The Traditional Bricklayer and The Tower of London

I was invited by the surveyor of works at one of the worlds most historic buildings the Tower of London .
Fantastic to look at past ,present and future restoration projects .
Great to see such great craftsmanship,offer advice and also to learn some fascinating history facts .
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[@AD-uh3xi]

Mate what a video that was, until the end when u showed us that shocking workmanship. I could shed a tear watching that. My mrs always pulls me when we are out and about saying “ you’re looking at bricks again aren’t u?” 😂 but all in good spirits as she knows I love it. On a lighter note, love your enthusiasm for the trowel and enjoy your videos. So keep them coming. take care brother

[@johnsmith-ik6uz]

Bloody marvelous to watch.Glad I watched it.A building with so much blood,sweat and tears mixed into the brickwork.Generations of genuine hard men and then downing tools to fight a war.How many came back.

[@garysmith9877]

He’s the 😀David Bellamy of bricklaying

[@brickie59]

I have been a Bricklayer since 1976 and have seen change’s of Skill and attitude towards our Trade. Very few take pride in there workmanship nowadays.

[@Musrusticus-]

The Tower of London, I’ve stagged-on there loads of times back in the eighties when I was a Guardsman. Love the place. Great vid’, thanks mate.

[@saxilbyjoe4325]

What a lovely video of a truly historical and fascinating Great City. Really enjoyed watching this.

[@vinnyjalbert4969]

Love your passion for masonry and the immense history of it!!! Would love to come over across the pond and admire some of it!!😁🧱🧱

[@jimhardy1897]

When I started bricklaying in the 70s the bricklayers were quite smart on their way to and on their way home from work they wore a shirt and tie a jacket and trousers and changed into overalls when they arrived. keep it up m8 love your vids.

[@batmangoddam5999]

Great , really enjoyed, it’s great to be able to appreciate something most would just walk by. Love your enthusiasm. Take care my friend

[@paulselley6164]

You need your own TV series

[@flatcap7585]

Great video mate, very interesting was down the tower with the family in the summer, loved it. Plasterer some 30 odd years, and over the years you pickup & do other stuff bits of general building etc. Like your work and attitude mate all the best. 👍🏻

[@user-gj8qh7fg8p]

Keep your videos rolling so intresting

[@__drt3851]

Loved this content 👏

[@deano7382]

Proper enjoyed watching this well done lad 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@a1motorcycletrainingandsal528]

Fantastic video, well put together, entertaining and passionate. Well done mate keep them up 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@chebarden8278]

Love the passion you share for our trade ...

[@jsaunders9804]

Great video deano, now doing a barn conversion myself which is over 100 year old and always think of the history and past bricklayer before me who done the build, it’s interesting and also hard work haha 2 separate gables and one side has 2 inch and 3 inch bricks in monk bond and the other side normal Flemish and have to bond it in 😂

[@northlondonmasons107]

Love the passion mate it's infectious .

[@Alan07881]

Awesome, what an experience!

[@grahamobrienverynicex9804]

Lovaly vid dean x

[@send2gl]

Just found your site. As a Londoner born and bred I found this video most fascinating.

[@arthurhannan2681]

Great video ❤ 🇬🇧

[@madcars4342]

Top vid 👌

[@robsim5261]

Truly passionate about your craft i have used bickies that were not🙂

[@hydroman114]

great vid

[@rossko727]

Really interesting

[@garyhockaday8022]

Interesting !

[@Emtbwebb]

Amazing deano work of heart ain't it🤝🏻😁

[@mattybullen3904]

hi mate you would love a visit to some of the old viaducts, so many bricks laid I just stood in awe

[@jdicky2020]

Love the vid. Where did you get the coat and hat from??

[@davidfox7983]

Very interesting

[@crossroadschronicles4647]

Love the chanel

[@markrobinson1458]

Everything has a price and England was skint after the war, repointing a wall badly is tragic on our heritage buildings, trouble now is once again the country is skint, time the lottery fund coughed up the cash, nice little insight into a well known landmark 👍

[@josephlyons6637]

Great stuff, lets have some more. What about a few castle visits. It has to be you not some one who has never picked up a trowel.

[@rickyvanniekerk771]

Have you been to Hampton court palace? The chimney stacks! 👌

[@thetraditionalbricklayer9650]

My next video brother

[@MrGuvEuroman]

They say it’s why we’ve lost our skill with lime work, all the old builders went off to war and didn’t come back, the say at least 80% of the knowledge died over seas, like my house sandstone snd local stone built with lime, Im currently raking out all the shit cement from the pointing and replacing it with Lime Mortar, the stone work is coming alive, the whole house is drying out and the stone is coming back to life a beautiful colour,

[@grahamobrienverynicex9804]

Godbless dean x

[@joeypullen9436]

Rule Britannia / Dean I wish they had rebuilt the war damaged zTower back in stone instead of the brick, what on earth were they thinking!!!! I know it has a story but I don’t forgive for such an error on such an iconic building Great video one of your best, you need to do some more pod casts , this was fab video well presented and delivered, well done Dean Joe

[@ronniehamilton4966]

That wall at the start has no expansion joint and it’s still standing 😮😮😮😮😮

[@johnb2044]

should do Hampton court

[@aaronhanratty6018]

Unreal mate what great history there is in London and all off the UK and its shame someone has done a horrible job off trying to repoint the brick work on that lovely old house

[@kierenboimufc5940]

Why has alot of that brick work been pointed sand and cement 😢 please to more like this it was awsome to watch

[@Mark-gf7yw]

Random question, but what is the brand of the coat you are wearing in this vid?

[@jstubbs8016]

looks like burberry

[@Mark-gf7yw]

@@jstubbs8016 Nah….It’s a Burton menswear classic Mac.

[@colleenmcfarland8298]

My brothers just come back from America and bought me a crick wooden spirit level wondered if anyone used one it's made of maple

[@richardstetson8221]

They're supposed to be really good I almost bought one but then I bought the stabilis they're really expensive like 160 bucks for a 4 ft level a young kid I work with has one that was handed down to him and I noticed though that it's really heavy compared to my Stabila

[@tweedledee7598]

Still standing today but hidden from the people sound as a pound more of this proud pure English

[@grahamobrienverynicex9804]

Dean hi ,yes there over the top

[@AbleRecords2013]

11:25 that hurts my mince pies as a plasterer.

[@pinemountaininn7185]

Bit of on your dates geezer Romans had left England in 410 they came to England 55 BC but great video big fan

[@joshuamatheron1]

I’ve done a lot of work for the national trust. Not sure who governs the Tower of London. The supervisor/ architect whoever it it may be was FUSSY!! And rightly so. I don’t get how that ‘brickwork/pointing’ was ever passed or even started. We spent weeks doing panels to see how the mortar etc dried out. Such a shame

[@Mao.Loves.Zedong]

That pointing was done to try cover up spalled brick I imagine. Might of once been a good match for colour. Either way looks terrible now.

[@AbleRecords2013]

4:22 what's the tatt mean?? W.H.S.V we here stand victorious

[@grahamobrienverynicex9804]

Yes the joints look awful in one vid.

[@aaronbrown3573]

That's some of the worst brick work I've ever seen. How could that have been ok ? The contractor was not screened and verified and the people responsible for the building maintenance do not care or are not knowledgeable in the trade work. Unbelievable.

[@tonyjones7372]

thats what they would have been shooting at.... the invaders, and today we just put them in hotels.