the fine art of brickwork - Herringbone Hearth

[@hunnydone5780]

Nice job. Thanks for sharing!

[@kiteboy1973]

Rob I've watched numerous videos of yours and I can honestly say your knowledge and workmanship are truely outstanding. Your attention to detail is in my opinion the best I've ever seen. Keep the videos coming

[@johncunningham5799]

Best bricklayer on utube

[@40ymasprobandoapps33]

What can i say? Amazing job. The fireplace looks awesome. Thanks for share. I love the way u work, very detail. 😊

[@mervyndavies2250]

Also been a bricklayer for 44 years done most types of brickwork but still a pleasure to see a good tradesmen like you're self.

[@robsonger1]

thank you Mervyn

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Patience of a saint and very meticulous lovely job 👍🏼

[@paulhampson9920]

Superb job and real quality craftsmanship - a pleasure to watch.

[@robsonger1]

thank you Paul

[@dirk410]

I’ve been a bricklayer builder for 44 years your a proper tradesman rob love it

[@robsonger1]

thank you Derek, I'm always grateful for appreciative comments. It's people like you who help me to carry on doing it.

[@stevens5541]

He's a craftsman not tradesman...he's to talented to be called a tradesman

[@leemoore107]

The best bricklaying tutorials on KZbin by miles! Your knowledge Rob is second to none, and I now use many of your techniques in my own bricklaying. Keep up the great work .

[@jstubbs8016]

awesome work yet again rob, it's a crying shame that work like this is dead on public sector site's ,even the arches come in stuck on the back of a lintel and most of these so called young bricklayer's don't even know how to offer up and cut a skewback properly , so all your vid's bring back fond memory's to a retired bricklayer.

[@terryneason7400]

G/day Rob,I've just found you on You Tube and I'm really enjoying watching your videos at the moment (raining here)I've been a bricklaying for 50 years now and have never seen the setting out of a twisted arch so was mesmerized by that tutorial.Great work mate.All the best.Terry.

[@robsonger1]

thank you Terry...more to come soon..thanks again for watching

[@fireintheminds5038]

Great work Rob. Tidy as

[@davidinger961]

Nice neat clean job!

[@AChocolateMiniroll]

10/10 job would like to see the rest of the piece done too!

[@markfelts1128]

Don't think I'll be attempting this any time soon, great work.

[@Lemma01]

Beautiful. Keen to know where I can source the brick slips - or did you cut them all?!!

[@brando6BL]

That's a sweet piece of work, gents. Though I was never called upon to do such a piece in my time, it's good to know that I could have worked out the method myself, given a pencil and enough tea.

[@robsonger1]

haha......tea is essential, but must be in a china mug...

[@walthom]

Hey rob, thanks for the videos, can you please do a video about the mortar technique for laying a hearth? Doesn't need to be herringbone. Just how to apply mortar when laying out the hearth.

[@robsonger1]

I have a video of that I did years ago that never made it to the channel. I think it's still on my external hard drive. I'd have to look and see if I can find it

[@zaidhussain3658]

first class work as usual

[@MRsluggie123]

Stunning mate!!!

[@daltongriggs3960]

How big does the first triangular cut need to be? How do you determine the border cuts?

[@barnescmx]

Unbelievable tradesmen

[@alejadroramirez4734]

like aces the outrages the cuts

[@ohyeahyeah0]

Nice very nice job Rob. Have you ever done herringbone in tiles, looks fantastic very concentrated towards brick one of my favourite ornate bonds, double herringbone, plus diagonal basket weeve. Spot on job Rob.

[@soldtobediers]

Best tutorials are the ones like these... submarine silent! 3218

[@stevens5541]

I hate it when people put music to literally everything...I love silence

[@dlcarrocce5687]

Hey rob. Any way I can order one of those jigs for the twisted piers? Located in the usa. If not, do you know anything else like it on the market? Your feedback would be most appreciated!

[@robsonger1]

Hiya, I've only sold a couple to the USA because the brick sizes differ to those in the UK and that meant I had to alter the pivot points which didn't make it cost effective for me. I suggest, as I do with all those who enquire from the US, and that is to use 2 pieces of plywood and set them to the twist you require. That is how I started doing twists, I only made the metal adjustable ones after I had lots of people asking me to do them at different sizes and different twists. Thank you so much for watching.

[@dlcarrocce5687]

rob songer thanks for the response rob! Your a great talent and I hope to be as good as you one day!

[@jobsagooden4640]

Hi Rob - Another great video, what lime mix do you use? I've watched other videos of yours and wondered if you make this up yourself or buy pre gauged ?

[@robsonger1]

the mix on this hearth was a 1:1:6 white OPC, hydrated lime and a medium course sand. the fireplace itself is a very unusual red hydraulic lime mortar to match the existing.

[@jobsagooden4640]

Thanks for the reply, is there a reason why you couldn't use building sand for lime mortar, I've been told mixed opinions. I was planning on using 1:3 building sand and NHL3.5 for repointing.

[@robsonger1]

Ideally, hydraulic lime mortar should be gritty, like a plastering sand. Occasionally, it may need ground chalk in it to match in. it all depends on what the existing mortar is like. This summer I hope to have a video on jointing, pointing and the mortars to use.

[@jobsagooden4640]

I look forward to seeing that video Rob, will be perfect for me, as i'm struggling with contradictory information. I was trying to find information why building sand shouldn't be used.

[@user-lc7xb5ch5t]

What building are u working in

[@robsonger1]

it was formerly an old English farmhouse, soon it will be holiday accommodation. The complex will be amazing

[@alfiemcspitfire5323]

+rob songer you're an artist, mate. You've made me try 10x harder, and 'put some love into it' as they say.

[@robsonger1]

well thank you, that is one of the nicest comments I've had.

[@iwanthomas7809]

rob songer

[@MaSonUA]

Очень разумно и красиво! Лайк:)

[@user-lc7xb5ch5t]

Must be a pleasure to work on .

[@MOSADZIDANE]

تسلم ايدك

[@tonyk.9212]

Concidering most of these idiots don't even have to do an apprenticeship these days they just pay for an onsite assessment.... it's nice to see a real tradesmen at work, lovely job mate 👍

[@jstubbs8016]

your spot on there mate.

[@paulbackhard6315]

Just because people don’t allow themselves to be someone’s slave for 6 years doesn’t mean they cannot learn to lay bricks . Apprenticeships are a complete and utter con

[@ДмитрийЛипков-т2х]

Отлично!

[@garycampbell1523]

virtuoso

[@blocktowntools9443]

The graphic with the letters flying in/fading in really distracts from the message. I gave up watching.

[@robsonger1]

Sorry to hear that