HURDING PIGS TO GET THIS JOB SPOT ON..EXTENSIOIN BUILD PT 2

[@jimgeelan5949]

I know you have a lot of subscribers and ive only just joined. but all the build up to this video 😮 and ive only managed the first 8mins !! the music is outrageous bad 😮 and the sound levels are silly, cant understand half of what you are saying , im sorry but im out. Maybe others need to tell the truth the same as me 😊

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Bye 👋🏾

[@jimgeelan5949]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild😂 ooo cant take reality 😮 another bloody builder, take the money/cream and gone.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

I said bye , I thought you were out Bye again 🤡👋🏾👋🏾

[@liamking524]

I like the music that you are playing on this video today while you’re doing the brickwork for the extension

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽🕺🏽

[@kenreed7388]

Well I like the music, and your work, i really feel for dad, i know exactly what he’s talking about, saying he can lift the weight, but he can’t walk with it. I had the same problem, like him i had a good son lifting and carrying, well done to you both, i had to wait 2 years to get mine, hope you don’t have wait for too much longer.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks very much Ken , 2 years is grim, I’m up to 20 months now but the pain started in 2020 😔🧱👍🏽

[@MrUTuber001]

Thank you Steve & Alex, another job very well done.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks very much 🧱👍🏽

[@davidstanley5298]

great job Guys well done

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers David 🧱👍🏽

[@KevinMather-h5n]

Jeez tough going with that hip Steve good team work got the job done well done 😊

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Kevin 🧱👍🏽

[@KingstonHomeMaintenance]

I can't imagine the pain Steve you are going through, your lad is a blessing ❤

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

He really is Mike and Chris at home 🏠 🥹😍🧱👍🏽

[@GRS1903]

Unbelievable amount of work that gives you😮

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Certainly does 😒🧱👍🏽

[@cyrildoherty6143]

Well done, a really neat job again, best wishes.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks 🙏🏽 🧱👍🏽

[@goldentrowel1968]

Great job guys thanks for sharing

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers buddy 🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@mickshillito2199]

Thanks

[@mickshillito2199]

Feel for you Steve 😢 needs must x

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Mick 🥹🙏🏾🧱👍🏽

[@garytaylor2914]

Good men, I hope you get this op soon

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Me too 😔😢🧱👍🏽

[@robertmorris5214]

Great video guy's, keep looking out for your dad Alex

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Robert , I’m blessed to have Alex 🥹😍🧱👍🏽

[@jackranger5476]

Well done Steve and Alex another top job from the pair of you, feel bad for you Steve must be really hard for you. Hope you get your op soon fingers crossed for you 🤞🤞👍👍👍🧱🧱🧱🧱

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Jack pal 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

[@johncoppock3823]

Another great job for international pig rescue. Hope they can get the slab level now. Should there be a building standard on the level of the concrete? (No means to rectify though in the concrete layer). If it were my project I'd feel obliged to pay you extra for sorting all that and doing such a good job to get it back on the level. Take care.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks very much John 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽

[@srlstephen8465]

Another great job by you two.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers 🧱👍🏽

[@williamgiffin3436]

Never walk empty handed! I like that one.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

👌🏼🧱👍🏽

[@darrencarwardine3230]

Especially when clearing out of a job

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

👌🏼🧱👍🏽🧹

[@stevebeal73]

Great stuff! If the house has a suspended floor, why not a suspended floor for the extension? Good luck with the hips Steve - I had 2 new ones 4 years ago and haven't looked back!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

👍🏽👍🏽🧱cheers

[@kevincorbin6273]

Well done!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Kevin 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

[@tonydalton6756]

I've got bone on bone & rely on my son to do the heavy shifting. I can't imagine what it's like doing a full shift. I have to do one hour on one hour off. You must be made of tough stuff pal. Great work yet again lads.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Sorry to hear that Tony , not fun at all 😩🧱👍🏽

[@GraeMatterz]

Steve and Alex, I just discovered your channel through the magic of the algorithm. New subscriber. Not much brickwork is done in my area so I'm enjoying seeing how it's done. In going thru the older vids I ran across this project. Steve lamenting about the collar being 20% of the cost of the whole vent got me wondering: Is there a reason you don't modify the pipe to make a bell end (heat gun to slightly soften the end of the pipe then slipping the warmed pipe over the periscope end and letting it cool in place)? Is it a code thing in the UK? Hope you can get your turn in the queue for your hip sooner rather than later. (I'll be needing to have the same done but need to push it off for a couple of years until I can get a supplemental healthcare plan when I turn 65, so I empathize.) Best wishes!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Hi pal and welcome to the channel 🙌🏽.Dont wait too long and get yourself fit before as recovery is brutal . Best of luck my friend 🤞🏼🧱👍🏼

[@GraeMatterz]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Thanks for the reply. I read your comments in another video that you were scheduled for your replacement on Jan 8th. Have you had your surgery yet? If so, I hope it's turned out well and that you are able to heal quickly without complications. 🩹 Were you able to get the anterior procedure where the incision is in the front versus the back? The recovery is 1-2 weeks because no muscles are cut versus the 6-ish weeks with the conventional rear incision when the muscles are cut in the back. I've found a surgeon that is the only one that does this approach in my area. He did a family member's hips and they were back at work within 2 weeks after each procedure at a physical job. I'll be using that Dr. for my hips as well as both my knees. Will have to have my left knee replaced first as I blew it out 40 years ago when I was a long-haul trucker and had to change careers because I could no longer drive a clutch. (I heard you say that you got to the point you couldn't drive the van to jobs that were far away as the clutch overworked your hip. Ugh! That's familiar!) I've had corrective surgery on that knee twice since then, but was too young for a replacement. Currently, I can't use that knee to take stairs and walk with a cane. That's how I wore out my right hip, by compensating. I'm looking at the beginning of 2026 to do that knee after I get my Medicare supplement that will cover most of my 20% share of the cost that Medicare doesn't cover. It's about 2 months of recovery after the knee surgery before I can get my hip done. Then right knee followed by left hip. Hopefully I can get them all done the same year. I'll be the Bionic Woman by the time I'm done. 🦾 ~Blessings.❤‍🩹

[@philglover2973]

It's looking good lads awesome job 😊

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Phil 🧱👍🏽🤜🏽🤛🏽

[@davebarrow2194]

Great video again lads👍I won't mention ya bad hip steve cos you must get sick of all the comments about it.Everyone cares cos you are a sound bloke mate.Take care both of you.Alex your a cracking son😁

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Dave for that lovely comment 🥹🙏🏽🧱👍🏽

[@robwhitfield6936]

Great job guys. Any updates on your hip replacement yet?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks Rob … nope 😔🧱👍🏽

[@KevinMather-h5n]

Top work lads 😊

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

[@johnrobinson8364]

I like your reference to breed of pig Gloucester old spot.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽

[@davecooke914]

Great job Steve and Alex give them miss ever put levels in made your job so much harder great work as always 👍👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers Dave 😒🧱👍🏽

[@johnmehaffey9953]

One of the first things I was told when serving my time was never walk onto the building empty handed, there’s always something needed and even transferred this at home my wife and kids were told don’t go upstairs empty handed if something is needed take it with you don’t put the onus on someone else, hate it when I’d to go onto others work the amount of pigs i had to fix even on a multi million pound job , just because others didn’t take pride in their work and then jacked it in , super work again guys

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers John 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

[@mickblower]

Hello John, I have exactly the same mentality as you. I have been told that I am O.C.D. because I as a gas engineer always looked around when I went back and forth to the van to see if I had finished with something that is no longer needed and can be put away. I was also a tidy freak, customers were always surprised when after fitting say a gas fire, I would bring in a Hoover and a plastic box with polish and cloths in to clean up 😂😂😂😂

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@mickblower 👏🏽👏🏽😁🧱👍🏽

[@malcolmsutton6740]

Uncoil your extension lead all the way, it may get hot if you don’t.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😬🧱👍🏽

[@laurencerussell3947]

Hello Steve another great effort by you both,please can l ask have you had a date for your hip replacement yet ?? Regards to you both.👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks Laurence , no not yet 😔🧱👍🏽

[@eddieMurphy11111]

if I lived closer, I would have fixed you that mixer, but never mind, I am laid up at the moment, so have not been on the computer. This is a bad dose of Flu but I will get over it, but it is nice to see some decent brickwork, unlike that across the road. no membrain under the floor and lots of other problems but the so called builders have not been here for 3 days I think because of the snow

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Jeez that is just awful 😞 🧱👍🏽

[@samhamilton-iv9pl]

Hello, to make the job easier for Steve to walk around just shovel the gravel on the inside of the footing to level it off, should only take five or ten minutes. Cheers

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽

[@snudge9626]

Nice work lads. Steve we can all see you are really struggling to work with your hip problem. Are you on the waiting list with the NHS to get this sorted?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Yes mate 19 months and counting 😢🧱👍🏽

[@ianhoward4246]

🐖🐖oh happy daze ... don't worry gents soon be time for turkey 🦃 gobble gobble 🎅🎅🎅

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

33 days 😳🧱👍🏽

[@SteveBernard42]

Spot on as always, quality work. Shame some other bugger made so much more work for you!

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Yes Steve cost us a load of grief and extra time Cost them nowt 😔🧱👍🏽

[@sgtmark8844]

Man Steve you need that hip fixed. No fun to work in pain. But I will say you don’t let the pain get in the way of delivering quality work. Cheers mates

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Cheers mark . I am so ready now 😔🧱👍🏽

[@rossnolan2883]

😊😊😊😊

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🙌🏽🙌🏽🧱👍🏽

[@alidavemason4417]

I'm surprised the circular saw doesn't have a brake on it so it stops almost straight away instead of keep spinning.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

The new model does 🧱👍🏽

[@scoyle1750]

Not easy as you get older but must be a nightmare with a hip injury

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

It really is pal 🧱👍🏽😞

[@chrisvvvvbbbb]

I see that you always seem to put slab foundations in, do you ever do crawl space foundations.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Never 🧱👍🏽

[@chrisvvvvbbbb]

It's interesting to see the differences and similarity in the construction from one side of the world to the other. Great videos.

[@waynemoate9401]

Is it your knee or hip that gives you pain?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Both now 😒👍🏽🧱

[@jamesowen1847]

great akward job when not your own founds

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Soul destroying mate 😒🧱👍🏽

[@rickryan9520]

You got block on block. Why?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

You always do a re set on top of the trench

[@Степкавоин]

What's wrong with your leg? Is it a professional injury? I'm watching you from Russia

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

I am waiting for a hip replacement . I’ve been waiting for 20 months so I’m in unbearable pain now . Thanks for watching and commenting 🙏🏽👍🏽🧱

[@Michael-j7n9m]

Is it the same guys doing the floor who did the foundation?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Floor was spot on because they had our straight walls to follow 😒🧱👍🏽

[@seanjohnson4306]

Why not a block to make up ur gauge

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

A block ? 🧱👍🏽

[@jamesowen1847]

you should never keep the extension wire rolled up it over heats just a sugestion

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽

[@DavePal-r1v]

Do you think you could qualify for PIP it’s not income related and you can still work get the CAB and they will help you

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Never looked into it to be honest 🤔🧱👍🏽

[@richardpawlowski4540]

Before Stihl saws became common place how did old time brickies solve problems like that? I cannot imagine splitting bricks like that was easy with only a hammer and chisel to work with.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Certainly wasn’t 😒🧱👍🏽

[@brickrightbuildinglandscaping]

You guys always get a pig .hope you charged for it steve lot of crap to right that mate . You and me can retire together 😂👍💯

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

No mate another balls up fixed on me . I am a mug to be fair 😒. Sounds good Justin 🥳👏🏽👏🏽🧱👍🏽

[@lestertennysonsmith-xw2fm]

Follow on comment,really worked out in gettig rid of it mate,

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🧱👍🏽

[@nmb46]

Non bricklayer here! What is a "pig" please?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

When there are a different number of courses at each end of your wall ( Bricky a nightmare) 😫🧱👍🏽

[@lestertennysonsmith-xw2fm]

Caused by footings being at least 75mm out of level

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@lestertennysonsmith-xw2fm 🧱👍🏽

[@bigjohn1236]

A pig, a grunter, whatever you want to call it is when the foundation or the brickwork itself is out of level by atleast the height of a brick. In other words to get a level wall you will have four bricks on one end and five on the other. I probably didn't explain it very well. As they say, anyone can get a pig in the wall, but it takes a bricklayer to figure out how to fix it.

[@AWSmith1955]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild when we get the bond off by half a brick on either side of a doorway and OOPS! they don't meet over the doorway my mason friends i grew up with called that a "hog in the wall" in the sixties. When are you getting that hip replacement? first i heard about your hip was over a year and a half ago.

[@lestertennysonsmith-xw2fm]

Didnt realise someone else put footings in causing the problem

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Yup 😒🧱👍🏽

[@paulsharp2492]

It was very upsetting the footings weren't level bad start

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Certainly was 😫🧱👍🏽

[@jackharrison2785]

outof focis

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Must be your end mate . Check your settings and wi fi . We film and upload in 4 k with an auto focus camera . It’s never out of focus

[@riptiz]

Footings aren’t that difficult to lay if you put pegs in, just need to think a bit instead of jumping in. Obviously those that did this one didn’t.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

They certainly didn’t 🤢🤦🏻🧱👍🏽

[@kevinryan3062]

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😬👍🏽🧱

[@stephenthatcher6883]

Steve isn't about time you got your hip sorted shame on the nhs

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

😔😔🧱👍🏽

[@johntovey3928]

Steve, When are you getting your surgery? You need to rest

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

That’s the question nobody will tell me the answer to unfortunately. I can’t tell you how much I want to stop 😔👍🏽🧱

[@rayterry8599]

Does he sleep with ear defenders on pointing up no noise

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Yes

[@Michael-j7n9m]

I take it you haven’t had your hip surgery yet

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Nope and this was 3 months ago 😩🧱👍🏽

[@Michael-j7n9m]

We can all see how much you’re struggling, hopefully you’ll get a date soon 🤞

[@Dyfiwildlifephotography]

Why is the op taking so long..my father had his done within 9 months

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

19 months and counting

[@Dyfiwildlifephotography]

@SteveAndAlexBuild Try gobowen just outside oswestry

[@johnrobinson8364]

Working on uneven surface is not good for anyone it bad for you you good easy get a twisted ankle

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Or my hip 😫🧱👍🏽

[@richardmarley3064]

Poor excuse u should off level up on first block coarse

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Yeah what ever

[@TyphoonVstrom]

Yeah, pie cut those massive blocks, or small bricks? No brainer, the small ones. I bet the only thing you've ever laid is cable.

[@anthonypowell3869]

Are you related to Jacob Marley: the ghost that haunts Ebenezer Scrooge? I guess it runs in the family. Soon be Christmas.

[@eddjordan2399]

@@SteveAndAlexBuild so easy to type int Mr Marley. Dude get your dad to get his hip sorted! big love guys.

[@martin2466]

@richardmarley3064 I have two word for you - seek help. You clearly fell out of the stupid tree, and hit every branch on the way down... What were you thinking writing a comment like that? If brains were taxed, you would clearly be due a massive rebate....! And before you decide to troll someones channel - learn some basic spelling and grammar otherwise you just make yourself look like a 🤡 So Richard, or may I call you "Dick".? Do engage your two brain cells next time...🖕🖕🖕👍

[@AndyA-z3u]

Really not that difficult a job to sort the levels, you lot are spoilt

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

If you say so 🤣🤣

[@shahidfarooq9803]

Hi Steve &Alex I enjoy watching your video guys I love your music & very nice job guys keeping up the very exact work like away the time guys too ❤👷‍♂️💪🧱😉👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Thanks very much 🧱👍🏽

[@shahidfarooq9803]

@SteveAndAlexBuild on problem maite 😉👍

[@DannyHarris-vc4ct]

Hi Steve and Alex I understand now how concrete footing odd levels become a brain ache and taking more time and labour and having to slice bricks to get the correct levels, another point is What the hell is wrong with these bloody asinine Trolls have they missed their raw meat and chew bones ?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

🤣🤣. Cheers Danny 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

[@simonwaterhouse7323]

Would it not of been easier bedding slate in bottom and raising your trench? Not critiquing great job 🧱🧱

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

No not possible unfortunately 😒🧱👍🏽

[@steves1460]

@@SteveAndAlexBuildHi buddy, i’m not a builder but just interested as to why that is? Those thin slivers of brick would seem to be really weak and easy to snap and yet, they are taking the full weight of the build. It seems that there is no limit to how thin you can cut the brick horizontally, other than what the cutting tool will allow?

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

@steves1460 the bricks are very strong under compression 🧱🧱