How to lay bricks FAST | The EASY WAY!

[@jasonveale8560]

Pick and dip ok for a dried ibstock, any thing that allows you to run out a full bed on a course is quicker traditional ! Right to left with only a slight push no tapping, perp the middle and front with slight excess is quicker ! I’m 50 and and think a 33-11 narrow marshalltown leads to not overplaying a spread

[@CharlieCollison]

I’ll go spec mix one year and show em how it’s done 😉 top vid pal

[@JimJimpmjj]

👍👍👍 thanks to both of you great videos 👍👍

[@morganazzopardi2187]

Wow Charlie is here. Nice

[@RodianBuilds]

Yeah bro! I'm surprised they don't use the method. Like I said on the video, I wish I had known about this years ago. So many jobs I've done where this would have saved me A LOT of time! Keep up the good work bud, channel growing nicely 🤙🧱

[@julianwashbourne411]

I do like your videos mate very helpful indeed keep them coming my friend , I'm learning lots

[@Dazza19746]

Love your channel Charlie 👍🏻

[@Shazza20111]

What about extra time to sort the pointing out?

[@bmcgrath45]

Love your videos mate! Learning so much

[@AChocolateMiniroll]

It is easier to pick and dip laying backwards too!

[@scottnever8732]

not how it works tho is it? you do pick n dip method using access mortar to perp

[@darrenevans3218]

Fair play ive been laying bricks over 30 years plus pointless video you spend more time tapping the bricks to the line just pick it up and lay it you could do pick and dip or the other way who cares you spend more time tapping them to the line

[@benwilliams1172]

hi Rodian i have been laying bricks for 42 years, and i like the pick and dip. i learnt it when i was working abroad . never thought of using it in uk until i saw charlie collison, and thought i would give it a go again. heres a couple of tips . if you can lay bed back hand towards last brick layed, and let mortar mound a little bit. this will help when you drag the brick back. expect the perp to to be 80% full, the remaining 20% will get filled when you lay the next course rolling brick from back to front. dont forget to pick up a brick when you pick up mortar. whole process is 2 movements. last but not least wet up your mortar more, less tapping more laying. hot weather ,2 courses and joint up. you can use this method on english bond aswell, just a different side of the brick. as for people who hate pick and dip, please carry on . last but not least i dont have a bad back and i go home very happy .

[@karanbirsingh299]

cheers mate. been laying blocks 7 years now started laying bricks last year. try to get faster. thank you for the tips

[@originaldanman]

There's a reason they don't use this method in Bricklayer 500 competition, because it's probably at least 40% slower. Most brick laid in a competition was 914 by Robert Boll, and he didn't use pick and dip I can guarantee you, and he hasn't been beat in almost 50 years.

[@alanswanson5642]

I have to disagree spread the wall as much as you can reach from one spot which is about ten feet. Then lay the bricks with your hand and stop tapping every brick with a trowel. Butter the bricks in the wall and use the extra mortar from the bed to make the head joint.

[@lewisbarney5327]

Now you're talking I wonder what he considered fast spending too much time tapping on everything and throwing the mud back on the board and then picking up more

[@lewisbarney5327]

Tap Tap Tap, why do you spread backwards you should be able to roll the brick to the line without tapping it, and last of all why throw the excess back on the board when you just have to pick up more

[@dickheaddan4106]

Instead of throwing that excess mud to your board, spread it on the head joint of the brick you just laid so you don't end up with partial head joints?

[@sneak2023]

NO its an extra movement you flick the muck on the board when you're scooping ur next load of muck

[@dickheaddan4106]

@@sneak2023 flicking the muck is the extra movement, your trowel is right there at the head joint when you cut the excess

[@seanmayo206]

Y'all call it muck we call it mud an we the same race an same language. Go figure

[@mathewh3766]

Exactly!

[@mustiird1759]

@@seanmayo206 we call it mortar

[@Jonathan-mk1ju]

If you cant get your perps full, it’s pointless. The time you have saved, gets taken up pointing your gaps.

[@jamesmacmadness5443]

Depends which brick and joint

[@jamesmacmadness5443]

And desired point mix

[@PaddleDogC5]

He's not doing it properly. Voids then putting in the last brick without double buttering cost time. Tapping with the handle is a joke. SLOW. You can pick and dip with london, Philly, wide heel, it doesn't matter. You can get a skinny joint either way. Someone tapping brick for me like that wouldn't last 20 minutes in the scaffolding.

[@PaddleDogC5]

No joints on the last brick GMAFB 18;09

[@PaddleDogC5]

Lucky your doing it for fun because you can't make MONEY like your laying here.

[@jeanjeanmich]

Pick and dip would get you laid off where I live. There's too many joints to go back to after the course.

[@slome815]

If it's done properly the perps will all be full. As far as I know it's the traditional method here in europe. I have never seen a bricklayer work with the english method here.

[@adriandelahay8726]

On the first traditional course you laid you used three trowel movements for your bed,I would of used one trowel full for that bed. So many brickies fuck about with beds nowadays. Been laying bricks for 40 years and organising yourself is key to speed

[@richardevans3084]

We use pick an dip in California,as weather gets into 90s all the time.I used to use traditional till i got tired of walling the last few with Hammer. I’m originally from Wales . Thanks for your great videos 👍🏼

[@seanmayo206]

The mud u scape off the face of the bed should be used to butter the brick u just layed

[@sgtboz9730]

The thing that blew me away was the brick chair! Awesome 😎

[@realdealnealdks5275]

I would get fired if i tapped on every brick that I laid. When laying traditional you should always use yr cutting for next head joint. Your going back to yr board way to many times. A lot of wasted movements.

[@JayKTS]

Hello rodian , the technique is very known where I live .. Here we grab our brick first before we take mortar .. that’s one movement eliminated , so double the speed you could almost say , so when you lay your bed you can place your brick instantly because it’s sitting ready in your hand

[@RodianBuilds]

Thanks for the tip buddy. I'll keep that in mind when laying next time. Makes a lot of sense 🤙🧱

[@markhep]

I pritty much copy you now Jay even got the big buckets 👍👍👍

[@brickbybric]

Mark Hep www.ebay.de/itm/10x-Moertelkuebel-rund-40-Liter-schwarz-Tuppen-Moertelkuebel-Moertelwanne-Zementkuebel-/382962712408 Mark here’s a link to the type of mortar tubs jay uses very cheap from Germany they come in 40 ,60 ,and 90 liter . I got 15 ,60 liter ones from eBay Germany years ago . 10 round and 5 square like the Germans use . worked out at 5 or 6 euros each plus 35 shipping .for the 35 shipping they would have sent me way more than the 15 I got . Very robust tubs . Great as hop ups as well 😀.

[@markhep]

@@brickbybric look solid buckets they do 👍

[@markanderson6969]

@@markhep I couldn't get on with the round buckets when there wasn't much muck left so I got myself rectangle tubs, use them on benches with the bricks

[@michaelbroderick527]

When laying the last brick in the gap its a good idea to smear some muck on the bricks either side of the gap as well as the brick being laid... This helps the muck stay in place rather than being pushed up out of the perp.

[@mastersamurai7683]

I agree...the British don't seem too into it

[@lnk3503]

@@mastersamurai7683 those will wash out.

[@martyglover4344]

Day work = Traditional Price work = Pic n Dip 👍🏼

[@bttrinity6336]

Im new to your channel, so I dont know if this is something you've touched on before. Im an Apprentice in Detroit, MI and in America everyone I've worked with lays brick using the traditional method, but something I noticed you didnt do is butter your next head joint (Perp) with the cut off of your bed which just adds more steps since you didnt. The way I've been taught is once you lay your bed, you shouldnt have to go back to your mortar board because the excess from your bed joint should always be enough to butter your head joint on the brick you just layed. So you spread your bed, butter your first brick, get it down to the line, cut off and butter the other side of that brick you just layed. From there you just get another brick, get it down to the line, cut off bed and butter your head, then repeat till you close the coarse. Is this something you see often? If not, what would be the reason why? Over here its all about eliminating steps, and going back to your mortar board every time you butter your perp just wastes time.

[@justinandnickybrock7463]

I agree with you. What your describing is the method I was taught. Once you clean the excess from the bed and hit that next joint first the front then the top, you should always have a good full joint and no tuck pointing. This pick and dip requires a lot of precision accuracy in the dip and drag or else you'll not have enough mud to properly hold tour brick up. Also I just cant see this pick and dip being faster than this method you and I have described.

[@hotpoker4212]

If you use the excess muck,to joint the brick on the wall,and have your bricks on the inside, stacked at a working level,it's much faster, love your videos,🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@vlofvl]

I work traditionally, I get a full bed and use the excess to joint the next brick and so on . . . I never have to go back to the ligger for more gobbo and only ever need to collect my next brick. While pick & Dip negates the time spreading a longer bed it loses time having to go back to the ligger every time you pick a brick up. It also doesn’t fill the beds & perps as consistently so takes longer to pint. Pick and Dip is a matter of preference, some like it and others don’t but it isn’t faster in my opinion

[@markgarrett9147]

Yes

[@decemberboy3720]

You think pick and dip would be effective for a 3 inch high brick? Canada here only usually uses max brick (3” by 10”)

[@tolaff]

Nice Vid but as a 51 year old bricklayer ,with a father of 76 who has just retired and a grandfather who was the teacher of most of the bricklayers in the area we live. i find this pick and dip modern stuff rubbish. most of the time time you are running the line with another brickie and we was always taught . DO NOT TOUCH THE LINE . so you bed out as much as two steps back . probably 5-7 bricks and then bed again . If you keep bedding one brick the line is twanging about mucking the work up. oh its faster for me but not for the guy the other end who is saying fuck me mate who do you think you are Angus Young.

[@nickaf5262]

Learn how to lay bricks fast just watch Charlie colison

[@RodianBuilds]

He has this technique nailed! 🧱🤙

[@Droningonuk]

The "Charlie Collison" technique

[@jackrussell9811]

no its the glen veness method its all nicked from glen who takes ALL the credit

[@JimJimpmjj]

Re name deserved I think good call 👍

[@Droningonuk]

@@jackrussell9811 Glen is the man but he butters the end of the brick charlie doesn't however the two previously mentioned are in my opinion the best to bricks on KZbin with rodian 3rd

[@RodianBuilds]

I've not heard of Glen Veness. May have to look him up 🤙🧱

[@rikantony6571]

@@RodianBuilds hes hilarious mate

[@handyandy3908]

Line on 2 brick seen it all now🙈 pick and dip load of shite not faster at all, spread a full bed for me m8 all the way if you can spread a bed quick, if you can’t fair play pick and dip might help, 15 year on the trowel and full bed first iss the way for me 🤷🏻‍♂️ nice channel but enjoy your content !!

[@alexthompson8307]

Great channel. Any chance you can do a vid on doing a curved wall? I’m about to so a retaining wall out of high density block, belly down. I’m not even a bricky. Nothing like diving in😬

[@seanmayo206]

Not liking pick an dip. In North Carolina USA we spread the bed as far as we can an use the extra bed joint mud to butter the head. Way faster

[@stephenwatson8558]

Rob Sanger (excellent trowel , with a YT channel ) has a variation on the p&d method , if indeed his style can be classed as that . Spread for one , then pick up brick and another trowel of muck , throw muck , lay brick . Rob however still furrows the bed . I was taught that the furrow also creates suction so gives a better key , so p&d might be said not to be as structurally sound as the trad method . Maybe you could see if there's a difference when demoing the wall . Not a dig each to their own but , when laying for 3 trad style you visited the board 3 times to spread , instead of 1 full trowel and spread for 3 at once , also scraping and throwing instead of using the muck for the next perp so 40% increase was easier to attain /Good vid .

[@jameshowcroft321]

Awesome video Rob,many years ago they used to teach apprentices pic n dip it’s so much quicker neater and you don’t tap bricks in they are pushed in place. In Europe they all do pic and dip ,guys like Jay in Belgium and Anders danish Bricky and Charlie from England all amazing bricklayer s like yourself. Cheers 🥂

[@tbraiz4132]

My country brick wall so fast You can visit Vietnamese,we have so much great worker :3

[@MikeWilliams-yp9kl]

Great video excellent method the only problem is, You built the wall in the wrong place that's not my garden 😁😎

[@williamashton-jv5mc]

Never heard of this till I watched your video the other night and used this method today on site and it’s definately quicker. Thanks for the advice.

[@markhep]

I been doing a bit of both you should Watch Jay over in EU they been doing it forever over there. And they work with big buckets stops the mortar going off. I started using big buckets my self 👍👍👍

[@Ragnar8504]

First time I read about pick'n dip was in a German DIY book from the 1950s, simply said "that's the way real brickies do it!". Great to see it done on camera!

[@markhep]

@@Ragnar8504 nice 👍👍👍

[@francooz1]

Hey Rodian, awesome video! But I need to point it out you're 28% faster not 40. 206 is obviously the 40% of 508 but you saving time NOT on 8 minutes but 12. Therefore you have saved the difference between 12 and 8 minutes which is 28 ish percent saved time of 12 minutes, if that makes sense to you :)

[@Twobirdsbreakingfree]

Your bricks tatty? Have you seen the bricks they use in, say, India?

[@mytubebobbie06h]

I don’t have a preference,at the end of the day, it’s about doing a job well done by not cutting corners. Quality over quantity! Great job on the pick and dip. I enjoyed your video.

[@petebingham3050]

Rodian - came across your channel today and watched your video all the way through. I think your maths is a bit suspect. Pick and Dip is not as quick as you suggest. The maths is (714-508)/714 = 208/714, or 29% faster. If you were 41% faster you would have done it in 714 x (1-0.41) = 714x0.59 = 421 seconds !!

[@rgarcia4354]

First off this is structurally compromising. Furrowing the mortar locks the mortar into the holes of the brick, the reason brick have holes. Just laying mortar across the top and pressing down the brick is very inadequate in accomplishing this goal. Also, why do you Tap on the brick and why do you throw mud on the board. All wasted movements, and your head joints are not full and by filling your empty gaps later you not only are taking more time but you are also compromising the integrity Of the structure with and inadequate cementing of the brick, once again. The only thing you got going for you is the forwArd cutting motion after you lay the brick, but you should use that mud to fill your head joint. Buddy I’m sorry, it I’d smoke you on a wall and I doubt you would pass inspection, it your video is great for the backyard mason or homeowner who just needs to get through it. For that I say your video is great.

[@squeezle100]

Pick a dip is what I do on hot days when you can’t lay long bed without the mortar going off and constantly throwing buckets of water on brick stacks or when I’m doing smaller more intricate decorative brickwork. Like yourself I prefer traditional method on cooler damper days with longer runs to get the best perp and beds joints for ease of jointing up afterwards.

[@jamesmacmadness5443]

I’m only a spread and ur shit hot but on the way quick version ur still flicking the excess three times bk onto your spot.... that’s two buttered bricks ...... so small areas Yh but anything substantial depending on the support u got especially with Profiles in ........ smash em down tip and run keeping the boy busy in the brush or were ur board and muck is ......swear I can lay as quick with my spread towels as my unc..... he’s abit of a corners man now tho tbh .... gud vid bud

[@JSmith-me1xf]

I cannot believe you are telling people that the pick and dip method is quicker than traditional method you are going to your board for every brick you lay.ive been laying bricks for 30 years.real bricklayers make fun of pick and dip.your work looks good,but that's bad advice in my opinion

[@pauleohl]

Hi Rodion. I see that your bricks are quite clean even though you use them repeatedly. Is that because you disassemble what you have built as soon as the video is done? Is it because lime mortar barely bonds to the bricks and it is easy to knock it off. I am a total amateur. I have a few hundred used bricks and I notice that some have mortar on them that is almost impossible to remove., but most are relatively clean. Almost all my used bricks have neither holes nor a frog, I am in Smithtown NY USA.

[@lnk3503]

A bit of sugar in you mud will save you a fortune and many a sore wrist, if youre mud is drying too fast. Also, with traditional, when you lay out a couple of meters of bed, after laying the fist two brick, and trimming it down, the next five bricks will go strait down with no tapping or fiddling. That brick armchair would be nice and cool after a hot day if it was in the shade. You also want your brick stacks no more than 600mm from the face of the wall, and no more than 12 long, so everything is in reach without extra steps.

[@sqeeezy8161]

Good style but you are a serial flicker, 4 /5/6 times per brick flicking muck. Time gained is lost to flicking.

[@unknownentity524]

I can generally spread for 4 bricks visiting the spot board once. No way you can run a gable in doing pick and dip faster than me working traditionally

[@markgarrett9147]

I agree and the last 4 bricks he still went back to pick them up he didn't even realise the two movements. Two many holes last brick not full . I know many brick layers lot cleaner and faster

[@juniorpink1021]

it's not about speed ,it's about quality...what if you live in earthquake country?

[@actimasprime6226]

you also fucked up with your mathmatics for your 40 percent calculations at 23:45 . i think it should be 206/714 which equals 28 percent faster as you are comparing to the traditional time and not to the pick and dip time . what do you think ?

[@BB-mv9wl]

On a single skin wall; I can see it's good, but noticing a lot being squeezed out the front. If it was a cavity; I bet the snots would be filling that void up quick.

[@Dressy7]

I prefer traditional due to the head joints being perfect every time. Such a pain in the butt to have to fill them when striking. Look at the pick and dip head joints vs traditional.

[@pauldurdan1549]

learn how to lay a brick properly the right way with the correct method and get P D out of your head for face work. you will be just as quick and tidier once you have mastered it. You don't need a big trowel to be quick.

[@gary24752]

Faster with pick and dip yes but the quality of the wall takes a hit.

[@CarlJohnson-wo5dn]

@23:35 I think the math is wrong. I did: 100% - (508/714) * 100 = 28.9%.

[@robertpilkington4442]

According to your prediction you will lay 7 days bricks in 5 days, I would be interested to see the video building the two identical walls as per your statement earlier and the time comparison. Also, is the quality of the finished product the same in each case? I am an amateur bricklayer who was taught by a bricky (who worked for Wimpey during the day) at a local school on Saturday mornings he told us that his father who was also a bricklayer used to pick up the cross joint mortar exactly as you did on the pick and dip,, apparently, he also picked up two bricks at once, one in his hand, the other on his trowel!, presumably he laid both before cleaning off the excess from the face and rear etc.

[@actimasprime6226]

i am a complete amateur . from what ive seen on this video id do it the traditional way for my purpose ....which is just some stuff on my house /garden etc. Rodian . you fucked it up

[@davebarrett1562]

How many bricks you can lay in one day? It's not about the speed, its about the quality!.

[@deanskates5862]

YTS joking bricky 6 month in college and talking a load of bollocks I'd not have him build me a dog kennel

[@aussie8114]

Get yourself some proper work clothes so you look professional. Brickies always let themselves down in the fashion stakes 😂

[@Dylan-ti5zd]

I’ve started a course for bricklaying, definitely going to try this instead of traditional way!

[@goodie54321ag]

Why frog up and using a Yankee shaped trowel designed for overhand on skyscrapers scraping bed joint instead of cutting off think I need to go into teaching in retirement

[@coltonnixon1046]

Look up the fastest trowel on the brick.a comp they have in Vegas every year no one does it like this.but hey I may give it a try but I don't see it.no disrespect

[@TheRudy1969]

Pick and dip is the worst way to lay brick, take it from a 35 year veteran, also butter the brick on the wall.

[@sweetgee0072003]

Pick n brick. Can only be done on bricks not blocks or stone . That's if you prefer this method.

[@bwilks2916]

Thanks for making this video. I love the different angles and the explanation. I will use this to build a fire pit ☺️

[@vinodrana5388]

God blessed

[@Smokey420Greenleaf]

i've seen a couple guys use pick n dip in the bricklayer 500.

[@codygillespie3369]

Hollow joints is common that’s why we don’t but we build chimneys let me know your solution to it

[@danielroy8232]

It looks like taht the pick and dip method can leave gaps in the mortar between the bricks.

[@EffieSwartz10]

This is a great video for people who are not bricklayers. The pick and dip is all right sometime especially if all you're laying is standard brick. I'm all for a bricklayer having a good show. Have at it. And yeah you're right there's a reason you don't see it in the bricklayer 500.

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

BLWP. No arguing with the figures Rodian! I’m sure everyone will be doing it eventually, 33 years is a long time to re program this brain 😬🤯. Great explanation though 👍🏼👌🏼🧱

[@RodianBuilds]

Cheers Steve. I still fall back into the traditional method. Need more practise to perfect it! 🤙🧱

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Rodian Builds Definitely ! 🧱👍🏼

[@juniorpink1021]

Do you have a video showing us how you built that chair that you are sitting in ?

[@codycameron5654]

You can mud the head of the brick with the mud that comes out from laying

[@hyregeg9730]

When you hit 65 your left shoulder wont work no more if you're right handed ask me how i know

[@jamiewilkins658]

Really enjoying your vids buddy, only found you yesterday 😂, Im a carpenter joiner by trade but predominantly do extensions and renovations so occasionally do a bit of brick/block work when making good. Im just about to have foundations poured at my house so hopefully your videos will give me a little more confidence about doing my full extension in brick and block(may take a while)😂

[@paulb8340]

As non brickie ....he makes it look tooo easy ..but you try it ..so hard to do !!

[@rancedavis5106]

You would also lay alot faster if you didny scrape away the excess bed joint 3 or 4 times when you only need to do it once

[@olsonlr]

Very smart! Thanks. Love the chair.

[@HughWallis-vl4kz]

If you did this on a building site they would laugh you off it,

[@PassTahPimpN]

Great Vid. Beginner myself. Not the hardest job on earth but definitely knowledge is all. Time is money. Have laid a few walls but this my first p&d look. I agree. Appears quicker. Depending on project of course. Love the chair!

[@Gebrekristos]

A good theory can you use this method with blockwork

[@colinreeves6473]

my grandad built the great wall of china in a week using pick and dip

[@vansanvansan4411]

Làm việc như ông có mà ăn đất chứ đừng nói ăn cám nữa, có mỗi 2 viên gạch mà như cả toà nhà ý

[@tonystockbridge6007]

Great video. Good to see various camera angles to show the technique 👌

[@kylegardner9458]

"No tippy tappies my boss would say." I still have a habit of doing it with that said force yourself to learn to do less tapping and trust your muscle memory

[@hyregeg9730]

Do whats comfortable for you forgetting the money

[@jailbreakgangdj4078]

You make it look really easy sir thanks and i made sure to the the red subscribe button and the tumbs up button

[@brucehare1548]

Awesome! I'm 65 and going to do pnd! Thank you so much

[@ChaarGrilled]

Yes bruce you legend

[@PaddleDogC5]

You ended up with pick and point. To many holes.

[@JD-kp1gv]

Love the vids, I can’t wait to get back to college to do level 3

[@RodianBuilds]

Cheers J D. You'll smash it when you go back! 🤙🧱

[@thembanikhumalo5127]

Why you dont put brick force on wall?

[@lukekelly6601]

Go right to left be faster but not on London's that method

[@beardedbricky7834]

Love the pic n dip. Full joints less motion better in hot or cold weather. Great job bro awesome explanation.

[@HughWallis-vl4kz]

What a load of nonsense, do not listen to this man

[@therealestateteacher]

Just want to say, these videos are amazing. Hoping to build a brick wall around my house in Brooklyn.

[@gmann212]

Gonna have to tuckpoint that 2nd brick joint

[@mastersamurai7683]

In America and Canada they are very concerned with mud falling in the cavity. This would never fly.

[@mastersamurai7683]

Plus it's ghetto

[@adrianmalugani3446]

How did you make that chair like that love it