This is one of the most informational tools for stone and masonry work on youtube. Thanks Mike Haduck

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Beer, I appreciate it. mike

I'm a stone mason and I have to say this video is a great tutorial for anyone at all interested in doing this themselves. Excellent work breaking down each step.

@MikeHaduck

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks rile, I appreciate hearing that from a professional, mike

Mike, I've been watching your videos for about 3 years and cannot say "Thank you" enough. You are truly a master and I just wanted to say thanks for passing on your knowledge. LM

@MikeHaduck

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks LM, I appreciate it, Mike

another great video Mike, you are the best "step-by-step" instructor on the internet, i enjoy watching them all, and have learned a lot from you, keep posting and i'll keep watching, thanks again

Mike, I really appreciate the thought you put into your videos they really helped me move up at work. I've been working as a stucco mason for 5 years, now the company is getting into masonry work and the insight and tricks that i've picked up from your videos have really increased my value as a worker. I've gotten 2 raises this year and I just had to thank you for them.

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks Alex, I hope you get many more and extra, I appreciate it. mike

You are a great teacher. Knowing where you have been will help you get to where you are going. Thank you Mike.

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Twentyone, I did not realize I said that, I am learning to.lol, thanks mike

Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I am going to build some steps for my parents with what you have taught me. You are a stud!

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Brent, I do not consider myself a stud but I am sure your parents steps will come out well, thanks mike

@KyleTaylorLucas

7 жыл бұрын

I do! :)

@karandeepsinghvohra537

3 жыл бұрын

Even i am planning to do the same !!! Otherwise its costly job in Canada

Thanks Mike, great stuff as usual. Please keep making these very informative videos

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joe, it means I am on the right track, thanks mike

Thank you Mike, we do have to know the past to move into the future. It is 4 am here in a Idaho and I can’t wait to redo our daughters steps. The cut out template is an amazing guide to plan the job, check our measurements & keep on task. Super video !

@MikeHaduck

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan, mike

Searched for hours how to make the base of the garden steps so that I can put on stone tiles. Found this video that provides me the structure that goes behind which is what I needed. The instructions Mike was clear and concise for a gal like me to have a go. Old school! Thank you!! x

@MikeHaduck

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tahera, mike

You're a good guy Mike. Thanks for passing along your knowledge. Your video's have helped my a lot and I appreciate it.

@MikeHaduck

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks r, mike

Always looking out for new videos by you Mike. Thank you!

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Umesh, I appreciate that. mike

Love how you cut through all the garbage and do things old school , absolutely awesome videos' . The best tool in your toolbox is your experience.. "Use Portland" now embedded in my head for my resurfacing and mason jobs now ... Keep them coming , great stuff ..

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks Beanz, I appreciate it. mike

Thanks for taking your time making these videos. I have learned a lot from watching them.

I enjoy your videos very much Mike your a knowledgeable guy thanks to your father and your Owen will to learn your trade ,we appreciate you taking the time to pass on some your knowledge .your a hard working guy to .im 66 live in west Australia and like your self keep busy on small jobs thanks Mike

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks james, it is good to hear that from you, I appreciate it. mike

Good video's, I like how you take the time to teach the scope and at the same time teaching us about the past and present. Your videos are unique. Keep making more. Thx

@MikeHaduck

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Louis, mike

Love your videos and your calm, informative manner of teaching. Thank you!

@MikeHaduck

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Pat, Mike

Mike, thank you for all of your knowledge, you are a master! God Bless you.

@MikeHaduck

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom, God bless also, mike

You've got a lot of knowledge. Love your work and your process. You explain things very well. Keep up the awesome work. It was very enjoyable to watch!

@MikeHaduck

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks LadyP , mike

Absolutely incredible! Thank you! This is what I have been looking for. Very helpful. I will try to duplicate this as best I can.

@MikeHaduck

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks James, Mike

Love your videos. No BS, just do it! Thanks for making these Mike

@MikeHaduck

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks ,,mike

Really enjoyable pictorials I bet a Mason since 97 and learned a lot over the years from the old timers and you're one of them appreciate you passing on the old skills try to refurbish my house built in 1910 and it's one step at a time and it's all about the dollar bill thanks for all your advice and pictorials good luck

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks David, going into real estate and working on your own home for dollars makes a lot of sense thanks for the comment, mike

Hello Mike thanks for your videos and sharing all your knowledge, I'm a 28 years Cement Mason as well union trained cant get enough of my craft . I teach for the local all so.

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Levi, that is great, I got invited to so a little seminar at a local mason school, so I am hoping it works out, a lot of new things for me, I appreciate it. mike

great video, very educational! I totally learned ANOTHER new thing from Mike Haduck! I didn't even consider or know you could use the blocks to build up the background! I thought it had to be poured concrete. Great tip! Also, that was fascinating about the old school vs. new school! I never knew that. THANKS Mike Haduck, you're a fountain of knowledge and amazingly skilled! GREAT stuff.

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks Mike, I appreciate it. mike

Good work, as always! Thanks for bringing me along.

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

thanks binnish, I am getting bringed along too, thanks mike

That's an awesome set of steps. Strong as a fortress & great looking.

@MikeHaduck

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Mike

Thank you so much. Really enjoyed watching. Can’t wait to show my husband. He will really like learning from your knowledge and experience. In Gods promised new paradise. He hopes to be a mason.

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks Julie, I heard tell that Jesus was really a stone mason, no wood over there, thanks mike

Thank you Mike, excellent as always.

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

thank you Mike, I appreciate it. Mike

Hi Mike, just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your v ideos. I'm 75 and have been doing brick work since I was 12. All my best to you and yours. "Cheers" .

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks Sidney, I bet you have a lot to offer, thanks mike

What a good soul. Bless you and thank you for the ideas

@MikeHaduck

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Mike

Thanks for the videos Mike...fantastic work as usual

@MikeHaduck

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Donny, mike

Mike you are a gentlemen. Doing the videos to pass on the knowledge and not for the free stuff.

I'm a landscaper, just started doing hardscape work, I really like your video

@MikeHaduck

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks thriftyali, I appreciate it, mike

You do amazing work! Thanks for the videos!

@MikeHaduck

5 ай бұрын

Thanks brawnko, Mike

Great teaching, thanks Mike.

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

thanks Dave, mike

Thanks Mike. You make it look so easy that even I can do it. I am going to start off small like you always say and then do a practice before I tackle fixing a brick porch and cement steps (2). Baby steps. It ain't no big deal. Lol :-)

@MikeHaduck

2 жыл бұрын

That's it mark, do a little practice where no one sees it and as you get better you move on, thanks Mike

Hey, Mike! I prefer “old-school.” Thanks for sharing some of your old-school wisdom in videos like this. I’ve learned so much... And thanks for another great video.

@MikeHaduck

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nicholas, mike

You are gifted mike great job.

@MikeHaduck

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom, If I have any gifts they ar3 from God, I appreciate it, mike

Mike... excellent info

@MikeHaduck

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pizza, mike

great work we're building steps tomorrow just like you did in the video here in Tennessee

My go to for my projects. Very informative

@MikeHaduck

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Doug, mike

True craftsman.. great video

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks MjA, I appreciate it. mike

Great video's its hard to stop watching them all

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks Robert, I appreciate it. mike

love your videos mike. Keep them coming

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony, I will, mike

Thank You for the video Mike.

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you RJA, mike

great watching your passion in building history

@MikeHaduck

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill, Mike

great video, having that diagram in hand is perfect, im going to make one myself today for a job im doing tomorrow, thanks again.

@MikeHaduck

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks William, mike

Old school rules! I need to build steps, block and large concrete pavers for a gradual decline, and install ADA compliant railings. Watching your videos has shifted me from 'over thinking' to doing. I do understand base. I lost the patio in a divorce but it was built on the knowledge of older guys working on sidewalks in Portland, Maine. 18' of gravel and sand, well tamped, pitched, and it's unmoved after 32 years.

@MikeHaduck

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks paup, The old-timers knew their stuff, Mike

Those steps turned out great.

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks bg, I appreciate it. mike

Wow beautiful work I'm inspired.

@MikeHaduck

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks J, Mike

Thanks Mike 🙂 Great video

@MikeHaduck

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob, Mike

Thanks so much Mike. Fantastic work and great video. I’m inspired now. Needed a solution for a step up to my back lean to and this would look great. Wish me luck 👍

@MikeHaduck

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim, I am sure you will do well, Mike

thanks for sharing your knowledge

@MikeHaduck

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate it, Mike

I got my own masonry company , I love watching your videos for different ideas 👍🏽, never stop learning 💯

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Fernando, I appreciate that, mike

Mike, great videos. Keep them coming. You are a talented film maker.

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Pete, I appreciate it, just passing along what I learned from others, thanks again, mike

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

thanks Pete, I try, little at a time, thanks again, mike

That looks cool 😎

@MikeHaduck

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cesar, Mike

Beautiful. Thank you so much my old timer You Tube friend.❤

@MikeHaduck

8 ай бұрын

Thanks luism,,,Mike

You are amazing man!

@MikeHaduck

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lucas, mike

Nice job Mike, build a few myself enjoyed.

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks Greg, I appreciate hearing that from a pro, thanks mike

Mike your the Bob Ross of masonry-It starts off not so pretty but at the end, it’s a work of art. 🎉

@MikeHaduck

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Gregory, I appreciate the kind words, Mike

Nice job Mike, very fessional.

@MikeHaduck

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Greg, I appreciate it, Mike

Another great video Mike. I really enjoy the comparisons between old school and new. Regards

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

thank you Paul, Regards also, mike

looking good !!

thanx Mike, very helpful.

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks joe, I appreciate it. mike

I love this job!

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks fransisco, I appreciate it. mike

Y no me cansare de agradécele todos estos vídeos que tanto y de una forma sencilla nos instruye y eso que yo no entiendo su idioma, pero aprendo viéndolo

@MikeHaduck

4 жыл бұрын

thanks Alexis, mike

Very nice job mike.

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

thanks brick, I appreciate it. mike

Your a good man mike down to earth and a hard worker .thanks for passing on your skills iv learned a lot ,maybe it’s time for you to take it a little bit Easy and relax Jimmy west Australia 66 years old

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

Hi James , I am 63 and I am right behind you, lol. refused a lot of work already and cooling down, God bless, mike

awesome video mike thank you

@MikeHaduck

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jack, Mike

Madison NJ has some great old buildings and some nice new ones. The train runs through town. There are some real signs of wear an tear. You may enjoy a quick peak. And a free hair cut.

@MikeHaduck

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Thomas, Mike

Great job mike

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you juan, I appreciate it. mike

Thanks Mike!

@MikeHaduck

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike, mike

Great stuff

@MikeHaduck

8 ай бұрын

Thanks Denis, Mike

Great Job !! 👍👍 Thks ! for Ur explain it how to build this steepest !!

@MikeHaduck

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Felix, I appreciate it, Mike

I can't tell you how appreciative i am .. You are amazing and i am so grateful. I would like to suggest you add commercials to your videos .. yoiu would make several hundred dollars a month and i believe you deserve it.. Im your biggest fan... always Michael

@MikeHaduck

4 жыл бұрын

thanks , I appreciate it. mike

I enjoyed watching and old school is better most of the time.

@MikeHaduck

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Julie, mike

Beautiful...

@MikeHaduck

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Karen, mike

another great video..thanks !!

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

thanks you supurbian, I appreciate it. mike

Thank You for the Inspiration!

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

Hey Jaime, thanks for yours, Mike

@jaimetaylor9694

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Haduck, I have learned a lot watching your videos. I am a young mason that was taught by an old school mason for the past few years here in michigan, I recently started my own business and doing my own work, when I get it, however work is not coming in consistantly due to being "new" my question for you is, what are the best ways to get your name out there and get more work ? I do great work, I keep my job sites clean. my mentor gets probably 5-10 calls a day but he has been at it for 40+ years and like yourself comes from a long line of masons.

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Jamie, I am going to put a video on in a few days called "how I bid a masonry job" I do not know if it will help but like the guy 40+ years in comes in time. I you see a bad set of steps put a little flyer in the door, etc etc, I hear that some are doing in on angies list and whaterver, I hope it helps, thanks mike

Thank you for the video

@MikeHaduck

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Fernando, mike

I'm 66 and retired from the USPS. But I'd walk your package across the building (5 minutes) to save you 4 days. Retired now I enjoy your videos because as a factory semi skilled laborer for 42 years I so appreciate old school. I wanted to lay down a single piece hearth for a fireplace. I dug out the brick and went to a place called Ferrari and Banner in Springfield, Mass. Mr Ferrari was in his 70's and me in my 20's but he saw my appreciation for his craft. So he took me from the raw marble (1980's everthing in sheds by hand and machine) and he showed me the whole process from raw to finished stone. At the time they were finishing this black marble with a green vein. For some guys fireplace. Anyway Mr Ferrari saw I loved the stone and set me up wth a carerra marble piece 6 x 3 foot which I set on some self leveling product as the hearth for my fireplace. Just wanted to share that story with you. He was an old school mason and he said to me....I like you. Your'e no bullshit. And then gave me this beautiful cut of marble for 500 USD. And shoed me a piece maybe 10 x 10 andlet me select the cut. I'm divorced widowed and married again. But I will never forget Mr. Farrari and the craft he shared with a regular guy like me.

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

thanks for the Story tom, all the old timers are gone, I am happy when things get shared, thanks mike

Mike, you're the best guy on KZread

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it John, lots of good guys out there, I try, thanks mike

Thanks for the video.

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks fransisco, I appreciate it. mike

Beautiful

@MikeHaduck

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kaiser, Mike

Sir I am not sending you anything, but I do have a lot of respect and my regards heading your way. One of the best videos I watched on YT. Thank you!

@MikeHaduck

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Noel, Mike

Great vid Mike!

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks billy, I appreciate it. mike

@MrBudpln

6 жыл бұрын

Mike Haduck I would love to see a vid on how to cover older concrete formed steps with stone I'm planning on doing it with what I've learned from your vids!

Thanks, Mike.

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Ian, I appreciate it. mike

I'm enjoying your videos, thank you

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

Hi rob , I recognized the name as soon as I seen it , I have checked out some of your videos and appreciate them, very good, nice to hear from you, Your site does not say where you are from? thanks mike

@robsonger1

6 жыл бұрын

hi Mike, I'm in the UK thanks for replying.

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

Hi rob, I know in the UK they are still hot on the brickwork, over here it is disappearing, everything glass and concrete. I plan to do a video on conway castle maybe next year, If you were close we might do a video together, thanks for replying also, mike

@robsonger1

6 жыл бұрын

it would be great to meet you in person.

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

same here rob, if I am coming that way, I will let you know, maybe we will do something, thanks mike

I just want to say I’m 57 years old been doing masonry on my life I think I’m old-school I enjoy doing Masonary brick block stone look him stick them hard scape in and I’m drawn to your videos are enjoying very much I hope you keep doing them i’d like to see you do a couple different fireplaces

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

steven, I appreciate hearing that from a pro, I sure you know fireplaces are getting rare,I do not think a inspector knows how to inspect one, thanks mike

@slichti1

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah every now and then you get one I was hoping maybe you could do oldschool fireplace versus new school fireplace including something like a Rumsford fireplace a standard fireplace fireplace with heater later and it maybe fireplace with an insert gas fireplaces with wood chimneys stucco on the outside without aluminum pipe sticking out the chimney that be new school

Love your videos, Mike! When do you use blocks for steps vs. forms and pouring concrete?

Good job Mike. Informative and entertaining. We used to have a rule. If the owner helps add 20% to the bill.

@MikeHaduck

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Hugh, good idea,lol, mike

I enjoy watching you work, I could do that all day... I like your passion! That is what makes you so "good" -- you enjoy what you do. Now go buy a mask and some safety glasses... ty

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

thanks, you are 100% right, I appreciate it thanks mike

Hey Mike great video. Tackling my first steps in the spring! You always said if you want cement to stick you should wet it. Do I need to wet my block work when assembling?

Very nice

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

thank you Sahbstar, I appreicate it. mike

I love your vids

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Vegan, I appreciate it. mike

the steps look beautiful. wanna know my first thought? my first thought was man it would be nice to make something like that myself. Thanks mike!

@MikeHaduck

7 жыл бұрын

thank you iGot, I hope it works well, mike

I need these steps on my house. I like that look

@MikeHaduck

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks , Mike

Thank you very much helped me alot

@MikeHaduck

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks CAPT, I appreciate it, mike

nice job

@MikeHaduck

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks dread, Mike

Thanks for this Mike, I appreciate seeing how you do things in Penn. And I love your bluestone. Here in upland Yorkshire, England, we are still building like you did in the past - your videos of American houses from the 1800s look like buildings here, which we're still building today (though with the inside skin being block). All the stone we lay follows the strata bed, not end on, and we tip it lightly forward with small stone shims at the back - so rain-driven water is pushed to the front of the building, along the bed. And with plenty of stone laying around we never use it as a veneer. Plus a lot of the mortar we use is lime, which has made a good comeback in the last 20 years - especially for re-pointing lime-built structures. It's the same all over upland Britain, though with regional variations. And Mike, I'm the same but please try to use a mask more when using a grinder - loads of stonemasons and quarry-workers round here have silitosis, from stonedust in the lungs.

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

thanks jonb, your comments are always appreciated, I always felt England had the best masons, I still want to visit conwy castle some day, thanks mike

@jonb12321

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike, your videos are great. Have a look at York Minster and the stone buildings - textile mills, churches, castles, houses and drystone walls - all over Pennine Yorkshire.

@jonb12321

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, Conwy is in North Wales, which is well-known for blue slate. It is not too far from my area - in North Yorkshire (the village is on the border of Lancashire/West Yorkshire/North Yorkshire). We are also near York, and both the Pennines (hills) and the Lake District historically had a lot of quarrying and are full of stone buildings. Derbyshire, in the region around Chatsworth House (a grand estate owned by the Duke of Devonshire) had arguably the first mechanised industrial process in the world, in the form of cotton spinning (using imported US cotton) at Cromford Mill. If you make it to the UK let me know, you'd be welcome to stay if coming a year from now or more. I'm developing an old textile mill for various uses - partly residential/holiday homes. Like all the buildings in my area, it's stone. It's quite a good example of a late 19th century textile mill - from the early Industrial Revolution period; although the oldest sections are thought to be 1000 years old plus. It was originally a corn mill ('corn' in the UK means 'grain' in American English). There is also an American connection - one of the early investors in the enterprise emigrated to the US, and set up cotton spinning mills around the South. If interested in the building, have a look at the Lothersdale Mill website - which is a work in progress.

@MikeHaduck

6 жыл бұрын

Hi jonb, I did check it out, you can see where we over here got all our influence (New England) Pennsylvania mostly included. That would be a great trip for sure, I appreciate the offer, I could get a few good videos over there, England has the best stone work in my opinion, we all learned about England in our History books in school, the mother country, of all our law culture and early building, thanks I appreciate it. mike

@jonb12321

6 жыл бұрын

Ok Mike, I'll email you now. Then you can delete.