BUILDING A FLAT BLOCK CORNER ON GARAGE FOUNDATION ..ON SITE

[@leedsutd3413]

Nice vid as always pal. hats off to you for battling on in those footing.👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

leedsutd3413 . Nice one thanks pal , I’d say you get used to it but I would be lying . This site has the worst conditions I’ve worked in for 30 years , proper grim 😩🧱👍🏼

[@leedsutd3413]

@@SteveAndAlexBuildI always used to end up doing footings in winter time years ago really hated them too myself. I mainly just build one offs and extensions now a little bit easier on the back and knees looking forward to more vids pal.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

leedsutd3413 . Funny you should say that we are on a new extension at the weekends so plenty of footage being filmed 🧱👍🏼

[@seamusfoster]

Nice one fellas Weather looks grimm

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Sean . Evening Sean , thanks, the weather generally is grim where we are 😬🧱👍🏼

[@shawnlarry8943]

Perfect , my brother

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Shawn Larry Nice one thanks Shawn 🧱👍🏼

[@jamesd5206]

Great video lads👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

james d . Thanks James , glad you enjoyed it , part 2 next week 🧱👍🏼

[@jimjam1934]

Nice one fellas, ruf conditions tho!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Jim Jam . Thanks pal , never experienced ground this bad in 30 years, it’s grim ! 🧱👍🏼

[@brickbybric]

Back on the old block on flat lads . Looks good.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

bric bybrick . Oh yes , flat block on a garage, even with 7 n block it’s still our favourite job to build 🧱👍🏼

[@adamchandler8872]

Doing this atm for what will be 5 terraced houses. But laying blocks width ways. Back is feeling it this week dont know how you do it all the time! Is that a pin in the concrete marking the corner?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

adam chandler Evening Adam , I suppose we are just used to it now. We do enjoy putting these block in flat though . And yes that is a very rare nail in the concrete 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

[@davidhancock6018]

Good vid lads , looks a little boggy 😁, backache city too with those baby’s , I know only too well , , oh well , up the forest !

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

David Hancock . Once we’ve had overnight rain it’s like this for days ! These block are lovely to set flat even though they are 7n . Just easier to handle than the awkward trench block .🧱👍🏼

[@MÃONAOBRACONSTRUÇÃOCIVIL]

Belo trabalho

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

MÃO NA OBRA MIRO STARSUPER .Obrigado meu amigo 🧱👍🏼

[@seankirby2580]

Just unbelievable skill. I watched you check that everything is plumb and inline with the level. Then you casually measure the height with a tape measure and it's spot-on. I wish I could do that. Your mortar seems just like double cream. How long do you run the mixer for and is it 4 sand to 1 cement? Is there plasticiser, or something? Amazed to see you in action.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

sean kirby Nice one Sean , thanks very much . Yes the mix is 4 to 1 with concentrated plasticiser in and it’s mixed for 10 to 15 mins to get the plasticiser working 🧱👍🏼

[@seankirby2580]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild I have never seen human beings work with such skill, in any field of endeavour. Fantastic work.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

sean kirby 😉🧱👍🏼

[@Orgakoyd]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Do you use the Sika plasticiser by any chance? As I’ve seen other bricklayers use it. I’m intending to build a short wall (timber rest of the way) for a shed with 2 courses of block on flat below ground + few courses of engineering brick on top.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@Orgakoyd . Absolutely. Best one . Good luck 🧱🧱👍🏽

[@MÃONAOBRACONSTRUÇÃOCIVIL]

Uma curiosidade...como vocês tratam a umidade do solo nas paredes

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

MÃO NA OBRA MIRO STARSUPER . Good afternoon friend . We have a DPC at floor level to stop the damp rising 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

[@davidsmith6859]

Jeez. None of that is going to fall down anytime soon. Solid.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😉💪🏼👍🏽🧱

[@bf5733]

Thanks for the video, really helpful. What ratio of mix do you use for these blocks ?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

B F Thanks, just standard 4 to 1 🧱👍🏼

[@Jim_Newlands]

Those blocks look nice and square, lads. The ones I have to work with up here in Inverness are a bloody disgrace! Off square ends, 10-15mm under size in length, makes trying to maintain a decent bond a pain in the arse! Hope you are both well, BTW! Summer is on it's way!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Jim Newlands . They are the cheapest block around here but your right they are pretty uniform 👌🏼. We’ve had a few hints of good weather lately but you lot north of the border always seem to get the worst of the weather. My father in law is from the Isle of Lewis and I think a bank holiday is declared if the sun comes out on the island ☀️🤩🧱👍🏼

[@doughay9742]

hi jim. im thru in forres and the blocks are just as shite here 2, would love some of them sharp corners 😂😂

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

doug hay 😂😂🧱👍🏽

[@doughay9742]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild I wish you could see the shape of them steve, like jim said bloody disgrace the moulds must be well past it!!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

doug hay That’s a shame that as if the job isn’t hard enough already !😩🧱👍🏽

[@brendanmcgivern531]

Good vid again lads, what make of boots are they and that's some water to shift 😫

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Brendan Mcgivern . Yeah we wish we got paid for brushing we would be minted 😳. The wellies are COFRA safety wellies. About £45 but worth every penny , comfy and warm . Thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏽

[@MÃONAOBRACONSTRUÇÃOCIVIL]

Boa tarde meu amigo...

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

HELLO ✋🏽🧱👍🏽

[@shanemcdougall548]

What's the ox trowl like mate

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Shane Mcdougall . It’s great pal and I’m not just saying that because they gave me it . I think I’m on my 4 th one now 🧱👍🏼

[@Fordmad90]

Did you already have your square corner marked out matey

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

donna Lycett . The garage was nailed plus we always check our diagonals 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

[@JayKTS]

S&A Well done in that mudbath not ideal conditions to work in 🙈 So when that wall is finished you level that up with ground till the block wall level ?🤔 Or you dig out the dirt for a cavity space under the Floor ?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Jay Puyenbroeck . Hi Jay once the block is levelled up we put 4 courses of engineering bricks on 300 mm high . Next it is filled to the top of the block on the inside and then outside ground level is 2 course showing . Sand is put down then the damp proof membrane, them reinforcing mesh . The concrete is poured to 1 below DPC at the back and slopes down to 2 below at the front . The slab is then suspended on the inside 100mm of the blocks . Garage slabs must always fall to the door . Hope all that makes sense 😬. Next week is part 2 .... the brickwork 🧱👍🏼

[@brickbybric]

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex same thing here in Ireland regarding the fall in the floor. but over here most people fill the garage with all sorts of Useless crap rather than put the cars in them .

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

bric bybrick . That’s where we come in ...... we do a mean garage conversion. Modern garages....... you can drive into them but you can’t got out of your motor 😂😂🧱👍🏼

[@JayKTS]

Hello , yes i think i get it for most part ;) Some things not clear where the dpc is and the level of concrete 🙈😅✌🏻

[@JayKTS]

Concrete 1cm below dpc ? Or 1 course🤔

[@neilspedding5880]

Another Bob on vid lads. Why the concrete block on this footing. Who decides the block for in the ground. Cheers guys

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Neil Spedding Thanks Neil ,our boss likes all garage foundations to be built with the concrete blocks . They are 7 newton so perfect for below ground but friggin heavy ! 😳🧱👍🏼

[@neilspedding5880]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild there looks to be loads of different types of blocks that can go in the ground these days.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Neil Spedding . Yes there certainly are 🧱👍🏼

[@willknight4264]

Why are they laid flat if you don’t mind me asking? Was wondering How dose it read on the drawing/building plans

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Will Knight Hi will It’s a far stronger job than upright side by side. The outside 100 mm is the brickwork , the inside 100 mm supports the concrete slab 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

[@willknight4264]

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex dose it say on the plans to lay it flat or do you just do it flat

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Will Knight . The plans don’t mention an inside skin so only show the outside one but it is needed . The lads we work for ask for 4” flat block . A lot of builders just use trench blocks which are 300 mm wide 🧱👍🏽

[@itsmewayne428]

Man them trenches were wetter than Jeremy Corbyn.....them blocks must have been a weight...is the garage just a single skin of brick? ...

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Wayne Bailey . When it’s rained on this site it’s awful ! As for the blocks they are heavy but great to set flat . All the detached garages are single skin and the suspended slab sits on the inside skin . Have a good weekend pal 🧱👍🏼

[@itsmewayne428]

I used to prefer laying them belly down too...so it's a block & neam floor in the garage..thanks for the reply...:)

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Wayne Bailey Afternoon Wayne ... just a reinforced Conc slab on this one but the next garage coming up is a monster with a lock n beam floor in it . The back is about 5 higher than ground level ... 🧱👍🏽

[@itsmewayne428]

Cheers mate for the info..:)

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Wayne Bailey . 🧱👍🏼

[@immprizma7770]

Nice job but how come you build it in brick coursings whenever are gang builds footings we do 225 a course so 2 blocks on top of eachother find alot faster!!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Imm Prizma . I’ve just always built it this way . Each to their own I suppose . Thanks for watching and commenting 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

[@Fromupnorth46]

Class as always 🧱. Iv not been on a big site for years. Do private work mainly extensions and the odd new build. Compared to you lads I’m not a bricklayer more a builder who can lay bricks. I’m intrigued by how you set your corners off, is it all done by an engineer who puts his nail at all the corners and you just run a line through? And does the height to damp come from the height of the nail. ? Iv not been on a big site for about 15 years but the money seems to be very good so fancy a bash on site. Don’t seem to see any timber profiles round trenches. Is that all finished with now? I still do it that way. Might seem stupid question but if you don’t know you don’t know. Love your videos pal. 🧱👌

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

LookitsMeNotYou . First thanks for watching pal and we are glad you like the channel 👍🏼. It’s all done by lasers and satellites now ..... no joke ! The engineers come in and put pins in every corner for the lads to dig . When they are set up they transfer those pins to outside the dig area . We come in and put our lines on the pins (offsets ) , similar to the old profiles without the faff .we then plumb down for our corners . If we are lucky the engineers come back to re Mark the corners in the concrete with masonry nails . As for the levels they are transferred with the laser level . The biggest improvement is the forks for the excavators ..... magic , the drivers can get your gear lovely and close 👌🏼. If you look for our double garage video part 1 we set out and put the levels on that one . Thanks again pal 🧱👍🏼

[@Fromupnorth46]

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex cheers for that.

[@bobbuilder81]

Fair play to you lads , great work, I’ve been laying 21kn 9” conkers for the last week ! And hopefully it’ll be the last , fucking things !

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😳🧱👍🏽

[@scoyle1750]

Concrete blocks are great when laying on there flat it's when you are building cavity walls with them day in day out as happens a lot in Ireland they are a bit more work when you lay them flat why do you not lay them two row at a time one on top of other means you are only setting line every 225mm

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

wheaten bread stretcher bonded is stronger and we put the line up 2 anyway . Two different ways and both right 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

[@scoyle1750]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild It is stretcher bond but you are laying two row of block at same time one on top of other as one 225mm course it is quicker to lay also when laying block on flat I have my young fella putting mortar on wall with shovel slighty in front of me as a lot less pissing about but fair enough each to there own ways which is the great thing about bricklaying we all have our own ways but when it comes to laying concrete blocks take a trip to Ireland concrete block layers everywhere

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

wheaten bread . As you say pal it would be boring if we all did it the same way .... as long as the bubble is in the middle on the top course 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

[@scoyle1750]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild I am going to reply to you on my tea break on a drizzly day with a 👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

wheaten bread ☕️🧱👍🏽

[@stewartrs4276]

Whether looks horrible nice job lads

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Stewart rs4 . As the saying goes “it’s grim up north “ 😬... weather .... brickies number 1 enemy .🧱👍🏼

[@daiburt1833]

You get your money's worth out of them wellies lads you should ask Dunlop if you can have a few quid for product placement 😂

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

David Burt . Evening David , funny you should mention the wellies . This is the job where we discovered our wellies had sprung a leak ! We’ve had them on so long now we both have bald calves 😳😂🧱👍🏼

[@daiburt1833]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild get two of those rubber rings with the duck on the front 😂😂😂😂

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

David Burt . Or better still a job somewhere else !😬😂😂

[@daiburt1833]

I don't know if I'd want too . The Americans keep bombing the countries with the best weather .and some of the best bricklaying videos I've seen are from India and Pakistan . Especially the one with the arch it starts off with a photo of what it should be like and then they pull the photo away 😂 😂😂😂

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

David Burt 😂😂😂

[@arkansas1336]

Nice work. I like action videos rather than music videos....music is not my thing, just tools 'singing'!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

arkansas13 . Sorry about the music pal , just turn us down but not off ! 😬🧱👍🏼

[@RodianBuilds]

What you building there, a swimming pool?? 🤣🤣

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Rodian Montague . It’s a “not so” hot tub with exfoliating skin rejuvenating mud in it 😂😂🧱👍🏼

[@RodianBuilds]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Marshalltoon]

Block on flat are murder these days, coming in at 95mm

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Bob Hendry . Evening Bob ,We don’t mind them flat , way easier than upright . They are a bit of a break from trench block for us 🧱👍🏼

[@richardcole9558]

That’s looks gutty , it’s a million miles away from working with the sun on your back in a pair of shorts in the dry ...but summer is coming ...or so I’m told ..

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Richard Cole . The site dried up completely soon after this and we managed to get our boots on for a SHORT time then back to this again 😩🧱👍🏼

[@GingerDust69]

I have that level. I have a very small marshalltown trowel haha my mate has the ox trowel what would you recommend. I did find the ox trowel solid but don’t you find it has a wider handle I might just have small hands

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

I’m on my 4 th ox now so dont think I will go back to Marshalltown. They are just a good solid trowel . The handle is quick thick but you will be used to it after a couple of hours . MT are overpriced . Get an 11 phillidephia pattern you won’t regret it , especially spreading for flat block 👌🏼🧱👍🏽