Bricklaying Repair - How To replace Bricks In a Wall - Tutorial

[@mrbadkats]

I was a union bricklayer for 25 years. It was a good living and I have a nice pension. I enjoy watching these videos. Brings back nice memories of a noble trade.

[@utilitarian]

The big projects are good to see but these sorts of jobs are so much better to see - this is the sort of job so many homeowners are likely to take on and so it’s good to be able to see someone do it and to see how it’s done! Good job Stu & KC, the blog videos are ace!

[@driften1967]

There is something so gratifying to watch someone take pride in their work and do a great job 👍🏻

[@jovan-noble-guy749]

Dej fot dat voz maj riel akzent, badt aj het ben lajen laj ajn lajar. Huhuhu 😅🤣🤫 Vied hau piapal fink dej ar nad rili riel.

[@steveascension9626]

Stu & KC are differently the best instructive brickie video's to watch on the internet. These video's should be required watching in every trade college in England & Australia. Europe can do what they want after Brexit completes. The only problem I can see for viewers, apprentices.tradies & Tech teachers alike, is that these video's can become very addictive. They are even better than many current reality shows on the TV. Stu & KC, please keep up the good work & thanks for being so natural & real all the time, it's just a joy to watch your vids.

[@Stucrompton1]

Cheers steve we appreciate that. We just aim to educate and entertain and why not make some money at it as well

[@mrshhjj8899]

@@Stucrompton1 There's so much information on the internet nowadays on fixing things yourself, it really is a great thing. Thanks a lot for this very informative video, and greetings from the Netherlands.

[@edadryanski6213]

I have never done any bricklaying but followed your video and was amazed how good the finish I achieved was. Didn’t have a Stihl saw but used my trusty angle grinder. Given that my house is constructed with engineering bricks, the hardest part was knocking the bricks out! Thank you so much for posting the video, I couldn’t have done the job without it!

[@matnik6035]

Blown bricks, a year of furlough, and eye-watering quotes brought me here.

[@michaelwithrock9005]

I feel this. Deep in my heart.

[@angelonicassio7131]

Yup.

[@zeberde]

You mean you couldn't afford a skilled tradesmen?

[@jokesaside9207]

⁠​⁠@@zeberde”skilled”to remove a brick😂 people don’t realise how easy a lot of jobs actually are and get absolutely mugged off and end up with a rushed job by so called “skilled tradesmen”

[@chriscanada4744]

Yeah buddy

[@hattorihonzo8340]

I’ve never laid a brick in my life and I just sat here and watched the whole thing

[@blitzsah]

Bryan Rogers something therapeutic about it

[@richrichie7911]

@@blitzsah The success of this Old House.

[@alexflores3953]

Same here

[@jaydunn904]

Same , oddly satisfying

[@johnblackburn7673]

As a Plumber I must have done dozens and dozens of these over the years. I have got quite good at it and always leave a nice tidy job. I have too because Brickies seem to hate doing it lol. You make it look quite easy. Nice job Stu

[@topgrafter2007]

i do lots of these patch ups, its amazing how many plumbers make such a mess of them, usually the wrong bricks and foamed in lol

[@alanbricker8420]

Dude! I didn't start to replace the bricks in my chimney yet because, prior to your video, I didn't know how to do it. Your video is extremely clear and informative. I have a sneaking suspicion that you just saved me hundreds (if not THOUSANDS) of dollars, so thank you for THAT.

[@ramtough4384]

Getting ready to take on a large brick restoration project back from the 1930's. My experience is with mostly ground level concrete, not structural. You just built up my confidence, thank you. I'll watch more of your video's, hopefully it gives me all I need to make these structures come back to life.

[@cindylaurich2325]

Looks really good I've been laying brick for 38 years did a good job congratulations

[@caspercasper5413]

What’s your salary

[@cindylaurich2325]

@@caspercasper5413 just retired

[@caspercasper5413]

What age did you start, I’m 17 looking to join a union

[@cindylaurich2325]

I was with bricklayers Local 3

[@tonyevans1354]

Top video - clear, concise, and methodical workmanship, that shows how to get a tidy finish without faffing around. I see far too many videos on here that stutter, stumble, waffle, and all whilst giving very dangerous advice. Thanks lads!

[@jbossnack]

Good luck if you're a plumber LOL It does look great...I did a small repair job for someone yesterday and it wasn't the hardest but also not the easiest...you have great skill...you will always be busy with work like this.

[@BYUEagle]

What did you charge? I was given a quote of $250 for a patch job this size. One square foot. It does involve some brick cutting to size up.

[@spaceantelope1]

Oh my gawd I’ve never seen a brick layer use PPE! Thank you!! People look at me crazy when I put on a respirator. Sooo glad I’m not the only one. You even put on gloves. Love it!

[@killachops3]

As a gas engineer I had to learn this myself pretty quickly! Nice to know I've been doin it rite.

[@M3GAOfficial]

Wrong. You need to do right

[@kevinadams9468]

I am repairing the back wall of my old 1920s bank building where I now live. The wall, and especially the mortar, has been degraded through water pouring down the outside of the wall for decades. Literally all the mortar washed away over the years between about 16 bricks in 5 courses! Cold air now pours in where the bricks are missing and between the masonry block behind the brick, and whole building is suffering from the prairie winds every time they blow. I just did the first two courses, having removed the worst as well as any bricks not far from falling out. This is my first time at this, but your tutorial prepared me well and, maybe, by the time I get the last course down, it won't look too bad. Thanks for the clear tutorial!

[@stephenpeacock2627]

I did 6 bricks to fill a hole about 6 months ago, first time ever with bricks. Used same 30 year old bricks that the previous owner had kept. For my first time I was amazed with the result, way better than I thought i could do,

[@hearviewb123ontarget]

I'm 71 Years old and I'm going to repair a window on my building that has lost some brick and a tenant took the rest out to hid drugs in my building wall, yeah! I've laid brick with my Sweetheart husband who passed from COVID-19 in 2020 clear back in 1979, so I really appreciate your video, of course I'm having to place a frame work of wood under the brick too as that rotted out, but I'm going to do as you did...start laying from the bottom, the building was build in 1900, and the brick size is small that's to replace the others, but I'm confident after watching you do this repair, I can do mine, I'm taking picture as I go...thanks for your video!

[@myriampontague8824]

How did it go?

[@arkadybron1994]

If you get an old car innertube, cut it near the valve, seal the ends up, then you can feed a loop of the tube into the cavity through the vent hole, inflate it and it'll trap all of your debris. Then after you've removed all the bricks that are coming out and cleaned up the joints, you can pull the innertube out and all the crap with it.

[@brucel8891]

You should make a video showing this method I'm intrigued to see how well it works.

[@arkadybron1994]

@@brucel8891 sadly I work in television not the building trade and so I wouldn't be able to go making holes in walls. I did watch my dad do it a couple of times though, and it worked well at keeping the cavity from being bridged. My dad and grandad were both general builders and decorators

[@gregbrooksny]

I cannot picture what you mean by what you wrote, however it sounds very good!!

[@michaelbalfour3170]

I would suggest using foam pipe lagging. That stuff is so useful for lots of things besides lagging, which it is also good for.

[@michaelmaxwell6936]

Thank you for taking pride in the job! if it wasn't for the new bricks, it would not look replaced.

[@maxstaber9397]

You are a very good image to the trade cheers from a young canadian blocklayer 💯

[@Landofhopeandglory575]

Lovely job, you make it look easy. I hope you cleaned that conservatory guttering out from that mortar droppings when you packed up

[@kimjungun4648]

He has a minion ...

[@kdonovan221]

@@kimjungun4648 hysterical

[@llisntcoolj2375]

I bought a Bosch mortar removing chisel for my sds, does a quicker job with less dust. Best £25 I've spent

[@amalalnckamsk6939]

Did the bosch sds last for the job.I wan't to re-point the back of the house.

[@llisntcoolj2375]

@@amalalnckamsk6939 it did a decent sized 2 story gable wall.

[@amalalnckamsk6939]

@@llisntcoolj2375 More than enough then. I'm going to have a go in the spring,thanks bud

[@RossT551]

Bet Stu is just narrating the video and its KC is doing all the work. Top job again boys.

[@Stucrompton1]

Kc is the boss mate we all know that

[@cocosmiles3610]

I completely messed up my brick repair now I'm going to try and replace them. Good luck to me.

[@patdickson6740]

I have done this exact process at work before, and it works great for when you want to replace the amount of bricks you want to replace, instead of having it lead to a few extra bricks to replace too.

[@marc0002]

The attention to detail with that mortar is awesome

[@cstanveer9554]

i have just start watching your videos from last week and start learning it..very good for someone to learn .

[@peterryan7827]

Yes i am a plumber,and yes another excellent video ,love the way you work and teach cheers mate.

[@stephiburgess]

About to take this on myself, this video is GREAT, perfect for what I needed to see, thanks!!!

[@barryhunt5357]

Great video, I have a brick patching at work to do next week, thanks for the tips!!!!

[@diydiscover]

When I first saw the bricks you chose as replacements I thought "that's the best match!?". Shows I don't know what I'm talking about. Looks pretty good. Not perfect because it's super hard to match molded brick with extruded but it looks great. well done.

[@nicholasmartin5746]

I'm watching your video so I can learn more for my new job, and you got some good skills, thanks man👍

[@PaquiCamus]

Classic workmanship. Thank you for posting it. I will do some repairing in my old Federation House. Thank you for showing how to do a proper job. It just reminded my father when he explained the "right way" to work in the building industry. Really great. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and workmanship!

[@Jamie-ro6sx]

Very nice mate. Your a role model to a lot of blokes. Thanks for ur vids 🎉

[@adam12budapest41]

Well done, I like the care you took for pointing the grout , it's super important.

[@trevor-bd4kt]

Amazing! I'm preparing to move my dryer vent and it's nice to know that I can repair the old hole.

[@waynehendry9782]

I'm not as good as you but to get around this I cover bricks (new and existing) in duck tape then pull tape off when done and all pointed up. Nice to watch a pro do it though, you make it look easy.

[@markiobook8639]

Neatly done, very professional. Thanks for filming.

[@leotaylor262]

0:50 nice trousers stu 😂 always a nice surprise to see a Welsh badge (even if they're being worn as sight clothes) 😂😂

[@Stucrompton1]

My niece is Welsh

[@sewahsewah2044]

SOUL TERRIFIC!!!💕 THANK YOU FOR POSTING!!! IVE BEEN ASKING THE MEN IN THE FAMILY FOR YEARS TO POINT THE BRICK!!! 💕I HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE MATTERS ON MYSELF!!! 👀💕YOUR VIDEO IS THE 2nd ONE THAT POPPED UP!!! 😁I AM GOING TO TAKE BEFORE AND AFTER VIDEO USING YOUR TECHNIQUE AND POST THE RESULTS IN 30 DAYS!!!😎💕🙏🏾BLESSINGS

[@leon3smith411]

Both the brickwork and the video were masterful. Thank you.

[@MrKarnival54]

Being a bricklayer in Australia it’s so weird for me to see how you point your brickwork. We do it just with a joiner no trowel to fill in holes, all the joints are full and u have to work the joiner in the beds and scrape all the excess mud off before bagging/brushing and a repoint. Love your videos 👊🏼

[@Tom-Lahaye]

You should avoid so much debris falling in the wall cavity, if those people ever want to have insulation blown into their walls this creates a cold bridge.

[@amalalnckamsk6939]

You are partially correct. They use expanding foam now so all good.

[@NolanTurco]

Not all do. I work for terminix we still use blown insulation.

[@wayneallott]

Thanks for the video. Made my life easy after removing an outside socket and 3 broken bricks.

[@markleepotter6685]

You made that look so easy.... I'm tempted to try it myself 😅

[@theaustinite5320]

I love the way when real British working, we missed the real Kings, thanks for the video.

[@edwardv7991]

Ur work is so hypnotic to watch

[@snakeater1976]

Good Luck if you’re a plumber. Love it mate

[@ljdarbyshire]

Great vid. Buying a new build and they've managed to chip a load of bricks on the corner from top to bottom. Might send them this to keep um busy!

[@caskwith]

Nice job. Gotta love a tuck pointer for repair jobs like this.

[@angelonicassio7131]

I have to do this and you make it seem so easy. Great video:)

[@Doomzdayxx]

Great video. I have never laid one brick in my life but am getting ready to build a fire pit in the back yard and your videos are very helpful, thankyou.

[@elliots5311]

Nice work. Just a friendly tip, if you turn your pointer sideways you can really tuck the mud in good.

[@Hillegass76]

Great video! Thanks. Makes me confident. I don't have a large saw like that, though. I've got a 4.5" angle grinder, like the smaller one you used. Is that going to make a deep enough cut for me to get the old bricks out?

[@JackJack-ld5eo]

There was about 30 minutes of cutting and pointing that should have been done to the surrounding brick work. Kind of amazed that it was left as is.

[@chapman9230]

You need to protect the cavity from rubble. I use broken slate hammered into the fresh mortar to keep it all tight to prevent any slumping whilst mortar cures

[@markpullinger3916]

People don’t realise the amount of stuff you need to fill a hole Nice job

[@jburgmedia]

Why is this so satisfying to watch ?

[@MrBigMalT]

Skills 👌👌👌👌 I just know if I tried this I’d need to mix about a ton of mortar, as most of it would end up on the patio or the roof of the conservatory 😂

[@TheWoodManDan]

Top video lads. As a chippie, I fully support the plumber digs 😂

[@markhoskins579]

Very clear and informative video. Experience makes it all seem easy, but I expect us amateurs to struggle a bit. I will see what I can do with crumbling bricks in chimney but should make not falling a priority. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with others.

[@frankief7111]

Thanks for sharing, nice job. Other than being careful is there anything you can do to stop cement falling backwards into the cavity (especially when you push in a brick)?

[@irishlad2326]

Watched the hole thing and im a welder.. not sure what im doing ere lol. Good video, quality work.

[@disklamer]

Good show. 2:56 isn't there just always that one brick that refuses to break, and splits in every direction but the way you need it to. Your mortar looks a tad wet, it shouldn't really flow but stay where you put it, makes the work easier too.

[@deepherdown]

Thank you, feeling confirm to attempt the repairs now (without the grinders 😓)

[@bluejaystudio2029]

🙃This guy must be a very strong man with a very steady hand...ladies.. not sure if he is still single, though..... A big concrete/block saw and he just go thru the brick mortar joint with it... WOW.... If I would have tried that, I would be replacing now twice as many bricks than originally thought. Do not try this at home unless you know what you are doing !!!! Cheers

[@js5189]

Love your videos mate, I might quit been a joiner for a while and start been a bricky 😹

[@xxwookey]

Bit too much crap dropped down the cavity for my taste. I try and put something in once you have the first brick out to avoid too much going down the slot. What mortar mix do you use for this? I've had to work out how to do this in the past (putting in thermal breaks, and removing crap dropped down cavities). I wondered if there was some trick to getting a full-depth mortar bed on the last brick where you have to slide it in. I see you do it the same as i did - angle it a bit and hope for the best, then shove some more mortar in from the front afterwards.

[@gsingh7558]

5:21 I see you flexing them skills 😂 your videos are really satisfying to watch, educational and funny too, iv learnt alot from them and appreciate your content. Keep up the good work :)

[@parttimetourist]

The best way to avoid a horrible self-created mess is to get an expert brickie like Stu Crompton

[@elemental868]

We would use wood dowels for jointer for repair and steel on new. Don't know if you have heard of that before. By your skill you have done it all. You and your laborer are pros,his mortar mix looked perfect. I miss that sound of steel on brick and cement. I was shotcreter for years,my favorite job was at Detroit zoo making rocks and caves for animal habitats like polar bear exhibition. Hard work,but lots of fun.👍

[@billiamc1969]

Do you not use an Arbortech? The machine just eats the mortar bed and head joints really clean. Always love your work...much respect from Baltimore

[@Stucrompton1]

Have got £2k spare

[@pb9926]

Bloody plumbers !!! 🤔 Nice job Stu & KC 👍

[@dalecrosby2048]

Bloody show off you make it look so easy mate. I’m a chippy and can’t lay a brick for my life

[@michaeledwards5981]

Thanks for the tuition i now forward to little brickwork job 👍

[@edwardohalloran815]

Kangoo drill bit on an sds drill makes life handy when you're doing that

[@craigmorris3941]

Good job Stu. My house needs about 150 spalled bricks replacing. Why do builders shy away from this work? Am having a nightmare finding people to do it!

[@Stucrompton1]

its a nightmare job craig thats why i made this video so people can try have a go

[@craigmorris3941]

@@Stucrompton1 I really want to have a go, am handy with all sorts of stuff but this is a bit daunting, not sure why.

[@BillLowenburg]

Nice demo, I’ve done a few small stonework repairs, but not brick. Now I believe I could do wall repair as a result of watching how you did it. Thanks!

[@reesernhr836]

Excellent work Stu and your dad keep up the great videos

[@ThomasMarchsotto-uk5hz]

Me to he was great with àll the hand techniques using the towel wells explained many valuable points for a neat brick face.

[@crazynmad89]

Can you please tell us how you identify the faulty / damage bricks, on what points you decide its damage..your videos are important for us.

[@ashyclaret]

The ones with a big hole in the middle.

[@jlo10000]

Good job! I will attempt to replace one broken brick.

[@Naiatelu]

Top 5 lockdown 1 KZbin channel. Been a few months but I'm back🧱 BRICK ASMR

[@billpholde4816]

Excellent tutorial! I was just thinking, "I wonder how he's getting the mud of the trowel with that joint tool?" and, then you you showed us. Thanks!

[@randycape8706]

THANKS! This is helpful for a small fix I need to do.👍

[@todrasmussen8139]

Nice work! You make it look easy.

[@sergii_real_estate]

Great manual work skills, very accurate! pleasure to watch, good repair!!

[@rafaelguetta1139]

An artist at work. Thank you!

[@DirkvanV]

Quality video. Have a great day sir!

[@DanielJamesCollier]

Thanks! Going to give this a go at the weekend

[@DanielJamesCollier]

I worked ! Thanks 👍

[@jinksy31337]

my OCD doesn't like that the bricks don't match, I assume it because there not longer manufactured and if they are not weathered. Fantastic job thought!

[@JohnDavis_NetSkink_Computing]

Thanks for this video. I like your high quality joint technique.

[@kofidwirahsclass4662]

Thank you so much, this reminds me when I was a student in Ghana 1984

[@robjb21]

Lovely job again Stu

[@Stucrompton1]

Appreciate you watching Rob

[@paulkelly3254]

Had to patch many holes where the flue was moved, this video is very good and shows you the proper way, took me years to get it spot on. Being a gas engineer, I found that brick match and colouring the mortar is key👍🏻 looks a pig if you don’t pay it the same attention as your boiler install👍🏻

[@brianboru62]

Too much cement it looks awful,matching bricks on houses built by defunct companies sucks.

[@bevandbrad]

Just the job thanks mate! You make it look easy...bet it won't be when i do it tomorrow!

[@steff1232007]

Just what I needed to see to close the open area around an air went.

[@alexs-zq6ni]

The most helpful brickwork video

[@jimmyjemal8802]

The mix? Nice video.