glasses are near useless when dealing with liquids and splash hazards. Safety goggles would be much more appropriate here.
Who are you, osha secret agent? The kid is prob dead this was 32 years ago
I use to help build homes in high school and we never used lime.
I didn’t know trump knew how to mix mortar.
Guy does everything
Kid needs a respirator. Poor health choice.
indeed but amazing how many will avoid safety for convenience.
He should do it with the wind on his back
Too much water weakens the strength of the cement.. if you have to stop every 5 minutes you best throw the trowel in or dont put so much on the board that you cant use.
SHAKE UP!!!😂😂😂
poor guy, buy him a mask
integrity is everything. would you want your home bricked without a vapor barrier. I am also an American and I would not start the job without it even if I had to put it on myself!
well in this case the homeowner was the one who decided it wasn't necessary, back in the 80's in utah, when this was filmed, it wasn't required and left up to the homeowner. But today it would be required.
You can only temper your mud 3 times or less. You lose strength after adding water too many times.
Like a professional
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i worked on job if mortar is out longer than 20 mins they make you trash it
now that's just silly.
They just want you to hurry the fuck up.
@@420somewhere4 government work, and they are talking from the time it leaves mixer to wall, now if your telling me you can lay 1000 block in 20 mins you are a one man crew and most build like crazy, house in a 4 hours, mailbox 10 mins, high rise in a week.
@@knittwitt no wonder IM PAYING FOR IT.
@@knittwitt why would you mix enough for 1000 block if your not gonna use it in 20 min?
icing sugar is a bit dusty chef !
"to mix a batch o' mortar takes about 10 or 15 minutes" ( 8.08) blumming 'eck i had 3 minutes b4 ppl wer shouting "compo" at me i only had 10 or 15 minutes to throw ' mix in, clean all ' liggers, jump in telehandler, get ' tub over, wet ' liggers, get compo on liggers lol 👷👷👷👷👷 i used to carry my lads up 'ladder on mi shoulder 💪💪💪 two a time 😎
what about you don't use mortar harder than the units your putting in the wall ,
True mason
That guy got a cable hanging out his ass is he an electric mixer🤔🤔
Playing in the mud.
There's no way this kid isn't inhaling the lime and mortar.
Invest in a good mixer too man come on, nice lid!! Wtf
1 bags of cement 1 bag of lime and 3.5 bags of sand not thirty shovels!
Somebody want to tell him that they forgot house rap or tarpaper on sheeting on walls behind brick is more important 🤔