Thanks for all the views and comments on this one! Check out a similar video we have done getting the apprentice to lay to a line ua-cam.com/video/cvJX4dhz7GI/v-deo.html
And, right at the beginning... "That's alright" removes all pressure going forward. Probably the best thing that could've been said at that exact moment. Nice to see an "old boy" with patience
Very true. I've been working in construction for two years and the amount of 'born experts' with zero patience is shocking. Very few people know how to teach.
Being a tradie myself of 31 years it's great to see a tradesmen teaching rather than harassing or mocking. He shall surely raise you up higher than the eagle. 😉
As a 3rd year apprentice I appreciate how hard this is to get the hang of. He will get the hang of it in a while and then its just a matter of fine tuning. Keep it up 🤜🏼🤛🏽
This apprentice is really really lucky to have a tradesmen that will take the time teach him his skills 👏 Make the most of it mate and you will do well 👍
Brilliant! I wish I'd had someone with your temperament to teach me when I was learning... Although you could of clearly laid 3 times as many bricks in that time, you had the patience and good nature to understand how important it is to build confidence, and not just a wall, and learn good technique, whilst losing money and time to boot! What a great mentor! I'm sure your lad will look back on this time and thank you for it in years to come! 👍
Brings back memories. I started in construction, got paired with a mason and learned all i could as a mason tend. Invaluable skills to possess. Great teacher. Patient and persistent. Just like how i learned.
Thank you, This brings back fond memories of my Masonry Teacher from Harford Vocational Technical High School. He was a good man and a great instructor. I always gave him a go. He always seemed to have his shit together. Always taught us blokes to be reaponsible for our actions. I wish I would have done him proud. May you R.I.P. Gary Siler, you have brought direction to so many that needed it. You are missed. " Level, plumb, straight edge"
Great video and such great patience and encouragement for the apprentice, no belittling and just teaching him how to do by repeaditly showing him. Like he said can't get it straight away overnight
Cheers Jim, I always remember how I was taught and I thought if I ever get the chance to pass things on , I would be a bit more patient , many thanks for watching 👍👍
i remember learning this very lesson 37 years ago and the progressing to laying the compo along an edge of an old scaffold board time and again until it was second nature, then end jointing the compo on the brick, then laying a heavy bed and jointing in one move when scraping off the snotters, you cant beat a job on a site laying bricks, i still drive around pointing out things i built, there is a satisfaction knowing when im long gone some of my buildings will be there long after me. i also remember the bollocking first time i ever tapped a level with the trowel ! then the lesson on how to set a bubble in a level and how to check the accuracy of a level's bubble
I love watching a master of any craft work anyway, and to see one take the time to pass on that knowledge and skill is great. You certainly wouldn't get that level or quality of experience in the classroom Great job
Awesome to see someone be so patient with a new learner it is a trait that many people have trouble with, but in the end if he sticks with it the teachers patience will pay off
Good and bad..lol. I was an ironworker for 29 years and the guy that taught me was a freakin hardass mf...but, he always told me,he wanted me to go home at the end of every day with all limbs attached and my heart still beating. Plus it made my skin pretty damn thick Haha which into today's world is worth its weight in gold...I think anyway.
You're a very good teacher. I've lived in Suffolk for 30 years - a Dorset boy originally - and recognised your Norfolk tones straight away. You make this job look so easy - thanks for sharing.
I have never seen such a skilled craftsman be so patient with an apprentice. Brick laying was the first skill I learned as an apprentice growing up in construction. Kudos from Pensacola, Florida U.S.A.
@@BuildingwithBudd Oh no ,I'm retired now, but I will build a fireplace or a barbecue pit from time to time. Working keeps us alive and healthy. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos, cheers mate.
I love how this guy is having a good time even if it's taking his apprentice a little longer to have his bricks prepared for him. just a Cool Guy to work with. Good on the both of ya. Keep it up greeting from the U.S.
Nice one bud don't matter what people say mate youur giving your time and experience to a young man that's great mate I enjoy your videos you and your mate put a smile on my face that's what's all about bud. all bricklayers do things a little bit different we are all individuals .don't forget them thorgood boots matr
First day at college consisted of 8 hours of learning to roll the muck! It is the basis of bricklaying. First day on site, (about 3 months later) 8 hours laying the bed in front of the foreman. The moral of the story is, practice makes perfect.
When i started with my old man. He used to make me watch and learn. Then moved on to doing his perps as he layed. Then it was throwing out the bed ahead of him. Then put the two together. Away ya go lad
This is what is needed in the industry, young apprentices want to learn the trade and unfortunately they get harrased, bullied, left alone, get sucked in to do drugs and other non work related things. Well done to this teacher, love your work.
Brilliant video mate! Enjoyed watching you teach someone, nice to see buddy! How many lads have you taught now? To be honest hes not bad handling a trowel, not far off at all, keep at it lad!..also simple things like showing someone how to trap a line is so basic..but lads struggle with it 👌👌👌 Have a great weekend mate!🍻
Izzy thanks for watching, you have plenty of work on the go , where do you pull all your work from? Keep it rolling we all enjoy your videos at building with Budd , 😂😂👍🍻⚽️
@@BuildingwithBudd cheers fella! I work for a small building company who gets all his work from an Architect. I also know a couple of developers who always need me.👍👍😊
Was a hod carrier in my early 20's, got to lay some every once in a while, if it was a slower job, but the old guys I worked with, were way to fast normally. Craziest I remember, was 4500 block, in 3 days, with 3 masons, and 2 hoddies. Poured solid every 4 course, and all done with buckets, and mixer, no pump truck, or forklift, 3 frames up.
Building with Budd - there's loads of good brickies out there..... but the ones who can also teach - in such a patient and pleasant manner - are MUCH fewer and far between. This boy has landed on his feet with you.... He might realise it... or thinks he realises it now.....but he'll REALLY realise it in many years to come.... maybe even after your days. He'll look back, and realise it then. (Like we all do... with people of influence)
What? People still actually make things, use their hands and ewh, get dirty? Not sure I’d wait in line for your concert but it sounded like lunch was good! Thanks guys.
The sound of the trowel is almost tranquil to listen to. The remarks toward learning were informative in their own way. Just subscribed to build my competence. Thanks
@@BuildingwithBudd Hi Bud. I’m retired after 25 years of service in the US Coast Guard. My final, hopefully final home is outside Pinehurst NC. I have plans for a greenhouse which will require brickwork. A local school was taken down so I have bricks to clean. Happy I found your channel.
Loved this keep it up wanna see where hes at after awhile i never done this but sure this guy will learn and wanna see the progress... Takes skills love it.
Brings back memories , I remember when I started college , the first day in the workshop was literally cutting , picking up , spreading etc , great times
@@BuildingwithBudd yep , I use to be the bitch lol , cups of teas , up and down ladders but they taught me well, most of the youth of today are lazy and want something for nothing
Brilliant, in time he'll learn to butter his brick on the way back to the wall etc, and find his own technique in time. It takes years to master, Its a Wonderful trade well done for bringing him through 👍
This is good to see. Have you seen the new build snags videos? Some walls are 30mm out of plumb! There is a serious lack of skilled trades these days. Keep up the good work!
Unbelievable, this is a video of me and a master mason taking his time to teach me this trade in 1975, love it. Full heahjoints too,truly professional,Williamsburg ,VA.
Young fella getting called 'boss', the light heartedness of the jesturing to lay the brick that isnt there yet 🤣🤣, I hope the young guy he realises the legend of a boss he has. Its good to see. Cudos to you Budd.
@@BuildingwithBudd I'm just a simple Painter and Decorater over here in Australia mate. But just seeing you with the young fella really made me think about how shocking my apprenticeship was, so its really refreshing to see some patience and some light heartedness on-site again. Instead of "NOW NOW NOW, FASTER FASTER FASTER".
It's not that there aren't people who want to teach anymore, but rather nobody wants to learn! Everybody wants to start out on top! It's called minimum wage for a reason......because you got minimal SKILLS!!!!! CHECK YOUR ATTITUDE AND BE HUMBLE AND LEARN YOUNGSTERS!!!! Once you learn it, it's yours for life! Thanks for the video
Great to see someone willing to teach, and not just take the piss. as soon as you said "got to start to start somewhere, and that's a start" you know there's knowledge to pass on 👍👍
this is why in trades you start off as a helper/laborer, you gain the arm strength so by the time you start to work mortar you'll be picking and flipping the whole contents of the board.
Don't care how long young uns r at college its all about experience, sooner u start better you'll be, picking up all dos n don't from an old timer like this, priceless
After laying bricks for 55 odd years what am I doing watching this on a Sunday morning ! I'm Norfolk too and I lay my bricks pretty much the same as you. Back in the sixties when we often laid common bricks on the inside walls and in foundations an apprentice could do backing up with bricks or work in the foundations. And of course inspection chambers and ducts too. Mind you you had to watch those fishtail ties sticking out of the back of the wall. Towards the end I was the only one that didn't wear gloves too, never needed them. Glad to see I'm not the only one that breaks into a little song when I'm working. What's wrong with us why aren't we stressed to b****ry? to use a Norfolk word. Peace and love.
It’s the circle of life , you got taught and learned your own ways and so will he . Let’s just hope he sticks to the trowel better than his peeps to the bricks . 😜
Hello from North America. This video brought back some memories. Forty years ago I took a job tending a couple masons. A father son business. Everyone called the old man mud slinger. At times it was all I could do just to mix the mud and lug the bricks. There wasn't any time to stand around and watch. Eventually I got the hang of it. I didn't stay in masonry I switched to ceramic tile and flooring.
Randomly mashing up bits of goofy tunes is the best part of working in the trades. I also strongly support the tradition of making up your own lyrics about whatever is in view. Spice things up with some good old double entendre, impersonations of pompous characters, trashy references and absurd humor and suddenly the workday is too short. Inferences towards the boss's romantic capabilities, the wife’s spending habits, and the meaninglessness of life are always on point of course. One of my all time favorites in the genre is the simple oldie but golden: “...I need a brick, perhaps a brick like you...”
Trades are so needed. Good for the lad and the nice older man for being willing to be on video. All very well sitting doing media studies, but doesn't get houses repaired or built does it. Come on boys, get your overalls on. 👏👏👏
@@BuildingwithBudd hi there. I'm in property. Have res and commercial and a bit if a doer upper. Too many shabby tradesmen about. I'm sick of it to be honest . A good one is like gold dust and has to be held into x
The trouble is Jo that these programs on tv make it look like anybody can do it, and don’t real trades people the respect they should, you know if you get a quality trades person on board It can save you money by using there knowledge, once again many thanks for watching 👏👏
I'm 35, been working in an office for the last 15 odd years and hate it (even went to Afghanistan to escape it for 6 months) and wanting to get into bricklaying. I hope my mentor is as good as this old boy
@@BuildingwithBudd could I ask what the average yearly income is? Moneys not everything and honestly I'm on pretty good money as it is but for my mental health I need a change. I hear after a few years experience you could earn about 40k?
Andy I couldn’t really guide you on what you could earn, you hear so much bullshit about wages in the building trade, leaving a well paid but not very satisfying is not an easy task especially if you have family and bills to pay, if I was you I think I would try and find someone who could give me a couple of weeks work in the building trade, and then take two weeks holiday from your job and just see what it’s really like, wishing you all the best and many thanks for watching our videos 👍👍
Having taken a self-taught crash course (ok, with more than a little help from youtube!) in laying bricks and then blocks this summer to build myself an outbuilding, boy do I now wish I'd discovered this guy. I mean... I learnt, I built, I'm happy with the result and my new found skills which will probably never be put to use ever again... but there's something about this guy even though he's technically not the greatest out there. I think partially the head cam helps, as you gain more feel for what he's seeing, how he's approaching it etc. Despite wading through hours and hours of videos from the more celebrated channels of 'popular' brickies, in ten minutes I feel like this guy has somehow filled in a lot of the blanks that persisted in my understanding after the build.
Back in my day I would tend to two to three masons at a time. I've laid a lot of stone(and miss it so much), but I'm not a brick or block guy. Somehow I ended up setting, pouring and finishing concrete. I do however miss the shit out of a spade trowel, masonry can be so technical but it's so much different than concrete. If my day went south I'd come in with a hammer and chisel the next day and start over. Meanwhile if the pour goes wrong I'm working fast food tomorrow. Back when I was a mason we'd take two hour fishing breaks and work late to make up for it, stress free.
As a 20 year mason I know this is a dying trade. Not enough young people looking to do such an honest day's work. It's truly a satisfying thing to create. Thanks for the video, keep chopping
This guy is a good teacher. Hes patient but he makes sure the labourer knows hes waiting patiently lol . Give the labourer a slap he will always remember when to have things ready.
Go on any site in the world and perp a brick for that long and see how well it goes down. Man has spent a career overcharging old people and neighbours and young lad Is a friend of the family, that will hate this guy within 3 weeks
Like the singing "boss" like to see someone with patience and humour learning the trade . Reminds me of my day rolling the muck thinking what fuck am I doing this for .
You should be instructing how you activate your muscles to do this. As a pianist this sort of explanation will come out much better than visual watching alone. The first thing you should have said was don't lift your arm but rather keep pushing down.
I've just come back from the post office and on the way back in the car a certain song was playing, as I got out of the car I said to myself "I'm gonna have that bastard song going round in my head for the rest of the day now". So, for some reason I click on this video (I've never watched any of your vids before, it was just a random thing). What is the first song you start singing? The very song I just managed to forget: "Whip crack away whip crack away" Life has its strange little synchronicities at times. Ha ha.
I went to Coventry once in a boxing competition, the great Errol Christy was boxing that day, but he came in half a stone over weight, I think the place we went was called willinhall does that sound right? 👍👍
We once had brick layers..carpenters and electrician's..but on most sites we now have brickies ( party skilled nupties how can stick bricks together with mortar and squidgy liquid) chipies ( can nail gun bits of wood to things) and sparkies ( can puts bits of wire together. The first three are trained and skilled and work to a high standard and solve problems. The last 3 ..well ... They need the skilled workers the fix the mess. Yes..I know..I didn't mention plumbers... There still im bed and want 500 quid for a mention
that sand sounds really sharp, u need softer sand or more feb/fairy, steady though or it just sticks to the trowel and scaffolders get pissed off with bricklayers banging their trowels on the guard rail all day !
Thanks for all the views and comments on this one! Check out a similar video we have done getting the apprentice to lay to a line ua-cam.com/video/cvJX4dhz7GI/v-deo.html
Just found your channel today. You have a new apprentice near Piqua, Ohio. Thanks for sharing your trade.
@@homefrontforge many thanks for watching much appreciated 👍👍
@fred blair we all have to learn from someone 👍👍
@fred blair what made you decide to settle in the USA ? 👍
The boy is a dope!
“Everybody starts somewhere” this world tends to be losing great teachers like yourself! I hope you feel proud of who you are and what you do👍
Thank you for your comments, many thanks for watching 👍👍😊
And, right at the beginning... "That's alright" removes all pressure going forward.
Probably the best thing that could've been said at that exact moment.
Nice to see an "old boy" with patience
This blokes a legend. I would really appreciate a boss like him.
@@readthebibleforyourself.7939 thanks Sal, cheers for watching 👍👍
Very true. I've been working in construction for two years and the amount of 'born experts' with zero patience is shocking. Very few people know how to teach.
Being a tradie myself of 31 years it's great to see a tradesmen teaching rather than harassing or mocking. He shall surely raise you up higher than the eagle. 😉
Thanks for watching 👍😊😊
That is the problem with many tradesmen. Their ego often undermines the efforts of an apprentice attempting to learn and carry on the trade.
Mocking shows your own failing...if your apprentice becomes better than you it shows you've done well..
@@malcolmcanning9553 When student becomes teacher you have succeeded
👏👏👏👏👏Couldn't agree more...
As a 3rd year apprentice I appreciate how hard this is to get the hang of. He will get the hang of it in a while and then its just a matter of fine tuning. Keep it up 🤜🏼🤛🏽
Jesus loves you man, yh haha my first day laying bricks was when i took the plasterers mix, i was wondering why the bricks wont working
The weird thing is eventually this shit gets so ingrained that you just do it without even thinking about it.
Thanks for watching 👍👍
@@JohnRenshawIII cheers John thanks for watching 🙏😃
This apprentice is really really lucky to have a tradesmen that will take the time teach him his skills 👏 Make the most of it mate and you will do well 👍
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the sound of a trowel rolling mud and tapping on bricks is beautiful. one of my favorite things
Brilliant! I wish I'd had someone with your temperament to teach me when I was learning... Although you could of clearly laid 3 times as many bricks in that time, you had the patience and good nature to understand how important it is to build confidence, and not just a wall, and learn good technique, whilst losing money and time to boot! What a great mentor! I'm sure your lad will look back on this time and thank you for it in years to come! 👍
Many thanks for your comments and watching, which part of the world are you from ?
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@@BuildingwithBudd
California U.S.A.
@@lachlanbird9688 tell me it’s lovely and warm there , must be lovely to live in a place like that, are you in the building trade ? 👍👍
Thanks Wayne really appreciate you watching and commenting 👍👍
Brings back memories. I started in construction, got paired with a mason and learned all i could as a mason tend. Invaluable skills to possess. Great teacher. Patient and persistent. Just like how i learned.
Glad it brought back good memories, thanks for watching 👍👍
Wish I had a great guy like you to teach me when I started to learn my first craftsmanship.
Thank you, This brings back fond memories of my Masonry Teacher from Harford Vocational Technical High School. He was a good man and a great instructor. I always gave him a go. He always seemed to have his shit together. Always taught us blokes to be reaponsible for our actions. I wish I would have done him proud. May you R.I.P. Gary Siler, you have brought direction to so many that needed it. You are missed. " Level, plumb, straight edge"
Glad it brings back good memories, thanks for watching 👍
Great video and such great patience and encouragement for the apprentice, no belittling and just teaching him how to do by repeaditly showing him. Like he said can't get it straight away overnight
Thanks for watching, just trying to help the lad,
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Great to see a person teaching the trade with such great patience without getting frustrated, and giving the apprentice the time and respect. 👏
Cheers Jim, I always remember how I was taught and I thought if I ever get the chance to pass things on , I would be a bit more patient , many thanks for watching 👍👍
i remember learning this very lesson 37 years ago and the progressing to laying the compo along an edge of an old scaffold board time and again until it was second nature, then end jointing the compo on the brick, then laying a heavy bed and jointing in one move when scraping off the snotters, you cant beat a job on a site laying bricks, i still drive around pointing out things i built, there is a satisfaction knowing when im long gone some of my buildings will be there long after me. i also remember the bollocking first time i ever tapped a level with the trowel ! then the lesson on how to set a bubble in a level and how to check the accuracy of a level's bubble
You sound proper old school, thanks for watching 👍👍😃
It's great to see an old hand showing them the proper way. Bit of pride in your work goes such a long way these days.
Cheers Andy, many thanks for watching 👍👍
I love watching a master of any craft work anyway, and to see one take the time to pass on that knowledge and skill is great.
You certainly wouldn't get that level or quality of experience in the classroom
Great job
Thanks for your comments and for watching 👍👍😊
Awesome to see someone be so patient with a new learner it is a trait that many people have trouble with, but in the end if he sticks with it the teachers patience will pay off
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Heart warming to see a trade being passed down... And more importantly, absorbed.
Bless you kind, Sir, for your gift to this young man. 👍
Thanks for watching 👍👍
What a good teacher, very easy going and encouraging
Good and bad..lol. I was an ironworker for 29 years and the guy that taught me was a freakin hardass mf...but, he always told me,he wanted me to go home at the end of every day with all limbs attached and my heart still beating.
Plus it made my skin pretty damn thick Haha which into today's world is worth its weight in gold...I think anyway.
Well said Big iron, thanks for watching 👍👍
Big thanks Do one, 👍👍👏
Alot of people can lay bricks. Not many can teach. You are a legend at both
Many thanks for watching, I always think if we all give a little back then there is a chance for the future 👍👍
Decent old school bricklayer. Best poeple to learn from. My dad taught me to lay bricks it's the best thing he ever did for me.
You and me both👍Made a living no matter where I went🤘
This young lad has got himself a good teacher..brilliant stuff...hope he enjoys his future career.
Many thanks for watching 👍👍👏
Nice to see a young man willing to learn. Wish I had 10 of him.
Finding youngsters today up for it is nearly impossible 👍👍
You're a very good teacher. I've lived in Suffolk for 30 years - a Dorset boy originally - and recognised your Norfolk tones straight away. You make this job look so easy - thanks for sharing.
I have never seen such a skilled craftsman be so patient with an apprentice.
Brick laying was the first skill I learned as an apprentice growing up in construction.
Kudos from Pensacola, Florida U.S.A.
Many thanks for watching Randy , much appreciated, how is life if Florida, are you still in the trade? All the best from the old boy in Norfolk UK 👍👍
@@BuildingwithBudd Oh no ,I'm retired now, but I will build a fireplace or a barbecue pit from time to time. Working keeps us alive and healthy. Looking forward to seeing more of your videos, cheers mate.
@@randythompson1957 many thanks Randy, you and your family keep well, 👍👍
I love how this guy is having a good time even if it's taking his apprentice a little longer to have his bricks prepared for him. just a Cool Guy to work with. Good on the both of ya. Keep it up greeting from the U.S.
Many thanks for watching, I think people forget that it takes time to learn , I always remember how I was taught 👍👍👏
Nice one bud don't matter what people say mate youur giving your time and experience to a young man that's great mate I enjoy your videos you and your mate put a smile on my face that's what's all about bud. all bricklayers do things a little bit different we are all individuals .don't forget them thorgood boots matr
Cheers Bradley , appreciate your comments, I’m on the boots 👍
First day at college consisted of 8 hours of learning to roll the muck! It is the basis of bricklaying.
First day on site, (about 3 months later) 8 hours laying the bed in front of the foreman.
The moral of the story is, practice makes perfect.
It’s not the half of bricklaying 😂
When i started with my old man. He used to make me watch and learn. Then moved on to doing his perps as he layed. Then it was throwing out the bed ahead of him. Then put the two together. Away ya go lad
You do like touching up the bed abit much mind. But love your dedication and patience
That’s what I do
This is what is needed in the industry, young apprentices want to learn the trade and unfortunately they get harrased, bullied, left alone, get sucked in to do drugs and other non work related things. Well done to this teacher, love your work.
Many thanks for watching, we do have a selection of other building videos, great to hear from you 👍👍
Brilliant video mate! Enjoyed watching you teach someone, nice to see buddy! How many lads have you taught now? To be honest hes not bad handling a trowel, not far off at all, keep at it lad!..also simple things like showing someone how to trap a line is so basic..but lads struggle with it 👌👌👌
Have a great weekend mate!🍻
Izzy thanks for watching, you have plenty of work on the go , where do you pull all your work from? Keep it rolling we all enjoy your videos at building with Budd , 😂😂👍🍻⚽️
@@BuildingwithBudd cheers fella! I work for a small building company who gets all his work from an Architect. I also know a couple of developers who always need me.👍👍😊
Your doing a great job mate 👍👍
Was a hod carrier in my early 20's, got to lay some every once in a while, if it was a slower job, but the old guys I worked with, were way to fast normally. Craziest I remember, was 4500 block, in 3 days, with 3 masons, and 2 hoddies. Poured solid every 4 course, and all done with buckets, and mixer, no pump truck, or forklift, 3 frames up.
And probably lived on site in a draughty cardboard box, eating mice, drinking tea and watching the Luftwaffe fly over at night ….
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I spent hours knocking up and playing with mortar on the boards. 35 years later I've got the hang of it now😁
I’m still working on it 😂👍 thanks for watching 👍
Building with Budd - there's loads of good brickies out there..... but the ones who can also teach - in such a patient and pleasant manner - are MUCH fewer and far between.
This boy has landed on his feet with you....
He might realise it... or thinks he realises it now.....but he'll REALLY realise it in many years to come.... maybe even after your days.
He'll look back, and realise it then.
(Like we all do... with people of influence)
I’d love to spend a couple days learning with someone that patient
Cheers Ben ,thanks for watching 👍👍
What? People still actually make things, use their hands and ewh, get dirty?
Not sure I’d wait in line for your concert but it sounded like lunch was good!
Thanks guys.
I wonder if the old boy can whistle? Cos e can't bloomin sing 😅
My singing ain’t to good but I don’t care 😂😂👍👏
The sound of the trowel is almost tranquil to listen to. The remarks toward learning were informative in their own way. Just subscribed to build my competence. Thanks
John many thanks for watching, hope the videos are helping, we are based in Norfolk , uk
@@BuildingwithBudd Hi Bud. I’m retired after 25 years of service in the US Coast Guard. My final, hopefully final home is outside Pinehurst NC. I have plans for a greenhouse which will require brickwork. A local school was taken down so I have bricks to clean. Happy I found your channel.
John that sounds like a busy retirement, New York and the surrounding states look like a great place to live, thanks for watching 👍👍
John I pressed the wrong button the other day but it was us replying , hope you enjoy building your walls , it’s never to late to have a go 👍👍
Loved this keep it up wanna see where hes at after awhile i never done this but sure this guy will learn and wanna see the progress... Takes skills love it.
Cheers Nick 👍👍
Brings back memories , I remember when I started college , the first day in the workshop was literally cutting , picking up , spreading etc , great times
Many thanks for watching, we have all been there, I think a lot of people forget what it’s like when you start 👍👍👊
@@BuildingwithBudd yep , I use to be the bitch lol , cups of teas , up and down ladders but they taught me well, most of the youth of today are lazy and want something for nothing
Matt your spot on with that comment, I used to have to empty the paint tin, which wasn’t something I looked forward to, 😂😂👍
This is so beautiful to see. This is how jobs and artistry should always be.
Many thanks James 👍
This is an open brick surgery.
I like this line.
Great teacher.
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Brilliant, in time he'll learn to butter his brick on the way back to the wall etc, and find his own technique in time. It takes years to master, Its a Wonderful trade well done for bringing him through 👍
Cheers Craig we have to start somewhere, then as you say you find you own way, many thanks for watching 👍👍
This patience is what is missing nowadays. Everyone is chasing the 💷.
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Thanks for watching 👍👍
Budd, I have to admire your patience 🤦♂️🤦♂️😀😃
He’s a good lad , he really wants to learn so I don’t mind if he plays up a bit, I find a few hits with a rolled up newspaper helps, 👍😂
This is good to see. Have you seen the new build snags videos? Some walls are 30mm out of plumb! There is a serious lack of skilled trades these days. Keep up the good work!
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Unbelievable, this is a video of me and a master mason taking his time to teach me this trade in 1975, love it. Full heahjoints too,truly professional,Williamsburg ,VA.
Gerald glad it bought back memories, many thanks for watching, we’re in Norfolk UK, 👍👍
Give the man a BRICK BoY!!! Slowing him down LOL 😆 props to the man teaching with patience and experience 👏 🙌
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Young fella getting called 'boss', the light heartedness of the jesturing to lay the brick that isnt there yet 🤣🤣, I hope the young guy he realises the legend of a boss he has. Its good to see. Cudos to you Budd.
"Brick on there boss."
And the apprentice knows, 'better live up to that fab man's expectations'.
Much appreciated Kieran , thanks for watching, what line of life are you in ? 👍👍
@@BuildingwithBudd I'm just a simple Painter and Decorater over here in Australia mate. But just seeing you with the young fella really made me think about how shocking my apprenticeship was, so its really refreshing to see some patience and some light heartedness on-site again. Instead of "NOW NOW NOW, FASTER FASTER FASTER".
@@kirransmith5571 Kieran that’s how I was treated and I always thought if I get the chance to show someone I would do it a lot different, 👍👍
Great work mate it's an art like building castles years ago
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It's not that there aren't people who want to teach anymore, but rather nobody wants to learn! Everybody wants to start out on top! It's called minimum wage for a reason......because you got minimal SKILLS!!!!! CHECK YOUR ATTITUDE AND BE HUMBLE AND LEARN YOUNGSTERS!!!! Once you learn it, it's yours for life! Thanks for the video
Well said Keith , so true 👍👍
Great to see someone willing to teach, and not just take the piss. as soon as you said "got to start to start somewhere, and that's a start" you know there's knowledge to pass on 👍👍
Many thanks for watching 👍👍
First class teacher with humour thrown in. Excellent vlogggg
Even BUDD started somewhere 👍
Cheers Phil, you are spot on , thanks for watching 👍👍
"Less tapping and more slapping" is what i was taught. Stick at it mate. We all have to start somewhere.
Love the hand waiting for the brick moments....
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Every time he reaches for a brick and one isn't there he is schooling the apprentice how to raise his wages. Such a patient and gifted teacher
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That's what the country needs. Young apprentices and journeyman teachers.
The trades will be the most sought after profession in the future.
That’s so true in ten to twenty years time there will be a massive shortage of proper skilled tradespeople 👍👍
The pure passion and skill this guy has.
Cheers Adam, I was that young once 👍😊
@@BuildingwithBudd I'm just loving how you're so focused on doing the simple things (simple for you anyway) perfectly. Pure art.
@@mchamberlain7408 many thanks 👍👍
this is why in trades you start off as a helper/laborer, you gain the arm strength so by the time you start to work mortar you'll be picking and flipping the whole contents of the board.
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Don't care how long young uns r at college its all about experience, sooner u start better you'll be, picking up all dos n don't from an old timer like this, priceless
Cheers Lee , well said , many thanks for watching 👍👍👍
After laying bricks for 55 odd years what am I doing watching this on a Sunday morning ! I'm Norfolk too and I lay my bricks pretty much the same as you. Back in the sixties when we often laid common bricks on the inside walls and in foundations an apprentice could do backing up with bricks or work in the foundations. And of course inspection chambers and ducts too. Mind you you had to watch those fishtail ties sticking out of the back of the wall. Towards the end I was the only one that didn't wear gloves too, never needed them. Glad to see I'm not the only one that breaks into a little song when I'm working. What's wrong with us why aren't we stressed to b****ry? to use a Norfolk word. Peace and love.
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I love how he keeps reaching for those air bricks. At least he's comical and not cynical about it.
You a bit of humour in this game, thanks for watching 👍👍😊
It’s the circle of life , you got taught and learned your own ways and so will he . Let’s just hope he sticks to the trowel better than his peeps to the bricks . 😜
Hello from North America. This video brought back some memories. Forty years ago I took a job tending a couple masons. A father son business. Everyone called the old man mud slinger. At times it was all I could do just to mix the mud and lug the bricks. There wasn't any time to stand around and watch. Eventually I got the hang of it. I didn't stay in masonry I switched to ceramic tile and flooring.
Hello North America, is that your birth place or where you settled? Thanks for watching 👍👍
Sheal, I ment to say we are in Norfolk, in the United Kingdom 👍
A fine teacher! Wish I knew this guy in America!
i understand why he struggles. i have tried it. its a lot harder and technical than it looks like. needs a lot of practice
"Young Grasshopper," If you know, you know...😂😂😂
Aah yes grasshopper 🙏
Randomly mashing up bits of goofy tunes is the best part of working in the trades. I also strongly support the tradition of making up your own lyrics about whatever is in view. Spice things up with some good old double entendre, impersonations of pompous characters, trashy references and absurd humor and suddenly the workday is too short. Inferences towards the boss's romantic capabilities, the wife’s spending habits, and the meaninglessness of life are always on point of course. One of my all time favorites in the genre is the simple oldie but golden: “...I need a brick, perhaps a brick like you...”
Many thanks for watching 👍👍
Some say he's still halfway through his first course.
Trades are so needed. Good for the lad and the nice older man for being willing to be on video. All very well sitting doing media studies, but doesn't get houses repaired or built does it. Come on boys, get your overalls on. 👏👏👏
You are absolutely spot on, thanks for watching, what line of work are you ?
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@@BuildingwithBudd hi there. I'm in property. Have res and commercial and a bit if a doer upper. Too many shabby tradesmen about. I'm sick of it to be honest . A good one is like gold dust and has to be held into x
The trouble is Jo that these programs on tv make it look like anybody can do it, and don’t real trades people the respect they should, you know if you get a quality trades person on board
It can save you money by using there knowledge, once again many thanks for watching 👏👏
Ment to say don’t give real trades 👎😂👍
@@BuildingwithBudd true.
Just came across your vid & enjoyed. Thanks for sharing your skills, it's good to see!
Many thanks Richard 👍👍
Fascinating guys good work 👏 i'm building up the confidence to quit my office job and work as a bricky
Why are they tapping it down before picking it up
I'm 35, been working in an office for the last 15 odd years and hate it (even went to Afghanistan to escape it for 6 months) and wanting to get into bricklaying. I hope my mentor is as good as this old boy
Cheers Andy, it’s not an easy path but go for it👍 many thanks for watching 👍👍👏
@@BuildingwithBudd could I ask what the average yearly income is? Moneys not everything and honestly I'm on pretty good money as it is but for my mental health I need a change. I hear after a few years experience you could earn about 40k?
Andy I couldn’t really guide you on what you could earn, you hear so much bullshit about wages in the building trade, leaving a well paid but not very satisfying is not an easy task especially if you have family and bills to pay, if I was you I think I would try and find someone who could give me a couple of weeks work in the building trade, and then take two weeks holiday from your job and just see what it’s really like, wishing you all the best and many thanks for watching our videos 👍👍
Iam a master plaster but never had a brick guy show me anything till now awesome Mr.
Thanks for watching we have a few videos to watch 👍👍😃
Having taken a self-taught crash course (ok, with more than a little help from youtube!) in laying bricks and then blocks this summer to build myself an outbuilding, boy do I now wish I'd discovered this guy.
I mean... I learnt, I built, I'm happy with the result and my new found skills which will probably never be put to use ever again... but there's something about this guy even though he's technically not the greatest out there. I think partially the head cam helps, as you gain more feel for what he's seeing, how he's approaching it etc.
Despite wading through hours and hours of videos from the more celebrated channels of 'popular' brickies, in ten minutes I feel like this guy has somehow filled in a lot of the blanks that persisted in my understanding after the build.
Thanks for watching 👍 much appreciated
Much better than his 1st video...so your getting him there pal.👍🍻
Cheers David 👍👍
Back in my day I would tend to two to three masons at a time. I've laid a lot of stone(and miss it so much), but I'm not a brick or block guy. Somehow I ended up setting, pouring and finishing concrete. I do however miss the shit out of a spade trowel, masonry can be so technical but it's so much different than concrete. If my day went south I'd come in with a hammer and chisel the next day and start over. Meanwhile if the pour goes wrong I'm working fast food tomorrow. Back when I was a mason we'd take two hour fishing breaks and work late to make up for it, stress free.
Sounds like you had good times Pizza Dude , thanks for watching 👍
I would immediately have issues, simply for being a lefty with this setup lmao
Hey! From Tennessee! Nice to see your hard work and passing it on to the future! Good on ya!
Cheers Wayne what’s life like in Tennessee , where from Norfolk in the UK , thanks for watching 👍👍
@@BuildingwithBudd getting into fall now. Rural farming community in southern middle Tenn. I love it out here.
@@waynehoffman456 are you born and raised there or have you settled there? 👍
@@BuildingwithBudd Army took me here. A Beautiful Southern Belle kept me here.
@@waynehoffman456 that’s a great reason to stay , keep well. 👍👍
As a 20 year mason I know this is a dying trade. Not enough young people looking to do such an honest day's work. It's truly a satisfying thing to create. Thanks for the video, keep chopping
Cheers Bo , well said , many thanks for watching 👍👍
Well I'm a free mason ya cunts and love every minute of it . Wouldn't change it for the world
This guy is a good teacher. Hes patient but he makes sure the labourer knows hes waiting patiently lol . Give the labourer a slap he will always remember when to have things ready.
I will have to try that method, thanks for watching 👍👍😊
We need more kind folks like him in the Nursing field. Shit.....any field
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Best master, teacher I think. 😀
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Love this....god knows builders today all need some training. Great video!!
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I love it. An English kid building an English country.I respect this kid.
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Go on any site in the world and perp a brick for that long and see how well it goes down. Man has spent a career overcharging old people and neighbours and young lad Is a friend of the family, that will hate this guy within 3 weeks
He’s teaching bab. the reason we have crap brickys these days because they don’t want to teach they just want cheap labour
Now you know why so many pick dip. Because they can't roll muck. But they know how to roll a joint
How bloody true is that on site now. The are a too bloody chatty after they have been to the loo as well.!
Respect i learned somthing guy teaching is good love it
Cheers Nick, thanks for watching 👍👍
Like all trades a journeyman makes the basics look so easy.
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This old school teacher doesn't waste a single stroke. Time is time. A master and his thoughts
Thanks for watching Jeffery 🙏👍
Damn great video bro i like that you have sense of humour and some patience
Cheers Natty many thanks for watching 👍👍
@@BuildingwithBudd one my first jobs was bricklayers labourer mixing the mud and taking it over to the boys to full the boards
@@nattygainz5155 that’s exactly how I started 👍
@@BuildingwithBudd thats great man
Like the singing "boss" like to see someone with patience and humour learning the trade .
Reminds me of my day rolling the muck thinking what fuck am I doing this for .
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Doesn’t even matter how you pick the mud up with the trowel as long as you get it on there and ready to spread
So awesome the skill passing down. I'm passing my trade to my nephew sawyer for granite countertops. I LEARNED patience hahahah he is good at it now.
Cheers Sid thanks for watching 👍
Respect ✊ showing the youngers the trade !!👍👍
Some one has to do it, thanks for watching, are you in the trade 👍👍
@@BuildingwithBudd I’m a landscaper but I can do brick work as well as patios and fencing 👍👍
I should imagine your are nice and busy 👍👍
@@stevefrost2042 kinda when work comes it seems someone else needs something at the same time lol 😂🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Matt that sounds about right 👍👍
You should be instructing how you activate your muscles to do this. As a pianist this sort of explanation will come out much better than visual watching alone. The first thing you should have said was don't lift your arm but rather keep pushing down.
Thanks for that advice, I will keep that in mind in the future 🙏👏👍
I've just come back from the post office and on the way back in the car a certain song was playing, as I got out of the car I said to myself "I'm gonna have that bastard song going round in my head for the rest of the day now". So, for some reason I click on this video (I've never watched any of your vids before, it was just a random thing). What is the first song you start singing? The very song I just managed to forget: "Whip crack away whip crack away" Life has its strange little synchronicities at times. Ha ha.
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It was your destiny to watch our video , the force is strong today, many thanks for watching, where are you watching from? 👍👍
@@BuildingwithBudd Yes, it was one of those strange days with something in the air.
I'm in Coventry.
I went to Coventry once in a boxing competition, the great Errol Christy was boxing that day, but he came in half a stone over weight, I think the place we went was called willinhall does that sound right?
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I love at 6:25 hes miming where the apprentice should be handing him a ready brick
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We once had brick layers..carpenters and electrician's..but on most sites we now have brickies ( party skilled nupties how can stick bricks together with mortar and squidgy liquid) chipies ( can nail gun bits of wood to things) and sparkies ( can puts bits of wire together.
The first three are trained and skilled and work to a high standard and solve problems.
The last 3 ..well ...
They need the skilled workers the fix the mess.
Yes..I know..I didn't mention plumbers...
There still im bed and want 500 quid for a mention
Well said 👍 thanks for watching
that sand sounds really sharp, u need softer sand or more feb/fairy, steady though or it just sticks to the trowel and scaffolders get pissed off with bricklayers banging their trowels on the guard rail all day !
I remember doing that in a skill centre in the 80s....Good stuff....
When you start you never you will get the hang of it, but it comes eventually, thanks for watching 👍👏
You in pain there Bud funny noise you keep making get to the Doctors 😂😂 3:42