Mixing Mortar / Laying Bricks in Australia

[@brickbybric]

Excellent bit of mixing Luke . Nice to see the bit of lime going in. Great to see you doing what a lot of fellas can’t bring themselves to do and that’s resisting the urge to keep adding water . Top class bit of brickwork .

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

bric bybrick thanks Bric. Last thing I want is what we call a meal or Soup as mortar 🤣

[@mattcurtis8209]

Genuinely love watching this videos bricklayer for 24 years from the 🇬🇧

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Matt Curtis Thankyou Matt. All the best mate

[@lmilne4859]

Proper tidy trowel nice clean brickwork good to see the bricks getting properly jointed. hate to see these trowels flicking the joint on previous laid brick then seeing about every other brick with stains on them. Good shift on buddy. 👍🏻👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@btengineeringbrickiestools5797]

Great video and great to see the Long Sided Dori Block in action! Lots of little things with BT Tools that add up to a lot of time and $ savings!

[@brendonaugustus9380]

Nice work on the channel. Other mortar mix vids add the sand to the water first then the cement so it has something to bind to, might help keep the mixer cleaner too

[@calvincalvinify]

I can tell you are a good brick layer keep up the good work bro! cheers from Canada.

[@nickpuljic9341]

Great video Hendo - Top Bricklayer greeting from Sydney NSW

[@scoyle1750]

Nice bit of mortar mixing, nice to see mortar being allowed to mix, like you I like a bit of hydrated lime in the mix as it definitely gives it more workability and helps with water retention in mix , just found channel and subscribed great stuff 👍

[@jonathanmacarthur5762]

Your really good at bricklaying mate keep up the good work man from Scotland 👍👍

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Jonathan Macarthur Thankyou, mate kind words, all the best stay healthy

[@keironhiggins9620]

Great video on how to mix properly mate, too many people on here just chuck loads of water in no plasterciser and it comes out either too wet or the water is coming out of the mix like a bucket of wet sand, can’t beat walking away from the mixer for 10 mins and coming back to a lovely gauge of muck

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Couldn't agree more mate... just a little patience saves a lot of mess later on. Cheers for the comment !

[@keironhiggins9620]

Hendos Bricklaying no worries boss! Work looks tidy too, when the mucks right, more bricks go down 😃😃👍

[@daiburt1833]

Loving the channel pal .I'm an old boy and I remember when plasterciser first appeared here in Wales before that we'd use some lime to make it workable but what used to make me laugh was my grandfather who was born at the turn of last century and he used to call cement this new stuff 😂😂😂

[@alexouretski115]

Says not to breathe in the lime and cement dust - doesn’t wear any PPE 😅 Classic Aussie tradie 😂

[@johncunningham5799]

We can see you like what your doing good bricklayer

[@paulmoniquestokes7421]

I noticed the mortar colour of the newly laid bricks varies from the bricks laid earlier. Is that normal? Will the mortar colour change after a few days of being laid? Thank you. We are building and noticed our similar thing happening.

[@dw5722]

Nice tidy work mate👍 built in Australia for a bit some top brickies out there

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Thankyou for the kind words mate, Stay safe and healthy my friend.

[@gilesj2215]

Everyone in associated trades loves a good mix !! Nice one buddy ! Bit too many fins on back of that mixer I think but it’s wat ever ya used to I guess

[@xops9936]

Mate cheers for letting me know about those steel corner blocks aye, looks like we got some uncertain times ahead so take care of yourself and family aye👍

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

XOPS 99 absolutely. All the best to you stay healthy mate

[@SJBBrickwork]

Looking good mate 👍🏻

[@mattjpg6550]

It’s mad how different you build to here in the uk. We don’t do sections like yourself we rack back the corners and then run it in as well as buttering the whole header of the brick.

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Yeah I have been watching a tonne of videos of UK Bricklaying. And im considering trying that on my next house building corners on all points and running it back! thanks for the comment Matt Cheers

[@nathaniellowry3861]

Mate, Is that the same mortar ratio mixture for Bassa block also?

[@jamesmerrilees7110]

Like your style neat brickwork as a bricklayer l like what isee

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Thanks James!

[@dciburnsidesniffsniff6119]

Hi pal how do you keep a 40mm cavity clean cos you can’t get your trowel behind the brick properly !! In England we have 100mm - 120mm cavities

[@carrot3945]

Your a good bricky, steady!

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Appreciate it mate

[@markhep]

We don't use much lime over hear odd tme we do. I like the lime in the mix nice work guys looks great 👍👍👍

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Mark Hep it’s nasty stuff mate haha. I should really be using a mask for it... well a mask in general at the moment🤣 good on you mark

[@markhep]

@@hendosbricklaying2003 😂😂😂

[@mattcurtis8209]

Awesome music too 🇬🇧

[@taylaferris7861]

hey bro, keep the videos coming....love seeing a bricklayer lay nice bricks, specially when the mud is good, recently stopped bricklaying cause of the virus, was luck I could go back to my old job, guys I've worked with do not give a krap about correct mixing techniques, just fill it up hahaha...not much standard face brick being laid anymore over here in Perth, just Florentine, and roughies....love the work ...... 1 video per week haha

[@kierenboimufc5940]

Does the blue bucket and white bucket hold the same amount of sand ?

[@beardedbricky7834]

Hey boss why y’all use those types of mixers over there. Why not a paddle mixer like we got in the states? Thanks bro!

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Hey boss. Im not too sure to be honest almost all brickies over here have the big drum mixers. How big are your batches of mortar using paddle mixer.. and how much are they?

[@beardedbricky7834]

Hendos Bricklaying hey bud they are $2800-$4000 over here depending on which one you get.

[@morganazzopardi2187]

Fk man this brings back the days when i was bricklaying. Im actually in tears. My boss and me just laying bricks. In melbourne working 6 days a week. Sad i left bricklaying. Wished builders paid us and looked after brickies

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

morgan azzopardi appreciate this comment heaps. I love laying bricks those days when the sun is out your in the zone some tunes in the background not a care in the world. What do you do now with yourself mate? Where are you from

[@morganazzopardi2187]

@@hendosbricklaying2003 yeah man working the hot heat,shitty raining. Started at 15 years old and quit at 24. Atm working in a warehouse lol. Paid on time ay. Stay safe my dude. Aussie brickies 🤘🤘

[@blakestevens2007]

stand a profile on the expansion joints saves plumbing them

[@dragginmedown]

Worse advice ever haha

[@ahmadrammal4023]

Good job mate

[@Ninja_Drummer]

What type of sand do you use in that mix thanks?

[@GaetanoCostanza]

You need to get Fitzbrick clamp for profile

[@UndisputedRoofer]

What's the lime do?

[@luke-yp1xi]

Hey mate do you have a link to where i get those spot boards and mortar stands that you're using cheers

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

luke daft techniquetools.com.au/products/mortar-boards Hi mate this is the store I use for my tools !

[@gurpreetkahlon612]

Is there pr in btick laying fpr international studemts

[@syedarefin9077]

you are legend

[@goldentrowel1968]

Where do you buy your cement just curious Great Video too

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Hi mate. We usually get our cement from Bunnings, or All green nursery in Melbournes West! Cheers

[@goldentrowel1968]

@@hendosbricklaying2003 Thankyou

[@adamali2886]

why do all of the bricks have dents and marks and damage on them. In the old houses the bricks are in excellent condition but these new houses bricks are already damaged and broken from the start

[@markelvidge8971]

Hi mate great work again! Are you bois still laying at the minute or have you been shut down!?

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Mark DeHD we are still laying mate. No more than 6 people allowed on a single work site though. Good for us small crews

[@carrot3945]

Im from ireland and was thinking of moving to Australia, I'm a bricky of 12years experience. Any chance of a job?

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Plenty of work out here mate. Just have to see how everything goes in the next coming months to see how the development markets affected. For now bricks to be laid!! cheers mate

[@paddymcguigan762]

To right bricks/blocks to be laid im in sydney and we can't get good men and this virus could put alot of sites way behind

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Paddy McGuigan uncertain scary times for all mate. Stay safe mate.

[@markanderson6969]

Are you both bricklayers doing your own labouring?

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Mark Anderson deano is mainly the labourer and I’m teaching him how to lay bricks. Just keeping the crew small during these times

[@markanderson6969]

@@hendosbricklaying2003 fair play mate, thats exactly what I do and I always seem to have a load of work on, good luck to you both

[@GaetanoCostanza]

6:1 that's half bag cement is a buckets that's strong mix that's 3:1 mix 3 🪣 sand 1 🪣 cement. Bucket should be standard 15 L. Well said water the enemy of mortar the less the better.

[@utubewatcher360]

NO WALL TIES????

[@pauloconnor2980]

He's laying those bricks like a threshing machine! 'course that's only my amateur opinion!

[@craighahessy9602]

Noce one lad

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Thanks Craig! appeciate your support

[@browndumpling1232]

Is Deano your brother?

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

He is mate

[@garycurtis891]

We are in lock down bro all sites are shut

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

Damn thats hard man... Wishing you all the best. Im sure we arent too far away from locking it down :(. Stay safe, stay healthy Gary.

[@garycurtis891]

@@hendosbricklaying2003 And your self brother

[@truebluebricklaying8987]

Where’s the cj ties and wall ties

[@kylearts5095]

Can you upload a bit more dude longer vids would be great bit bored in this time our sites shut! Cheers dude

[@hendosbricklaying2003]

For sure Kyle. We will work on some longer ones... what would you like to see

[@kylearts5095]

@@hendosbricklaying2003 Hendos Bricklaying cheers for the reply don't wanna rush you just curious if you done the give away have I missed it aha wouldn't mind winning that aha tools get exspensive aha and maybe different type of bricks you use do you lay any other bond or just stretcher? Maybe a. Q and A ? And maybe some pillar work if you do them do you do any detailed work? Maybe different laying technique just curious why do you use such a big trowel? Thankyou:)

[@ja20nable]

Just shovel the sand in the mixer champ don’t break ya back

[@calvincalvinify]

I get its hard but I make a point of never mixing without a mask. not being a dink just saying you will thank yourself later in years. Good video though !