I remember in the 50s 60s using a mortar mill on jobs and mixing lime sand and finally crushed cinders on tight joints 1/4 inch with Accrington and Glossop and Staffordshire blues, nice job matey takes me back that dose.
This is the first summer that I have not worked in over 40 years. About 20 years as a Union Bricklayer then over 20 years of owning my own Masonry construction business, we're I did all fazes of Masonry construction, brick, concrete and stone work. Not a big Flemish bond guy, I think that the normal half bond that is the more common of bonds. You do very good work and I find most Bricklayers are very proud of there work and should be.
Nice work mate, here in Australia that’s a standard size brick. Old solids can be even bigger again. Less chat chat and more tap tap! Get rich or die trowling.
I did a job in New Zealand on an old chapel . The owner had sorted the bricks . They were like southwaters made in Aus . It was Flemish bond . My brikie mate was happy . 'I got a dollar a cut ' . Happy days !
Yes whilst an interesting video it became a moan about how difficult, how big , how small, etc these ‘new ‘bricks are ! Once yes but to repeat it , well enough already. Also some explanation of terminology would help those not au fait with bricklaying ; ‘weepers ‘ , for instance or maybe I heard that wrong?
These brickies these days have never obviously heard of the good old threaded bumper course ,invented in Merseyside around the 1980 ‘s by a chancer doing cash jobs ,too lazy to cut the bricks .
Thak you, yes it has been an important part of the build, seemingly builders looked but didn’t even get back to the client obviously its the amount of detailed work ie they can’t “smash them down” a thousand a day!!!! Cheers👍
Just watching your video.. Your bonding is wrong.. You put a closure on the door opening / reviels as looking at it.. Rhs.. , behind is the 4' laid. flat.. I am still watching.. Scaf up.. Looks like you got closures again up the reviels 😕 Never put put closures up reviels bud.. In flemish. Or quarter bond. Wood butcher needs to drill & fix into that. You need to change to 3/4 or closure header. Also it's wrong.. Because it needs to carry the weight of the stone on the lintel.. Look at the existing for the answers if you're not sure. I could never work with you.. Constantly touching the line. Every brick you pick up.. You're putting too much mortar, flicking the line either with your fingers, brick or trowel.. Can't watch you anymore.. One more thing.. It's called bricklaying.. Not tapping. Sounds like woodpecker.. Too much mortar 🥴 Best of luck with it
You've really taken this to heart. Nothing worse than armchair brickies who think they know it all. In the real world things don't always work out correct. You just have to work with what you've got and copy the original build. He says this is what the customer wants. If you don't like his style just don't watch it. Nobody is forcing you To. The way you jump all over his work tells me you're a sad individual with too much time on your hands
@@chrissaunders4702 🖕 not retired yet. Don't think.. Actually know. Read any basic book on brickwork.. Regardless of.. Nobody would put closures up reviles.. Frame going to be drilled n fix.. Next reason. Weight. Closures carry little to no weight bearing. Dick head has put up the door. With a lental over the top. Dickhead may have 150mm bearing.. It needs to be min half or three quarter.. You will find his work is substandard.. Underthe lintal. Zurich, Nhbc, any decent trowel who is walk about will see its wrong. And does carry weight. Dickhead will never be a bricklayer as long as he's got a hole up his arse. Said before.. He just knows pillow talk. From the bricklayer he met, got pissed and slept with one night. This was after his vision he will teach the world brickwork..
Do building regs ever allow you to continue with 13 inch thick imperial-sized walls with no cavity wall, on an job like this? So that you don't have to create a load of half-sized headers / queen closures? It would certainly be more in keeping with the original builds. It looks like they had to ad-lib a lot in those days too, with having to put in different cuts everywhere.
I would guess that comes down to cost again - even if you had an outside full-brick width leaf and the insulation inside within studwork, you'd still be doubling the amount of bricks?
Massive respect Chris for taking that one on ! Especially on your own up on the scaff too 😳. Brickwork looks spot on mate and like it was always there… as it should 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🧱
6.23 the left hand side of the middle pier is in correct. Instead of the closer at the end it should have been a header against the reveal then the queen closer next to it. Time served bricklayer now retired.
Ex Brickie never ever ever a quarter bat at a reveal. It's not a preference it's a bibd. . By the way go learn to spread. Sick of shit bricklayers on you tube
Victorian and Edwardian buildings were the high watermark for fine architectural design and brickwork. Even factories had glorious brickwork. Nice work Chris.
My days, those bricks are beasts. Our Victorian friends didn't make things easy for themselves. I am surprised you had to have them made and couldn't find them in a salvage yard. Maybe it was cheaper to have them made than scouring salvage yards. Nice job though dude.
Great video and lots of time taken with bricks and correct bond. Only suggestion I would make is cover the stone cill with plastic or wide damp and cut ott at the end. Do stain especially with coloured mortar. 👍👍
Yes you’re right, I did cover them ie built thin visqueen into the beds, however the client wanted to paint them as we were going, hence you see them painted on the vid. That then was an agreement we have had. And thanks for the heads up too👍
Solid brick wall I assume? My W London house of that era had to have the chimney rebuilt because it hadn't been keyed into the wall and was about to crash down through the bedroom. And a chemical DPC. What DPC are you using in the new part, bituminous membrane? Nice brickwork. When does the insulation go in between the blocks and bricks? I've given up working with bricks, I got de Quervain's from building my pizza oven.
Hallo Chris Longhurst, I have been watching a couple of video s of yours. Very nice to see all the techniques explaint! I had a question. I saw that you have to cut a lot of the stones. How do you know how much to cut of do you use the same measerment or do you cut to fit when your need them? Thanks for the videos
Strange to think that you had to use victorian type bricks in keeping with the original but yet instead of having sash windows put in they have upvc windows instead which goes totally against everything you’re doing and they look absolutely ugly too,I’ll admit sash windows cost a small fortune compared but nevertheless in some counties you can get grants for certain listed buildings
Don't forget a queen closer is 46mm wide , otherwise you get tiny joints on the corner and it looks bad . Also you don't put a closer on the end of anything . It should have been header closer by the door and not closer header .
@@eddieharding2432 No you’re wrong, I was on site not you. I followed exactly the old build and the reason why they did running bond was the air bricks. As I said, there are so many different opinions on this bond so please don’t come the authority , as everyone seems to be the authority. Let the original be the authority, the Victorian builders!!!
@@superdinkydoo Er you’re not up setting me, I know everyone has there way of doing the jobs, but you have to take in consideration the actual job, it isn’t that straightforward. There are large air bricks for the wooden floors (all around) and so the straightforward stretcher bond was used! This new build is following the original, it also has large air bricks and the stretcher bond works it better. I don’t know what all the fuss is about, are you guy’s at college?
It's a shame you couldn't take the bricks and window cills and window lintels out of the rear walls. Be sacrilege to plaster over that brick work,and probably would have saved the tenants some money,after all that your doing a smashing job will be looking to see the next episode
Better to pay someone an extra weeks wages to set out and do the job right, rather than rush the job, "save" the money and be pissed off with the tradesman at the finish. Live to see proper work...skilled work done..with someone who takes real pride in their work. Robin Clevitt is another one.
the house was buillt after 1900 because uptil 1910 lime mortar was used a great shame corosive cement was used .however the ruabon red bricks are more acid resistant than many early bricks.
Would you do this bond again or is once enough? It is great to see different bonds but it must be difficult to match, especially when the original has faults in it. Well done.
Great job Chris, A very challenging little project all around, looking good despite the original gauge being so inconsistent. What did the bricks cost to have especially made?
A challenge Chris especially them bricks and in flemish bond .Gauge on the existing was out aswell did it send the wall plates out aswell? Looking really good a job that needs patience and planning which you managed very very well didn't panic your experience did you well a cracker of a job brilliant mate loved the video 👏 👍 🧱🧱🧱
Hi, generally as normal practice the over site concrete is poured when the building is up-to DPC hight as it’s easier to get all the MOT, sand blinding, insulation and if needed the reinforcement, however you can leave the floors till last ie when the superstructure is built but the main way is when the build is up to DPC as it’s easier to level and gives a good pad to work off. Trust that helps!
I don't think the original house has cavities. They didn't start them til the 1930s and the Flemish bond is a give away that it's solid. Your right that in most instances you make a continuous cavity, but on this job it's not the case.
The bond is originally used in a solid 9” wall in order to add strength with the header through bricks ie tying the wall together. It is also an attractive bond and looks pleasing to the eye! What is happening on this build is a matching brick and a matching brick bond so that the new build is in keeping with the existing! Hope that helps🤔
So refreshing to see quality craftsmanship. Expert at work, here👏🏻 everyone else seems to want the easiest job...done in quickest time. SHITE!!!!! What an excellent job👌🏻
The purpose of the Flemish bond was to strengthen the wall, where you are using half bricks the original wall was nine inches thick and the headers went front to back. A very sturdy wall that stands for hundreds of years. Time will tell how long modern walls will last.
Great job !! It is as they say, attention to detail that matters. I have heard too often that we don’t build like they used to, and I say thank God. We have the benefit of the laser level which picks holes in the quality of the old work as you found - 20 to 30mm difference in level at the other end of the extension. It takes an experienced man to get over this. The ordinary man in the street doesn’t know what to look for, they just see a brick wall - how difficult could that be to put up, oh yeah, if only they knew! I had a 10” solid greenhouse 24’ x12’ base to build a few years ago in Flemish bond, all whole modern handmade bricks which varied in length by 1/4” and width by 1/8”. It was a test that I enjoyed to get both faces looking good without using snapped headers, all done on my knees as the top was only 3’ high. Cursed it sometimes, but the customers were delighted with the finished article - made my day😊 A very good earner for customers who wanted a quality job and were happy to pay. I turned up to meet the bespoke greenhouse installers who said it was the best base they’d ever seen. I walked away with a happy glow😊
really nice job you know your craft .... ive seen some fairly poor victorian work often covered up in decorative moldings but to be fair to them they didnt have the accurate tools we have today .....
No brick smaller than a half bat up reveals chris, nice job, but not impressed with how u set the bond out. You cant have closers up a reveal buddy👍
Thanks, but again there are many opinions on that point you have made. To be fair, I followed the original build by the way!
Thank god you are carrying on the fabulous brickwork tradition of the UK. Quality always shines through. Beautiful on the eye too.
Thank you🐼
@@Johnconno Meant my black eye lol ie panda but it was another comment I got mixed up with🥴
Why are you explaining things such as how a bond is worked out .
Don’t other bricklayers already know such things??
I am a retired bricklayer, and I just can't get my head round the new way of laying the block work first. just seems wrong! 😊 good job by the way.
It's to stop you b**gers from filling the cavities with gobbo. 😂
closure up against the frame..wrong
Don't make em as good as that no more , good luck wi nori an keeping plumb perps
Absolute top job Chris. Well done pal. Loved the video and how the old buildings were done. Top man 👍👍
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it👍
I remember in the 50s 60s using a mortar mill on jobs and mixing lime sand and finally crushed cinders on tight joints 1/4 inch with Accrington and Glossop and Staffordshire blues, nice job matey takes me back that dose.
i used to mix mortar in what i was told was a pug mill is a mortar mill and a pug the same machine.
This is the first summer that I have not worked in over 40 years. About 20 years as a Union Bricklayer then over 20 years of owning my own Masonry construction business, we're I did all fazes of Masonry construction, brick, concrete and stone work. Not a big Flemish bond guy, I think that the normal half bond that is the more common of bonds. You do very good work and I find most Bricklayers are very proud of there work and should be.
Nice work mate, here in Australia that’s a standard size brick. Old solids can be even bigger again. Less chat chat and more tap tap! Get rich or die trowling.
I did a job in New Zealand on an old chapel . The owner had sorted the bricks . They were like southwaters made in Aus . It was Flemish bond . My brikie mate was happy . 'I got a dollar a cut ' . Happy days !
Way back when it was OK to move the window a couple of inches to avoid closures on window reveals.
The worst sand to use I’ve found is huews gray awful
Up north dont flemish bond start with a 3 quarter and down south like you have there header closure? just wondered where you are?
Staffordshire
Yes whilst an interesting video it became a moan about how difficult, how big , how small, etc these ‘new ‘bricks are ! Once yes but to repeat it , well enough already. Also some explanation of terminology would help those not au fait with bricklaying ; ‘weepers ‘ , for instance or maybe I heard that wrong?
These brickies these days have never obviously heard of the good old threaded bumper course ,invented in Merseyside around the 1980 ‘s by a chancer doing cash jobs ,too lazy to cut the bricks .
Massive respect Chris, your work is art. I would be happy handing money over for this quality of work.
Awe thank you for the heads up👍
The attention to detail is awesome, nothing is taken for granted or fudged, craftsmanship at it's best.
Thak you, yes it has been an important part of the build, seemingly builders looked but didn’t even get back to the client obviously its the amount of detailed work ie they can’t “smash them down” a thousand a day!!!! Cheers👍
I would have not had a closer at the door opening but 2 heads to maintain quarter bond which is what you are working in or .am I wrong 😕
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Just watching your video.. Your bonding is wrong.. You put a closure on the door opening / reviels as looking at it.. Rhs.. , behind is the 4' laid.
flat..
I am still watching.. Scaf up.. Looks like you got closures again up the reviels 😕
Never put put closures up reviels bud.. In flemish. Or quarter bond. Wood butcher needs to drill & fix into that.
You need to change to 3/4 or closure header. Also it's wrong.. Because it needs to carry the weight of the stone on the lintel..
Look at the existing for the answers if you're not sure.
I could never work with you..
Constantly touching the line.
Every brick you pick up.. You're putting too much mortar, flicking the line either with your fingers, brick or trowel..
Can't watch you anymore..
One more thing.. It's called bricklaying.. Not tapping. Sounds like woodpecker..
Too much mortar 🥴
Best of luck with it
Those who talk and those who do, stick to your talking and let me get on with the working!
You've really taken this to heart. Nothing worse than armchair brickies who think they know it all. In the real world things don't always work out correct. You just have to work with what you've got and copy the original build. He says this is what the customer wants. If you don't like his style just don't watch it. Nobody is forcing you To. The way you jump all over his work tells me you're a sad individual with too much time on your hands
@@chrissaunders4702 🖕 not retired yet. Don't think.. Actually know. Read any basic book on brickwork.. Regardless of.. Nobody would put closures up reviles.. Frame going to be drilled n fix.. Next reason. Weight. Closures carry little to no weight bearing. Dick head has put up the door. With a lental over the top. Dickhead may have 150mm bearing.. It needs to be min half or three quarter.. You will find his work is substandard.. Underthe lintal. Zurich, Nhbc, any decent trowel who is walk about will see its wrong. And does carry weight. Dickhead will never be a bricklayer as long as he's got a hole up his arse. Said before.. He just knows pillow talk. From the bricklayer he met, got pissed and slept with one night. This was after his vision he will teach the world brickwork..
looks way nicer then a modern brick.
if you think flemish is a headache try quetta bond lol
Do building regs ever allow you to continue with 13 inch thick imperial-sized walls with no cavity wall, on an job like this?
So that you don't have to create a load of half-sized headers / queen closures?
It would certainly be more in keeping with the original builds.
It looks like they had to ad-lib a lot in those days too, with having to put in different cuts everywhere.
I would guess that comes down to cost again - even if you had an outside full-brick width leaf and the insulation inside within studwork, you'd still be doubling the amount of bricks?
Always wondered how you match the mortar to existing brick work, brilliant video as always Chris 👍
Massive respect Chris for taking that one on ! Especially on your own up on the scaff too 😳. Brickwork looks spot on mate and like it was always there… as it should 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🧱
That’s much appreciated Steve and Alex, thank you has been a challenge but enjoying it all the way👍
@@foundationgood123 👏🏽👏🏽🧱👍🏽
Excelente trabajo Chris saludos 👌👍🧱⚒️💪
6.23 the left hand side of the middle pier is in correct. Instead of the closer at the end it should have been a header against the reveal then the queen closer next to it.
Time served bricklayer now retired.
Not necessarily so, look at the house behind me its the same!!!
I did notice that. Two wrongs don’t make a right tho mate.
@@petewood5097 There are many buildings done this way!!! Just think its personal preference matey.
Ex Brickie never ever ever a quarter bat at a reveal. It's not a preference it's a bibd. . By the way go learn to spread. Sick of shit bricklayers on you tube
Victorian and Edwardian buildings were the high watermark for fine architectural design and brickwork. Even factories had glorious brickwork. Nice work Chris.
nice work Chris looking proper Victorian authentic.
Thank you, yes it was a wise choice on the owners behalf👍
Chris, your eye for detail is amazing and I only wish all builders were the same.
Thank you👍
Are you using metric bricks or imperial?
Great brickwork, shame about the plastic windows. They should be thrown in the bin and replaced with weighted sashes.
Fascinating vid and a very knowledgable and studious bricky/craftsman.
Many thanks!
My days, those bricks are beasts. Our Victorian friends didn't make things easy for themselves. I am surprised you had to have them made and couldn't find them in a salvage yard. Maybe it was cheaper to have them made than scouring salvage yards. Nice job though dude.
Very true!
proper old school lancastrian brickie,love the old bonds learn them all at tech decades ago top man 👍
Great video and lots of time taken with bricks and correct bond. Only suggestion I would make is cover the stone cill with plastic or wide damp and cut ott at the end. Do stain especially with coloured mortar. 👍👍
Yes you’re right, I did cover them ie built thin visqueen into the beds, however the client wanted to paint them as we were going, hence you see them painted on the vid. That then was an agreement we have had. And thanks for the heads up too👍
@@foundationgood123 quality work. So nice to see. Bit of a slog loading out then building. But we've all done this at times. Stay safe fella 👍👍
@@johnwyatt2316 Yes, thats life 👍
Let's bring the smiles,,chris looks like c Eastwood..make my day..😎
Solid brick wall I assume? My W London house of that era had to have the chimney rebuilt because it hadn't been keyed into the wall and was about to crash down through the bedroom. And a chemical DPC. What DPC are you using in the new part, bituminous membrane? Nice brickwork. When does the insulation go in between the blocks and bricks? I've given up working with bricks, I got de Quervain's from building my pizza oven.
Goofy bricks..very irregular Nd sized poorly..
Do your best...
Carry on
Hallo Chris Longhurst,
I have been watching a couple of video s of yours. Very nice to see all the techniques explaint! I had a question. I saw that you have to cut a lot of the stones. How do you know how much to cut of do you use the same measerment or do you cut to fit when your need them?
Thanks for the videos
Hope you gettjing s gd price, thats head wreckin job, with tha size varients on those bricks, love your videos, keep up d gd work,🇨🇮🇨🇮
What's the general quality of bricklaying in the UK?
I work in construction in Australia, its generally pretty terrible here..
What did you do about the metric to imperial difference when tying the block and brick walls together?
Great to see new work being tie in to old brick 🧱 thanks for sharing to Chris
Can't wait to see it finished great tradesmen your Attention to detail is 💯% 👌🏻
Very nice work that could not be easy to do specially on your own i always admire a great brick layers work. 🍪☕
Thank you 👍
Master at work. Thank you.
Where did you say the bricks were made?
They were made in Cumbria, by Furness brick company
skills
Strange to think that you had to use victorian type bricks in keeping with the original but yet instead of having sash windows put in they have upvc windows instead which goes totally against everything you’re doing and they look absolutely ugly too,I’ll admit sash windows cost a small fortune compared but nevertheless in some counties you can get grants for certain listed buildings
They have put sash windows in the new bit. That old one was a temp fix as thats coming out!
Don't forget a queen closer is 46mm wide , otherwise you get tiny joints on the corner and it looks bad . Also you don't put a closer on the end of anything . It should have been header closer by the door and not closer header .
Hey there so many opinions on this its bonkers. I followed the original build mate and the Victorian builders were the best🤣
@@foundationgood123 No you didn't . Bond is always set out 2 courses below DPC min .
Bucket handle pointing ??????
@@eddieharding2432 No you’re wrong, I was on site not you. I followed exactly the old build and the reason why they did running bond was the air bricks. As I said, there are so many different opinions on this bond so please don’t come the authority , as everyone seems to be the authority. Let the original be the authority, the Victorian builders!!!
Eddie is correct, just because it was done before doesn't make it right. Sorry to upset you.
@@superdinkydoo Er you’re not up setting me, I know everyone has there way of doing the jobs, but you have to take in consideration the actual job, it isn’t that straightforward. There are large air bricks for the wooden floors (all around) and so the straightforward stretcher bond was used! This new build is following the original, it also has large air bricks and the stretcher bond works it better. I don’t know what all the fuss is about, are you guy’s at college?
That's some good going on your own for a day Chris.
Top work.
Aw thanks matey👍
It's a shame you couldn't take the bricks and window cills and window lintels out of the rear walls. Be sacrilege to plaster over that brick work,and probably would have saved the tenants some money,after all that your doing a smashing job will be looking to see the next episode
Yeah, they’re gonna sell the existing sills and headers 👍
Better to pay someone an extra weeks wages to set out and do the job right, rather than rush the job, "save" the money and be pissed off with the tradesman at the finish. Live to see proper work...skilled work done..with someone who takes real pride in their work. Robin Clevitt is another one.
the house was buillt after 1900 because uptil 1910 lime mortar was used a great shame corosive cement was used .however the ruabon red bricks are more acid resistant than many early bricks.
It was built in 1887
I bet this man is excellent at Lego:)
😝
Looks like it grew there!
That noise was the Flemish headache.🤬
Such a pleasure watching someone work who knows what to do and is bloody good at it.
Thank you👍
Would you do this bond again or is once enough? It is great to see different bonds but it must be difficult to match, especially when the original has faults in it. Well done.
I got the garden wall to build in the same bond 👍
Beautiful work. Hopefully you’ll have facia boards to cover the gable ends as you’ll have some very tricky cuts to do. Maximum respect to you
They certainly don't make brickies like this now.
Exceptional quality and amazing skills!
Thank you 👍
50 bricks to a square meter what are the average size of the bricks? cheers great watch
Great job Chris, A very challenging little project all around, looking good despite the original gauge being so inconsistent. What did the bricks cost to have especially made?
Thanks for the comment, the bricks worked out £1 a brick and free delivery. We had 7000 made and that’s why they were a great price👍
Gosh I hope that brick is not what caused you the black eye. All the best!
A tip about the die ... put it in your water it goes though the mix better
How did you lift those sandstone heads on your own,??
😂 kittens 😂😂great job 👍
no labourer?
Just me and the trusted scaffold hoist👍
What a challenge. Top class work
Thank you, it certainly was. The roofs all on now. I’m going to show in the next video
@@foundationgood123 look forward to it
Lovely detail you are putting in! Would the Victorians have used a lime base mortar?
Yes and they used a gritty black sand with the lime👍
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience
you’re welcome I’m happy to share it, We never had youtube back in the day it was to the library to find a book on the subject 😂
A challenge Chris especially them bricks and in flemish bond .Gauge on the existing was out aswell did it send the wall plates out aswell?
Looking really good a job that needs patience and planning which you managed very very well didn't panic your experience did you well a cracker of a job brilliant mate loved the video 👏 👍 🧱🧱🧱
Hi Justin, thank you for the heads up bro. Yes a tricky job...Got all the plates up and bob on, just a mill here and there and got it on target👍
@@foundationgood123
Top man
Great job planning and skills involved chris 👏 👍
So important to take your time and do a job where you are fully satisfied with the project you’ve done..thanks ..excellent job…
Yes I agree with you, laying these bricks takes time due to the bond and the brick size. I enjoyed the challenge to be honest👍
Them weeps won’t work 😂
A brickie with brain is rare
Nice to see you don't ping the line,old school
😆
Hi
Is the oversite done after the foundation? Can you build the Brick frame before the internal floor up to screed?
Hi, generally as normal practice the over site concrete is poured when the building is up-to DPC hight as it’s easier to get all the MOT, sand blinding, insulation and if needed the reinforcement, however you can leave the floors till last ie when the superstructure is built but the main way is when the build is up to DPC as it’s easier to level and gives a good pad to work off. Trust that helps!
@@foundationgood123 thanks for the response. I guess my builder doesn't want to wait for the screed to dry before building the brick frame
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Hi there.
Interested to know why you don't cut the cavities before joining onto original building with extention?
We assumed it was a sold wall!!
I don't think the original house has cavities. They didn't start them til the 1930s and the Flemish bond is a give away that it's solid. Your right that in most instances you make a continuous cavity, but on this job it's not the case.
So nice. I wish we built nice stuff like this in north america.
You used to. Until about 1776ish. 😂
Being a non-brickie, what is the purpose of this Flemish bond , is it purely a decorative thing? Must be expensive to do. Excellent looking work.
The bond is originally used in a solid 9” wall in order to add strength with the header through bricks ie tying the wall together. It is also an attractive bond and looks pleasing to the eye! What is happening on this build is a matching brick and a matching brick bond so that the new build is in keeping with the existing! Hope that helps🤔
Good job chris double exstension on your own not easy
I dont watch much tv but I could watch this guy all day...
Look sort of like accrington nori bricks
Furness brick company!
It's Queen closer not Queen closure.
Blue Peter badge in the post.....zzzzzzz
I was always shown to add the water to the rear of the mixer not the front as don’t mix fully
Yes get that, but the instructions on the colour tin says mix it dry in order to get the colour powder uniform throughout! Case of the two issues!!!
So refreshing to see quality craftsmanship. Expert at work, here👏🏻 everyone else seems to want the easiest job...done in quickest time. SHITE!!!!! What an excellent job👌🏻
Super job, though you do sound a bit fed up at times. Very well done.
Ahah yes somtimes lol
The purpose of the Flemish bond was to strengthen the wall, where you are using half bricks the original wall was nine inches thick and the headers went front to back. A very sturdy wall that stands for hundreds of years. Time will tell how long modern walls will last.
Single wythe flem seems pointless
Awesom, love that bond and love your bricky skills as ever. That brickwork is amazing too🧱😎
Cheers👍
Who ever taught you to put a closer up the window revile needs a serious talking too
You’ll find many different views on here pal, so don’t come the “authority” you have competition 😝
@@foundationgood123 I’m no authority”fella” but you show me one building in the uk with closers up the revile🤔yea I’m waiting
@@paulmaxwell3505 the one I’m following (the existing Victorian House, to start with) there are many around the the Towns mate!
Nice job. Fascinating.
Many thanks!
Nice job mate...well done.
Thank you Mike👍
Great job !! It is as they say, attention to detail that matters. I have heard too often that we don’t build like they used to, and I say thank God. We have the benefit of the laser level which picks holes in the quality of the old work as you found - 20 to 30mm difference in level at the other end of the extension. It takes an experienced man to get over this. The ordinary man in the street doesn’t know what to look for, they just see a brick wall - how difficult could that be to put up, oh yeah, if only they knew! I had a 10” solid greenhouse 24’ x12’ base to build a few years ago in Flemish bond, all whole modern handmade bricks which varied in length by 1/4” and width by 1/8”. It was a test that I enjoyed to get both faces looking good without using snapped headers, all done on my knees as the top was only 3’ high. Cursed it sometimes, but the customers were delighted with the finished article - made my day😊 A very good earner for customers who wanted a quality job and were happy to pay. I turned up to meet the bespoke greenhouse installers who said it was the best base they’d ever seen. I walked away with a happy glow😊
Nice one👍 I was the same😊
Fantastic work, as always, Chris.
Thank you very much👍
Very nice job. That brickwork could actually pass as original. Dark mortar makes a huge difference. Looked like a pain but well worth it.
Thank you Joshua, much appreciated👍
What’s so painful about mixing the correct amounts of sand, cement and pigment ? He has a machine to do the mixing
@@andrewarthurmatthews6685 I was referring to job as a whole. Different sized bricks etc
Good work Chris would the original mortar in house be lime and sand cheers
Yes, lime and black sand.
Lime, sand and fly ash to bulk out the mix (also improves the compressive strength).
Looking good quality job 👍
Thanks you👍
Tough job this mate, well done
Very challenging bro, but have enjoyed it👍
really nice job you know your craft .... ive seen some fairly poor victorian work often covered up in decorative moldings but to be fair to them they didnt have the accurate tools we have today .....
Very true, wood, string and a lead weight 🥴