Bricklaying How to replace frost damaged bricks

Small Job on the house. This portion of the house has caught the weather and with the bricks being a soft porouse brick they soak in the rian and moisture. When the frost comes the brick freezes and the water swells causing the front of the bricks to blow off. here I have done a small repair job It took me a day and for labour only I charged £150...filmned on my iphone 3G

[@Gez734]

this is beautiful to watch.... A good job done by an honest tradesman. Thank you for sharing. Was great to hear how much you charged for the job too.

[@michealbreathnach2928]

Well done Chris, I'm at brickwork today too but its replacing ancient internal timber wallplates in brick walls, laid in lime mortar, slow but enjoyable work

[@allangarwood9931]

Amazing work. The brickie is a magician. 👌👌

[@staceyismine]

good work and realy good price witch in return will get you work again in the future 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@centaurandrew]

If you were doing this on the corner of a house, with another story above, would you support the corner of the house with acros, or would you just replace fewer bricks at a time?

[@niterbum]

nice work Mr Longhurst!

[@shawnlion4778]

Good work , Chris

[@mattypants]

I was sort of shocked it was that cheap, especially for such high quality work!

[@jamiewatkinson4123]

That's a $1,200 USA job all day long

[@joshdigiovanni2485]

Looks very nice! They tend to charge more here in the US.

[@davidstonner]

Thanks for sharing. Good work. Would have cost $700-$800 where I live in central US.

[@Devtherev999]

Great Job! What’s the number of bricks that can be removed safely in one go on a two story Edwardian property? My entire front will need doing due to previous owners rendering old brick with cement instead of lime render. So all the bricks will need to be flipped over or replaced then repainted with lime. I’ve read a lot of places that say don’t remove more than 2-3 bricks at a time. But even working several clusters at a time that would take forever if you’ve got a whole front of a house to do. So is the 2-3 bricks referring to just the width and not rows or something? Appreciate this may vary around windows and load bearing walls etc but is there a safe rule of thumb that you go off?

[@olitonottero7620]

thanks for sharing, great skills

[@oldmanfromyork]

You did a great job by the way.

[@hansgruber7680]

Nice work.

[@popandu8297]

great stuff chris... only a morning too!

[@foundationgood123]

Popandu Cheers Popandu, yes and it was pouring down with rain too!

[@michaelsummers5001]

Brilliant work !

[@foundationgood123]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@justjacqueline2004]

Nice job.

[@imannonymous7707]

Man i wish i could do this ur amazing

[@Paintheshed]

good video, nice job, thank you

[@venus263]

Great skills you've got there. Are you in or around Portsmouth area? I could surely need your help on my property please. Kindly link up if you can please.

[@howardgilmour8464]

Looks good. If you do any future videos, you will have a go to see if you can upload them or have the ability to play them in 720 or higher? Makes a huge difference in terms of viewing quality, especially when you zoom in to see the final quality! Enjoying your vids Chris. Thanks

[@foundationgood123]

Thanks for the input- yes this was done on an old iPhone 3 lol

[@sunny5610]

a hand made facing clay brick with compressive strength equals 14.5N/mm2 and Water Absorption Equals 12% ... you think the brick will crumble because of freeze and thaw cycles? or its a good brick?

[@stillbill7635]

Good job

[@fireblaster9961]

Nice, now down the pub for the rest of the day

[@MMGJ10]

150 pounds is 189 dollars. I do small jobs like that in PA in the States, and I would've charged easily $500-600.. i'm told i'm cheap too. If I needed to hunt down matching brick I would charge a lot more though. Pain in the ass finding the right brick around here. Very nice work though. Good and clean!

[@Samos12]

Great price. Can you travel to Seattle?

[@Split10uk]

You made a nice job of that, but why not put a sheet of celotex in the cavity as I noticed the cavity had been filled.

[@GSMSfromFV]

Chris, at $150 pounds ($186US), you would have gotten that job in a heart beat here in California. Very fair price. One slight problem. Solid brick houses haven't been constructed in close to a hundred years. One, cost. Two, there's this small issue regarding earthquakes. ;o))

[@650GSF]

looking good :)

[@foundationgood123]

+Garry G Thank you

[@danzigii8342]

I wish you could come to Delaware

[@Ash21Scotland]

Where u from Chris? I'm in Scotland. But Me and mum were going to paint our back wall. But along the top of our small wall outside the whole top of it is all sorta, bits of it missing, etc. Not exactly the best to paint over. Mum suggested using a filler, like polyfiller? Or cement? Any advise? We're not exactly experienced in chisling away bricks or anything and replacing them :p

[@foundationgood123]

Hi, sounds like they are frost damaged, don't use polyfiller as that will soon perish away....1 sand and 3 cement is better it isn't a magic cure-but will give a longer protection..

[@trevorcox3020]

Nice.

[@foundationgood123]

+trevor cox Thank you

[@andrewmorke]

10 Downing Street?

[@paulconnelly4050]

So satisfying

[@foundationgood123]

Glad you enjoyed

[@edward_grabczewski]

What about concerns regarding the structure of the building? Will removing bricks like this weaken the structure whilst you're repairing the wall? What if you do this to the wall of a house which is load bearing? Sorry, I'm a complete beginner!

[@SshiggyY]

not really as long as its done properly.

[@fredfrenchy]

Good job good price.. considering Kwik fit tyre centre wants £27+ vat to fix a puncture))) rip offs

[@manothewoods6759]

chris did the blown fibre insulation get refitted? big void there now. nice neat job by the way.

[@foundationgood123]

+ManOthewoods Thank you matey, there was no fibre infill-it was built in the late 1970's..

[@foundationgood123]

+Chris Longhurst Ah sorry, I see what you mean...no I didn't-it would have cost extra if they wanted fibre in...but it was only a small outside porch

[@manothewoods6759]

+Chris Longhurst hi mate. from 2 min 47 to 3 min 10 you can see the white insulation. if there was none behind where you too the bricks out I'd make the customer aware as it a shoddy insulation fit and they should look to get it recified. all the best.

[@itsmewayne428]

Too cheap..great job deserves a better wage..after your taxes NI and materials plus fuel and wear and tear on your tools and van your working for very little ...

[@iamyourfuture808]

err... cash in the pocket LOL !!

[@kentonkirkpatrick5225]

I'm confused about why the damaged bricks can't be repaired with some kind of refacing laminant. The bricks you replaced are front-and-center in-your-face so these should be replaced. But in a less visible area couldn't you just reface them for protection?

[@mikejone1934]

Is the an alternative wat to fix the damages on the brick , like primer and paint ?

[@foundationgood123]

Only when first built, no use in this condition as damage is already happend

[@CharlotteGalashan]

I have some frost damaged bricks on some outbuildings (1950s ex council), however I’m thinking of rendering over the brickwork. Would I still need to replace the damaged bricks??

[@borys444]

I got work for u here all yr round for that price. Come to jersey please!!

[@PDSVIDEO1966]

nice job,the block work behind looks shoddy though even if it's not meant to be seen

[@foundationgood123]

+PDSVIDEO1966 Ha, Barrrat housing for you lol

[@PDSVIDEO1966]

+Chris Longhurst The block work in my attic is exactly the same,slapped up no pride and you do see that every time you go up there

[@Ash21Scotland]

Oright, thank god we didnt use polyfiller then. Mum bought a tub of concrete yesterday. So we tried that on one of the bricks yesterday afternoon. to see wot it turned out like. well its a lil better than wot it looked like anyways. but we still have a whole lot more bricks to do lol. :/ But these other bricks to do, because they're all on an edge, sometimes the comcrete runs off the edge. So we need some sorta thing there to stop that from dripping, we dont know wot? We didnt wanna chissel away anything, coz like u said we are not builders or experienced in that area lol. We're just two females wanting a small job done and wanting a quick fix.After wall has been concreted it'll just be a paint job after that.

[@foundationgood123]

You could always nail or screw a batten on the wall and that will stop the cement running down....mix the compound so it isn't runny, you want it like whipped cream!

[@Ash21Scotland]

Yeah i know today i tried making it like it was one of my protein shakes, so i started off with 200ml water, then added the powder, and stirred and stirred. But it just stayed runny and watery, i added more and more powder loadsa times, was still watery lol. I gave up and just poured it on anyways, since i was only using a a small bowl to stir it in, and it was filling up pretty close :p. But its done now and settling. It did run a bit but i washed the runnyness off wall with a brush and hot soapy water, and it was fine ;) Just wait till tomorrow now to do more of it :D

[@RoderickSpoke]

Transform the house.

[@johnd9541]

Rotary hammer with a mortar chisel works best

[@matthewbarrett5863]

If you're ever in Canada I have a job for you. :-)

[@chavezrocker7738]

It must of been his own house because a bricky today is £250 labour alone it must’ve cost him 150 quid for his materials

[@oldmanfromyork]

You did that for 150??? up here in York I would charged 300 for that. And I'd bet my bottom dollar I'd get the job.

[@foundationgood123]

+oldmanfromyork hahahaha this is Stoke matey, we're all poor!!!

[@oldmanfromyork]

+Chris Longhurst Haha fair play fella. Tidy job you did too. Those Londons always fail like that, normally on garden walls, especially if they are walled in rock hard OPC. Best with a weaker lime opc mortar so moisture in the bricks can escape through the joints rather than freeze in the bricks themselves.

[@vistron888]

Tradesmen in London want £150 just to suck in air.

[@lukestagg2138]

Good job, too cheap though!

[@njuham]

Those freeze blocks look dodgy.

[@foundationgood123]

+njuham LOL

[@leslietravis3079]

Easy smash it down.and start again..

[@foundationgood123]

Yep, trades know what they're doing

[@Dibley8899]

£250 at least

[@vivalaleta]

In this technological age why can we not repair spalled bricks is some easier, less expensive way?

[@5084204]

2:56 - very shitty - and actually against the good praxis - type of the corner blocks joint. That is not the way how the blocks should be joined - ever!

[@foundationgood123]

Yeh, we wouldn't do that would we....Barratt housing built in 1980 lol

[@kierenboimufc5940]

Are them bricks LBC ? Worst brick in the world

[@chavezrocker7738]

No way it was 150 bullshit

[@gareththornton3395]

seems a bit expensive

[@howardgilmour8464]

Seems like good value and for good workmanship too. I say he's earned it.