AWKWARD NEW LINTEL INSTALLATION

ANOTHER JOB WITH NO LINTEL SO WE PUT IT RIGHT BY INSTALLING A NEW ANGLE IRON , CAVITY TRAY, WEEP VENTS AND BLUE ENGINEERING BRICK SOLDIERS....ENJOY
#LINTELS #ANGLEIRON #REMIDIALWORK
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[@davidbarnett8002]

That looks shite splits under it

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Had to give you something to moan about 🤣

[@TyphoonVstrom]

When it comes to shite, we all bow to your extensive experience.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@TyphoonVstrom 😏🧱👍🏽

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Put perfectly as ever Martin but it’s wasted on this one as he only comes on with snidey little digs , he is just one of our haters 🤷🏽🧱👍🏽

[@davidbarnett8002]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild nothing to do with hate its about doing it right u know as well as any bricklayer that split will crack after time

[@dhcrouchmarineltd3049]

I just put a lintel in our fireplace, we are planning a small Range as it was used for gas heating prior moving in. I couldn't believe there wasn't a lintel already. Nothing like this job but was a job in itself. Thanks for sharing.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Nice one 😁🧱👍🏽

[@peteallen9486]

Nice job, watching your video has inspired me to get me old whs out of retirement. I retrained yrs ago after a bad road accident that left me full of pins . So I do so many days in the office and so many days doing brick work , repairs and repointing . Got loads of jobs booked in . So thanks Steve and Alex if your ever up the crewe area pop in for a brew lads Thanks Pete

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks Pete that is so great to hear mate , good to hear the blade is back out of retirement. 😁🧱👍🏽

[@MarkHopewell]

Thank you, a very informative presentation. I'm here learning about lintels after discovering a missing lintel in our house, missing over a large window in the kitchen. I discovered it just before beginning to replaster the walls following a rewire. I couldn't believe it when I began taking the old plaster off! All that is holding up the roof trusses over a window is what must be a "wood lintel". The bungalow isn't that old - around 40 years old. The previous owner must have altered the kitchen from the original structure. I don't know who did the work when the windows were fitted. I have no idea what a job like that would cost to fix as I only discovered it yesterday. The window is around 2.5m wide and its a cavity wall - breeze block internal - brick external skin. I'm more anxious than usual because every time we get a tradesperson in to do any work here, they invariably leave a mess or serious faults which we end up having to rectify ourselves in the end. The rewire was the same, even though a NICEIC registered electrician did the rewire. The thought of finding a builder to carry out structural work fills me with dread based on previous experiences with everything else. Moreover, I don't know how much this type of structural repair would cost too. Anyway, thank you again for your presentation. It helped me better understand the process.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Wood lintels are very common and if in good condition are five to leave . Most problems occur with the outdoor angle iron or no lintel at all outside, very common 🧱👍🏽

[@foundationgood123]

Great Job Steve, I hate that old cavity injection material gets everywhere. the blue brick looks really nice. I have had the same problems with split bricks and there isn't much you can do. But a thumbs up from me 👍⚒️🧱

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Chris . A few spouting off how rough it is without actually knowing what they are talking about . These jobs are difficult even when they are straight forward . Thanks for the support 🧱👍🏽🙏🏽

[@johnbuist5289]

Great job very clever solutions Steve and Alex the blues look awesome 👏

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers John pal 🧱👍🏽

[@ivegotaporscheandalambo3318]

Another quality job

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers bud 👍🏽🧱

[@richardhumber2800]

You never get the easy ones guys. Nice job. Blue brick looks great!!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Richard. The customer asked for them , definitely a good call 🧱👍🏽👌🏼

[@lutonbusdriver2315]

Quality piece of work! Great to watch 👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Buddy 🧱👍🏽

[@FatManBuilds]

Amazing what people get away with! Nice Job. Do you know the name of the brick on that house? With the wavy lines? My house is built of the same, and I was told that its to receive render, is that right? or is it just a design?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks pal , ive heard the same but not sure . They are Forterra LBC Rustics . they come in 65mm and 73 mm so double check before you buy 🧱👍🏽

[@FatManBuilds]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild thanks for reply, will do!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@FatManBuilds 🧱👍🏽

[@dannywilkins887]

Best bit of brickwork on the whole house..

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😆Cheers Danny 🧱👍🏽

[@TimCBuilders]

You guys have a great working relationship. I really like it.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽

[@matthewingham7806]

Hi steve is there an alternative way other than needles can you get a strong boy to support a cavity wall

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

google prop pals 🧱👍🏽

[@gregj7916]

Good job, decent weather too

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😎👌🏼🧱👍🏽

[@richardsedorski1206]

Tricky job well done as usual.👍👍👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Richard 👍🏽🧱

[@iriliral6366]

We have a black polythene sheet and plastic vents inserted in between those engineering bricks. Why do we need these? Do moisture tend to accumulate more near window opening? Just curious🤔

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

It would be easier to google it as it’s hard to explain in a couple of sentences . Building regs say they are needed 🧱👍🏽

[@JayKTS]

Great job guys those blue bricks look really good .. never seen that reinforcement tie wire like that before .. at 24:05 you showed some serious skills there I liked it lol !have a good one guys 🙏🏼😄🇧🇪

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Hi Jay Thanks very much . I think they are similar to the ones you used on your last project only smooth and full of holes . We call them engineering brick as back in the good old days they were used in civil engineering jobs like sewers and bridges 💪🏼🧱🧱🧱👍🏽

[@WarpFactor999]

Interesting the differences between US and British construction methods. Nice job mates! And you actually had sunshine that day!!! Wow!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks pal this was back in April , it’s said 30 degrees in my van this afternoon 🥵🥵🥵🧱👍🏼

[@WarpFactor999]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild 30 C! My word! I thought you Brits melted above 25C!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@WarpFactor999 we do ! 🥵🥵🥵🤣🤣🤣🧱👍🏽

[@WarpFactor999]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Was 96F (35.5C) here in Texas today. Cold for us Texans. Might have to look for a sweater.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@WarpFactor999 . 🥵🤣🤣 . The massive difference is that beautiful invention AC. 🥶. Almost non existent in this country especially in houses 🏡🥵. So coping with the heat is hard . Our other extreme is down to -15 in some spots in winter 🙄🧱👍🏼

[@allkindsaprojects]

Just watched chaps and nice job. Might be worth using tarp to cover work area or get a worx jet washer which are battery operated and you can use off a tap or bucket of water to clean the area. Just adds that final touch. 👍👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽🤙🏼

[@julieellison4841]

Why didn't you use the bricks from existing soldier course and lay them as a bond course?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

They are rubbish bricks and the customer asked for the blues 🧱👍🏽

[@fordyford4371]

Love these jobs that you do, learn so much from them.....keep up with the great videos.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks very much pal , will do 🧱👍🏽

[@IzzytheBricky]

Cracking work lads! Love to see proper full joints when lads do soldiers, stronger and so much easier to point🤙🤙👌 keep it up lads!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks pal 🤙🏼🧱👍🏽

[@andrewsnooks9077]

Well done Steve and Alex another great job done

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Andrew 🧱👍🏽

[@dkaloupis75]

Congratulations guys. Excellent 👌 once again and you nailed it 💯% even with some casualties. QUESTION: What is exactly the material to bond the DPC? CT1?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks very much 😁. It is just silicone 🧱👍🏽

[@malcelwell7209]

Neat job Steve 👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks pal 🧱👍🏼

[@alexroberts6416]

Is it essential to put DPM into the inner skin or can you just rest it if you can't cut into the inner?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

We nail it and silicone it to be in the safe side . Cut in is ideal but not essential 🧱👍🏽

[@davidernice4951]

Didn’t know you were able to remove Acroprops. Is this okay with any type of support over lintels ?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

It’s just experience really . If it was my first try I would leave them in . 🧱👍🏽

[@serge.crispino418]

Great work !! Watching brickies work make me want to be one !!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks pal . Unless you watch us in the rain 🌧 🥺🤣🧱👍🏽

[@keithallen8096]

Fantastic job, those blues aren't the easiest to lay 👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Keith 🧱👍🏽

[@fiercefix]

So the upstanding bricks are perched on the door frame here?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Yes pal 🧱👍🏽

[@handycrowd]

Nice to see someone else properly filling those top joints, and I thought I was the only one lol!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

I’m so fussy about that 😁👌🏼🧱👍🏽

[@handycrowd]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Me too mate, drives me crackers when I see folks just pointing up the front. Don't they realise how important it is?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@handycrowd definitely! 👍🏽🧱

[@mrcheese3842]

Great video and end result is very smart. How were the french doors put in? As in I am surprised the window held weight of bricks

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

No idea about the doors . Not much weight really and none once the brickwork has gone off 🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

[@mrcheese3842]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild interesting comment Steve. So once the brickwork has gone off it is self supporting you think?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@mrcheese3842 it us mate 🧱👍🏽

[@eddjordan2399]

Great job as all ways just a thought I have in the past cut a slot in the back of the brick and mounted the lintel in the slot in the brick and then bedded it on to the wall. But hey it's still a great job. Window fitters look like they where smoking something.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🤣🧱👍🏽 cheers Ed 🧱👍🏽

[@ade7163]

They do with the panels on the side, almost thought they were shutters! 😂

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@ade7163 😏🧱👍🏽

[@mikeflynn4373]

Nice job lads....cost effective solution.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks Mike , very true . The only way to make this perfect is to change the doors which for a retired pensioner is not what he wanted . He just wanted the brickwork made safe. 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

[@Joeybuilder0114]

Great job again lads! Awkward one for you but looks great!!! 👌

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽

[@IJHougfhton]

Top Job lads....beyond me why no lintel in first place..

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks Ian , very common pal 🙄🧱👍🏽

[@patrickcorrigan6141]

Great job guys !

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Patrick 🧱👍🏽

[@viankalobosvalenzuela7456]

Bonito trabajo felicitaciones saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱🇨🇱💯

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱🥺👍🏽

[@clacicle]

Super nice!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers 😁🧱👍🏽

[@rhodrihow959]

Personally I’d be more concerned with what horror show is hidden underneath those 90mm plus trims next to the hinges on those French doors Cowboy window fitting at work !

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

When the doors were installed it was a rush job so the customer had to get standard off the shelf doors from B&Q and just trim the gap up . They were supposed to be temporary but as we all know A builders house is never finished.😆🧱👍🏽

[@utilitarian]

Nice job lads. Took me two weekends to do what you did 😂 then again I'm a desk jockey.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

. Thanks 😏😆😆🧱👍🏽

[@MarkSmith-jt1yj]

Never put splits in should cut lintel and back of brick of cut mine so enough bearing on back and brick cut round lintel apart from the splits good job

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽

[@tahiraarshad9984]

Hi there, need a few jobs doing, how far are you from Manchester?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Sorry pal too far fir us Manchester. Thanks for asking though 🧱👍🏽

[@roberthatcher2773]

Nice job!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Rob 🧱👍🏼🧱

[@davecooke914]

Great job lads made good job out of bad job as always amazing work 👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Dave 🧱👍🏽😁

[@soundslight7754]

Excellent bricklaying skills, but the lintel isn't right for the job; too weak for a 2 story building, it'd be transferring some load to the door frame below. It's really for a single story single leaf garage or simialr. Still, you made the best of a bad situation, you filled the mortar in properly, most other bricklayers I've seen would skimp it, so well done to you.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽😁

[@ninoklee4385]

why do you guys lay the lintel in the mud? and not dry on the brick. I thought that it needed to be dry on brick because of the metal works.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

No building regs say they must be bedded 🧱👍🏼

[@ninoklee4385]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Thanks for the fast reply! I bought a 60s house with roll-down above the windows and doors. bit there is no lintel and it broke down so I bought a new lintel with roll-down brackets but not sure yet how to proceed precisely.. so im doing research. do you got any tips?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@ninoklee4385 . We are uk pal so not sure what a roll down bracket is 😳🧱🧱👍🏽

[@AdrenalineAshRC]

Awesome bro 😎 👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽

[@AdrenalineAshRC]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild learning few things from your work . 😉👊 top stuff

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@AdrenalineAshRC great to hear 😁🧱👍🏽

[@Doug....]

Oh the suspense of waiting for a premiere 😋

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😆😉🧱👍🏽

[@paulgodden7005]

top job

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks Paul 🧱👍🏽

[@johnbarnes6101]

could that be loose asbestos insulation that dropped out of the cavity?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

No 🧱👍🏽

[@eyMoss]

I can't lie, the fact that those vents weren't put in straight, nor symmetrical or uniform really grips my shit 🤣.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😳😬😆👍🏽🧱

[@farstarlookaway6509]

How much does a job like this cost?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

No Two jobs are the same pal 🧱👍🏽

[@cannywf1]

Easy £500 job. 👍🏻

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😬🤣🧱👍🏽

[@johnpeplow3985]

Your work is always brilliant plus you always go the extra mile by repointing above your two courses. Looks a lot smarter with the blue bricks. The bungalow I live in was built in 1966 so may not have any lintels. Always interesting.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks very much John 🧱👍🏽

[@mickbroadbent6750]

sorted chaps why did you start the soldiers n then go to time lapse n restart them from beginning

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Editing hic up 😬🧱👍🏼

[@darrylkennedy2125]

Looks like the van could use some custom built storage.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

tempted but don’t like carrying all out gear round all the time 🧱👍🏽

[@BillsAllotmentDiary]

where where you working I recon it was widnes the wife called warrington ?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Both wrong ... Maghull 😁🧱👍🏽

[@BillsAllotmentDiary]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild I was closest lol

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@BillsAllotmentDiary 😉😁🧱👍🏼

[@mickuljatheseagull]

Forgive me guys, went on another brickies site, lasted 5 minutes, almost felt like I was a traitor to the cause, back with you now, only decent brickie site.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Glad you’re back 🤣😉🧱👍🏽

[@davidbotterill7549]

Sharp job. Looks great. 👊👍Dave Birmingham

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers David 🧱👍🏽

[@stun9771]

I was wondering…if you take out a window and put in French doors…why not brick the job to the correct size, instead of putting in three lumps of timber either side of the opening to accommodate doors that don’t fit the opening…!!!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

It was a temporary job done by the customer but as we all know tradesmens houses are never finished 😆🧱👍🏽

[@stun9771]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild….mine is…only took Twenty years….

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@stun9771 👌🏼🤣🤣🧱👍🏼

[@danpee4790]

I always cut backs of bricks when brickwork doesn’t work coursers to window frame it’s not hard

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

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[@danpee4790]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild instead of putting a split you could of cut the back of the brick keeping face of brick full and sit lintel on the back of the brick you cut if that makes sense. Hard to explain without seeing it but an old boy taught me that trick

[@danpee4790]

I will send you some pics mate

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@danpee4790 👍🏽

[@mrcheese3842]

@dan can you explain this in more detail please?

[@ozzygurung8303]

🍻👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

👌🏼🧱👍🏼

[@searsbootcamp]

Do they watches in UK, 😁 no really, get Alex a wrist watch ⌚

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🤣🤣👌🏼🧱👍🏽

[@andrewpalij4691]

That stuff always rots in time as its not proper Briktor its just galvanise Exmat.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽

[@agj.7331]

Blues across the only one window in the building ?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Yes , customers idea

[@MrB3ngy]

Looks a right mess. New set of patio doors for another £600 quid and jobs a good un.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

The customer is a pensioner so doesn’t just have a spare £600 😳

[@MrB3ngy]

Of course they do... 🤣🤣

[@kevinwaplington7487]

I hate to see those cuts under the Lintel, cut the bricks at the correct height and leave 10mm on the front

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽

[@buckbuck9225]

Get on with it already....

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

We did

[@thequion]

Plastic weeping inserts are suppose to be flush with the face brickwork. Looking terrible as is, disappointing. What's more concerning is that those bricklayers watching haven't commented, that is how we learn.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

What’s disappointing is you don’t know what you are talking about . These particular vents are supposed to stick out so your comment is pretty pointless 🫠

[@jamesosborne2396]

Cut the back of the brick, them splits look ridiculous

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Too late now ! 🤣

[@jimbop4499]

Timber plant on top of frame = no shitty splits.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Which then equals all the soldiers have to be cut 🙄

[@jimbop4499]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Not if the plant leaves brickwork size. I've was a brickie for 45 years, i'm not a plum.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@jimbop4499I didn’t say you were If you watch again I explain all this . The house bricks are imperial so gauge to 255 mm which means doing it your way would mean a 30 mm split right across the top . 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@jimbop4499]

Couldn't you get 2nd hand imperials for the soldiers?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

The customer asked for blue engineering bricks

[@daveast01]

Too many ads, stopped watching half way through

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Sorry , KZbin control the ads . You missed the Best bit 😟🧱👍🏽

[@daveast01]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild i love watching you both, I'll watch the rest....

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@@daveast01 😁🧱👍🏽cheers

[@agj.7331]

Should have just used full brick

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

No we shouldn’t

[@paulcollins6221]

Tray not pulled tight

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

👍🏽🧱

[@monday7150]

60 seconds in and an advert! Way too many adverts. I'm afraid I won't be watching.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

You need to take it up with KZbin , they decide how many ads and where they go

[@monday7150]

Seriously how many effing adverts do you need in a 30 minute video! Effing ridiculous.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

You’re swearing at the wrong person . Take it up with KZbin

[@brickrightbuildinglandscaping]

Those jobs are more tricky than they seem Steve arnt they.I like the way you thought outside the box to over come the lintel not working to bricks i suppose you could of put a cover strip to hide the gap if the lintel had gone higher either or mate . Not easy work that you make it look easy . Great job as always everything you do is spot on the way it always should be so top lads fairplay to you both. Justin brickright 👍💯🧱🧱 Enjoy the weekend

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks very much Justin 🧱👍🏽