Bricklaying - Retaining Wall - Rustic pointing

Bricklaying retaining wall - Barn conversion we started a few weeks back. This wall is probably over 150m long, so I'll be on this job for a while :)

[@Jim_Newlands]

Those are the sort of days we all love....low stress, nice brick, ground level. You can happily drift away to your happy place on days like that and just take pleasure in the trade you love.

[@IzzytheBricky]

Yees! These days are few and far between mate! So always love to get them Hope your having a great weekend buddy

[@SporeZSporeZ]

That's a beautiful wall 🧱

[@johnbuist5289]

Good steady work and awesome pointing 👏

[@IzzytheBricky]

Thank you John ☺️☺️ Enjoy your evening mate

[@TheNorthernmunky]

Brilliant job lad

[@marcelsteinisch2788]

Where i find the Song at 7:30?

[@richardhumber2800]

Nice job bud. Good looking work. Great vids keep em comin

[@IzzytheBricky]

Cheers Richard buddy! Will do! Appreciate it😁

[@rhysthebricky2171]

Beautiful, speedy work there mate! Keep up the great work, looking forward to the next one! 😁👌👍👷‍♂️🧱

[@IzzytheBricky]

Thanks alot Rhys! Hopefully I'll be able to record something 2moz..if not Wednesday👌😊 Hope college is still going well! Do you have a job lined up after you've finished👍🤟?

[@rhysthebricky2171]

@@IzzytheBricky I'm looking forward to the next upload! I do actually have about 5 jobs lined up for me when I finish college, can't wait!😀😁👌

[@IzzytheBricky]

@@rhysthebricky2171 that's awesome buddy!

[@geoffsnaylam4133]

its great to see a propper good bricklayer 🧱🧱🧱in motion great work mate ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@IzzytheBricky]

Ey thanks alot buddy appreciate it alot!😊 Enjoy the sun buddy🥵🍻🍻

[@justycrusty]

A nice brick, nicely laid. There’s a good many in the cemetery would love to see it, keep it up 😉

[@IzzytheBricky]

😂😂love that saying 😂😂😭 and cheers fella appreciate it buddy! Should have a new video Monday:)

[@justycrusty]

@@IzzytheBricky 😂

[@arshadmahmood2955]

Brilliant brickwork the project looks amazing ma friend 🙂👍✌

[@IzzytheBricky]

Thanks buddy! Appreciate it!😊👍

[@brickpug6088]

Bit late watching this one mate .. lovely job and lovely brick. Do you remember what they are?

[@IzzytheBricky]

Cheers buddy! Just looked them up for you 👌 Forterra Hampton Rural Brick

[@jeffreylindop5782]

great work looks a treat.

[@IzzytheBricky]

Thank you Jeff! I think the pointing goes with these rustic bricks very well too😃🍻

[@1kbconstruction824]

Nice work 💪🏼

[@IzzytheBricky]

Cheers Ryan 🤙🍻

[@monday7150]

Nice work. I assume the cavity was to be filled with concrete?

[@IzzytheBricky]

Cheers mate! Yes Richard. It's going to be filled in a couple of stages to avoid blowing out the wall 🙂👍

[@THECARKUS]

Top job. Don’t suppose you remember the make of the bricks? They are lovely.

[@IzzytheBricky]

Cheers buddy, erm..Forterra Facing Brick Hampton Rural Blend - Pack of 495 ☺️🤜🤛

[@THECARKUS]

@@IzzytheBricky Top man 👍

[@sherkhansbrickwork8501]

Great work there buddy keep it up 🧱👍👍 U have few quid in that retaining wall lol 😆

[@BuildingwithBudd]

Nice work 👍

[@IzzytheBricky]

Thanks alot Budd🍻👍

[@user-DANWALKER1066]

Hard Graft …. Looks amazing and is solid built by the big dog Izzy 😅

[@scottnever8732]

awesome job mate, that a london pattern marshalll town trowel? unless cutting always go philli trowel

[@IzzytheBricky]

Thanks scott, its Philadelphia mate, but my trowels always wear down to a strange shape haha

[@markhep]

Nice one smart it that 👍👍👍

[@IzzytheBricky]

Thanks alot Mark!!👍🍻

[@KarenTookTheKids364]

Is there a limit to how many courses you can stack on top of each other without them curing

[@IzzytheBricky]

Depends on how dry the bricks are. It's recommended to only build Walla to 1.5m a day. Sometimes on winter if the bricks are wet and the mortar, your walls can start to bend or become wavey in 10/12 courses

[@KarenTookTheKids364]

@@IzzytheBricky Sound thanks for the answer

[@lmilne4859]

Good job this buddy

[@IzzytheBricky]

Cheers mate! This is on that old barn I'm doing up. Only 30 seconds away from the radius wall job👍😀

[@lmilne4859]

@@IzzytheBricky Happy days buddy. 🤟🤟

[@jaggiguru3127]

Very good work

[@IzzytheBricky]

Cheers Mate!

[@theafter8bricky]

Right wall that, wish I could find them that long with half a pillar 😱😱, treasure these moments 👍🏻😂

[@theafter8bricky]

The walls I tend to build have more pillars in than a castle 😂💪🏻

[@IzzytheBricky]

Haha yea mate its lovely..the wall itself is probably about 150m to 200 metres..so I've got plenty of work to go at!:) only issue is I'm on DW😂😂

[@theafter8bricky]

@@IzzytheBricky fukin hell, Iay 300 tomorrow then haha

[@IzzytheBricky]

😂😂😂

[@davidbarnett8002]

Nice and neat mate Quality over quantity any day of the week

[@IzzytheBricky]

Cheers buddy appreciate it 😊😊🍻

[@zippydoodah1547]

Woodpecker on the line... 😁Looks good young man

[@IzzytheBricky]

Haha I do like to tap the brick..just a habit really haha cheers for the support fella👍🍻

[@kurtmalpassbrickwork6255]

Nice work mate, Try pick a dip with them bricks you would smash over 1200 brick in easy 🤙🏻

[@IzzytheBricky]

100% mate! I did about 800 without breaking a sweat today laying old school:) cheers for the support fella🍻👍

[@theafter8bricky]

What’s your brick pb in a day kurt?

[@kurtmalpassbrickwork6255]

@@theafter8bricky I’ve never really had a big enough setup on a plot to try it mate I’ve done a 4th lift with my labourer once it was around 1470 I’m going do a video on a Saturday soon got a big apartment block on next week 😁😁

[@kurtmalpassbrickwork6255]

@@theafter8bricky I upload allot more bricklaying on tiktok mate if you search my name my vids will come up 👌🏻

[@theafter8bricky]

@@kurtmalpassbrickwork6255 fukin hell that’s some going, i find the labour being the limiting factor I need a faster labour, mi old man is bollocked if we lay more than 800 bricks 😂😂 I have help to get my own gobo and top my bricks up after a while 😂😂😂

[@Reverend-Rodger]

That'll be bomb proof once the core is filled. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@IzzytheBricky]

Haha yea mate, not going anywhere that💪💪💪

[@IzzytheBricky]

I've still got loads to do on this wall actually..it's where the Barn Conversion is😂

[@scottnever8732]

again with building corners? profiles always

[@althetrowel]

That is a nice wall . That is how u should rub up shallow. That is not how u flush joint. Rub all your work that shallow it’s the right way. To flush it up hold it like a pen and use the end. Well done

[@IzzytheBricky]

Thank you buddy:) appreciate it

[@althetrowel]

@@IzzytheBricky get your self a bucket handle or buy a dinger size large

[@IzzytheBricky]

Got both mate, but how I rubbed this wall up is how the customer wanted it to look 😊👍 Cheers buddy, hope your well

[@simonward1593]

cant aford jointer iv never seen a wall contrucion like before in uk sheet metal in cavity iv seen starter bars and form bars good luck mate can see any ties sticking of block work to pick up brick work

[@IzzytheBricky]

Morning buddy, the customer didn't want it bar pointed as we were going for a rustic lookn that's why we flushed the brickwork up😊 The cavity it to be filled with concrete to make the whole wall stronger. And there are ties in the Blockwork for the brickwork buddy..probably just hard to see them on the video, but there in every 450 😊

[@csgowoes6319]

@@IzzytheBricky Wait, so concrete is going to be poured in the cavity, so the bricks are basically your front form? I've been planning to do this exact thing on a project at home but first time I've seen someone doing it. I've been advised against it, firstly because a single pour up that many courses could blow out the bricks unless you support them (or do it in several lifts) and secondly they reckoned over time the bricks would pop off due to frost and what not? Would be interested to see what you think of that.

[@sherkhansbrickwork8501]

@@csgowoes6319 retaining walls should be built with blocks at the back I usually advise and do it with flat blocks at the back and ties into the brickwork at the front... however the way izzy done it is another way which is let the brickwork dry off for good 7 days and then pour the concrete the brickwork wont go anywhere as the concrete is steel reinforced I hope u understand that 👍 😉 sorry izzy had to jump in brother I hope u agree with me lol 😆

[@csgowoes6319]

@@sherkhansbrickwork8501 Thanks mate, appreciate the thoughts, be good to hear Izzy's too. I wasn't planning to build with block at the back, I am planning to just form with wood. Actually, was going to just pour against the hill face I had dug out as it's very well compacted, but I'd use too much concrete that way. Honestly though, building with bricks and blocks and then pouring in between seems easier than building wooden forms. I'd still be a little concerned about blowout, but I will be mixing by hand and so the concrete will already be going off as I am mixing/pouring. I wonder why people say the bricks will pop off. I think they are concerned about not leaving a cavity like you would if it was a facade, they think water is going to get between the concrete and bricks, not sure. Surely they will completely bond... Btw, I also like the "fake" columns, might do the same, except I do actually have reinforced columns, but they stand proud of the inside face not the outside so I want to echo them on the outside.

[@IzzytheBricky]

Sorry for the late reply mate..just poured 8 cube of concrete 😂😂💪 Block flat on the back is cool or the blockwork like I've done is good. If you put wall ties out every 450mm high and 900mm apart (or closer 650mm if you want it to be extra strong) to catch your brickwork that will secure the bricks to the blocks. The cavity, like I've suggested to the customer here, is going to be done in 3 concrete hits. This wall is about 1.8m high..so I'll pour the concrete into the cavity to 600mm first, let it set for a day or two..then pour 600mm again..let it set and then finally on the last day pour another 600mm to take it to the full 1.8m I wouldn't worry about the bricks blowing out..as long as the the brickwork has set fully for a week or so before pouring the concrete😊💪

[@12andyh]

Why you only on day work mate ?

[@IzzytheBricky]

Just am mate, when we turned up we said it would be a DW job since it was such a shithole and we couldn't get much done at all..regretting it now though 😂

[@12andyh]

@@IzzytheBricky was gunna say good going 800 brick mate a fortune do that everyday

[@IzzytheBricky]

I know mate! About 450 500 yesterday...however that's the first time probably this year I would have made good money..since I'm on extensions most of the time, I dont often get to blast like that you see😒😔

[@SporeZSporeZ]

I can lay beautiful like this too but need to pick up the speed, that's my problem 🤔

[@johnboo6694]

Fiull flush joint will save you loads of time when jointing up

[@jontullett9068]

No it saves like 1/5th of a second

[@johnboo6694]

Good work Izzy great finish but filling them joint while your laying Does save lots of time just saying

[@johnboo6694]

@@jontullett9068 you must be a hoddy that knows fuck all ,

[@IzzytheBricky]

Cheers buddy and ill definitely try that 💪😊

[@jontullett9068]

@@johnboo6694 no I’m a bricky that knows how to point up, you will have to point up anyway why not just put a bit of much on your trowel n put in in the joint. Easy as pie

[@PaddleDogC5]

7:17 VOID CITY

[@marathon3949]

Can someone please help me out I’m trying to become a brick layer what are the steps in the uk I’m 17 ???

[@Roughslowrough]

College mate. One day a week apprenticeship. Get a job as a labourer if.you can't do that but go college one day a week. Your education will be free mate

[@garyharris184]

Try using a peice of lorry fanbelt or bike tyre flushes up lovely nice job

[@IzzytheBricky]

Will do buddy! Thanks for the tip!👍🍻

[@geoffsnaylam4133]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@kasper52173]

👍🏾

[@twoblue7329]

Left handed bricke nice job prefer metal jointer .....

[@IzzytheBricky]

Cheers buddy appreciate it..Oh man me too, but just going for that flush/rustic look what the client wanted :)

[@viankalobosvalenzuela7456]

Hermosa construcción felicitaciones, saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@IzzytheBricky]

¡gracias! Ten un día maravilloso!😃👋🇬🇧

[@jdon2020]

You seem like a happy dude

[@IzzytheBricky]

Haha most of the time..mainly when I'm laying bricks or at home😂 get arsey when I'm not laying.. doing other BS for extensions like digging..drainage and that shit😂

[@ianstockdale964]

Are you ambidextrous I just watched another one of your videos sure you had your trowel in your right hand

[@IzzytheBricky]

Hiya chap, I'm not, it's just looks like that because I use the selfie camera to film sometimes...so everything gets flipped. Good spot though and hope you had a good weekend

[@ianstockdale964]

@@IzzytheBricky that’s interesting. Iv been bricklaying 35 years your a good hard worker. Keep it up , good on you son 👍

[@IzzytheBricky]

@@ianstockdale964 thank you very much mate, appreciate it!

[@danielcolton3632]

Nice too see some young guns smashing it goes to show we're not all useless lol nice work that pal

[@IzzytheBricky]

Haha cheers fella! Not been able to have a proper smash in a while...so nice to stretch the wings a bit today👌😊💪

[@danielcolton3632]

@@IzzytheBricky its a shame they don't come very often lol

[@IzzytheBricky]

Feel you mate, my current labour is the beat lad I've had in years and would make a fantastic bricky..but he wants to be a sparky😂😂what a waste

[@williamreid5675]

@@IzzytheBricky great work does it make sense to knockout big numbers when on day work or is it swings and roundabouts nosey roofer 👍🇬🇧

[@IzzytheBricky]

To be fair it's good to show willing I find..however today if I was on price I would have made 450 quid..but on other days on this job i would have only made 100 quid..so it really is swings and roundabouts. It's hard to be on price if jobs aren't set up well you see

[@Chris-rc6mf]

800 bricks on day work? some hourly rate you must be on lol

[@IzzytheBricky]

Gutted..was on DW 200 quid😂😰😰 just wanted to see if I could still get em down..just incase I decided to go back on price anytime soon🍻😂

[@PaddleDogC5]

To many taps rub them in place.

[@PaddleDogC5]

To many voids in face of work. Time to point them up and ends up messier and more time consuming.

[@cheryldanenhower2972]

kill the music and the fast speed.it ruins the video

[@IzzytheBricky]

Ah sorry mate..I like to speed it up because otherwise the video would be a couple of hours. Think before I cut it down it was about 2 hours :30 mins I'll take your comment into consideration in my next video fella 🍻

[@PaddleDogC5]

Levels puke 🤢