Bricklaying ,no pic n dip ,no profiles 🧱

See me here taking over a job from another builder .
Few problems but we move
My boy found this content from the summer ...not a care in the world ,just Me my WHS ,music , bricks and mortar 👍
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[@pigeonworldforum3869]

A lot of Armchair "Brickies" posting negative comments on here, probably never laid a Brick in their lives ..........Ive been a Bricklayer for over 30 Years and believe Me, this Man is a very decent Bricklayer, plus He has a conscience, unlike a lot of Builders......I`d be happy to Work along side of Him ...........Top Job Mate, keep the Videos coming .

[@fruitgums]

While I do not disagree with you, he did plumb the brick on course one @5:50 which I am sure was just nerves from the camera 😎 I've been a Brickie for 35 years now as well. In all the years on the tools the best days were when I worked for myself as the sense of achievement and the knowledge that "I did that "is second to none".

[@liamconroy9276]

A armchair bricklayer haha,

[@jimhackett4744]

nah never please tell me

[@jimhackett4744]

​really ok do yu earn money worry about every thing that's perfect

[@johnbishop7481]

Been bricklaying all my life , I’m 62. Nothing wrong with this job at all. Very nice on the eye. This lad tries hard and gets it right. Believe you me, I’ve worked on sites where there’s rough work and this wall is well decent. Love the vids mate.

[@pro-1goalkeepingtutorialch165]

Thank you John I tip me hat to you 👌🧱

[@Citizenof98]

Hey. I have seen that you are long time work in this proffesion. Could you tell something about health? I heard a few times that this proffesion destroys a lot physical health as back/legs.

[@dread4836]

agree John

[@hitthebricksllc9365]

Hey would you mind giving me some pointers

[@bazjr86]

Aye Dean is a good brickie. Passionate about his work.

[@harryhoon39]

That sound of trowel on bricks is why I got hocked on bricklaying honestly it still makes me feel good, plus when people walk by watching you for a few days, telling you how nice it looks, sometimes saying work of art always keeps the trowel moving for me. You've got a nice way of doing your vids really enjoy em. Top class

[@dread4836]

just read all the comments, 90% agree very nice work mate, ye there are some technical issues but in the real world perfection is very rare, if we price for perfection, maybe e don't get the job, everyone is restricted by price and profit unfortunately, as a 59 yr old ex bricklayer, this man's work is excellent

[@paulhicks778]

Was just reading some of the criticising comments about your wall, I thought it looked tidy , someone said the perps varied in size but my thoughts are that maybe the bricks vary in size,maybe they don’t but you seem like you take pride in your work so I like to give the benefit of the doubt rather than criticise!

[@mervmervalot2296]

Opening up the bricks to make a curve will do that... Unless you cut the bricks

[@davidharper7591]

Fantastic radius, retaining dwarf wall, very neat and tidy which is more remarkable because of the brick being used well done pal 👍

[@pro-1goalkeepingtutorialch165]

Great to read knowledge ,,not many notice the brick Tip me hat To u Tnks for watching

[@jameshowcroft321]

Beautiful sharp looking curved wall that compliments the house a garden, that’s what you pay a skilled craftsmen for , awesome 👏 tip my hat to you, love the videos.thank you👍

[@anthonyflynn3837]

The beautiful sound of not one full perp

[@Lee-qt7zp]

😂

[@goldentrowel1968]

Great job on the wall that was great bricklaying thanks for sharing your skills.

[@joefowler9600]

This was either filmed a few months ago, or im living in the wrong part of the england.

[@m101ist]

I thought this was in Australia. 😲

[@daiburt1833]

I went to start an extension about thirty years ago .I couldn't believe my eyes I was speechless . someone told him wet concrete finds its own level .I got back in the van and went home .he got a bit stroppy .

[@DylanGSXR]

That depends how wet 😂

[@bazjr86]

That wee wall will be good for 15 2 20 years no problems. No need for expansion joints and drainage won't be a problem. Watched most of Dean's videos and he is a very skilled brickie. Noticed a lot of negative comments but you can tell he cares and is very passionate about making a tidy job.

[@garyhockaday8022]

Great bit of free hand work .

[@janekkowalski9859]

Super job, You are master!

[@stones105]

Neat job mate 👍.... I've found that flemish bond is more suited to radial /serpentine walling as the half bat between the stretchers allows you to navigate the radius better whilst also allowing the perps / cross joints to be more uniform in width.... 👍

[@billywilliams6257]

Awesome Work, Awesome Video. Please keep them coming 💖

[@philiphurdwell3443]

I think you are a good bricky, a lot lot lot better than me and I enjoy your vids, I'm not trying to be a keyboard warrior here ...... the brick on edge wont last more than 3 to 5 years as it will suffer from flailing which is expansion of water in the brick during frost , lbc's are the worst for this, it's not text bs you can see many examples. I would waterproof them with the same clear solution used to inject a doc. Sorry to be so honest, it's great to see such craftsmanship...

[@140rware]

Spalling is what you are looking for.

[@markie1014]

well if I was the customer I would be over the moon with that job.

[@4NK8A]

Love the Cowboy music.. seriously flettons for Garden wall.

[@tarnyadickens8475]

Terebdapple lights

[@tarnyadickens8475]

What’s that 3 quarter bond , rough as 😂

[@jonh2469]

Well I’m not a bricky but it takes thick skin to put your work up in here the amount of know it all tossers that comment.

[@Matipolandscaping]

Awesome video! And great points about progress payments and professional working practices 🙌💯⚒

[@chris68213]

[br]. They want a hope there's no Frost there.

[@raverdal]

1 . Why have you used a cheap common for a retaining wall ? Should be a stronger brick 2 . Why have you used a lightweight block at the back ? Should be heavy duty concrete 3 . Why no weeps holes ?

[@pro-1goalkeepingtutorialch165]

Hi mate Long story had to put customers preferences before my ego and knowledge . The bricks are match to house ,i advised blue engineering to brick on edge but customer didn’t want . Weep holes wore inserted ,also the shrubbery is dry bush ,just soaks up so much moisture throughout the year . If you look we left 300mm between back of wall and earth and filled he with hard core Blocks on the back , don’t want to go into it too much but the previous builder turn the client over for 12 1/2 thousand pound and they literally run out of budget so we use what materials were there to help out , this is why we put 300 mil of hard-core between the Earth and block to help drain the water away to give the block more life. Well observed though mate 👌 Thinking about it now I should’ve really mentioned it on the video but I didn’t want to talk about the previous builder too much

[@x333tdc4]

Class mate, not enough good tradesmen round out way in Essex. I find it easier to peg a few batons along the trench, then get the laser level out and mark my footing height of off the laser line (usually measuring down off the laser line). Found it to be a bit quicker and more accurate than oppose to using a level. can get it to the mil if you’ve got ocd like me 😂😂 Lovely work though 👌🏻

[@petewingell2011]

it's about personal pride, that's what's missing from today way of building

[@chriswhitehead8746]

Defo

[@mattknox6443]

What happened to new found 75mm under ground level lol

[@michaeldean6297]

Nice work.. Don't forget the suncream..😎

[@megaman2016]

Good to see quality tradesmen still exist

[@Frenchwine15]

I think the wall looks very nice even though I do agree with some of the negative comments. Having said that I think you come across as pretty good chap who I could easily work with. Everyone can learn something new every day and that includes me and I have been a Bricklayer for 45 years now and I am saddened at the poor standard of most brickwork today. There is no such thing as perfection but, there no harm in trying to achieve 100%.

[@andrewjones9274]

Im not being funny but I bet that wall isn't up now how rough, fill your frogs and perps dude 🤬🤬🤬🤬 and recommend a proper brick to the client they shouldn't be in a retaining wall

[@kierenboimufc5940]

Is it a retaining wall though and surely they are the same brick as the house

[@fireblaster9961]

@@kierenboimufc5940 should have been engineering bricks or at least 3 course.

[@jontullett9068]

@@fireblaster9961 yes indeed, this wall would have to be taken down if anyone like the NHBC inspected it. And whats up with the frog down, never frog down otherwise it’ll crack even quicker once damp gets to it because of having no dpc course or engineering bricks.

[@reggraves6208]

what area do you work in? You do good work. I am 73. Enjoy your videos. My Dad was a bricklayer back in 30's and 40's He said the bricklayers wore shirt and tie, plus the better ones did the corners and would get a sixpence more a week.

[@graceporter6732]

love your vids please post more or longer ones

[@lukemedcraft446]

Pulled off a tidy job! Them bricks aint nicest but still looks good

[@jackknife1796]

Top job mate. Great finish

[@sedulousdabbler5468]

Nice work. Takes me back to being on the tools in the 'loads 'a' money' days of the 1980's. Ignore the armchair critics.

[@Rob-xi1ig]

So much better than watching Charlie c trying to over think things and come up with new methods.

[@dalewassell224]

Looks part but u really need to put a better perp on that that.frost guna get behind and blocks should have been concrete

[@michaeldean6297]

Frost down-under

[@matthewingham8579]

Top man only realistic bricklayer on youtube

[@lessismore83009]

If you used your laser level to set some pins to the finished concrete hight it would save you some time an probably more accurate. Nice job 👏

[@ozzygurung8303]

Lovely

[@monday7150]

I have a question......well two actually and its a genuine question not a critisism; on the perp joints why do you only spread a tiny amount an the front face and the back, why leave a void in the middle and I know it isn't because the mortar fills the middle when you lay the brick because there is insufficient mortar to do that? And why are some laid frog up and some frog down?

[@CB020309]

Used all his cement on the foundation so just laid the bricks with wet sand

[@mervmervalot2296]

🤣😂🤣

[@Jackscaf]

I did think it looked a bit orange 🤣

[@haydnbrewer7426]

Hahaha first thing I spotted

[@bunnylou4993]

Brother, I could watch this shit all day long. Skills!

[@morganazzopardi2187]

Beautiful curved garden wall

[@daveriley9622]

Love you banter and your work from a spread

[@michaelberry1793]

Good channel for beginners

[@CharlieCollison]

I haven’t seen you do either yet... you should try it 👍🏻

[@pro-1goalkeepingtutorialch165]

Charlie lad ,,what’s happening,,working on a video at the min comparing both ..u will like it ,it will give u factual knowledge 👌 We should get together and make a vid ,me on corner ,u on profile 🤷‍♂️

[@CharlieCollison]

@@pro-1goalkeepingtutorialch165 yea that’s ok as long as you’ve done both for a very long time? Pic and dip is very under appreciated as it’s not as commonly known around here but there is a lot more to it than meets the eye. But yea would be a laugh Im always up for a day out 👌🏼

[@pro-1goalkeepingtutorialch165]

@@CharlieCollison yeah ..I won’t revel much as me boys working on it at moment ,,let’s just say I pick n dipped whilst u was learning A,B,C ‘s 😉 Each to their own and will be disclosed for bricklayers to understand . We have added another 10 mins to the video It’s funny Charlie boy I used to run jobs and wouldn’t let a profile on the job neither did a lot of subbys but times change . I’ve started to watch your videos the last month me lad watches you ,,good watch pal

[@CharlieCollison]

@@pro-1goalkeepingtutorialch165 never learnt them i come out my mother’s vagina with a pointing trowel shouting pick and dip get me my profiles 😂 I haven’t met anyone who can get a corner up quicker neater and bang on to gauge yet maybe we should have a corner build off. I use profiles to make more money but I love building the old way personally! Name a place and well ave it 👊🏼😉

[@CharlieCollison]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/goDNkn9jbtuieZo little video of me building corners just for a day off of running in all day everyday 😊

[@bobbo99wilson8]

Good ol tradesman right there

[@harryhoon39]

Love that hat too

[@richardhumber2800]

Enjoyed video. Wall will look good!!

[@garysmith913]

Fill yer joints fella..

[@sirduganforrester7688]

Between brickwork and dirt you must have a 9 inch concrete in the back

[@user-io3vx5zm7s]

Jack Frost nipping at your Daple lights.. yeehaaaa!

[@adam-p4n9p]

nice wall bro

[@andreww83]

Great job

[@busterbricks]

Looks a nice finished job👍

[@leer798]

Try not to comment on videos like this but I’ll make an exception this time , mainly because the video is initially based upon work being carried out to a poor standard , and this video is then supposed to show how to do it correctly . You couldn’t have used a worse brick for a garden wall . London bricks aren’t allowed to be used below dpc on a house because they rot and blow . To use them on a garden wall is a big mistake . The faces will start blowing off in no time . You could have got a match for the house by using London replica bricks . Same face but on a traditional clay perforated brick instead . Shame as fairly neat and tidy other than being a bit behind on half bond and the perps out a little .

[@Flashbang80701]

Your vids are awesome 👌

[@scoyle1750]

Them bricks look like dapple lights, Merry Christmas 👍

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

Those bricks!

[@marcusp905]

@@gbwildlifeuk8269 in Somerset we say ye old bricks inner

[@dread4836]

definitely dapple lights, good old 80's brick, do they still make them

[@reggraves6208]

many people critic, but many methods are employed, the Engineer bricks are always good first two courses with perps empty. Good work

[@mastersamurai7683]

Looks great brother

[@jackkay5605]

Nice work on your channel mate, makes a change from all these pic n dip slashers. Would like to see a video of your tool bucket... hope you and your family had a good Xmas.

[@johncronin1082]

Quality job that

[@thinkFishcatchFish]

Looks ok to me but I know nothing about brick walls but I’d be happy if built it for me so well done 👍

[@Rivaboyz1987]

That sayin is so true fella fail to prepare,prepare to fail good job buddy

[@peterdawson5115]

Nice tidy job.👌

[@persona250]

Im not a brickie . I built an external wall in the garden last year and loved it . My back was the same colour as yours :)

[@broughtonpb]

Bet that brick on edge and wall is as mouldy as fcuk now! Wheres the tile crease?

[@tskiller3597]

Learning so much off this man💙

[@karloflaherty]

lovely work mate

[@1kbconstruction824]

Good job mate

[@fru1t1]

👍👍

[@leebridge1929]

Should of really had a course of engineering bricks first. Those bricks will blow a good frost

[@RK-cz6ij]

Yeah you’ll get away with it with only 5 courses though

[@jontullett9068]

@@RK-cz6ij doubt it

[@danwood6317]

The worst buttering of a brick I've seen in a long time.

[@johnbowkett5920]

A fellow bricklayer who can build a wall without profiles ... we are becoming a rare breed indeed . ☺

[@scoyle1750]

Any decent brickie can build without profiles it just makes more sense to use profiles with brickwork and definitely stonework as its more efficient although I would never use a profile with blockwork as I can knock up blockwork as quick as anyone with a profile , but I never used a profile before until I came to work in England now use them all the time for brickwork but rarely do you see them used in Ireland and when I was at college in the early 1990's and on sites in Ireland never once seen a profile and you would have to drive about a bit to find men using them in Ireland nowadays but I do believe young ones learning are relying on profiles to much and could probably do with more experience building corners freehand👍

[@johnbowkett5920]

@@scoyle1750 Yes . ☺

[@johnbowkett5920]

@@scoyle1750 I did my time with a very strong Irish subbie . All his men were Irish , and all good , fast trowels . No profiles ... I learned very quickly from those lads . ☺

[@danielshepherd7183]

Neat, tidy. Makes all the difference

[@joeypullen9436]

Dean , brick on edge with sand faced flettons?? Bad choice brother, they crack and spoil in the frost// no good cod topping a wall???

[@richardhumber2800]

Finished product looks great. I notice you really use feel laying bricks

[@archivedvideos3907]

I prefer full perps 😂😂

[@ryanscarrmusic2329]

ovcerall looks very neat and tidy

[@lmilne4859]

Nice wall.

[@dread4836]

nice work, why not solid brickwork though? lovely finish to the job

[@Jonathan-mk1ju]

I picked and dipped once.... I earned a baby boy lol

[@darrenshuttlewood2410]

Class mate 👍

[@paulessam6840]

When I was doing my apprenticeship I was told "if you can't say anything good about some body, then don't say anything" I'm not saying anything.

[@youcrosseyedh1774]

They only tell the gossip girls that . Your that guy a.

[@jontullett9068]

Criticism is good, this guys speed and quality is good but having no engineering course/dpc and having a lot of frog downs with different sized perps is bad and thats why people like nhbc exist. This walk will be taken down if it was marked otherwise within months there would be frost damage and cracked faces everywhere. Im guessing you were never told that damp rises

[@Oliversmith17]

I can’t beleive your not filling them frogs up on the brick on edge!!

[@chrisellison9046]

Or using Celcon/Thermalites up the rear 🤭

[@zippydoodah1547]

I'm retired now but my old boss said some bricks you just lay. Is that Aaron Watson Keep well

[@robthefinchman]

Nice work, but what a pity you used cheap pink flettons, they are not supposed to due be used in exposed locations ie brick on edge coping to external walls, any frost on those and they'll fall apart. Should of used a clay stock brick.

[@grahamebennett2620]

Love the channel. What's the 2 songs on the video please. Driving me nuts trying to find them. Cheers

[@mikejames663]

Good job mate.

[@joshuadavies7567]

Great vid

[@brithozierhozier4718]

I thought the foundation was going to be 75mm below ground level ?

[@simbrk6458]

😂😂

[@MrBez007]

Couldn't agree more with all your comments. all the best

[@danpotts8106]

Not a bad job for a novice bricklayer

[@markbutler805]

Fuck the pick and dip I am 50 now mate and still laying traditional

[@jimgeelan5949]

Talking about levels, them sound levels need sorting 🙁

[@charliecurry6249]

tidy work

[@joeypullen9436]

Thermalises at the back ?? Dean what was you thinking ?? Concrete block for that back course/

[@flapjackfred]

Made a lovely job of protecting the pavement

[@matthewward4661]

How hard can it be to purp the full brick

[@jackknife1796]

No reason. Tell me why it's necessary??

[@matthewward4661]

It allows water ingress leading to cracking by freeze thaw.

[@jackknife1796]

@@matthewward4661 ah ok. Water ingress from where? If the outsides are sealed hows the water gunna get in?

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

Purp? Perp - as in perpendicular!

[@gbwildlifeuk8269]

@@jackknife1796 Joints should be filled to reduce the risk of rain penetration and dampness in the wall. Solid mortar bedding and fully filled perpends are particularly important in exposed areas and where the cavity is to be fully filled with insulation. NHBC standards.