COLOSSEUM & FORUM (a stonemasons commentary) Mike Haduck

[@rodeopenguin]

“Fake brick, fake stone, fake news…” Mike, you are a treasure😅

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks rodeo, Mike

[@margaretingleby679]

Thanks Mike , you explain history from a practical point of view , which keeps me interested.

[@MikeHaduck]

Tha KS margaret,, Mike

[@letzrockitrite8469]

Amazing stuff Mike .... love the commentary !

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks letzrock,, Mike

[@burlatsdemontaigne6147]

Thanks Mike! Always a unique insight into the past from your videos.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks burlat,, Mike

[@gibsonbuilds4841]

Thanks Mike! I was in Italy fall of 2023. Loved the brick and stone work. So primitive but so beautiful. Up close it's very basic.... from a distance.... it's like WOW. We stayed on a tiny side street right next to the pantheon. Great trip if your into romance....and architecture. Lol

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Gibsonbuilds,, Mike

[@markadler8968]

Good for you Mike. I have always wanted to visit Italy as a stonemason/bricklayer myself but never have the time. I have been to Angkor Wat in Cambodia and that was incredible, I highly suggest you visit if you get the chance.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Mark, maybe someday, Mike

[@roccoconte2960]

Thanks for the video Mike very interesting . Miss watching your working videos enjoy your retirement.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Rocco, Mike

[@guillermojacques6671]

May be the best video I've seen on the coliseum. Always wondered what all those holes n the walls were for. It's a shame those buildings didn't survive the earthquakes and the scavengers. Fascinating to see they even used arches on stairs. Excellent video Mike.

[@davelowe1977]

That technique of pouring lead plugs for cast iron brackets was still in use up until at least the victorian age and probably until around 50 years ago, at least in th UK. My house (built 1870) has a garden wall and my gate still hangs on those style brackets! Most houses in my town do too.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks guill, Mike

[@74stevedc]

Awesome video Mike, Watching this on my phone Im sure doesn't do it justice. I bet it was incredible to see, thanks for sharing.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks steve,, Mike

[@troyweatherford9874]

I really enjoyed this one Mike, thanks!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks troy,, Mike

[@YATESAsphalt8]

I subscribed for your rational Egyptian pyramids analysis, I stay because I like you investigate Rome right now.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks yatesab,, Mike

[@AUMINER1]

excellent content Mike, as usual :) thanks for the tour of historical events ;)

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Auminer. Mike

[@PaulHobus]

Mike, so glad to have you travelling again and giving your opinion on all of these historical places and the masonry methods they used. I was just in Rome in September of this year and it was very enjoyable to see how things could be built to last so long. This video made my day!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Paul, I was there on Sept 21, probably just missed you. Mike

[@Richard-qs8dn]

Greeks and Romans, as the Turkish, really made some astonishing buildings. A truly important part of history. And too many of your critics, miss that you have knowledge back to this era. They newer been to the pyramids in Egypt. But the Captain of Masonry has 🫡 Even if I have been to Greece many times, I truly like to visit both Rome and Egypt. Keep uploading great videos Sir. You're doing a great job with inside knowledge tours. Thank you so much Sir.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks again, yea I will be doing one on Athens, I appreciate it, Mike

[@Richard-qs8dn]

@MikeHaduck 🥳

[@mrrepurpose9596]

Enjoyable tour.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks mrrepurpose, Mike

[@sharonhryndza4839]

Great video...thanks for the tour would like to see more!!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Sharon, I got them coming, thanks, Mike

[@JoeBManco]

I like that this channel is more than just how-to.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Joe, I appreciate it, Mike

[@stevenschaublin9695]

great video of the roman coliseum

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks steven,, Mike

[@wayneisanamerican]

Great explanation...

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks wayne,, Mike

[@oldworldchris4187]

I will watch your vid on the Pantheon, that is one of my favorite man made structures, most impressive, 2000 years later!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Chris, I will get to it, I want to do some simple demonstrations on it also, I hope it will be interesting, thanks. Mike

[@Eman85515]

Thank you Mike 🎉

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Eman, Mike

[@edwardteach342]

Thanks for the video Mike I enjoyed it. Crazy to think that they used to be able to flood the Colosseum and use it to create mock naval battles

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks edward,, Mike

[@marvsmith8137]

Thanks mike 👍👌

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks marv,, Mike

[@andrewallen8764]

Good stuff Mike❤

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Andre,, Mike

[@sparky5860]

I just found your channel…. I’m a fan….👍

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks sparky,, I appreciate it, Mike

[@JerryMorgan-q5u]

Indianapolis am finishing up my Chimney Mike's educational information a Johnny Bench homerun

[@JerryMorgan-q5u]

1978 Chimney I probably live on a fault line my Chimney went down about 6 inches since 78 I very replacement plywood shingles tar paper inside near Chimney new dry wall and textured Ceiling Busted out bricks around clay timble. Saving bricks reuse Mike's educational information a homerun

[@MikeHaduck]

You sound very happy, Mike

[@JerryMorgan-q5u]

@@MikeHaduck Yea

[@marvsmith8137]

Cool you are there man

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks again marv,, Mike

[@DAS-Videos]

It took just 8 years to build that thing? It takes that long just to get a permit in PA :-)

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Das, lol, it might take more, I was just guessing, mike

[@deadmanswife3625]

Well that answers that question mike. With what's been going on with Milton I've been wondering about you but I figured I better not ask on a different video it might be one more thing to worry you. Since you've uploaded you are alive and I hope well❤ hope you're enjoying your new life in Florida

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks deadmanswife,, I was here, no problem with the wind but some people in a close town got hit by tornados,thanks Mike

[@DAS-Videos]

I hope you weathered hurricane Milton okay.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Das, yep went right by, a little wind and rain that was it, thanks Mike

[@cipher2]

we live in the fake age, yay for us!!! thanks Mike for another good one!!!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks ciper,, Mike

[@michaelboyle4553]

thank you

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks michael,, Mike

[@rom14141]

Thank you for not being fake.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks rom, it's hard to say,, lol, Mike

[@Dorian-Grey]

I love your videos Mike! I'm addicted to them. I know it maybe time consuming and you probably just want to enjoy your vacay, if I may humbly make a suggestion, and I by no means or stretch of the imagination, am I telling you how to shoot your videos. My suggestion is don't rush the scenes. I personally enjoy your commentary and professional eye on these videos. What you point out and your opinion is gold! Some of us are not masons, unfortunately, and hearing you lay out the process those masons took to accomplish the work at hand is fascinating. I respect you and I apologize if I may have offended you. That wasn't my intent. Also, I know you mentioned in other videos that you moved to Florida, beautiful and wonderful state by the way, full of wonderful and kind people. I hope you are doing well and these Hurricanes have not affected you. I hope you are ok? Thanx, F.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks F, I agree, I do try, and on those sites it's crowded and I am doing it by myself, and dont have a professional camera man,I wish I had a controlled environment or a coach but I do get my points across I hope, thanks for the input, I will be keeping it in mind,I appreciate it, Mike

[@JerryMorgan-q5u]

A Johnny Bench Homerun

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Jerry, Mike

[@krowraven7]

super as alwys mike

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks krow,, Mike

[@KyBrancaccio]

Keep up the great work Mike! Will we be seeing any of you "Honest" friends this year? was it Honest Giardi?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi ky, I don't see them anymore, unless they come to visit, I miss them, Mike

[@leoamattnet4822]

I hope you missed the hurricane Mike

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks leoama,, I was here, no damage,thanks God, Mike

[@1clinkerman]

I sure do enjoy your videos….. I love common sense! Thank you (I assume you’re a “Traveling Man”? I hope you are!)Cheers from East Tennessee, Jamie Tyree

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Jamie, yep, I was out there , a grueling trip, planes, trains,boats,taxis,shuttles, ferry. And lots of walking, but I did ot,lol, Mike

[@RicArmstrong]

Love your videos Mike. But may I recommend you get a wireless microphone. They're very cheap now and it will cut down on all the background noise.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Ric, I hear you, thanks Mike

[@jomommajokes5836]

mike i need advice on my stone inner hearth do you have a email i could send ya a video? trying to diy but just curious on how you would fix it if you were doing it. its a old stone slab with a open hole for ash below and its all cracked up. gotta put a slab across to handle a 450 lb wood stove thank you brother

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi jom, I can't give advice over the internet, I would have to be there to see it, I do have a video on "fireplace construction " or "stone fireplace" that might help with some ideas, thanks Mike

[@jomommajokes5836]

@@MikeHaduck im right where you used to work up here. need a real old stone masons advice. its a 120+ huge fireplace. the slab is supported by a inch and a half on every edge but unsupported in the middle. its 4ft wide by 3 1/2ft deep with a pit that big underneath. im thinking cut slab out in small pieces then put steel angles on edges where slab used to rest and weld a grate across to use as reienforcement. then pour portland,sand, and quikwall for fiber in it. after raise the hearth by a refractory brick layer. anyway thats my plan i think atm it needs to support the weight plus its in my living room with the little ones running about. something has to be done with it.

[@jmcenterprises9591]

The Romans were amazing stone workers, their buildings and aquaducts still stand and function 2000 years later. All of their stone work is not the same. Some didn't use any mortar at all but still stand today.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks jmcenter, it's true, Mike

[@beachboardfan9544]

How'd they stand up those huge columns? Looks like they're 40' tall.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi beachboard, when I get to the pantheon video I am going to do a demonstration, thanks Mike

[@ReddoFreddo]

I always wondered, the pockmarks are because looters took the iron tie rods that were meant for structural support. But if that happened in the Dark Ages, and the Colosseum is still standing without the tie rods, then I guess they were never necessary.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Reddo, yep, no rebar or ties in those times, thanks Mike

[@4vinylsound]

We cannot hear you when you turn your back to the camera LOL

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi vinylsound, I know what you mean, it was so crowded and we were in a hurry, but thanks Mike

[@Don.Challenger]

He's making sure his wallet remains with him until Crete, you heard him say they took the good stuff (scavenged not stole) and left the bad.

[@ebw_servant_of_GOD]

Nice video Brother.... You mentioned that the church had wanted to build a church where the colleseum was. Well the reality is the church would build its cathedral and churches over other people's religious sites after those area like England, Ireland, Russia, Mexico (Mexica) and other City States in Central America. Glad you having fun👍 GOD BLESS Ernie

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Ernie,, Mike

[@Traderjoe]

I heard they used to use the Colosseum as a shelter for farm animals during the Middle Ages

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Joe , that's true, thanks Mike

[@whiskey_tango_foxtrot__]

I am going to visit Rome. Are you going to visit the coliseum? Kinda, I want to look at the stone and concrete.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, I did another video on how I got there and where I stayed on my other channel, thanks, Mike

[@markadler8968]

He is a bricklayer/stonemason not a travel vlogger.

[@WillN2Go1]

Cool. Thanks Mike. No one I'd rather see a video about the Colosseum from. The Getty Museum in Los Angeles is travertine. You probably already know that travertine is made by hot springs bubbling up into terraces, like at Mammoth Hot Springs at Yellowstone NP. The calcium is left behind as the water evaporates. They're all over the world. I visited another one in Yunnan, China. There are some in Turkey. You can kind of guess why the Arch of Titus was 'quarried' only so much. Any more and that arch would've pushed out and collapsed. Whether they didn't want to take it all, or they didn't want it to crush them when it collapsed, who's to say? If you visit Hadrian's Wall (again. I'm sure you've been) stop at the Steel Rig parking lot and look at the farm stone walls. Best ones in the country. Constructed from scavenged cut stone from the wall.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Will, that was some good info I didn't know, Mike

[@HerbertWingfield]

Hoping to find out what the Romans did to fix driveway cracks.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Herbert, I will be doing a video on that, lol, Mike

[@hiltonroberts8742]

The age of the "Simulacrum" acording to Jean Baudrillard...

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks hilton,, Mike

[@JerryMorgan-q5u]

Indianapolis Jerry Morgan Well it's taking place right now finish up my wood stove fireplace Chimney well I believe I live on a fault line Chimney establish 1978. Actually the Chimney dropped about 6 inches since 78 $5000.00 ? Mason man quote to repair was denyed by myself. Yes I did the roof top plywood Tar paper shingles sealants Inside my home ceiling drywall renewed section and textured.. Knocked out bricks at Clay thimble...to Renew as Clay Thimble lowered six inches. With Mike's educational information it's Johnny Bench Homerun

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Jerry, I am glad to hear that, Mike

[@sebastienleblanc2708]

Should wire mesh in every stone r brick course s...

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@ranger178]

takes me 8 years just to redo my bathroom LOL

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks ranger,, Mike

[@rexanguis214]

How bout Haduck in the Orkney’s….old stone work there

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Rex, Scotland? I see it's a interesting place, thanks Mike

[@sebastienleblanc2708]

Those rock s on the outside look's like acients foot planks...

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Sebastian, I don't know, thanks, Mike

[@stephenbender7593]

If I ever visit the colosseum all I will be able to think about is that all the good stuff was scavenged. 😂

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Stephan, I hear you, Mike

[@sebastienleblanc2708]

Did you know back when mortar was only sand and limestone s ...

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks again, Mike

[@sebastienleblanc2708]

Pompeii is something...

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Sebastian, I hope to get a video out on that, thanks Mike

[@thegoodinu]

Can you see the face? 6:47

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@VenturaIT]

300 years old

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@suep4530]

interesting stuff. still too crowded lol

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Sue, super crowded, a grueling trip, boat, trains,planes, taxis,ferries,shuttles and lots of walking, thanks, Mike

[@joeykirk9367]

"IF" we live in a fake age..why would we believe any stories of how our past was built? 😂

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi joey, very true, thanks Mike

[@KurtisHord]

Mike that stonework is all rendered with quicklime mortar. If you go meet Nigel in York he can show you Roman baths, built with pure lime. This is silly as usual. Romans kept great records no need to speculate on anything.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks kurn,, Mike

[@KurtisHord]

@@MikeHaduck while you are there; please take note of all the normal houses and structures over 500 years old.. they use lime hotmixed mortar. 1:2 ratio at the minimum never leaner

[@MikeHaduck]

@@KurtisHord hi Kurtis, I was over Europe years ago and was doing a video on all the lime mixtures, I never put it out because nobody over here uses it, it's either mortar and Portland and the mixtures in between, I think what happend was it never held up in our area so it was abandoned years ago, although I did do jobs in Southern New Jersey where they added lime to the Portland, also a rule of thumb is masonry last longer where palm trees flounder, thanks Mike

[@KurtisHord]

@@MikeHaduck what you think is wrong. The mortar that you accuse of “not holding up” in Pa was made in the 1800s, much of it using pozzolanic materials to give it hydraulic properties. This is how we identify well built structures from earlier periods than 1800s. We look for signs of hot mixing quicklime and a mix never leaner than 1:2. It works in Pennsylvania, Canada, St. Petersburg, the walls of Jerusalem. If you use “roman” methods and chemistry for mortars and concretes you get long lasting masonry structures. The methods are not Roman through: there is evidence in every building culture for 6000 years of quicklime production and deep understanding of mineral binders made in a kiln

[@KurtisHord]

Mike you can find more examples of survival than of failure, with correct hot mixed mortar: shaker village in New York. Surviving without a roof for over a century now. Colonial Williamsburg of course…. The old whole old city of Boston, and Charleston. All brick or stone all pushing 300 years or more all using hot mixed mortars, in cases where the structure survived past 200 years

[@sebastienleblanc2708]

Mortar!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Sebastian,, Mike

[@charlesviner1565]

👍🧱awesome

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Charles, Mike

[@juliaaldrich1258]

Looks pretty high falutent

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Julia. Yep, dat dere. Was high falutin fer sure, ,hope your doing fine,

[@ddova11]

It’s no big deal

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks ddova,,, Mike

[@g1g72]

Mike, I have a very difficult job I'm taking on. I'm fairly confident I can do it, but would love your input. Would it be possible for you to message me? ,you have been an incredible resource for me and I truly appreciate your guidance. Is there any way for me to get into contact with you? I don't use social media.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi g1g, I appreciate you asking, but I can't give advice over the internet or phone, I just show how I did certain jobs on youtube, and I hope it passes on some ideas, thanks again, Mike

[@JerryMorgan-q5u]

A Johnny Bench Homerun

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks again, Mike