Masonry- Tricks of The Trade- How to bust a half block.

Masonry trade tricks for hammer cutting cinderblock. Midnite, Doc, Sage.

[@jimsugaroo]

I love work. I could watch it all day long.

[@maxstaber9397]

How can people even hate on this guy this is good quality work and done in a reasonable time

[@kendrickriver1351]

pro tip : watch series on Flixzone. I've been using them for watching loads of movies during the lockdown.

[@hendrixbrysen9433]

@Kendrick River Yea, been using flixzone} for years myself :)

[@keenanjaime3590]

@Kendrick River definitely, I have been using Flixzone} for since november myself =)

[@richyearle007]

Good work brother,i like your style.I can't say i was every particularly fond of laying besser blocks but you made that look easy.I wish i could see a video of non experienced people trying this at home after watching your clip.That would be amusing. lol. ....Cheers.

[@nathanb.3102]

Hey dude! couple years ago I laboured for a stonemason. He said he'd give me an apprenticeship if I went to school. Watching your videos helped me get my speed and inspired me to continue on when money got tight. I ended up getting a scholarship during the second half of the year and that took me through till the end. Anyway, just wanted to say thanks! Working now making great money here in Canada and hope to travel a bit after the apprenticeship to see how it's done in other parts of the world. Cheers!

[@tico5126]

good luck, have fun with it, try not to coke on too much dust please.

[@adzzfuad9616]

Ti Co is it worth it getting into bricklaying how dose it feel hard on the body? I know bricky make good money.

[@michaeldang503]

Adzz Fuad yeah how isit?

[@stonesmith1393]

Nathan B. I need your help bro I fail the knowledge test once, I need some study material Please help me I can pay you I live in Calgary Alberta.

[@carlosdelacruz6280]

Hahahaha 🤷🏻‍♂️ the way things are done in North America I wouldn't doubt he'll find a school to learn how to lay bricks..you'd be surprised of all the crazy stuff people come up with to get others money...thumbs up to the most sarcastic comment ever...hahahaha

[@TheElJefe]

Keep the videos coming. You got a new sub.

[@brickit26]

Right on not trolling or even kno how I got here god bless my friend

[@zacharyhickerson5391]

Love to watch a master at his craft...the music makes it even more zenfull

[@mattharris7248]

Nice bit of block work mate , I love in England and haven't used these blocks yet, they look like a pain to lay

[@usnva5638]

Another TRUE professional. You do excellent work ;-)

[@tico5126]

thanks

[@ricksnow4944]

watching this with that music so relaxing...!!!

[@seanmayo206]

Waste no mud. He the real deal

[@tico5126]

When the block is that low, two hands are more work. The scraping helps feel if ghe block are lipping.

[@markmcc78]

clean work!

[@SJBBrickwork]

I like it when you lay the half block and squeeze most of the perp off , nice one ,

[@bootsmclaughlin1071]

What can you say. super stuff bud seen alot of them brick on KZbin haven't seen them here in the north of Ireland. Still 20 years behind times lol

[@thomaspaxton5041]

roots stylee on the job, love it

[@arrierodelsur694]

Buen trabajo tico yo también soy blockero saludos desde tijuana amigo

[@tolaff]

Love the way you bed those pot blocks out i'm going to nik that technique but when I get to lay them there always concrete and way a ton. FILL THE PERPS!

[@tico5126]

I only squeezed off the excess mortar. The joint is full, with no pointing, nuff said proud guy.

[@marcredgate7288]

Outstanding technique.

[@tico5126]

thank you, I learned it on youtube lol

[@nascar-hn5mz]

nice work dude. I'm from NC been laying for 20 years. fuck all the haters. all brick masons think they're the best to ever pick up a trowel. its just our mentality. peace to you bro.

[@tico5126]

haha I know how it is, you should see the fb groups

[@user-pe5oe1uf1v]

I'm best block mason I'm Pakistani now I'm Saudi Arabia and I'm work here but you are too good

[@tico5126]

Because the 6x6 post line up with the face of the block, and thats the finish side. Is that stupid?

[@themrhelperguy]

Good tips

[@edwardpadilla7543]

Nice job.

[@APETLIUHALT291MSO]

Name of the song please....

[@robertcalamusso4218]

Nice !

[@rafaelparedestorres4722]

ei ti co im from México and i want to work in Canadá can you help me??

[@amandadarley4693]

Is this CCC from dirty jersey???

[@Evocati-Augusti]

wish this didn't ruin my back n lungs..i loved doing art type masonry stuff in the hamptons

[@brickbybric]

interesting videos tim.whats the purpose of the timber beams between the block work ?i see your useing them as profiles as you build but they look like there going to be left in place after the block work is finished.any chance of you putting up a video of you laying brick half bond to the line useing the pick and dip method.

[@AWSmith1955]

It looks like a pole barn and the block is only going up to interior grade as a retaining wall between posts.

[@MooreProCrete]

Good work my friend. Nice style. To hell with the haters! Can't post anything without some stranger talking shit. Good Work, good video!

[@tico5126]

Thanks

[@gwrightx5]

Thanks for the great video. Is it OK to lay the brick against the stud?

[@tico5126]

normally Id say no, but this is an interior space, and I was following directions from an experienced builder for his personal shop.

[@tico5126]

I guess. I was doing this for a builders personal shop, he made the design. All of this is interior space so I imagine its fine. personally It wouldn't be my choice. I probably would have block piers, up to the upper floor height, loaded with rebar and block panels between

[@amandadarley4693]

Is that job in Oregon?? You move like a guy from North Wildwood. Could it be?? Who own the initials DC??

[@eliezerdecampos9416]

Do you know if in the Canada use this work? Because I make this.

[@mastersamurai7683]

yeah dude we do it just like this for the most part

[@seanmayo206]

I've never seen that much mud saved. That's real shit

[@tico5126]

haha , thanks man, I forget if it was +60 block a bag

[@Thalarctos.]

BRAVO !!

[@SJBBrickwork]

Like I said you squeeze most f the perp off on first half block , so you coming back with better to much than not enough makes no sense , love the clip joint , great stuff

[@harry.godwinson1]

good work ti co. its therapeutic to watch. can you tell me the name of the first reggae tune dude

[@tico5126]

Band: Midnite ( they spell it wrong i know) Song: done wrong type

[@harry.godwinson1]

cheers. just checked them out. as good as it gets. never heard them before. jus shows we can learn something everyday.hoping you are a clash addict also.

[@Evocati-Augusti]

are they using 2x4 s as expansion joints?

[@TheCabinetmaster]

I know this comment is almost a year old, but here goes; it's probably going to be a Shop or Metal type building. This block is the Footing, the wood posts you see will hold the lathe to for attaching the metal wall. After he gets the block up to grade, the fill gravel will be leveled out to below the top of the block (however thick the concrete slab will be). If dirt floor then the dirt/gravel will be level with top of footing. This block Footing goes below grade a bit and will keep rain water from washing the gravel out from under your wall/slab.

[@tico5126]

+TheCabinetmaster pretty much. Its an interior retaining wall for a shop.

[@TheCabinetmaster]

+Ti Co Thanks for the reply. I was trying to help the fellow out, ha. Maybe that long answer I gave will help others out that visit the video.

[@namekop11]

how much pay for doing this

[@kristiyanpetrov6847]

Can you use that type of blocks for retaining wall 1 meter high ? or other blocks ? What do you think ? Advices and opinions are welcome.

[@tico5126]

Yes , with a good footing and plenty of re-bar and grout . Drystone wall would be easier

[@benjaminpalmer8849]

When spreading the bed closest to you a great method is actually loading up the bottom of the trowel the. you don't have to twist it in your hand

[@tico5126]

That works well when there is re-bar in the way or if the line is on the backside.

[@bottreau]

Fucking trolls don't know that there are sometimes additives added to mortar to make it sticky! Nice vid dude!

[@surimastermind]

who is the singer of the first song? I like it

[@tico5126]

Midnite (thats how they spell it)

[@627alldaymonte3]

I'll show u soon I'll post a video soon buddy..u have some skills tho I'm not going. to lie

[@tico5126]

Okay bra! Aloha

[@tico5126]

Most times I put the line on the backside, Sometimes it doesn't make sense though, as in this case.

[@ricksosa9857]

no dowels off the fooding if there's one

[@tico5126]

What u see is interior work, not my design either... no that it matters under a roof with a slab poured on top and below

[@brennandc]

nothin' like laying up to some reggae

[@axell366]

aweome vid ,man.. btw where is this

[@tico5126]

Thanks. Virginia

[@adrianware723]

I'm in school for masonry and it's a pretty good trade but laying to the line gives me trouble I prefer to use my level

[@highwatercircutrider]

Adrian Ware can’t use a level alone on long walls, especially working with another block layer.

[@aydenfrac]

I meant raise right side after last block laid then go back and raise left side. Otherwise good job.

[@idropz7377]

Song?

[@tico5126]

done wrong type

[@jcarp9956]

Name of song?

[@tico5126]

done wrong type by midnite

[@boritaly9490]

I think I'll be good at this, I know how to dance

[@VERSONECOMPLEKS]

only works with hollowed out centers

[@sometimeschicken2115]

I don't know how to use the string to measure the blocks :-(

[@tico5126]

what do you mean?

[@joelglassjar5732]

I got a contact hight , watching that ,,, ahhhhh

[@Zoopy59]

60k average where I live. And thats working only 40 hours a week.

[@SJBBrickwork]

Ok buddy no drama

[@IceDragon978]

I heard a few words in that song.

[@tico5126]

+IceDragon978 same here, I think you have to be really high to understand.

[@jonbriggs8719]

The line is hung on the side of the block that you plumb. ,so typically you are laying over the line. It's been done the same way for thousands of years. ,,a lazy boot always wants to change things up.

[@tico5126]

If your scaffold is set up on the inside of a building it may be best to have the line on the outside so it goes from outside corner to outside corner. Unless maybe the inside is the finished wall, however, its's still crucial to lean over and plumb the outside corner.

[@tico5126]

Better too much than not enough.

[@AccentMasonryLLC]

music is firreeee

[@JosieHewittmjh]

nice ti co lick em an stick em i love laying block blick stone good to see you have a trade to make some silver keep going brother dont let thouse hod arryers comments hold you down! l

[@axelgs11]

full joints please mate

[@tico5126]

Its not a brick MATEY +axelgs11 Division 4 Section 04200 Concrete Masonry Specification 4. Remove masonry protrusions extending 1/2 inch or more into cells and cavities to be grouted. B. Unit Placement 1. Concrete Masonry Unit- Lay units with bed and head joints filled from the faces of the units to a distance in not less than the thickness of the face shell.

[@axelgs11]

+Ti Co we call them pots and I agree ...l don't fill bed joints into the pots to be filled with concrete..... I'm on about perps matey

[@tico5126]

Well we call them head joints, i know you know it all Brits and auzzies call them perps. So if you re read my last comment you will see that both the heads and the beds are to be as thick as the block.

[@tico5126]

So, this is when you admit you were wrong...

[@axelgs11]

+Ti Co tut tut

[@Eeropolvasti]

Doing fine..., can't wear gloves?? Rough for your hands, man =)

[@ronhawk1231]

Put the line on the back side. Easier to spread

[@tico5126]

i usually do, this made sense since the wall was flush with the uprights

[@12121149]

No upright steel,and no bond blocks with vertical steel,not how to do this job,but good on ya for a nice effort.

[@tico5126]

Not really how I'd do it either, wasn't up to me. However This is all interior block and it'll probably be fine.

[@tico5126]

not my design, also its an interior space. Personally, I would have beefed it up some but this job was done for an experienced builder who had his own plans

[@ricksosa9857]

12 inch block from the base up not 8

[@tico5126]

its an interior space and not my design

[@mccoyhicks8265]

The 6x6 are gonna rot away quickly

[@tico5126]

Nope sorry, they will be inside, under roof, when its all said and done.

[@brickit26]

Line blocks and work boots would make your day a little less miserable. I have never seen a guy laying block wearing slippers. wtf....

[@tico5126]

+brickit26 A pin on one end, and block on the other could be done but then I would have to put a pin in the joints and repoint. And who said my day was miserable? I like my low top boots.

[@627alldaymonte3]

damn this guys is embarrassing has a bad technique

[@tico5126]

How so?

[@highwatercircutrider]

He is just poor yet, lol

[@1963builder]

trowel scraper

[@1963builder]

Ha ha. I'm also better with that than you are with that trowel

[@tico5126]

Go away troll

[@1963builder]

dont put videos on you tube if you cant handel comments child

[@tico5126]

Learn how to spell fool. Maybe I would take you seriously if you could manage to build a sentence.

[@1963builder]

ive built more houses than youve had hot dinners ,perhaps thats why you havent managed to progress to facework,just concrete blockwork lol,if your good ill teach you how to lay bricks

[@nnovatakaren5515]

This is a gorgeous trade, too bad they are very vulgar at catcalling

[@tico5126]

Bad apples in all lines of work.

[@nnovatakaren5515]

Ti Co True

[@tico5126]

Done wrong type

[@rebelhook1]

LMAO AT THIS SHYT BREAK YA ONE THATS NOT ALMOST SPLIT ALREADY FOR YA

[@tico5126]

that was a fresh block mate

[@smithson876]

Because i'm sure you have never ever in your life had to squeeze a block in place... right.

[@tribulation138]

after laying 100 blocks you vould probably do this with your eyes closed

[@tico5126]

Haha I doubt it

[@tico5126]

maybe 100,000

[@fredmarcon2370]

why not level the ground you will be on heating pad tonight with twisted sore back.

[@tico5126]

I'd like to but 100' of grading with a shovel wasn't in the cards. If only excavators knew the struggle or cared lol

[@russellgraham218]

hmm

[@reddawn3545]

They're split block. Lol. Meant NOT to be hard to split in halves.

[@tico5126]

Point is not to have to flip it if you line up the bottom on an edge. Big you already knew that.

[@reddawn3545]

Better to just use a saw, but if ya ain't got one better know how to use a brick hammer, lol. Had a job a day ago blower housing rope snapped on the saw had to get some halves and didn't have any split block. Lol. Brick Masons' luck i guess.

[@irvingfive7955]

R.D.F.L.Y.C.

[@PaddleDogC5]

learn how to spread mortar you won't have to go to the tub a million times. YOu should spread three CMU on one side with one trowel full.

[@tico5126]

Not with that sand I was given to use. The mortar was very sticky, and didn't hold block up to well. You'd break your wrist trying to get that paste off your trowel. Troll.

[@PaddleDogC5]

you didn't spread much mortar in height so I say it didn't have much problem holding up the CMU so it was not like Spackle. Sorry I will stick with my comment on your ability to spread mortar. When a bricklayer spreads mortar it is neat and not left to hang roughly like your's did. . .All the tapping and scraping is a waste of time for you also. You went to the board 14 times for seven CMU. You should have been there 7 times or less. That is spreading even two block long on average which can be done with an 9,5" trowel. With all the scraping you did you still left bulges in the mortar joints not the end of the world but hey if your making a vid make it your best, You have a bit of a swing so there is hope for ya,

[@PaddleDogC5]

picking up block with one hand is twice the strain on your heart also.

[@tico5126]

I know how to snap the mud off the trowel and get more coverage but this shit is abnormally sticky

[@PaddleDogC5]

fire the laborer

[@taurus38splul]

That would CUT not bust!

[@tico5126]

uh ok, expand your mind bro, not everyone talks exactly the same. can you not bust something apart?

[@COZMICTOM]

MUSIC SUCKS

[@tico5126]

Thanks for your OPINION.

[@charlesmartin7347]

Ti Co I like the music who is that artist and song . please and thank you for sharing your knowledge I really appreciate you God bless you and your family

[@627alldaymonte3]

u don't know how to spray the mortar at all I spray 3 blocks in one spray

[@tico5126]

lets see it , spay away buddy