Brick hunting

[@harveysmith100]

Morning Andy. That radius bay was nice work. Hats off to who ever built that. The Beige Lord gave you a good mention on his coloured pointing video. Now it makes sense to me. I have often seen pointing just as you showed with the black under the window sills but nowhere else. I just thought it was traffic grime.

[@johnbuist5289]

Hi Andy couple of decent jobs especially the one on the ground no hassle with scaffold ! Nothing much doing for you in the reclamation yard plenty of York stone give that a miss lol atleast you treated yourself to new battery grinder and horse hair brush hope you had a good bank holiday weekend 🍻

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

Thanks John 👍

[@martin2466]

Andy, I sympathise regarding your back. I have an Osteopath on speed dial - and the cold and wet weather plays havoc with it - so roll on Summer. I like the squint bay job . (Job No 1) Need your calm and patient head on for that, good access though. I have been retired seven years now - and I still cannot walk past a building site without having a good look, and chatting to the builders if possible. Same goes for those re-claim yards. Drives my wife mad when we are out - I just have to visit those yards.....dreaming of past glories. Then after a while its bollocks to that and find the nearest Boozer. P-U-B........? Good luck with pricing those jobs - that one with the radius brickwork could turn out to be a pain in the proverbial. All the best Andy. 😁👍👍

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

Thanks Martin, had the back problem for years just one of those things 👍

[@garysmith9877]

Two things Andy, l use to get new bricks from out cranleigh way and Rudgwick and would match the jobs your doing. Take photos of the pot holes and get quotes/bills for the repairs and your inconvenience then submit it to the local council. I’m told they have an inbuilt budget for such claims which is now getting up to somewhere on what they use to spend fixing the roads (when they use to of course). Hope this helps.

[@delscorey8727]

You won't regret buying that makita ,shite roads for sure....all the best Andy ..oh hope back gets better

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

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[@davidsanders2806]

F..king shit roads going backwards this country .everything cost a fortune aswel send a picture to the council of your van wheels put a claim in my brother in law did they paid up ... Good pod again Andy I look every day to see if you've put anything on .

[@hoog111]

Was that a Spurs bench you went past in that yard Andy?

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

Don't know,didn't notice it.

[@hoog111]

6:06 Amazing what you don’t see when you’re looking for something else .

[@Ste-ux1rm]

Been doing some line pointing this week on a stone built farm Second one we have done now, just crnt stop the pointing cracking though, have you any tips, we are constantly damping the wall down

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

I dont have any experience with stone, what mix are you using? I know lads who do it prefer hot limes there are a couple of FB Lime groups who may be able to help.

[@Ste-ux1rm]

2 grit 2 soft 1 lime Yeah we’ve been told to use hot lime before but only on a church This is just some 3.5 hydrochloric I think, thanks Andy, really enjoy watching your stuff

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

@@Ste-ux1rm try swapping the soft sand for plastering sand maybe, to be honest i find the whole lime thing can a bit of a pain to work with and make money from,90% of my work is in London ,Herts and Essex with local bricks that over 25 years i can now pretty much now suss out the mixes and how they will work but i have no idea with stone or even Bwk in other parts of the country👍

[@jonb12321]

Seems like a very sandy mix, if you look on bags of NHL it recommends something like 2:1 or 2.5:1 sand/lime. I use loads of lime mixes with sandstone, no problem, but I can imagine problems with less porous stone like flint or limestone. I mostly use NHL but sometimes lime putty (ready-slaked lime in tubs), mostly something like 1 grit, 1.5 soft, 1 lime.

[@Ste-ux1rm]

@@jonb12321 sorry I got it wrong yes we are using 1 grit 1 soft 1 lime so it is 2-1 we go told by an expert as they say, to keep wetting the wall, which we do, I just think the stone sucks out the water so quickly

[@diddywright6165]

I get that a lot in Norfolk, soft red bricks repointed in sand and cement instead of lime! I don’t think people get the importance to be honest! Hope you took a pic of that pothole mate, roads are a disgrace!

[@GeorgeHanwell]

Hope your back gets better soon. Nice content, subscribed for more

[@andrewsnooks9077]

Nice one Andy hope you sort out those bricks mate much harder to get these days👍

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

I hope so too

[@andrewnorris98]

Is this that non existing rising damp you describe Andy? 😂

[@garycooper227]

Are you driving a left hand drive van

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

No mate it's just how the camera on the phone works.

[@eddieharding-ej8hj]

Why would any serious brickys look at anyone else . ANDY all the very best for the future.

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

@@eddieharding-ej8hj 👍

[@maxpower1797]

Defiently the makits andy, have you got a link for it please

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

Sorry I haven't, not that clued up to do links but it's the brushless one I bought.

[@maxpower1797]

​@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 no worries mate, do you know the model number?

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

DGA463Z LXTB/L

[@maxpower1797]

@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 Thank you Andy

[@pkpropertysolutionsltd701]

i use premier reclaimed bricks in Croydon CR0 3HD, always loads of stock and good quality reclaims. Give em a shout, might be able to get them delivered

[@sedulousdabbler5468]

A pot hole snapped the leaf spring and trashed a tyre on my van. £890 repair job. I haven’t even been able to photograph it since as it’s constantly full of water.

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

Bad isnt it, and just seems to get worse

[@lmilne4859]

Nightmare with the van buddy

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

Fukin roads are awful here now, no repairs just more roadworks.

[@Yiddo67]

Did you put an offer in for the spurs bench Andy 😂

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

Be honest i didnt even notice it 😁

[@Yiddo67]

@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 🤦‍♂️😂....someone else put it in your comments aswell...good luck with the brick hunt...have a good weekend 🍻

[@baldyslapnut.]

J Day in Colney Heath used to have odds and sods. Long time since i used them, I'm off the manor now. Might be worth ringing and seeing if they have anything to suit.

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

Thanks mate ile look them up👍

[@baldyslapnut.]

@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 I just got to the end of vid, you were about 5 to 10 mins away when you were in Hatfield. Good luck searching anyway.

[@Ireland-bc2gx]

F@#$% knows brilliant andy 👍

[@jamesmeadowcroft1460]

👍 get urself down the pub andy 🍺🍺

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

I did 🍺😁👍

[@jeztickles4361]

Haven’t seen you recently! Hope you’re well bud

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

All good mate just not much worth filming.

[@jeztickles4361]

@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 good to hear bud! Got plenty of work if you ever want to venture north!

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

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[@TopCatsBack]

Bloody pothole .

[@wayneharriss9732]

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[@davecurzon63]

how old are you mate

[@bricklayersworldwithandy6277]

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