HOW TO... Lay Sills | BRICKLAYING AUSTRALIA

[@user-xd6xb5xm7g]

Your brickwork is art work ,watched during lunch enjoy the holiday mate 🤙

[@ignacioguzman9567]

Every time after I watch your videos I'm felling more confident to build my own house lol, you're an exquisite professional bricklayer and teacher. Well done !

[@MaxedWayOut]

Thanks! Planning to -fix- a sill that has been cracked by my front door for many years - "homeowner - do it yourself". I had success replacing three bricks over my garage that had ugly holes from an old basketball backboard many years ago. So...I have the nerve to attempt to fix the sill on my house (about 12 bricks) by my front door. Its covered by a large overhang and out of the weather...so...thinking no concerns with "weep holes" or "flashing". Lots of careful measurement planning and more your example showed me - and - the buttering of various bricks and mud placement gives me confidence I can handle my little job.

[@nikond90]

Incredible craftsmanship mate!

[@iggyguzman4359]

Ty is really a bricklayer fine artist. Well done mate !

[@sltgirl219]

You both work hard. ENJOY your holiday!

[@samhoppe5283]

Hey ty. Im new in australia and finding your vedeos really helpful for a bit of inside knowledge before i start work as things are always different. Little tip: when i lay two sills close together and same height i would lay both cills at the same time with one line. Lay two bricks on one end of sill 1. Then lay 2 bricks also next to eachother on the opisite end of sill 2. ( saves bricks mooving when the line is tighter) have the line set just above the bricks, then brick the line down each end. Lay both sills at the same time. Twice as fast to set up + looks spot on when ranging through both sills at eye sight when completed. 👍🤙

[@bricksbyty]

Hey there! Thanks for that, I’ll keep it in mind! Welcome to Australia!

[@francescoschiavo7315]

Good video mate. I learnt some good tips on laying sills. Thank you

[@morganazzopardi2187]

Really good video. Wish I had this video when I was a apprentice bricky. I would search Google and yt for info as my boss didn't wanna teach me...but no luck. Oh well good for future generations. 👏

[@bricksbyty]

Exactly why we're doing it! Thanks for watching!

[@tonystockbridge6007]

Really good, straightforward explanations. Great stuff ✅

[@NY_AF]

Nice video mate, hoping to see a gauge howto vid! Enjoy ya holiday

[@bricksbyty]

Will try to do it soon! And thanks, well deserved I think!

[@rkhorst2763]

Ty, you are a natural teacher! Well done my friend. Can I ask, what do you call the flexible molding bridging the gap between the window frame and the brick sill? I cannot find it anywhere in the US.

[@p.maesthetics7154]

Very fun video,cool to watch man,and don't worry if you have a short 5 minute video or something like that, sometimes that might actually be more convenient at times👍love the videos keep em coming

[@bricksbyty]

Thanks for that! We'll keep 'em coming!

[@tcardinal95]

Nice job!

[@niconelson3526]

Where do you get your brickwork gauge rod from?

[@johncunningham5799]

Nice job must be hard working in the sun

[@bricksbyty]

Sure is! Thanks for watching the video!

[@gungi4764]

Nice vid

[@nzidiouskiwi9138]

Why use gray mud ?

[@LastPinster]

Why is there a little gap with no mud in it in the bricks? I am asking because I am thick...😀 Edit Is it an expansion joint ? If so does it get filled in later I'm confused?

[@bricksbyty]

Correct!

[@LastPinster]

@@bricksbyty Hi there, so you just fill it with the same mud later? I thought it was maybe for sparkies or something .. Anyway cheers 👍

[@bricksbyty]

An expansion foam gets placed inside that gap and the exterior gets filled with caulking to allow for any movement of the building overtime.

[@Aufbauen]

I need to half close in a window. How do I remove a brick sill?

[@bricksbyty]

Hit the sill from the bottom and it should come off

[@mustafayousaf8851]

👌

[@ahadkhuram2963]

That was not bad I'm Bricklayer too mate

[@bricksbyty]

Thanks mate!

[@Minefrsatisfact2261]

How good u r doesnt matter u need to use the line mucch quicker

[@IND2CAD]

Hey josh, is it you..??? Do you remember adam, that indian guy working with you, when you start this trade with us.. You looks like my mate joshua... 😉😉

[@bricksbyty]

I think you have me confused for someone else, sorry mate. I'm Ty!

[@anjanabanda]

Which city?

[@bricksbyty]

Melbourne!

[@scottfranklin4541]

Have trowel, will travel. Tell your aunts, cousins & sisters to set me up with a friend

[@johnlion1732]

Show us the new apprentice

[@alisharif1997]

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[@aussie8114]

Never understood why they get you to put weep holes under a single story widow when there are weep holes down the bottom. Crazy engineers. You would likely only be familiar with houses on slabs because almost all houses are on slabs these days, but when doing the sills on a house with a timber subfloor ( which includes the first story windows of a house on a slab ) you should slide a packer in under the rubber seal so you end up with a gap between the top edge of the sill brick and the underside of the window frame. This allows for subfloor shrinkage which will over time allow the window frames to be pulled down. How much gap depends on A. The builders opinion, B. What type of subfloor timbers are used. Engineered Timbers shrink less than some other timbers. A 4mm Masonite packer can be used or some 6mm cement sheet pieces. You pull those packers out once the sill is laid and the bed joint gone off enough that the sills won’t move around. In the good old days when OBH (unseasoned ordinary builders hardwood) was used as the subfloor timbers you could literally get an inch of height shrinkage. That’s why you will see in many old homes the sills are cracked and lifting. OBH is no longer used in place of KD hardwood or engineered timbers but you still get a little shrinkage. Not that many do it but this is also why ideally any gas or water pipe coming out of a wall in these same scenarios should have a flexible opening around them, not hard mortared.

[@bricksbyty]

Thanks for sharing your experiences in the trade. Definitely helps us younger bricklayers grasp a piece of history, and perhaps a learning lesson from the trade too.

[@myronsmith2114]

Stone sills last longer

[@Shannonhikes]

Why do you wear gloves?

[@bricksbyty]

I used to not wear gloves, but over time my hands started reacting badly to the cement/dust/brick so I just wear gloves now.

[@craigheath8458]

Bricklaying is "NOT A TRADE ", it's a "DISEASE "!

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