Easy get 500kilos out of them i wouldn't be guessing stuff like that all go to there ratings never exceed

the days of youth that was me in the 80s laying brick having fun at work

They lay it resin on 70mm of base tar down my way never seen it go over permeable concrete

The negative comments on here seem a bit off to me. Aus is just like anywhere else, there’s good and bad companies to work for. In my experience working in Sydney for 6 years, it was great for all trades and the work life balance in general was much better for every industry than here at home. Yes the heat can make it hard on the body and the Aussies can be hard on foreigners but being a tradesman is hard so i’m sure you’ll be fine. The profile system was a shock to begin with but is common place at home now so no issues there. Different gauges are a muddle but that’s what a gauge tape is for. The hollow blocks vary in weight and size but generally lighter than our solids. Wages are better and if you are employed the benefits are really good (holiday,sick pay superannuation etc). The old saying there’s no place like home was true for me but for most they never look back. You’re an exceptional Bricky Izzy and would surely thrive in any environment. All the best mate.

Appreciated excelent cool New Year’s resolution is to gain more skills in this industry and the confidence to go out on my own to do little weekend jobs. Got a 2 month bricklaying course coming up soon and your videos really help provide an insight.

heay retired bricky from America nice job young man good.to a young man taking pride in his work retired 1yr ago so much easier watching you than going to job site😅😂

“Prop pals” cmoooon mate, they’re called strong boys

Who ever the person who attempted to build the footings and walling has obviously no skills what so ever, he’s a con man, shame he was not named, very well done in a first class turnaround. 👌👍

It would have been better if you matched the tops of the pillars, which wouldn't have affected the cost much. Doesn't look good two odd pillars

Nice nice nice

You didn't clean the brick emough. The first is you should have cut back the vegetation 12" all around the pier. Pointing off a glove on your hand is ridiculous 😂 you have more talent than that. Use a troeel or a small hawk.

Great job, mate .. if HSE sees your scaffolding boarding, he will shut you down!! Trust me I've been there! But nice job ,one thing with those needles, I take it they don't need to be at a 1 meter center?

Isn't it more of a philosophical debate of how much work we should realistically do per day, than whether or not they keep the blocks dry? We've even propane heated wet bricks to dry them to lay them faster... rather than just honeycomb them an leave them for a day or two... cos time is money and money is time and money is food and comfort and the pursuit of money grabs us by the b*****ks until we're old and broken bodied. Stiffer mix makes wetter blocks easier, but companies want to save money on labourers (who can tailor a mix to your liking - labouring should be a qualified trade in its self), and opt for sloppy (long-term structurally weak) batch mixed gobbo with additives to make you work harder/faster/longer, which makes them more money and you potentially more money depending on the risks and effort your willing to take, but makes you become an old man earlier than necessary. Everything is 1000mph in 2025, all in pursuit of the capitalist dream eh... one day we'll learn that it all means jack shit and we'll slow down a bit... en-mass.

So you’re really moving to Australia

This is getting nuts

A few questions purely from what I’ve been told and in my own experience, how come you haven’t put a tingle in the middle of that long run? And how come you spread without lifting the line? Just a question I’m curious why you do things the way you do them

You’d earn more if you got paid every time you said “Nice”😂😂,great work

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Love your work lads. ❤

Nice relaxed video of the gang in action. The scaffolders certainly keep you on your toes. Good job you can adapt and keep earning . Thanks 😊

Frog down ????

You and Jake make a good team

Why the hell did you buy that tape measure, you need to give it to a subscriber 🤣

Why did the client choose 140mm blocks, it's not supporting anything. Why wasn't 100mm blocks chosen?

All I see is empty perps ?. And messy scaffold boards ?

I hate laying these blocks there so heavy. And so wide you can't grab them from the top like the 100mm blocks. Nice job as always. My collage tutor speaks very highly of you , 👍👍💪🍻

Hi izzy hope your well them 140 are a killer back breaks they are mate 🧱👊👊👊👊

Will you throw that tape measure in the bin ffs 😜

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Keep smiling and crack on. That's why I enjoy watching you lads. Just have a laugh and do your job! Keep going..not long left on that job now!!

Do lads still get paid by the brick.

How u do that job i dont know. Not only is it incredibly skilled it looks incredibly boring and (cold, wet)....unless im missing something❤❤❤

Unlucky... we're on a met- sec job ( school, metal frame) at the moment.... absolute shiiiiiite 🤠, nose bleed,screw on the insulation, shitty concrete face bricks etc etc etc 😂😂

New Zealand has better culture

Sydney the cheapest is $56 hr

Hi mate, quick question please. When you mean soft sand, do you mean yellow sand or plasterers sand? Thank you

Came here to Oz in 81 as new tradesman, learnt the trade again basically. Always re to give as much as you get, work hard and enjoy life. Still plenty of work here if you are prepared to work. They are not flip flops we call them thongs.

Izzy...marry an Australian man over there get a green card and you can live there

I know many good bricklayers here in Ireland who went to Australia 10 year ago came back 2 years ago.. it was not over shoddy workmanship it was over all work drying up.... So make sure A.... You've a site to walk onto B.... Accommodation etc arranged as I know top top bRicky's who had to stay in hostels

Bee for bulshit

Come to Perth we would give you good film content with our comercial projects

That's properly cool! I'll check out the full video, cheers!

Australia remember there have deadly spiders and snakes etc

Good luck where are you to ? Melbourne day work $40/50 a hour cost of living one of the highest in the world. Hard to get a rental. house prices are high but you still get more for your money than the uk but the weather is better

Australia is tooooooooo hot. You burn so bad all the time, be prepared for a life of skin cancer

I listed a lot of negatives, its amazing out here outside of work. Literally incredible.

"Theres much more to life than work" here in aus im expected to work 6.30-4. Get a of comments if i want to leave after 8 hours or if i want to have a day/week off. Its a working 'holiday' visa. Not a working visa. Cost of living is pretty even. Fuel is dirt cheap, works out about £1 a litre but food shopping is ridiculous. My partner and i shop at aldi and its $200 a week just for us 2. Wages, im on $55 an hour but ive met other brickies that are on up to $80 an hour. Prices in my area are: $1.40-$2 a brick and $4-$5.50 for 200 series blocks (the most common) but you also get 300 (300mm wide) and 400 (400mm wide) series blocks. 300 series is $8 a block, havent laid 400 series yet. They dont jetwash houses over here. You have to wipe all your brickwork down with a damp sponge.

Haven't watched the video yet, but I'm a bricky from the UK living in Aus. Just wanted to say real quick that every Brit I've met over here on site all say they can't wait to go back home. I had my own gang back in the UK but I earn more in aus and I'm not on a good bricky wage over here at all as I'm still learning their ways. I do primarily blockwork highrises over here, its very different. The blocks are H shaped and get filled with concrete at the end. I much prefer UK blockwork. I personally can't wait to come home to the UK. It's summer over here and we've been working in up to 42⁰c, no shade. The humidity is through the roof. I drink 10 litres a day and sweat it all out, I am absolutely soaked just an hour into work every single day, its infuriating. I can't wait to be cold 😂 They build houses differently over here because they say "it's just a brick veneer, it doesn't need to be strong", they put the thinnest spread of mortar down, tiniest skim when buttering bricks. Back in the UK we had to get the back of the brickwork as full as the front, which over here you get screamed at for it 😂 Aussies aren't patient at all, if you come over saying you're a bricky, they don't respect or acknowledge that our regulations and gauges are very different. Gauges over here are between 84-88mm you need to buy a $60 gauge tape. The work is seriously non-stop. They graft HARD over here, dont get 5 minutes to have a chat, nothing but go go go. Anyway I had a lot to say but couldn't fit it all in, ask any questions you want and I'll try answer.

😂no day work hear in Perth WA mate head down ass up all day . Ex pat from London came here in 1989 @ the age of 21 from London , the rates are not the best but you can earn a decent income

underpinning is expensive but necessary