BRICKLAYING MADE EASY 1 HOW TO LAY 240 BRICKS IN 1 HOUR!

How to lay 240 bricks in 1hour

[@shane-paul]

This is what KZbin is meant to be about, not click bait and paid ads, proper old school tricks, shot by honest men, keep up the good work guys great honour to see the tips past down

[@martynpearson2766]

Best dressed Bricklayer in town.

[@glennveness]

Thanks Martyn

[@typrice1498]

Best brickie in da norf

[@BB-mv9wl]

He is yeah. Brickies of years ago, used to work with a shirt & tie.

[@jimmybhoy6438]

Bottle of wine on the wall. Class

[@MrJFoster1984]

Enjoyed it. Funny because when I was an apprentice the brickie I worked with had worked Germany and this is how he used to lay bricks. Top video mate cheers

[@brickworkfundamentals4636]

I love your method👌👍Your vid from From working in Germany is still my fave bricklaying vid of all time ! 😀👍

[@michaelbroderick527]

Glenn you and me would have got on well I'm 65, you are spot on when you say about using a smaller trowel, you have much more control and it took me a while to realize this. I was working with a chap on the line for the first time and I remember thinking that's a small trowel you've got there, well I've never seen a bloke lay bricks as fast and neat he was using your method. The other blokes said don't be embarrassed he does it to all of us. Anyway I really enjoyed the video and the humour keep it up....

[@teejaydee68]

Above all good quality brickwork is most important I've been laying for over 30 years so maybe I'm out of place commenting, I'm sure this post is very helpful for the people who want to learn. Thank you & show more it's done different over here & it is very interesting .

[@glennveness]

I agree Terry, it's very beneficial for people who do DIY or are just learning. Thanks so much for the comment

[@markanderson6969]

Excellent, best bricklaying video on youtube by a long way

[@drivingteacher786]

Wow not a bricklayer but been watching others like stu compton etc but your method makes sense and easy to grasp for most diy people like myself. Very impressive but I was more impressed that there was not even a single splatter on your white suite 😉😂

[@glennveness]

Thanks Sharky. It really is the best method. All the brickies I work with do it now

[@jimcameron4672]

Best video I've seen , looking forward to the block work video. Good to hear old school bricklayers it's how I remember them when I worked as a hod carrier in Bournemouth in the 1980s.

[@glennveness]

Thanks Jim

[@wolfdog1722]

Hey Jim did you ever come across an Irish brickies labourer that worked in Bournemouth in the 80s called Shamus ?

[@jimcameron4672]

@@wolfdog1722 not that I can recall , but the building sites In Bournemouth at the time were very busy and had bricklayers and labourers from all over the UK . I remember one Irish guy working on the Conference Centre ( BIC ) getting arrested on site as it turned out he was AWOL from the army

[@wolfdog1722]

Hey Jim that was him , he worked on the BiC 100%

[@jimcameron4672]

@@wolfdog1722 I worked on that job it was a great time

[@bengreen1262]

M8 that’s a great mop of hair - seriously I watched & helped my dad lay bricks on 9in work he use to do it this way 40 years ago I did not know different then but when you work on your own a lot this works - great vid.

[@glennveness]

Thanks Ben

[@gorbalsmenshed-sz4zm]

you legend you make that clobber look good ..this is pure class laying brick while the rs turbo sits outside waiting to take you home ⚒

[@VP-td9gh]

Happy Retirement! Thank you for the video. Judging by the comments from experienced bricklayers, this is the video to learn from! ;) KUDOS

[@glennveness]

Thanks Vicki. I think Bricklaying made easy 3 you'll have a laugh

[@JJ-jh6hz]

I love watching oldschool workers like you , nice job

[@glennveness]

Thanks mate

[@elliottdebell7783]

Suprisingly epic video with amazing info. The people picking on the fact he’s laying them upside down completely miss the genius of the laying technique, hop ups and buckets. Thanks boys funny and informative great video

[@glennveness]

Thanks Elliott. I appreciate positive feedback mate, glenn

[@ivanfinlay7758]

Glen fancy a couple of weeks in Northern Ireland that was the best thing l have seen for a good while I,m 64 and buddy you give us all hope. Keep taking the bottled beer you know it makes sense all the best

[@glennveness]

Thanks Ivan, much appreciated. Check out my Folly on you tube

[@michaelberry8726]

Hi Glen. I'm a Irish bricklayer built plenty of railway bridges for British rail. Great demonstration

[@glennveness]

Thanks so much Michael

[@michaelberry8726]

@@glennveness your welcome glenn

[@joemiller4657]

The old masters are the real genius

[@glennveness]

Thanks Joe

[@handsoffmygunmf6750]

Decades ago I was a trained bricklayer in the US, but found an easier way to make money by selling products. The way I was trained, is the way they do it in the UK, where you have a big trowel and spread the mud in long swaths. I was taught to spread the mud the perfect height so that there was no tapping, only pressing slightly, then the excess that was squeezed out was used to butter the head joint on the brick you just laid. I could see where the German method would be better, because with the small trowel you are not lifting as much weight and getting your arm worn out. Putting the mud in the bucket to keep it from drying out is another good idea. It also saves time of having to put water on the mud board and constantly re hydrating the dried out mortar.

[@kevinclark8935]

That's a nice height to work at-about 9-12 courses.Dip and pick is a good system too.I can see it's a cavity wall,so it's a course that doesn't need ties incorporated into the b/w.Nice video.I'm 64 and still laying 'em.

[@glennveness]

Thanks Kevin. I'm 69 !

[@glennveness]

Thanks Kevin

[@TheMushtyroo]

Keith Richards in a suit laying bricks ROFL! Nice work good to see your still on the trowel :)

[@glennveness]

Cheers mate

[@charlesmcgann1342]

Fantastic video ,iv always maintained a little bit of cop on and a eagerness to learn ,and you can do anything,the saying your always learning ,how very true ,great video ,great to be able to pass on knowledge like that .

[@bricky2286]

16 an half years on site an ive never seen this method. So i tried it the other day (with spots and no hop ups), found it was quicker, cleaner and easier on my body aswell. Thanks for the tip mate. I owe u 1

[@glennveness]

Thanks so much Ben. Really appreciate your comment

[@brickbybric]

Ben Croft kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZvbe2t3jbtrjNU when your doing your next private job try using the tubs and a smaller trowel you’ll go even faster . Very relaxed way of bricklaying . Note the Dutch guy nearest you in the video how relaxed he is . He’s holding the trowel in a very relaxed manner not choking it. The brick they are laying are 50 mm high that’s why they can use the push joint . The trowel he is using is an Arnhem trowel .

[@bricky2286]

@@brickbybric im laying shallow frog bricks atm(75mm) but using the exact same method as him. Ive got a 11 inch london style as i still do long spreading for concrete blocks. I need to convert my workmates too so we can invest in some tubs and hop ups before i get the new trowel. Lol i been using 12 inch phillies until now. So it will be 1 extreme to another

[@tobypetty9599]

I've seen 1 other Mason do it like this it's called pic n dip and yea he was fast and clean

[@JosephKnight952]

Legend

[@hotdog7988]

Imagine how much faster it would be if you eliminated a lot of those steps you are making by having more planks to put your bricks on. Great work and a much better way to lay bricks, thankyou.

[@gaary1969]

thanks glenn, your right about the method can't understand long spreading seems a lot of walking, I started spreading for two bricks and one on blocks.

[@garryfwright]

Well done sir! And not a drop of muck on his suit. Love it!

[@johnmurphy9688]

Well done.plenty of great tips. Funny banter aswell

[@glennveness]

Thanks very much John

[@alwynmaguire8037]

When I was in my early 20's I worked in Bremen Germany with 3 other lads all from the uk. We were building houses. One Saturday 3 Dutch guys turned up they took the outside wall of one elevation whilst we were on the adjacent elevation. They used this method and they creamed us. They were finished an hour before us. Since then I've been using this method. Too much time waisted spreading muck the whole length. I've proved the point over and over to other lads, yet they still insist on spreading the whole length lol.

[@glennveness]

Thanks Alwyn. Most of my mates do actually use this method now, and have realised how much better it is

[@harry.godwinson1]

good effort sir from a fellow bricklayer. I might well give that a whirl next week. liked and subscribed

[@glennveness]

Thanks Harry

[@peterjanjanin9883]

Now that's clean work

[@martinytube]

A couple of good tips there Glen about a tub to keep the gobbo in, and only putting enough on the wall for one brick each time. Good stuff.

[@glennveness]

Thanks Marttin

[@rogercarroll1663]

Nice work. Never seen this style before. Thanks.

[@stratfan]

Could watch this all day. Proper tradesman. Great work.

[@glennveness]

Thank you Stratfan

[@glennveness]

Thank you so much

[@mervyndavies2250]

And me brilliant.

[@mastersamurai7683]

My favorite bricklayer on KZbin!

[@glennveness]

Thanks Mark. Will be posting a new one very shortly. I think you'll like it

[@paulpurves484]

Well done Glenn good video.!!

[@kyrajai]

great work, made to look so simple! fair play mate

[@bobocan17]

Awesome video! Very interesting method.

[@glennveness]

Thankyou

[@disklamer]

I do all my paint and plaster work dressed in black. Lovely show sir.

[@mickydola6472]

This guy is class 🤟🏻

[@Carprami]

OK!!!!!!!!!Beatiful work!!!

[@glennveness]

Thanks Carlos

[@dazza944]

I love how he Says “a couple of hundred bricks a day is good” & then he lays 40 in 15 minutes 😂😂😂

[@glennveness]

10 minutes actually Dazza, but it was a straight run, and a lovely height

[@theafter8bricky]

Great vid glen

[@samanthathanikelin1782]

Really a contrasting job. The best I saw .

[@patrickoneill2599]

Glenn ,A much older bricklayer than you not my way but i like it Thank You.

[@TeamDangerous]

Looking smart there glen! Great video, must do a video of me doing electrical work sometime lol Hope ur doing fine mate 👍 P Brett 👍

[@glennveness]

Catch you soon Paul

[@fintecgroundworksltd7893]

Love it great to see. It's guys like you who built Britain 👌

[@peterkompter2417]

yah and constantly needs fixin l see

[@stephendavies5279]

to be fair this technique looks so much easier on running in im going to have to give it a try , i was wandering though how you use this style wen working low? say the first 3 to 4 courses , would it be the same, just buckets and bricks on the floor?

[@TheMagdaDar]

The having materials all up higher part has really opened my eyes! Although I will say you really *shouldn't* be tapping the bricks down anyway until you start getting around about chest height. The bed should be laid so that you can gently push the brick home with your finger tips, as you're doing here. If you're doing a load of taps on every brick at every height you are kinda doing it wrong.

[@eddieharding5961]

Well very good !!!

[@glennveness]

Thank you

[@vortexeon481]

Legend thanks pal

[@leeedwards3783]

Awesome. Video. Thanks. What size trowel and make is it you use you and your mate? Thanks

[@masherco]

I thought it was Brian budonde from phone jacker

[@glennveness]

Love that!

[@user-lc7xb5ch5t]

Boooooooo bidilibong

[@TopCatsBack]

Exactly

[@Hinchy1a]

🤣 buuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh

[@paulross8821]

😂😂

[@concretechrissantoro5299]

Old timer thanks for the knowledge I agree with the keeping your mud in a bucket but stop walking so far away from mud keep it near you lol thanks for your years of brick work

[@blakeclemons4042]

That old timer will burn you down the wall. Lol

[@luukeksifrozenhillbillyeur3407]

This is how we do it in Finland. I was always curious about those mortar boards Anglo-Brickies love to use. What pros are there for using those as opposed to using big ol' bins?

[@glennveness]

None! Thanks for comment buddy

[@kitiahedwards6162]

Wow you like laying bricks in tux well we have lot in common I'll do yard digging dirt with my hair now done and my new skinny jeans😍😁💅

[@netwt449]

Pros always make it look easier than it is…but thx for this video! Question…. What is best practice for brick against wall? Just bought a house and my brick steps and patio are pulled away from wall of house. Should fasteners have been used or some type of adhesive or both? Be well!

[@latasha1786]

Glenn great video mate, do you work out of the bins when laying blocks mate?👍

[@glennveness]

Sure do. Just find it so much easier mate. I'm lucky cos I can work with a small trowel. In Germany they have trowels especially designed to work out of bins. Stay safe buddy, glenn

[@mervyndavies2250]

That was highly entertaining bricklayer myself 👍

[@glennveness]

Thanks Mervyn

[@jamietalbot7254]

Class enit lol.

[@alext9067]

And this is better than Top Gear!

[@glennveness]

And a lot cheaper!

[@nigelclark7360]

Good stuff.

[@dazza944]

Join us next week for more fun on “How to lay bricks with Boris” 💪🏻

[@claytonsmith84]

Hahahaha nice one 😂😂

[@baldyslapnut.]

Nice one Glenn. The economy of effort is so obvious in this method (as you saw in Germany).1/2 the number of trips to the wall, mortar can squeeze out on 3 sides of the bed etc. so no tapping required. If the long bed merchants want their bodies f#@k3d up in no time due to excessive motion it's their call, Muppets😩 You Sir, just won KZbin bricklaying, end of.👍

[@glennveness]

Thanks so much

[@liamwalters5029]

It’s the Keith floyd of bricklaying , you only need a big glass of red and your there 😉

[@paulross8821]

😂😂

[@johnjacobson2380]

I once new a bricklayer bold jimmy to his mates.They say he was a matelow trowl and allways worked for high stakes. He bent his back while laying some say while praying to the Goddess of the trowl sweeet lilly lake. No finner tradie held the trowl and his heart knew no persuasion. And He put them down with out a frown did bold Jimmy to his mates

[@TimmyChipman]

Just saying you want those big green plastic spot boards, the pug doesn’t go dry and stays moist whilst water doesn’t drip off the sides. Top video mate

[@glennveness]

Thanks Tom

[@markgould9259]

The Tommy Cooper of Bricklaying , joking aside brilliant Video and an honest guy , not like the knobs who brag about laying a thousand a day

[@tommyb5244]

What size is that trowel you use. What size would you say is best?

[@juliegoodge2680]

Nice one son 😁👍

[@anthonybutto1925]

Love your work, thanks for the advice, I will take it on board. In our country down under on sites they do not drink alcohol while working. It's against the law, customers have noticed a few crooked walls. It would not be a good time to get tipsy. What if brick layers are on high rise buildings? Could this be a risk? I don't drink- I dare say that's a good thing. Therefore I rest my case.

[@typrice1498]

Nice comment, Aussies are BADASS and tamed the terrifying land on their own. They can drink what they want and the customers can deal with it. I'm sure if he fell he would be fine.

[@jacksonfrenchii8080]

Walling in a white suit. Clean as a whistle... Ya can't buy class mate 😎👍🏻

[@julieconvery1587]

Hannibal lecker had a suit like that Anthony Hopkins great idea lovely work.

[@glennveness]

Thanks Julie x

[@glennveness]

Thanks Julie x

[@highgatehandyman6479]

Excellent tutorial.

[@glennveness]

Thanks buddy

[@samhiggins7586]

this guy would make a good teacher .. and pass his skill set on

[@glennveness]

Thank you Sam

[@howlis]

Loved watching an old master. Just one question, weren't the bricks upside down?

[@007mrdarcy]

Laying bricks frog down, big no no

[@chapmanikov4]

Not the way I do it but it works for him. Fair play geeza.

[@user-pm6nr6pe9e]

Отлично, мужик!

[@theplumbman7825]

Nice suit.

[@julianairestarforce]

Einstein of bricklayer!!!!

[@user-lf9kj2cm8d]

It's a beautiful suit～～

[@davidinger961]

ihad some clothes like that when i went on a cruise lol but i can tell your acompetent tradesman

[@glennveness]

Thank you David

[@davidinger961]

you look an happy go lucky guy!

[@TechVauxhallDiagnostics]

This Guy is brilliant proper old skool would love to have been on the trowel with him in the day

[@glennveness]

Thanks Dan

[@jamesmillard122]

Love the frog down method

[@glennveness]

Proven to be by far the best method. Stronger apparently

[@lewisbarney5327]

The only person who puts the frog down the proper direction

[@wizkid01]

Made it look easy with minimal effort, happy retirement mate 👍

[@glennveness]

Thank you

[@darrenmennell5114]

Hastings finest laying them in style...

[@shanesloan3859]

Wet the boards up good and don’t put loads of mortar on them and they do good. The problem comes when you don’t use the mortar fast enough and the new mortar gets put on top of the old.Did you go to work in that suit?

[@johnkassel8566]

You'd have a problem working with a left handed bricky as we tend to work forwards - no bum fights in the middle. And those bricks are designed to be laid frog up. But I'm with you on the Dutch method. Best used with a rounded Dutch trowel.

[@glennveness]

Agree entirely John

[@brickbybric]

Well done lads great video and banter. It’s very very hard to convince long bed layers that this is the best method to use when bricklaying. As you say in the video it struck you that the Germans Brickys were quicker than you because of the method they used .The majority of the worlds bricklayers use the method you demonstrated . It’s mostly Bricklayers from English speaking country’s that use the long bed method. There is a very good bricklayer on KZbin called robsonger who uses this method but he works off mortar boards and uses an 11 inch trowel which I believe causes him to be not as quick as he should be when using this method. Your 100% correct when you point out that it’s best to work out of mortar bins or tubs and use a small trowel . The whole thing is a system ,small trowel, mortar tubs , keeping the brick up off the ground and going to the wall with mortar and brick at the same time . 👍

[@glennveness]

Thanks so much for your positive comments mate. I hope I didn't come across as being arrogant in the video. It's just that I want young bricklayers to know about this method. Knocking up mortar if it's drying up is a lot easier in a bin, than on a spot board, when the brickwork invariably gets splashed. Thanks again buddy

[@brickbybric]

glenn veness no Glenn the opposite in fact . There is another video on KZbin of an American guy using the method your demonstrating . Another lad left a comment relating a humorous story he had heard of 2 American bricklayers that were put together on site . One guy named bob that uses the long bed method and another guy named Jim that uses your Dutch / German method the Americans refer to it as pick and dip or New England style. So the story go,s like this . Bob starts laying out his long bed furrowing and fiddling with the mortar etc trying to get it bang on . Meanwhile Jim has 3 or 4 brick put down while bob is still busy laying out his bed . Bob having never seen Jim’s style of bricklaying shouts over to him asking what in hells name is he doing and Jim reply’s laying bricks bob what are you doing.

[@brickbybric]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4K3lJSHoKh8a9U here’s a link to that video with that yarn about long bed versus pick and dip.

[@glennveness]

Brilliant. Thanks so much

[@glennveness]

Great story that. There is absolutely no doubt it's the best method. All my fellow bricklayers do it now. Thanks again for you're feed back mate

[@shardegoweendamconstructio2730]

So nice

[@glennveness]

Thank you

[@shanewiltshire5869]

Retired bar the odd casher here and there 😉

[@26raa01]

This is how I learnt to Lay bricks and blocks by my old man many years ago he called it dip and pick and yes you're right this way is much easier on your body and its faster and cleaner which is the way i like to work people will learn the right way one day how to lay bricks and block this day and age they do not learn them the right its about time they did

[@PaddleDogC5]

That is not pick and dip period

[@finders-keepers1518]

Makes me want to watch Back to the future

[@williamcox5431]

How do the brick layers in Mexico lay bricks over head to make domes without forms?

[@glennveness]

You tell me! Mind-blowing!

[@willmc2456]

By far the best way to lay bricks .it makes me laugh how some trades are stuck in the MUD with the way they do things and are unwilling to try new methards there is always a better and faster way to do things

[@glennveness]

Thanks William

[@vince6056]

Methards?

[@willmc2456]

@OH YEAH YEAH OH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH you couldn't lay an egg

[@willmc2456]

Chick Chick Chick Chick chicken lay a little egg for me

[@BDEyes53]

If you can't find an Ark to raid, get Harrison Ford to come along and build you one, he'll even build it upside down, if you ask him nicely. Big hand for the cameraman.

[@MrMagsimus]

MARTY !!! We gotta go back to the future to lay these bricks before biff makes an extension !! Great Scott’s doc you are right lol 😂 where the fuk did u get this guy from ha ha

[@davidallen1418]

I was a top level bricklayer qualified in 1976 after an almost 4 year apprenticeship and could lay an average of 650 bricks a day laying bricks the conventional way. building a standard building with no internal corners. doing my own very neat pointing {much neater than you see here.} that's 93 bricks an hour over 7 hours of work. 23 bricks in 15 mins including building corners. Glen has some good points in what he says, but having bricks up that high and working out of a bucket has some advantages and some disadvantages. at the end of the day I think I would of laid as many if not more bricks than Glen did. I did have my spots on two concrete blocks to save on the bending down, but sorry no way is laying mortar for one brick quicker than laying for a few at a time.

[@elmorecrane2859]

How doe's it work if you lay them the right way up?

[@andrewwhitnet3557]

Never heard it called pug before I think it means clay mud.Ive come across very old brick walls with clay mixed with chaff or chopped straw for mortar. Like they build cob walls with.That would slow the job down a bit.

[@carlsherwin5557]

Another name for mortar is gobo,I always call it that.

[@jackmason7780]

How do you get full muck joints please

[@gedelliott2957]

50 years practicing to get one take. Bless