Laying bricks for beginners

[@Pobsta-de7hb]

funny isnt it, when you have done something so long and are extremely good like this, it is so hard to show somebody in slow motion or even at times explain how and what you do, you just do it lol but this was an excellent video and explained great!

[@BuildingwithBudd]

You are spot on with your observation 👏👏👍

[@democrasywins]

60 years on this planet I've worked in almost all the trades now trying brick laying I watched 20 video's your the first I've seen butter the ends the way I do (no point ) thanks for confirmation and improvement on my technique , I've learnt alot also by what you don't say- just watching .thanks great video's

[@chrisholmes8250]

Little tip for you - you really should be using a wall starter on a job like this. I guess every day is a learning day, even for an experienced pro like you. Keep practicing, you’ll get there!

[@joecrisco7944]

I once had a mason tender he use to put marbels in my mud-but bricklayers are hard to find these days-but did me well when i retired from the bricklayers union in america-thanks for the video.

[@ianherbertson2344]

Could watch your video's all day as 45 years as a joiner one of the best brickies I've seen well done

[@harryhall6749]

Joiner here to and also find it fascinating

[@Outdoorshuntingshooting]

interesting way of doing the ends, i do a small amount of brick work and this looks to be a good way to get a consistent vertical gap.

[@ANPennsylvania]

I love how it's just 2 tenured blokes just out here living life. Keep on keepin on.

[@BuildingwithBudd]

👍

[@noodlesiis]

Budd.. Just to say thanks.. Always struggled with my mix.. Tried your method with the little drop of magic in a bottle and WOW! it came out like soft butter, truly bootifull boy! Made everything so much easier .. So Thank you mte.. Now, “Have you gotta light boy.. ? “

[@BuildingwithBudd]

That’s rite boi 👍👍

[@joefowler9600]

Thats great perping that is. You see so many bricklayers who have never mastered the art of perping up. They chuck down bricks super quick and think they are super trowels, but can't get a full perp!

[@BuildingwithBudd]

Well said 👍

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

What’s perping?

[@hakimislam6218]

@@StillAliveAndKicking_ Applying the head joints.

[@jeffreybresnahan]

I can still hear my two old bricklaying colleague's telling me to "Stop fucking about with that mix, and get some bricks laid?" 😊

[@heroicflawzyt3610]

3 weeks I left after starting the worst job I ever had

[@hectorheath9742]

Hi budd, I came here looking how to lay down the mortar by moving the trowel side-to-side. You've nailed it for me, many thanks. Your mortar is lovely and fluid, mixing by hand I'm not getting quite that consistency, but then I think the 'building sand' I purchased is more toward sharp sand.

[@BuildingwithBudd]

Try and buy a mixer and get some decent building sand, best of luck, thanks for watching the videos 😄👍

[@frostevans1988]

Hi,studying in college now,hope so will be good like this lad in future,thanks for that video its useful

[@BuildingwithBudd]

Many thanks for watching, learn off everyone, keep trying you will get there, go for it, 👍👏🧱

[@frostevans1988]

@@BuildingwithBudd appreciate

[@DeHoeveOldBelgianFarm]

Very nice and easy to follow ‘how-to’ video for beginners 👍🏻 I plan to build the mailbox out of bricks myself, so your video will be very handy :-) thanks for sharing your experience!

[@BuildingwithBudd]

Excellent! Thanks for the feedback

[@TheTb11111111]

“Do that, get that there and get that like that, and a bit of that”

[@markanderson6969]

Good to see that actually rolling the mortar is still an important skill, to many people don't bother👍would be good to see a video on your tool kit budd

[@BuildingwithBudd]

I like the idea, we'll see if we can do that in the future

[@TheIdlesurfer]

I'm a reasonably handy bloke. I can turn my hand to most simple jobs. But watching a skilled bricklayer makes me know there are some skills only time and practice give a person. Bricklaying is one (I was a hoddie many years ago) but so is videography. The bricklaying is definitely better!

[@BuildingwithBudd]

😃👍

[@jumboturn]

Hi Budd, thanks for the video. Helped me a lot… admittedly I was about 60 or more times slower and more messy but I made the conservatory step fairly well. Thanks again 👍🏽

[@BuildingwithBudd]

Well done it’s not as easy as it looks, many thanks for watching our video, 👏👏👍

[@MrCobbsalad]

This is a better method of buttering the brick for me as a novice but still not mastered it. Laying the beds pretty easy in comparison. A brilliant video, great help

[@BuildingwithBudd]

Keep at it and you will master it 🙏

[@hbpw857]

Anybody slating this video has no clue .this man is old school and old school will forever be supreme the technique and skill he uses the buttering of the brick is perfect size same as the bed,you will be laying bricks with flow and ease this way.pick and dip like Charlie collision and make a fking mess !! Build corners roll ya muck and drink cider

[@BuildingwithBudd]

That’s rite boi 👍

[@jenkotheracoon7215]

All day I’ve been buttering the edges of blocks ready for my mate to lay. I had never handled a trowel before(well not properly).this way helps a lot. Roll that muck!

[@BuildingwithBudd]

👍

[@fredflintstone1428]

Is there a reason you didn't use a tie system to tie the new wall with the existing?

[@chrisholmes8250]

Because he’s a cowboy

[@andymaciver1760]

It's on the back

[@SamuelEgan-u5r]

@@chrisholmes8250 you called him an experienced pro in your other comment? Are you bipolar 🤪

[@kenpie474]

Good to see frog up 😊

[@BuildingwithBudd]

👍

[@jezzyby47]

Any chance you could do a video showing some repair work, like for example if someone has knocked bricks out of the middle of a wall and you want to replace them. Is it just the same as this? How do you get the last brick in etc, also for repairing holes where a boiler flue has to be bricked back up when changing old boilers or water heaters with the square flues to a newer round flue for example. I have no idea how you would fill the gaps etc.

[@BuildingwithBudd]

👍

[@toddavis8603]

Thanks Budd------you are good at masonry.

[@adriancullender1426]

It’s a pleasure to watch you work. Thanks for the tips 👍😎

[@BuildingwithBudd]

Thanks 👍

[@paulj3653]

Really good video from a experienced tradesman. Very friendly and informative.

[@jeremyfoster6942]

Why is the brickwork not tied into the abutment wall? Why is there no slot cut or blackjack to stop damp transference through the wall?

[@chrisholmes8250]

Because he has no idea what he’s doing.

[@bengreen1262]

Really good video - rolling the muck had to be done if your not using plasticiser or lime with gritty sand (render sand). The advantage is with gritty sand is you wont be repointing gables and chimneys for 100 years - however you still have to fill the perps - seen plenty of popped perps on supermarket builds high up 4 years old......keep up the good work Budd

[@MarcusT86]

Great work, Budd. Ignore the trolls. Loving your vids mate. OLD BOY STYLE!

[@David-bl1bt]

a very informative and useful video by a true craftsman. you make it look so easy! I think that getting the mix to the correct consistency is crucial but is something I can't seem to get right. it is either too sloppy that it falls off the trowel and slops down the brick wall face, or too stiff necessitating using a hammer to 'force' the brick level. then sometimes the mortar is setting too quick when laying the brick so I have to take the brick off, scrape the mortar off and do it again, very frustrating. can you share your tips on achieving the perfect mortar consistency please?

[@BuildingwithBudd]

David thanks for watching, if you look through our videos we have one on how to mix mortar, remember you have to be very patience, many thanks for watching, hope this helps 👍👍👏

[@arthurmiller8336]

Please make a video about what size the footings needs to be if the ground needs compaction or gravels know one ever talked about it

[@jonneym]

Great demo. I am going to give it a go and build a short brick wall about 1m high x 2.5m long. What is the correct gap between the bricks horizontal and vertical. I’m guessing about 10mm. Is that about right?

[@BuildingwithBudd]

👍

[@johnmuff1348]

Nice brickwork

[@davegill7614]

How have you secured that string line...cant figure it out

[@ebrahim_alawami4]

You need to have the cavity at one end of the top of the brick slightly closed, because of the side cavity, and the intermittent bottom cavity too.

[@peterjd3170]

@ebrahim_alawami4 ... 🤣👍

[@jessisdad]

This is painful.

[@l750z_6]

John fury went into bricklaying?

[@patmitchmitch156]

Where’s the ties ?

[@chrisholmes8250]

Still in the shop, although the customer probably still got charged for them

[@paulgriffin4386]

Pleasure to behold!!

[@alejamle1012]

Perfecto. Please what are the size og the throwl that u were using

[@BuildingwithBudd]

Many thanks for watching, I don’t actually know what size trowel I was using on that day , but at some point I will have a look and let you know 👍👍

[@Mobile-pd1uc]

If you need to build a front garden wall. Just one side ie 4ft by 10ft long. Can you do it in single brick? Also do you cut your half bricks before hand. Finally can I soak the bricks in water since I'll be much slower to lay them etc

[@jamespaterson9801]

why do you lay your bricks with hollow facing up and not down?

[@BuildingwithBudd]

That’s just how I was taught to lay them, been doing it that way for forty years👍

[@yellowboxhd388]

Hey there. Loved the video. Can I use it for my upcoming compilation? Of course you will be credited in the description fully.

[@BuildingwithBudd]

Yes of course!

[@yellowboxhd388]

@@BuildingwithBudd thank you so much!

[@richardhumber2800]

Good video bud I’m a new sis river. Enjoyed watching

[@abfan8333]

He sounds like hes from naarrrfolk, norwich?

[@BuildingwithBudd]

That’s right boi 👍

[@barringtonsmythe3464]

Just subscribed. Now that is how you perp a brick. Lovely stuff. 👍

[@PaddleDogC5]

4:40 you take at least 26 movements to lay one brick.

[@cfromd1]

Proper Norfolk boy!!

[@BuildingwithBudd]

👍😊

[@BuildingwithBudd]

That’s right boy 😄

[@bobsloft7155]

Lovely brickwork fella but why haven't you tied it to the existing?

[@JongeGeeven]

You are a real one gretings from the Netherlands 💪🏼

[@арсеналидибиров-с5г]

По моему он раньше в Дагестане жил ,навыки кладки и без перчаток с моей Родины!!!😊😊😊

[@andybrace4983]

Lovely old job

[@BuildingwithBudd]

Cheers Andy, many thanks for watching 👍👍

[@DontForgetOldKolobok]

"Bitta this bitta that" Got it

[@ebrahim_alawami4]

Good cavity

[@joeljenkinson]

@buildingwithbud When laying bricks against an existing wall (as you did in the video) is there anything I should be doing to connect the new wall to the existing one? Or will the cement between the new brick and existing wall suffice? Thanks!

[@illmitchjax]

You'll need to fit a 'wall starter kit' to the existing wall to tie the walls together.

[@chrisholmes8250]

@@illmitchjaxagreed. Exactly what’s missing from this video.

[@paulrodrigues473]

Mark the gauge on the wall 👍

[@jeztickles4361]

Ever heard of starter bars?

[@chrisholmes8250]

No, he has not

[@jc4388]

Stringline?

[@chrisholmes8250]

Wall starter? 🤷😂

[@FredBear-tp7fj]

I agree this is a great video

[@roogolden1989]

Damn he had a cat poop in his mud. Damn had thought his sandpile was a catbox

[@jessisdad]

Plural of brick is BRICK

[@wemcal]

Great video and great information

[@jessisdad]

Use the excess to butter the end of the brick you just laid, not throw it into the top of the brick (waste). Also spread the mud, furrow it and go on. No need to play with it by flattening it out.

[@PaddleDogC5]

Two swipes for a full cross joints parallel with the face not 6 movements.

[@smarty0604]

Nice work 👍 did you tie in the old building into the new work ?? If so what did you use a wall starter key ?? Also can you explain the difference between breeze blocks ? Why some people lay Striaght onto a foundation others lay trench block first ?

[@chrisholmes8250]

Of course he didn’t tie it in. It won’t crack off the wall for about 2 years by which time this cowboy will be onto the next mug customer

[@richardmacdougall6330]

How have you got 150 cut brick in your wall .

[@BuildingwithBudd]

Well spotted. We should have placed the cut against the exsisting... bad hair day

[@richardmacdougall6330]

Ok tidy work though. 👍🏼

[@topcatcoolio8807]

3/4 is allowed in middle of wall as broken bond.. Very neat finished at the end of the day.

[@richardmacdougall6330]

Yes just wondering, your work very tidy mate . 👍🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@johnbryant6572]

@@topcatcoolio8807 it might be but I would have made my building bigger to get rid of it.no one knows and no one will ever check ha.ha.ive never seen a building inspector check the length of a building.unless it's going to intrude into someone's property.some shit architect who not been taght to draw walls brick size I couldn't be bothered cutting bricks on my domestic extentions I would always try take cut bricks out.but if it's critical the cuts must go up the end against the existing old work not the middle of the wall.

[@jordanlee1591]

I hope that wall is bang on now haha 😄 good effort

[@BuildingwithBudd]

👍

[@MSE45]

No furfix?

[@mikimikic599]

Does anyone knows what kind of mortar I could use for building 5 levels high raised bed with pavers? Someone told me just normal mortar but to make it more dry then I would make for normal bricks that can take mousture in, because pavers don't take any moisture from mortar?

[@jessisdad]

Do all the head joints first. Then the bed joints.

[@Jonathan-ff4wo]

Would love to see you guys build an artisanal brick oven. Possibly even a pizza oven. Also, maybe even show us all how to make bricks themselves if you haven't already. 👍. Cheers

[@mrdogger2010]

Where's your wall starters then ? That extension will be a detached extension in 2 years

[@chrisholmes8250]

Yeah but he’s been paid and disappeared by then 👍🏻

[@MegaVinny73]

Out of interest, why no tie-in on the original wall? Asking as they were used on my small extension and the use of made complete sense to me, when it was explained. Otherwise if I could learn this skill, bricklaying, would definitely help with certain projects.

[@chrisholmes8250]

Because it’s expensive and time consuming and he is lazy

[@harveysmith100]

The art of bricklaying is not laying bricks, it's laying the bed.

[@Aydaros-s5m]

I knew that was you mate the second I heard your voice! Hope your doing well. Daryl (spark from Cathedral Street)

[@BuildingwithBudd]

All good , are you nice and busy, what are you doing these days , what are the chances of hearing me 😂😂👍

[@Aydaros-s5m]

@@BuildingwithBudd I'm doing Solar work at the moment. I was looking at building a small wall on my driveway to step up the drive from the house, searched on here how to lay bricks and there you were!!

[@BuildingwithBudd]

Daryl, I could do with talking to you about solar, if you email me your number to our email address I will give you a call in the new year, don’t put any numbers on here 👍

[@BuildingwithBudd]

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[@donethat8761]

Great video.

[@PaddleDogC5]

As you roll the mortar for ever I lay 6 bricks

[@leelunk8235]

STARTED OFF WITH RIDGES ON THE BRICK MORTAR AND ENDED WITH NO RIDGES ON THE BRICK MORTARMORAL OF THE STORY IS, RIDGES ARE OK IF YOU GOT TIME TO HORSE -PLAY

[@alisharif1997]

Good Man🏗️🏨🏨🏨🏨🏨🏨🏨🏨🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫

[@yildirimaydin108]

How is this a beginners video when you start the video when your half done? How do you start the first row? How do you set up line?

[@samandtrev273]

It would be quicker to mark the gauge on the wall and follow it,oh by the way i cant see any wall fixings or starters on the exsisting wall.

[@chrisholmes8250]

Amazing how these ‘experts’ have people drooling over their shoddy work isn’t it?

[@Omarantonelli]

Didn’t show us how to put the line

[@PaddleDogC5]

Pushing you mortar on the trowel is not a good move for a bricklayer.

[@seanbrooks1476]

No vertical dpc or wall starters 😂😂

[@chrisholmes8250]

He hasn’t got time to fit wall starters but he’s got time to run a KZbin channel on how to be an expert bricky. Joker

[@StephenCordella]

Pic & Dip, Lay the most brick with the least amount of moves

[@NematullohAbdurahmonov]

Otlichno.

[@BuildingwithBudd]

Thank you 👏👏

[@PaddleDogC5]

Put marks on the wall don't measure each course.

[@paulrose3712]

Take a long time to lay a brick..no starter ties on wall and no vertical damp..

[@chrisholmes8250]

As long as customer pays before problems happen, all good 👍🏻

[@PaddleDogC5]

Putting brick in at the end not double butter and making 23 movements to fill it and then two movements to point it is not efficient at all.

[@terryrich4285]

What's your accent mate?

[@BuildingwithBudd]

Old Norfolk boi 👍

[@terryrich4285]

@@BuildingwithBudd I thought so! I'm from Devon and it's so weird how our accents are similar but yet so different at the same time 🤣

[@BuildingwithBudd]

👍

[@simonlidbetter175]

What you’ve got to do is roll the muck, then roll the muck .... roll the muck some more, then put a very very small trowel full on the wall, lay a brick and tap it about for 10 mins 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@bengreen1262]

It s for beginners m8 - brick vulture cock ups can be seen on Deano’s channel with quoins 10 mm out of plumb....

[@simonlidbetter175]

Exactly.... it’s for beginners! So why not teach them the right way from the off. Bad habits stick! His method just wouldn’t cut it on a site. I done site work for 10 years... seen too many get the boot for bad habits. His trowel skills need attention.

[@spencerwavell6177]

He’s gotta go slow so people can observe

[@ReheatedDonut]

@@simonlidbetter175 I'm confused, are you saying what's shown in this video is wrong / a bad method?

[@leebennett3672]

And I have just finished laying brick 1 .😃.nice work .fast enough and clean ..Good helpful tutorial..

[@frannymckay6836]

Tapping bricks for beginners

[@BuildingwithBudd]

You know it makes sense, tap tap , Thanks for watching 👍

[@dannyzhou365]

Urgent help, I noticed that one side of the brick is flat and the other side is concave. When laying bricks, the concave side must be up, right?

[@smfvmd]

…and the line appears as if by magic.

[@PaddleDogC5]

Your finished brickwork is nice but you'd never hold a job in a lot of places.

[@deantomlin6216]

3/4 in the middle of the wall, poor

[@michaelberry1793]

Well spotted I'm an internet troll too

[@bengreen1262]

Want to play a game ~ spot the zippers in brickwork on buildings ~ there will be loads

[@coggsy3036]

Where’s the vertical damp budd and the fir fixings to tie those buildings together 🤔you’ll be changing your name to building with woody 🤠🤠yeh ar there’s a snake in my mixer

[@brad265]

Omg How do you make any money to pay your help and bills? That's way too slow and it takes you to long just to spread mud.

[@TheAdrianhb]

Just change the title, "how to pour some concrete on bricks " , also need to explain... Patterns brick, how to put reinforcement, views of wall brick, full info 'n stuff . Cool video for rookie's.

[@paulcollins6221]

You never done a trade give builder's a bad name

[@garyfelstead6951]

Why does he give builders a bad name,,everyone have their own methods I've actually seen some of the houses he's built himself and the brickwork is spot on,,,you must be some kind of ninja Jedi builder 😂😂

[@garyfelstead6951]

Or a KZbin watching armchair builder😂

[@paulcollins6221]

No wall ties cut middle of wall

[@vicmanson7611]

You have obviously never worked in the real world, giving it all the verbal, sounds like another armchair bricklayer, get real

[@garyfelstead6951]

Ties are in every 3 course and the cut looks better in middle rather than up against your wall start,,,,budd is a decent all round tradesman he's not to good at making tea tho,,,if he give builders a bad name why don't you do a vid and show us how it's done,,,bellend...👍😂