Brick pier with the golden trowel

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  • @paulbyrne5665
    @paulbyrne5665 21 день тому +9

    Im replying to old bricklayer im a 64 yearold carpenter and appracate you as a brick layer nice to see it done the old way👍👍👍🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮

    • @Theoldbricklayer
      @Theoldbricklayer  21 день тому +1

      Thank you

    • @EoinFe
      @EoinFe 19 днів тому

      Is that an Ivory Coast flag 🇨🇮. Hi from Ireland 🇮🇪

  • @squidnoid8
    @squidnoid8 21 день тому +6

    A real treat seeing you both back at it. Working & engaging in the back & forth we’ve come to enjoy. Cheers & a very merry new year

  • @GaryMytton
    @GaryMytton 20 днів тому +3

    Hi Ben great brickwork as usual wishing you and your dad a happy new year keep up the great videos both of you 👍👍🙏

  • @chrismallett-p7g
    @chrismallett-p7g 21 день тому +4

    Golden boots got my attention, cracking job i enjoy your vids

  • @stewartfooter3580
    @stewartfooter3580 21 день тому +2

    Now we know its going to be a great year now you are both back

  • @aceofspades5786
    @aceofspades5786 19 днів тому +1

    Happy new year. Looking forward to seeing more content

  • @darringodden7225
    @darringodden7225 20 днів тому +2

    It's crazy.
    I have been at it all day.
    And I am watching you cats on new year's eave.
    What's wrong with me.
    Good lads.
    Happy New year.

  • @roymcneil6026
    @roymcneil6026 21 день тому +4

    Hope you had a nice Christmas lads. Health and happiness to you both for the new year ahead! 😊

    • @Theoldbricklayer
      @Theoldbricklayer  21 день тому +1

      Great Christmas thanks Hope you have a great new year

  • @OutofPlumb-ic5pl
    @OutofPlumb-ic5pl 21 день тому +2

    good stuff ... all the best to you both... and most important good health and big thanks.👍

  • @RichardDowd
    @RichardDowd 20 днів тому +2

    Great to have you back lads 👌

  • @Falco45able
    @Falco45able 21 день тому +2

    Nice fella , stay lucky, stay safe!😉

  • @NickErrongton
    @NickErrongton 21 день тому +1

    Merry Christmas and a happy new year to the old bricky and your boy Ben top lads

  • @andybrace4983
    @andybrace4983 21 день тому +2

    Lovely old job

  • @hillbillyjohn230
    @hillbillyjohn230 20 днів тому +1

    Lovely job lads happy new year all the best 👍

  • @joshd790
    @joshd790 21 день тому +1

    Straight back at it lads best way to be up the grafters

  • @mccookbrickwork
    @mccookbrickwork 21 день тому +2

    Nice job 👏🏼

  • @SD-rn1fn
    @SD-rn1fn 20 днів тому +1

    Great work lads .
    Happy new year 👍

  • @pauljones1350
    @pauljones1350 20 днів тому +2

    Are you repairing that lot after one of those monster storms we had😮keeps his eye on you!good team work and fantastic company for each other on these jobs,is there a gold surcharge on this pillar!a very good bricklayer for sure out in all the seasons he can getting the job done.

    • @Theoldbricklayer
      @Theoldbricklayer  20 днів тому +1

      Think so ….. always a surcharge 😂 have a great new year

    • @pauljones1350
      @pauljones1350 20 днів тому

      @Theoldbricklayer have a wonderful new years evening and a happy new year to you all

  • @BACrypto
    @BACrypto 21 день тому +2

    Great video, thanks!

  • @OziBlokeTimG
    @OziBlokeTimG 20 днів тому +1

    You guys have a great Xmas. and happy new year.

  • @AshleyTaylor-fv2yg
    @AshleyTaylor-fv2yg 20 днів тому +1

    Happy New year t both of you looking good as usual and tell dad he be still with us after 10 more years love watching you both so good and really funny as well

  • @trustedliving8131
    @trustedliving8131 21 день тому +1

    I'm watching Ben draw the mortar off the trowel and I say to myself: that lad can draw mortar off a hawk if he chooses to when he repoints. A bit of advice, use drier mortar than brick laying mortar. If you have to tamp the mix with water still keep mix on the dry side . Compaction equals strength. Better compacted before mortar starts going off. You are still doing a fine job as usual.

    • @Theoldbricklayer
      @Theoldbricklayer  21 день тому +1

      Just my preferred method to repoint many different ways ….

    • @trustedliving8131
      @trustedliving8131 21 день тому +1

      @Theoldbricklayer Ya I get it. I'm to far away from my boy's to go on their job's. I did get a call from one this morning with a question. It's the height of my day and after I thought . I wonder what Ben is up to. Have a great day the both of you.

    • @Theoldbricklayer
      @Theoldbricklayer  21 день тому +1

      Thank you and have a great new year

  • @JamieW-o7b
    @JamieW-o7b 20 днів тому +1

    Good work, now you just have to build 1.5 million homes in the next 4.5 years! Jump to it lad!!

  • @db_0042
    @db_0042 17 днів тому +1

    Good video again mate, Is it worth doing this with a 6mm steel rod for a one brick pier? I know you can’t concrete it but would help stability surely?

    • @Theoldbricklayer
      @Theoldbricklayer  17 днів тому

      Anything would help . But if it’s not surrounded in concrete make sure it’s stainless steel

  • @555theray
    @555theray 20 днів тому +1

    Happy new year to you both! Keep posting the videos in 2025!

  • @qualcommchalloner9551
    @qualcommchalloner9551 20 днів тому +1

    OMG that awful grey sky, looks freezing cold too... same again second day grey skies at least old pavments look dry for you
    Eastbourne is still a nice place in summer when blue skies grace the town
    look forward to next job.
    stop throwing trowel in plastic bucket or end up leaking
    Malc's in Perth WA ❤ formally from Brighton

    • @Theoldbricklayer
      @Theoldbricklayer  19 днів тому

      Bad habits could not be bothers to get the spot boards out the van. Happy new year

  • @eliteSTEEL27
    @eliteSTEEL27 5 днів тому +1

    Hi- Would this wall need an expansion joint? I’m looking at constructing a short single skin 4 course outdoor brick wall myself, similar to this one and curious as to wether it would require an expansion joint.

    • @Theoldbricklayer
      @Theoldbricklayer  5 днів тому

      This is just a pier ……. Expansion joints are normally every between 6/10 meters so all depends on the length of your wall

    • @eliteSTEEL27
      @eliteSTEEL27 5 днів тому

      @ Fair enough, it will be a square box so maybe 5ft each side, so I imagine given this there should be some sort of allowance for expansion ?

  • @apocock4731
    @apocock4731 20 днів тому +1

    I have a question, do you think there will continue to be a demand for brick laying in the uk? I’m a landscaper (I lay a few garden walls and steps already) thinking about changing/learning to be a proper brick layer, I’m also wondering if they will have robots doing it soon. I’d be interested to know your opinions.

    • @Theoldbricklayer
      @Theoldbricklayer  19 днів тому

      Robots will never work in the uk with the amount of people coming to the uk there will always be a demand for bricklayers

  • @Oldnoitall
    @Oldnoitall 21 день тому +1

    I could see the old Brickster closing one eye and eyeballing the rebar with a brick house corner across the way. !!lol

  • @JamesGormley-k2x
    @JamesGormley-k2x 21 день тому +1

    Wrapped in the racing pages don't suppose it got tomorrow results lol hope you have had a lovely Xmas we are moving to a new job Monday for a week all glazed brickwork

  • @DanSivyer-b4p
    @DanSivyer-b4p 14 днів тому +1

    Legend

  • @grahamcamm2547
    @grahamcamm2547 20 днів тому +1

    That jacket cracks me up. Looks like he's been run over by a mobility scooter 😂

  • @JamesA42
    @JamesA42 21 день тому +1

    Your dad is right about each person has their own consistency. Remember mixing finish plaster for my dad if i didn't get it right not too thick not too sloppy would threaten to chuck over me head if it wasn't right.

    • @Theoldbricklayer
      @Theoldbricklayer  21 день тому

      Yeah my mate likes the mortar stuff as f 😂 other like it like soup

  • @paulbyrne5665
    @paulbyrne5665 21 день тому +2

    Hard to build free standing peir👍👍👍

  • @grahamoldham1155
    @grahamoldham1155 20 днів тому +1

    Can’t believe you let Ben use you’re golden trowel it’ll be scratched now 😮

  • @chrisfinch3019
    @chrisfinch3019 21 день тому +1

    Can't believe you used he's gold trowel 😅😅

    • @Theoldbricklayer
      @Theoldbricklayer  21 день тому +1

      I battered it 😂😂😂. But have a new one on the way. I got that one very cheap as it had a couple scratches on it

  • @gary71161
    @gary71161 15 днів тому +1

    should be the old tea maker.

  • @goldentrowel1968
    @goldentrowel1968 21 день тому +1

    I cant believe your using the golden trowel

    • @Theoldbricklayer
      @Theoldbricklayer  21 день тому +2

      Got another on the way …… this one had a few scratches

  • @2rab786
    @2rab786 21 день тому +1

    How much would this very work cost to complete in Surrey?

    • @Theoldbricklayer
      @Theoldbricklayer  21 день тому +1

      This job was between £500/700 labour and materials .don’t want to reveal my exact price on here

    • @2rab786
      @2rab786 21 день тому +2

      That’s very helpful thanks

    • @andrewnelson3681
      @andrewnelson3681 21 день тому

      Very smart work. Lovely. 😊

  • @paulbyrne5665
    @paulbyrne5665 21 день тому +1

    Did you win the golden trowle

  • @earlebacciochi9796
    @earlebacciochi9796 20 днів тому +1

    VATICAN MUSEUM ! Has gold jewel encrusted trowels,hammers, chisels, etc. Presented to the builders of the Cathedral ! But then had to be given back to the church! Hide that trowel mate 😊

  • @markmaloney5146
    @markmaloney5146 21 день тому +1

    Pointless using one rebar rod, when it starts to rust it will push bricks out like an old wall tie will do on bed joints . Nothing can stop steel rusting and expanding. One rod will not keep pier in place if hit, etc.

  • @Joe74854
    @Joe74854 21 день тому +1

    Not a bricklayer here ,but interesting you laying frog I think it’s called downwards

  • @ryankirk2007
    @ryankirk2007 21 день тому +1

    Get some sleep bai ❤

  • @paulbyrne5665
    @paulbyrne5665 21 день тому +1

    Frog up

  • @lfcloyal8284
    @lfcloyal8284 20 днів тому +1

    I agree lads I don't like the bricks they're too uniform no individual character

  • @stepho9999
    @stepho9999 20 днів тому +1

    Why do you always rent a van ....???are jobs few and far between ...

    • @Theoldbricklayer
      @Theoldbricklayer  20 днів тому +1

      That van has been on long term hire for 4 years

    • @stepho9999
      @stepho9999 20 днів тому +1

      @@Theoldbricklayer 🤣🤣if you say so .