nice to see brickies doing the job as it should be done

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽

Monster of a job. Crappy previous foundations, huge blocks, dodgy hips, roasting hot weather. Who would be a brickie! But you two guys seem to make light of it all and get the job done, no matter what. Thank you for the editing and uploads Steve - I'm feeling for you with that hip. Onwards and upwards.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave much appreciated 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽

Top job. I've got visions of you both dressed up as ancient Greeks to do the square root calc. Just what would Pythagoras have made of the smart phone 🤳. Look forward to the next one.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

😆😆cheers John 🧱👍🏽

Hi Chaps. It never ceases to amaze me how much ‘faff’ you encounter, yet you just absorb it and get on with the journey. I take my hat off to you both. Great to see Alex pretty much up to speed now with his solo brickwork, well done young man.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

@eddieMurphy11111

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild its because you are professionals

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Cheers 🧱👍🏽

Another brilliant video boys, thanks for that I'm only glad my tine didn't have those monster blocks I know that at 77 I'll never have to use them. You seem to have caught up well done looking forward to the next. Best regards Ken

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Ken , they are heavy but great to work with 😁💪🏼🧱👍🏽

Hi from Nevada, I really enjoy watching your videos, can't always understand your accents 🤔 I have worked in my Pa's construction business for a number of years along with my two brothers and I see a how he like you have treated each other with respect, our projects are a tad larger than yours but same obstacles seem to arise , I smile at the amount of times you say "well time for a break" keep up the great content. By the way I think Alex should end the vlog with the quote "This is the way"

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Oh cool, thanks for watching , a bit warmer where you are too 🥵. Al is a massive Star Wars fan so I will put it to him 😁🧱👍🏽

Love the way you guys work. Even drill the muck instead of the brick like me. I always learn something from You and the family love is humbling. Casio G 5610 is last watch you guys will ever need. Perfect.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🧱👍🏽

Hi Steve & Alex. Hard bit behind you. Now for big finish. Great job as always guys. Have a good weekend 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Thanks pal you too 🤜🏽🤛🏽👍🏽🧱

Always a pleasure watching quality work.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steve 🧱👍🏽

good to see you guys work as a team, lot a difficult job but as usual you get it done ,looking forward to next video

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Jack 🧱🧱

Great job Steve n Alex really cumin on look forward to seeing nx video 👍👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Cheers 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

Great video!

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🤜🏽🤛🏽👍🏽🧱

I did a extension on a relatively new build, when the existing foundation blocks were exposed, they were fractured. Why? I can't tell you, but, I've never been happy building a building on an airated moisture sapping block. We do foundations in concrete common bricks. Yes, I know you have to cavity fill etc etc. Those lightweight blocks will not stand the test of time. My bricklaying crystal ball has served me well for 36 years.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

10 ай бұрын

🧱👍🏽

Great job as always to you both 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Anthony 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

Evening guys just catching up. Hopefully catch you on Mondays live😊

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Nice one 😁🧱👍🏽🤙🏾🤙🏾

Fab job thanks for sharing

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers! 🧱👍🏽

Looking clean and tight as usual 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Kevin 🧱👍🏽

Nice and neat 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

😁🧱👍🏽

Great vid fairly coming on brilliant stuff.👍👍👍😎😎😎

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

😁🧱👍🏽

Ooooo snapped headers.! Reminds me of a job I did years ago in slough for the council, footing were poured at the wrong level ( not by me I’d like to add 😊) so the only way was to put in snapped headers to get us to correct floor height. Clerk of works went ballistic.! Had to remove brickwork and concrete topped.!!! Bloody nightmare job.!!!

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Jeez..... as the saying goes the bricky will get over it 🙄🧱👍🏽

great video steve, thanks. sorry was repairing daughters laptop. get well soon mally

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

No probs, thanks Pat 🧱👍🏽

great work again men do not get too hot and drink plenty of water in this hot weather take car and thank for the video

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do! 😁🧱👍🏽

great video love your tools your using

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, they are brilliant 🧱👍🏽

Excelente trabajo saludos 👍👌💪👏

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

Mint job lads 👌

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

Cheers Buddy 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

nice job

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Cheers 👍🏽🧱

The wall starter which was fixed onto the render. The render should’ve been hacked off, so the wall starter would’ve been fixed fixed directly to the brickwork or block work, which is over behind the render for a structural fitting as the fixings will only go in a little bit if you keep the render on

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

🧱👍🏽

Just built my extension using the 350 blocks. Wider cavity = Extra Costs are adding up. Wider lintels. More insulation ect.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Exactly mate , it’s coming to all of us 😬🧱👍🏽

@glynnepritchard2526

Жыл бұрын

Pretty pointless on older builds

@glynnepritchard2526

Жыл бұрын

Because the rest of the house, 90% of it is still explusing heat at the same rate it always has.

@andrewwalker9020

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild so true. A real pain ATM. I found certain wall ties were not quite long enough even though stated as 275. Pre-finished Sill boards are now harder to find. Building inspector was helpful though and a bit more flexible than my past experience. I intended doing brick, 150mm full fill rock wool 32 and block. But found out from the inspector I would need additional 25mm insulation on the inside to meet the code. Ended up using 100mm celotex in the cavity. Not cheap

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

No that stuff is ridiculous 😫🧱👍🏽

It's all coming to plan, although I don't get the new regs just now, it's all just adding to cost. Somehow makes no sense. What am I missing? Great layout as always guys. Keep it going. Onwards & upwards as the saying goes. 🖖👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

The regs change again in 2025 😬👍🏽🧱

You need to learn the memory function on your calc, then you won't have to write stuff down on walls.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

Its written down so people can follow along or even pause 🙄

Bung it in , let the plasterer sort it out 😊

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

🤨🧱👍🏽

Another hard days work lads.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Very John 🥵🥵👍🏽🧱

Maybe I'm a bit thick but that foundation is so shallow I cant work out why you are using a trench block.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Quicker than 2 concrete blocks and cavity fill 👍🏽🧱

My thoughts are is it not going to increase the risk of cold spots where the new regs meet any old builds especially like my cavity is 50mm

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

They haven’t addressed that 😫🧱👍🏽

If the trench blocks get any bigger it won't be long before you are building pyramids.

@user-mg2il5if8l

Жыл бұрын

Plinth blocks😂

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🧱👍🏽

@Sean006

Жыл бұрын

Walk like Egyptian!! 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

🤏🏽🫴🏽🤏🏽🫴🏽🤏🏽🫴🏽😁🧱👍🏽

@nigelsmith1198

Жыл бұрын

Sooner or later the footings will have to dug wider to accommodate all this bollox.!! Looks good lads, looks like the hip is giving you grief Steve…

What was the benefit of the trench blocks other than save you putting down one extra row of blockwork?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

10 ай бұрын

Saves cavity fill too below dpc 🧱👍🏽

Yes boys , how come your not just using 90mm kingspan ? Can keep the normal size trench and 100mm cavity

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Because it’s ridiculously expensive and we don’t like building the internal first 🧱🧱👍🏽

Not even joking when i say, between you and steve and izzy the other proffessional bricklayer on yt, i reckon you 3 could build a house that would still be standing in 2000 years time, think about that .

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

😁🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

@steveandalexbuild great video guys, really enjoying this build. Serious question (not a criticism) is there a reason that Alex bedded the trench blocks without full coverage? From what I can see the 2 lines or mortar would struggle to cover the entire 350mm block.🤔

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

We never put a full bed under trench . The beds need room to spread . They are Rock hard to get down with a full bed plus there are only beds where there are walls above 🧱👍🏽

@archerynut5777

11 ай бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild thanks for taking the time to respond 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

No problem. Thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏽

@petearnold8020

11 ай бұрын

i did wonder this too. more from a point of if regs are bigger blocks then should it be a tripple line layed in. again a question not criticism. only if you pulled one up you would know the percentage coverage. things like big tiles have funny things go on underneath. also do you wet the concrete down first. cheers

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

The wall is wider but the two 100 mm skins still only sit on each side with a 150 mm cavity where nothing sits above 🧱👍🏽

Don’t think Alex would make a very good HIAB operator, by the block stacking! 😂

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

🤔🤣🤣👍🏽🧱

Do you guys ever put half courses below the door when the DPC is higher than the FFL? So the door threshold is level with the floor.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

A few times 🧱👍🏽

@garyharrisonuk

2 ай бұрын

I'm not a bricklayer and this confused me. Do you mean cut the bricks so they are only half the height so there is room to sink the door threshhold down to get a flush threshold? I'm struggling to get an answer on how to achieve flush thresholds

Jobs are getting ridiculous cost wise nowadays but just get on with it while the work is about, we normally hack the render of so we can fix the wall starter to the bare Bwk 👍👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Very true Andy and yep school boy error on my part 🫣🧱👍🏽

@bricklayersworldwithandy6277

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Not an error Steve, ive seen loads do it i just think its a better job to bare brickwork👍👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Cheers mate . Hope you’re well and got your van sorted 🚐🤞🏼🧱👍🏽

@bricklayersworldwithandy6277

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild All good thanks mate👍, the van got written off beyond repair replaced it today actually with a little Ford Transit connect.The price of vans now are ridiculous but I got lucky with this one and saved myself around 4k, more details in a future Vid 👍.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Nice one, look forward to it 🧱👍🏽

Grey video! Can I ask which brand that yellow handled rake thing (sorry don’t know the exact name!) at 0:40 is? I’ve been looking to buy one like that.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

10 ай бұрын

Thanks pal. Roughneck . Got ours from Selco 🧱👍🏽

@Orgakoyd

10 ай бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Thanks a lot!

That first row of blocks is only resting on a strip of muck at each longitudinal edge, is that ok by the regs/inspector?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

Yes, that is where the walls sit above 🧱👍🏽

@michaelgibson3663

Ай бұрын

But surely it makes it weak in the middle of the block. If it was to break wouldn’t it tip to the middle ?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Ай бұрын

They won’t break and the cavity is in the middle where there is zero weight on the block

there is an app called triangle solver

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

🧱👍🏽

I always thought gauge went 525 600 not 575 maybe I've been wrong for 25 years 😂

@SteveAndAlexBuild

8 ай бұрын

😬😬🧱👍🏽

I wonder how my house, built in the early 50s, has managed to stay up ..nice and solidly, for 70 plus years without all these extra feckin regs.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

Exactly ! 🧱👍🏽

Top Class, did you hear about the pregnant bed bug? she's having a baby in the spring

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

🧱👍🏽😫😫😫

They trying to get rid off the old blocks lol What’s the price difference lads ?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Firwood who we deal with are very cheap , not much difference 🧱🧱👍🏽

Do you mean the floor slab need to go to the outside block?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Not sure what ?

@sajhussain26

Жыл бұрын

​@SteveAndAlexBuild there was comment about slab going to the outside block...might be mistaken 😊

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Always in the doorways , no exceptions 🧱👍🏽

@sajhussain26

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild but not on normal walls ? That's what I though :-)

@soarlikebird

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuildwhy is that? Interested to know. Been a subscriber from the start, sure you will have explained in the past. Great content!

How long before we are doing 400 wide walls 😅

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

They are Ireland 😬🧱👍🏽

@ashleywalshaw99

Жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild so not long before it comes to out shores 😅😅

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Nope 😬🧱👍🏽

a bot of pythagaros theorem

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely 😁🧱👍🏽

@Sean006

Жыл бұрын

Alex is probably looking at Steve and thinking: "Is this a building channel or a Maths school lesson?!" 👍 Maths teachers are probably saying..."see I told you Maths can be useful!!"

The right numbers just not necessarily in the right order 🤣🤣🤣

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Mmmmm 🤔🤣🤣🧱👍🏽

This is where the cretins did not think this new gap through and new regs for all, are ridiculous, 150mm cavity meets an old cavity with an undetermined gap.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

😬😬🧱👍🏽

@sajhussain26

Жыл бұрын

I think you can still go with 100mm cavity as long as you use insulated plaster boards on the inside

@anthonyhoult152

Жыл бұрын

Like how do you join up the new 150mm cavity onto a house like mine that has a 50mm cavity without creating a cold spot

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

🧱👍🏽

@freepress8451

Жыл бұрын

@@martin2466 Research 1930 semi's and Victoria houses, small cavities! Solid brick walls have a U-value of around 2.1-3W/m² and adding 50mm of expanded poly­styrene (EPS) will take the U-value down to 0.5W/m²k

Why didn’t you put the concrete to gage you not have snap eders them

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

We explained exactly why in the video

350 wide trench and boy is putting two tiny beds of mortar on the edge?!

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

They are full beds under each wall . Not sure if you know this but here is a secret when the block goes down the mortar spreads out like magic 🪄 🤗

@maciejwronaki4550

11 ай бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild bollocks🤣🤣

@maciejwronaki4550

11 ай бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild 15.25 just watch

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

I don’t need to watch I was there

@vincejm

11 ай бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild No way did the mortar spread out that much, you could see it squashing out an inch from the side. There would be hollows under the blocks and perps, bad practice indeed.

Thanks Steve and Alex, I've got a job this week gotta use these blocks glad for the info. Concerned about the weight as Alex mentioned. Take care great work as ever⚒🧱👏

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Good luck Chris 😁💪🏼🧱🧱🧱👍🏽

@foundationgood123

Жыл бұрын

👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

🤙🏾🤙🏾

not buttering those blocks then? ;-) bet Superman could

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

🫤

Hi lads why did you cut the half’bricks ?and not lay full bricks length ways. Thank you

@SteveAndAlexBuild

11 ай бұрын

We did it to change the gauge 🧱👍🏽

Watching the crane unload brought back memories of when a truck would arrive and tip it all out, leaving you to handball it all to your job 😂 having said that, all you needed to do was offer cash in the nearest pub,and you'd have labourers in an instant. 😂 ,👍🧱

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Жыл бұрын

Yep I remember that too 🥵👍🏽🧱