WHAT A JOB FLEMISH BOND Garden wall

[@Jo007kin]

My 4yr Brickie apprenticeship started in 1968, when having a Trade was highly regarded... a yr as an 'improver' and i didnt retire until i was 66 when arthritis crippled my hands 😕 tough, honest, way of earning a living but i enjoyed it. My son is now 20yrs into the trade too. Flemish was always one of my fav bonds and although Reclaimed bricks are not everyones cuppa, in the right setting can look awesome. The vid takes me right back 👍

[@foundationgood123]

@@Jo007kin yeah I did mine in 1978, and still at it and still learning👍 Thanks for your comment 👍

[@clivewilliams3661]

I worked on a new School of Building in 1980 and had cause to visit the existing School to familiarise myself with their requirements. The standards were impressive and in the bricklaying department there were many fine examples of student built work in various bonds and decorative laying. Fast forward to 2018 and I had to visit another School of Building and what I saw there was dire and disheartening. Poorly laid stretcher bond only brickwork in various stages and it wasn't just the bricklaying department, the standards had plummeted across the board in the other departments. No wonder it is hard getting even an acceptable level of quality on jobs these days.

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Began mine in 64 first two tradesmen were my dad and uncle and it was all price work so little time to show you how to do things you’d to watch and learn especially making the tea, I was put into the footings to learn how to do the corners with lime mortar so the brick could be cleaned and reused, it’s probably why I became so good at corners remember my uncle coming into the footings and saying good job you’re getting better then kicked the corner down told to clean the brick reuse the lime mortar and start again, I said what was wrong with it, nothing was the reply but it’s not in the right place, you squared it out I replied, number one rule don’t trust anyone not even your uncle was his response now clean it up and come up onto the line and start spreading no building just learn how to spread properly, happy days but like yourself I’m crippled now not with arthritis but prolapsed discs and fractured vertebra, two sons wanted to get into the trade I wouldn’t let them great times but it takes its toil on your body

[@paulripley4095]

What I like about you Chris is no bragging how many you can lay in a day , just tidy brickwork top bloke

[@foundationgood123]

Thank you 😊

[@andrewiow6327]

Enjoy your videos, im working my way through them retired 3 years ago after being in the trade since 1970, now got arthritis in my hands and wrists, so got the time to watch, you do nice looking work nice to see

[@foundationgood123]

Thank you, much appreciated. My apprenticeship in 78 😊

[@biblebasics100]

Awesome workmanship Chris, them are some bricks but when they're finished look absolutely stunning 🧱👍❤

[@foundationgood123]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@nigelparker5886]

I had an excellent bricky worked with me in my D Glazing business, whatever the bond we had to alter or add to, he not only did it instinctively, but, give him the correct used/reclaimed bricks,you’d struggle to find where the old and new work stopped and started! How do you do that, both I and the customer would say!? All you have to do is lay a few million and you get quite good at it he would say! Thanks Pat Mack, for all that quality work you did for me and I hope your wrists and back have stopped aching wherever you are resting now! Gone, but everlasting memories of a lovely man!Cheers, and keep those standards up,…those that know how to that is!!

[@martinjohncassidyCASSIDY]

Can't beat traditional brickwork, nice job Chris, I always liked Monk bond don't see much of it these days.

[@foundationgood123]

@@martinjohncassidyCASSIDY thank you, Monk bond yeah you don’t tbh..

[@johnfosker7315]

Lovely bit of brickwork Chris you look like a man who has worked hard all your life. Respect mate

[@terrywhite4512]

Lovely job. Nice bond. Much nicer ( and stronger) than stretcher. 👍👍

[@foundationgood123]

Yes, it is thanks👍

[@SteveAndAlexBuild]

Great job Chris, it’s a long day setting those bruisers days on end . Nice traditional bond with old bricks 🧱🧱👌🏼🧱👍🏽

[@foundationgood123]

Thanks Steve, they’re wearing on the arms and wrists… to think our former generations built with them all the time💪 Hope you’re going okay with the hip issue, tough work with painful hip😢

[@sedulousdabbler5468]

Top job. I feel your pain. My brick laying teacher said, “if it looks right, it is right”, and I always think back to that day 40 years ago when I get a similar job.

[@clifftaylor8098]

A proper tradesman,lovely job

[@user-ym1ff1vg8c]

Another tidy job Chris Good to see you back Looking forward to the next one

[@foundationgood123]

@@user-ym1ff1vg8c ☺️

[@brianreynolds4627]

Good job…thoroughly enjoyed watching your great workmanship…Brian

[@foundationgood123]

@@brianreynolds4627 aww thank you👍

[@clementmagee2286]

Job Nd a half building those old red Chris heavy old brick lots work well done.

[@MikeSharp-b5t]

Great skill on view.Really enjoyed watching.End result stunning.

[@foundationgood123]

@@MikeSharp-b5t thank you, appreciated 👍

[@plummetplum]

That music Icelandic Arpeggios was lush !

[@Davewislon]

Great to see you in action

[@foundationgood123]

Thank you👍

[@harry.godwinson1]

those bricks are bloody heavy. nice work chris.

[@foundationgood123]

Yes they are💪

[@GiftedUplifted]

Looks awesome man. Cheers from the US. I wish we used Flemish bond more often over here. Everything is always boring running bond

[@foundationgood123]

@@GiftedUplifted Thanks bro, much appreciated..most builds here are just red machine made bricks in running bond (stretcher bond we call it). Yeah the Flemish bond has beautiful character to it especially in the old fashioned bricks 🧱 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸👍

[@peterrees6335]

Lovely job. Looks great.

[@foundationgood123]

@@peterrees6335 thank you👍

[@brendanmcnamara1414]

Great skill on display patience no bullshit client very lucky get a skill full trades man humble and dedicated total respect May his. god be good to him

[@foundationgood123]

Thank you, and yes my God is defo good to me John 3:16

[@TechFusionLabs360]

@ Chris Longhurst.Excellent craftsmanship with the bricklaying! The skill and professionalism displayed are truly impressive. I enjoy watching these detailed and skilled techniques. Keep up the great work!"

[@foundationgood123]

@@TechFusionLabs360 thank you, that is much appreciated 👍

[@salvatorediprima943]

What a fantastic job,mate you’re a true craftsman,and the bricks must of made the job 100 times harder but you’re a grafter and end result stunning

[@foundationgood123]

Thank you, yes those bricks are twice the weight of modern bricks 😮💪👍

[@basingstokesteve9131]

Lovely work

[@foundationgood123]

Thank you👍

[@robbertdeboer7715]

Lools nice that mate 💯💪👊

[@philipowen-dixon8492]

Stunning work 👏

[@foundationgood123]

@@philipowen-dixon8492 thank you 👍

[@darringodden7225]

He looks skilled and that's good enough for me!

[@antonyedge2098]

What a grand job

[@foundationgood123]

Thank you 👍

[@janenewley1014]

Lovely Flemish bond…we’re having some on our new house for decoration😀😀😀

[@foundationgood123]

@@janenewley1014 great choice as it’s a beautiful decorative bond👍

[@lukecox4426]

U cnt beat an old school bricklayer there the back bone of Britain

[@ashleychambers7602]

Superb Chris as always 👍

[@PaulHadley-i3n]

It's really good to see a flemish bond constructed by someone who really knows their craft, and can explain it. The two skills are completely separate but rarely are combined this well. The videos are really comprehensive but one aspect is driving me nuts. Your extension bases/oversite have a cavity all round, even, it appears, through door openings. I just cannot see how you deal with the cavity and screed in the door opening, especially as it is now 150mm cavity. Do you use a cavity closer or something else to support the screed. Do keep up the videos. They are life savers to a DIYer like me.

[@PandzaMan]

Looks amazing 🤩

[@foundationgood123]

@@PandzaMan thank you👍

[@24vince1]

Great line work 👍

[@brickrightbuildinglandscaping]

Heavy old bks them imperials lovely work as always mate 👍 👏

[@foundationgood123]

Thanks Justin, trust you’re enjoying the better weather of late 👍

[@brickrightbuildinglandscaping]

@foundationgood123 Love it Chris to hot to work in but we can't moan can we 😂👍

[@foundationgood123]

yeah, we've suffered the rain to much this year lol...keep this till Christmas aye

[@simonwaterhouse7323]

Great job that pal 🧱🧱🧱

[@catabaticanabatic3800]

Fantastic work.

[@foundationgood123]

@@catabaticanabatic3800 thank you👍

[@jonkibble4757]

Nice bit of flicking aswell

[@smev4341]

Beautiful

[@foundationgood123]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@michaelmorgan9289]

Always a pleasure to see a craftsman at work. Thank you.

[@foundationgood123]

@@michaelmorgan9289 thank you👍

[@malcolmtaylor9333]

Good vid and a mint job 👍

[@hj179]

That looks like good growing soil over there.

[@robinhadley]

Awesome job. You need a decent microphone though.

[@plummetplum]

lapel with wind shield would do it.

[@Al-iraqiArabian]

Good job bro i think you used Germany bond no English bond,thank you deer,am flow you from Iraq/ Baghdad🌷🤝

[@foundationgood123]

@@Al-iraqiArabian thank you👍

[@davecass9486]

thats flemish bond, flemish garden wall bond is three or five stretchers then header. similarly english bond is a course of stretchers, then course of headers, and english garden wall bond, three or five courses of stretchers, all made 1/4 bond by the queen closure and tying both skins together.

[@gpet23]

He’s back! You little ripper

[@foundationgood123]

😂

[@michaelle-baigue2751]

Really enjoyed watching this, Chris. As a rookie, can you tell me how you raked out at the end to get that finish? Cheers, Mike.

[@foundationgood123]

Hi Michaelle, thanks for the comment. I used a mortar raking tool, it has an adjustable nail in a jointer with wheels so it enables you to run the nail at an adjusted depth freely up and down the brick courses. Hope that has helped!

[@sweetor6714]

Awesome job. You make it look easy, but it is not. Great video!

[@foundationgood123]

Aw thank you👍

[@GeeTheBuilder]

Bit off topic but in one of your videos you used a trench block with and tongue and groove. Where do you get these from ??? I’ve tried loads of places here in the UK Anyone have a suggestion ? Thanks in advance 🙏

[@foundationgood123]

Just ask any builders yard for Celcon or Thermalite interlocking trench blocks and they'll either have them or can order them in for you...Note: make sure they are the correct width for 100mm brick, 150mm cavity and 100mm block ie 350mm wide trench block🤷

[@hotpoker4212]

Great work, 🇨🇮🇨🇮Could you have tied in,the piers ,into d wall

[@foundationgood123]

Could have but the bricks so robust they’re sound

[@brianw289]

Great workmanship, but what horrible bricks.

[@RichardDowd]

Looks great, defo an oatcake or 2 needed after that 😅

[@foundationgood123]

@@RichardDowd yeah that’ll do nicely 👍

[@Doug....]

Looks stunning Chris. Great craftsmanship. Questions- Are the white bricks from a previously painted wall and do you adjust the error in the brick sizes to give one flush side or both sides slightly uneven. 🤔👍👍

[@foundationgood123]

Thanks for the question, there are a couple of ways around it 1. cut the headers in half or 2. mix and match the bricks but its time consuming. 3. could adjust the headers between the front and back! Its all extra work tbh and you would need to ajust your price for the job!!

[@Doug....]

@@foundationgood123 Ok i understand. Thanks 👍

[@clivewilliams3661]

DPC under the soldier course? Expansion joints?

[@foundationgood123]

@@clivewilliams3661 No soldier courses on this job mate only brick on edge….3 expansion joints

[@clivewilliams3661]

@@foundationgood123 I stand corrected, so let me rephrase it. DPC under the brick on edge? Where are the EJs?

[@harveyreynolds]

@8,40 character of the bricks/wall

[@davidfox7983]

Top class

[@foundationgood123]

thank you, much appreciated👍

[@paulp1802]

On that bond, how many brink per square metre?

[@foundationgood123]

@@paulp1802 120

[@paulp1802]

@@foundationgood123 many thanks

[@foundationgood123]

Sorry, that's for metric bricks, because these are imperial brick they are 100 per M2

[@davidhopwood7491]

Lovely work, but thats not flemish garden wall bond. I am pretty sure thats flemish bond? Qualify job.

[@marcwalters7541]

I thought it was mow cop , didn’t realise you were in the area are you up Biddulph Moor Chris

[@foundationgood123]

@@marcwalters7541 Biddulph Road Harrishead…

[@stan3115]

Nice job looks the bollocks

[@foundationgood123]

hahaha Thank you👍

[@peterobbo316]

This is a genuine question and not a criticism. Is it not possible to tie in the wall to the corners?

[@foundationgood123]

The wall was an after thought…

[@octagon12011]

What's an "aco"?

[@brianreynolds4627]

discrete drainage solution apparently…I’m no bricklayer though…I just googled it…🧐

[@Sweens-o9l]

Never laid painted ones in London no no. Yellow or multi red stocks imperial Flemish.

[@lrdisco2005]

I was wondering why the wall is following the line of the building.

[@foundationgood123]

@@lrdisco2005 it’s built on the land’s. Building line which follows the house🤷‍♂️

[@lrdisco2005]

@@foundationgood123 Thanks. Boundaries can a source of tension.

[@foundationgood123]

@@lrdisco2005tell me about it lol..,I was building onto the original wall’s position so there were no didsputes👍

[@trevorstevenson4038]

Why does the customer want a brick wall right next to the wall of the building?

[@foundationgood123]

@@trevorstevenson4038 it completes the wall and hide the crappy build of the neighbours extension 🤷‍♂️

[@RayhanAhmed-qr3vz]

He is using the most rubbish bricks I have seen in my life for a new Wall .it seems he got the bricks from A rubbish dump and cleaned them Up . New RED face bricks must be used !

[@foundationgood123]

Hey bro, loads of folk are going for this look, and tbh the bricks I'm using will last easily another 200 years whereas the modern inferior bricks you're talking about won't last 50 years without spalling through frost damage etc🙄

[@jamiemclaughlin6827]

How deep would footings be for something like that Chris? Do you get it pumped in or mix by hand on site? Great work , must be a few hundred bricks in that 😅

[@foundationgood123]

We were on solid clay after two shovels down, 6” concrete….2800 bricks💪

[@reachforthesky1849]

Any merit in wetting the bricks first?

[@foundationgood123]

Possibly however, I find the bricks get cement smudged over the face of the bricks and it's hard to clean off.

[@jonkibble4757]

Whats with all that tap, tap, tappy crap?

[@foundationgood123]

@@jonkibble4757 did say, when we filmed the compo had stiffened 🤷‍♂️

[@alanhowell2618]

Is not a bricklayer

[@stonesmasher8369]

He s a mason buddy u can count it .What r u?

[@CarlosAlberto-ii1li]

Fiemish....................

[@foundationgood123]

thanks, its sorted now👍

[@Govest..]

Scrap the pant of the bricks after