How To Lay Block Pillars

[@RichardFortin77]

Great Work . . . Nice Attitude ! ! !

[@masonthemason6412]

Thanks

[@carlosz9553]

Very good video 👍👍👍

[@langmussen3169]

Your vids are great! love seeing the attention to detail

[@masonthemason6412]

Thank you!!

[@abhiramsharama8916]

Excellent job

[@masonthemason6412]

Thank you!!

[@stvdmc2011]

great informative video....much appreciated.

[@masonthemason6412]

Thank you!

[@TARWERG]

That's clean 👌 work thank you for sharing

[@masonthemason6412]

Thanks!!

[@appleforever6664]

You should always use orange rebar caps for safety! All in all, great project videos.

[@hopeandmarkhoffman]

Do you fill the columns? Great video, thanks

[@masonthemason6412]

Yes, but someone else did that part. I just laid the block for the general contractor and left. Sometimes I only do one part of a job, and someone else comes in and does the other parts

[@MRShanno21]

Thanks mate

[@michaelbennett9090]

You use a string to range in all your columns? Very important if you want them to line up

[@michaelbennett9090]

Only on first course. If you keep it plumb they'll all line up if you range first one in

[@masonthemason6412]

We used a chalk line on the pad to get them lined up

[@TishaRicks]

Good job! Where can I get square blocks from like those?

[@heatherwesner4250]

how did you put the rebar in?

[@xmortale]

Where do you het those blocks?

[@originaldanman]

You almost got it right. At least with the rough cobs we have here in S. Fl. you can only plumb 3 corners from 2nd course on up. 2 corners on one side and one on the next side as your doing it, there's no need to put a level on that 4th side, it's a waste of time. Just plumb both sides of the side you want to keep looking the best, and one corner of the 2nd side just like a jam.

[@nl-ds2ov]

Where are you located brother?

[@masonthemason6412]

Pennsylvania hbu

[@jonathanjacobo612]

If you wanted a 6-8ft pillar how high would you recommend the rebar?

[@masonthemason6412]

I like the rebar to be down 4 in from top of block. That way rebar is in every block

[@jeantan7970]

What size is the block for pillar

[@masonthemason6412]

16in x 16in

[@mandingo6821]

What boots you supporting.

[@mandingo6821]

Are they Ariats

[@masonthemason6412]

They are caterpillar

[@dtm7909]

Question….with just a little bit of figuring couldn’t you have eliminated those tiny cuts on top? Possibly make a bigger mud joint on the bottom and slightly bigger joints in the other courses ? Those blocks will probably be filled and covered with stone so no one would ever see slightly bigger joints ?? Maybe start at the column where the stone was on the wall and hit that height without making a cut and then level your way around ??? I’m just learning and wondering …

[@HavardiYah]

HI guys thank for this video very helpful.. I do have a beginner question but here goes. Q: Once the first course blocks is plum. Could we let it dry before laying the other courses or not a good Idea and why please. Could you name the type of leveling beep device you used?

[@masonthemason6412]

You can do that. But once it’s laid I’m just careful with the mud and moving the top block around so I don’t bump the bottom

[@masonthemason6412]

Laser level

[@HavardiYah]

@@masonthemason6412 Thank you so much Mason wish you was in Georgia ... But very helpful for me.

[@richardgarcia2537]

Whats the name of block and size? great work too.

[@masonthemason6412]

Chimney block. I'm pretty sure they are 15⅝ in each side

[@earlrussell1026]

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[@johnmack4351]

nice job Mason. how old are you btw?

[@masonthemason6412]

Thanks. I'm 21

[@TheScotts0707]

I was taught by my granddad he was a brick mason and I was taught way different.

[@masonthemason6412]

I'd very much like to learn your way. I learn new things all the time. This is how I was showed how to do it. I learned from 4 different guys and picked up tricks from all of them. Everyone does something different, can't learn too much right?

[@michealbarnes66]

This guy in the video knows EXACTLY how to do it. Impressive

[@zeebee3606]

Damn who made that soup?? Lol Make the hoddy add a bag of dry mix in and shake it up so he learns not to do it again

[@masonthemason6412]

Hahaha my brother did it. He's usually really good with it because he's full time mud man. The sand buckets got left in the rain so they were really wet. He didn't know that. Everytime we start a batch we throw half a bucket of water in the mixer so it doesn't stall. The sand was so wet we didn't need any water haha. It was windy and hot so it was good for him. It stiffened up by the time I was ready for my second course

[@youngmasonry]

I would of got labourer to add more sand and cement to the wet mix and dry it up instead of waiting for it to dry

[@masonthemason6412]

I only had this much mortar

[@Ezahne]

No crackers with that soup

[@cheshstyles]

Just put some drier in it lol especially when the slab is sloped

[@masonthemason6412]

Yeah that too lol. We just had a lot of space to spread, and it set up in like 5 minutes once it was out in the wind

[@cheshstyles]

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[@danielbentley6000]

Alright so

[@masonthemason6412]

Hahaha yeah I say that too much. I've been cutting them out in my recent videos 🤣

[@DIYSCOTT]

@@masonthemason6412 Hahaha I also say that every time when I start filming and trim it out. Great work!

[@masonthemason6412]

It's hard not to say it haha. Thank you!

[@pre-eminentoutdoors2457]

Dry powder

[@coltonnixon1046]

or go get you a shovel of sand and a half shovel of mortar and put it in or mortar pan and get that shit right so you can get to work

[@masonthemason6412]

What happens when you only brought one batch of mud?

[@masonthemason6412]

If we had the material no problem. We didn't

[@coltonnixon1046]

well considering you still have to stone it you would think there would be more mortar.but hey if that's all you had that's all you had.

[@coltonnixon1046]

your other comment blamed it on wet buckets

[@coltonnixon1046]

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[@jamiewatkinson4123]

When you plumb go all the way down with the level not half way up it's not accurate if u want to be plumb. Good job though

[@mathusvaiaoga9787]

Why is it important to level only 2 sides instead of all?

[@masonthemason6412]

The blocks aren't perfect, they won't ever be exactly level or plum, there's always a happy medium. The way I do it there's no medium and I have a perfect corner from bottom to top. You can only have 2 good sides on the block. It is almost impossible to make them all level and plum. This way at least one corner is perfect as high as I can lay them

[@63flight]

@@masonthemason6412 I like when you grab old chimney blocks from the shop and the new ones on the job are slightly different and the boss says just fudge it. 🙄 I don't miss it.

[@masonthemason6412]

@@63flight that's great haha. I never had to do that one yet lol. Sounds pretty terrible

[@coltonnixon1046]

lol.its all the time size piece so he only has to plumb for left and right and front to back by two sides

[@coltonnixon1046]

just what ever sides you pick to plumb you keep plumbing those sides.other wise you might be fighting it more than you need to

[@CrustyAbsconder]

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