That pump is a nice little unit, I've often thought you need one but didn't expect such a small unit to pack such a punch.. Tidy, good work 👍👌

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Ай бұрын

It’s a great tool 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Hey Steve, I feel your pain. Hope you get relief soon. Might be time to train an assistant for Alex. You could spend more time pricing and organizing the jobs and less time bent over a trench. Cheers

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Hell no I’m a control freak and I despise the admin side 🤢🧱👍🏽

@user-yi5nu4gw2s

2 ай бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Good for you. I think the same way. If you want something done right.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

@user-yi5nu4gw2s 🤙🏾🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

Hi Steve, good luck with hip replacement, had my left hip done 2021 ,doc wanted to do it in 2015 it was really bad shape then. Worked with a cane the last 2 years before operation, on scaffolding, roofs everywhere. Went back to work after 3 months, got rid of the cane after 6 months visiting my daughter in Wales & took 2 years to loose the pain. I'm 65 now & still bend over & put my left leg behind me to lay the lower courses. I feel your pain.

@dambricky5724

2 ай бұрын

Also it takes a long time to train yourself not to limp

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Thanks pal I’ve heard that too . My right leg is way bigger than the left from limping for over 2 years . 😔🧱👍🏽

I feel your pain mate. I'm sat watching with my leg up. I was carrying a cement mixer with my son & a scaffolding board gave way under my left leg. I heard a big crack as my knee twisted & can hardly walk. You look after yourself pal.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Jeez I hope the damage isn’t too bad pal 😬🧱👍🏽

Hi Steve and Alex it's great watching artists at work I never miss a video people who post negative comments are jealous of your talent hope you get your hip sorted soon

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Thanks very much 🙏🏽. Fingers crossed 🤞🏼 🥺🧱👍🏽

Dig a small hole at the side of the footing to put the pump in, then sweep the water into the hole. No bucket required.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

🧱👍🏽

Great job Steve and Alex better you'll be glad it's summer make your life easier don't have wet bricks best of luck future jobs 👍👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Cheers Dave , bring it on 😎🧱👍🏽

start of another great job nice to watch love it

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

😁🧱👍🏽

Another good wall coming along nicely

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍 🙏🏽🧱

Wall is looking nice. Feel for you Steve, my knees are almost knackered after 50 yrs in engineering construction so I know how you feel and I don’t think I’m as bad as you. Regards, Dave

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear it mate pain ain’t fun 😒🧱👍🏽

Oh Steve...I feel for the difficulty! Timing pain relief tablets to help daily work is a nightmare! Sending best wishes x

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Thanks very much 🥺🧱👍🏽

Oh Steve I can see your pain, its a good job that Alex is with you keeping an eye on you he is certainly your right arm . Excellent video I learned a lot that pump great seeing tat water . Moss on those bricks? must have been wet for ages !Please stay safe and and take care best regards as ever Ken

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Ken 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽

Fair play for slogging it out! 💪

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Ta Ben 🧱👍🏽

Marvellous. 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

🧱👍🏽😁

Couldn’t help laughing when you started using your water suction pump at 4:02! Just imagine a pedestrian walking along the pavement from behind you and seeing that stream of water, and thinking “Blimey, what was he drinking last night!” But seriously, thanks to you both for another interesting video. Let’s hope that call comes soon to get your hip sorted Steve. Best regards gents. Stay safe and well.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

🤣🤣cheers mark 🤞🏼🤞🏼🧱👍🏽

making hay while the sun shines or so it is said i do not mind workers working on a Sunday as you could not work in the rain it does not do you any good and when a part of your body is feeling bad then it will only get worse hopefully soon Steve you will be able to get it seen to ,thanks for the video on that beautiful morning

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Cheers Eddie , very rare lately unfortunately 🙁🧱👍🏽

The wet dry vacuum will remove the water all the way down to moist, almost dry!

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

It was in the garage 😟🧱👍🏽

Sorry I missed this but we were doing the eclipse here, went over the house and had people over, had another heart op on Wednesday last week and doing great now, hope you get your hip done soon, you will feel like a new man

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Our last eclipse was back when Al was born in 1999. Glad the op went well 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

I nearly fell over, blue bright skies! Are you filming from Britain?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

🤣😎a very rare day

Awesome video thanks lads very much appreciated top job top team 🇬🇧🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 just on my jollies 😊🤠😎

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Nice one Phil , enjoy I’m very jealous 😍🧱👍🏽

Great video lads.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Cheers Wayne 🧱👍🏽

Hip replacement try your best definitely worth it

@SteveAndAlexBuild

Ай бұрын

Been waiting 10 months !

Nice 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

🧱👍🏽

After all the hard work you should go home and have some Liverpool Wet Nelly 😋. Nice work as always. Glad to see the little pump in action. I feel all your pain Steve my joints are all toast to but at 74 don’t want to go under the knife. Cheers mates.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

😬🧱🧱👍🏽

Try a belt magnet for your Trowel Steve . I had never used one all my time in the trade . Im sure its relieved the pain in my hip . Worth a try maybe

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

I’ve got one but they at no good when I’m kneeling 🧎 😒🧱👍🏽

I’ve watched a lot of your channel and enjoy your content, work ethic and skill linked with your attention to detail. I’m not connected to bricklaying but have a new appreciation of all the skills that you guys add to our lives after all we all need a roof over our heads. I’d like to comment on your hip and offer an alternative approach to the pain that blights your life and particularly the bending down. We generally say things like I’m getting old and need to expect these things, I disagree and point out that the biggest component of these joint issues is inflammation which in turn is associated with poor diet and eating foods that cause internal inflammation. Please have a look at the carnivore diet, eating only animal products, predominantly ruminant meat such as beef. Treat it as an elimination diet and see how much you can reduce your pain. This comment is well meaning and comes from a 2 year carnivore who has experienced their own positive changes.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Jim . It’s too far gone for diet . I have Osteoarthritis in both hips and need both replacing . Thanks for your comment and advice 🧱👍🏽

It's now time!! get it sorted. The Hip!!!!!!!!!

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

It’s now time for what ? And how do you suggest I “ get it sorted ?” I’ve been on the waiting list for over 9 months !

@cheds1

2 ай бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild go private

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Feel free to send £14500 to my PayPal account and I will get myself booked in 👍🏽

Good work again lads....I feel for you Steve, hope the NHS get you sorted soon mate, I don't know how you put up with the shit weather in the UK, I left that lot behind 20 years ago, 12+ years in Southern California and now into the 7th year on the Costa Del Sol Spain, I love the dry and sunny weather, I know it ain't for everyone but I love it.....Keep on keeping on lads....Saludos desde España mi amigos.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Cheers Malc . Living the dream 😎😁🧱👍🏽

Up early watching this before i go to price a job to be told i am to expensive the joys of the self employed,good job on the wall lads, quality over quantity every time,glad i don't have a bad hip it looks a right pain in the ass

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Good luck pal oh the joys of our trade . I priced 4 yesterday while it poured down . Bad hip ….. perfectly described 😩👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Considering the hassle with the wet bricks that wall came up to a decent height for one session👍 Think id be thinking about my dinner from 12 onwards. 😁

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Just like Alex 😂😂🧱👍🏽

Good ol boys

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

👍🏽🧱

keep up the good work lads ,enjoying the vids

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Cheers pal 🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

Pumping to nothing, find the lowest point on the footings and dig a small 6 inch hole next to them for the pump. You must get yourselves a hose kit for it👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Done 🧱👍🏽

Can see you’re really struggling, respect for carrying on 👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Thanks pal 😒🧱👍🏽

@user-hg5jm3ef4r

2 ай бұрын

The reason I left the trade was because my body was knackered, haven’t felt this good for years, where I’m from we didn’t use much bricks, it was just proper concrete blocks 4” and 6”

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

@user-hg5jm3ef4r 🥵🧱👍🏽

Great video as always. Looking at the spot boards which one do you prefer the green gator or the black.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

The black rhinos by far . Nice n solid plus double sided 🤙🏾👍🏽🧱

Why don't you form a sump with a bean tin when you pour the footings next time would be good to get all of the wster out then you could fill the sump hole before laying, just a thought.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

🧱👍🏽

You will always hear, hard work won’t kill you, hmm but it doesn’t do you any bloody good

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Very true Gary 😔🧱👍🏽

4 months of rain Steve more like 7or 8 months.we need some sun and dry weather for a while we all deserve it mate . Hip needs doing nhs letting you down mate you need help with that only so lonb you can keep going.Fingers crossed they do it for you .Nice wall boys as usual 👍🧱🧱

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Yeah spring is long overdue mate 💦⛈️🙁. Got my third pre op in a week but not holding my breath 😒🧱👍🏽

@brickrightbuildinglandscaping

2 ай бұрын

When it effects your work and your in pain it aint fair on you .not like your sat at a desk is it .im finding my body is wearing out Steve .hard work never killed anyone it just cripples you . Fingers crossed for you mate 👍 🙏

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

@brickrightbuildinglandscaping cheers Justin 😬🧱👍🏽

I bet that was easier putting the block in with the block lifter

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Absolutely mate, especially on my knees 🧱👍🏽😍

do you guys have an produt page and what brang of glove you guys use i m looking for ones that are long lasting with block work how well dose yours do

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

We have Milwaukee. They do loads of. We get 2 weeks minimum out of ours 🧤🧤🧱👍🏽

Would it not be worthwhile to invest in a few cheap tarps to protect materials and work in progress from the almost incessant rain this winter?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Covering isnt the issue when the materials arrive wet, you need as much air around them as possible to aid drying . We always cover materials 🧱👍🏽

Nothing worse than soaking material Steve still you get there lads

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Yeah John , cost us a lot of time unfortunately 😟🧱👍🏽

I want to see a father vs son competition to see who can lay the most bricks, and whose bricks look better. Maybe opposite sides of the same wall?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

😏😏🧱👍🏽

@adyt225

2 ай бұрын

Dad would win hands down even with his bad hip , but he’s had far more experience, be nice if the son could speed up a bit and take over the below ground laying to give his dad a break ! We all started somewhere at the beginning

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

@adyt225 🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

👍👍👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

😁🧱👍🏽

its time to it best

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

🧐 ???

It looks like nearly half of the face of many of bricks are stained. Will that staining fade?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

No staining thats the pattern🧱👍🏽

When are u geting u operation will alex work by him self

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

No clue and we have a few small job for Alex to do on his own . 🧱👍🏽

Do you give a price for the wall or you give a dayrate

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

We give a price 🧱👍🏽

Elon, This is the way to build a garden wall properly, not like that old rubbish - one you built previously. 😁👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🧱👍🏽

@martin2466

2 ай бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Chaps, Did we ever find out what a "bore of saddo" was...? Perhaps elon, was a pipe fitter? 😁👍👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

@martin2466 😂😂🧱👍🏽

How do you bond the wall together without a bond or is it not needed on small wall?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

The wires 🧱👍🏽

@plummetplum

2 ай бұрын

@SteveAndAlexBuild wall ties?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

@plummetplum 🧱👍🏽

U look like ur struggling Steve it’s a shame u haven’t got a 3rd brickie with u that can take over from u and help Alex out then u can rest up and get that op done

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Me and Alex is as big as it will ever get . People let you down 🙁🧱👍🏽

@benfeeney3628

2 ай бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild yeah I no wat ur saying not everyone does u just got to find the right people if I lived nearer I’d give u a hand I don’t let people down mate but yeah they are hard to find

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

@benfeeney3628 cheers pal 🤜🏽🤛🏽🧱👍🏽

You've been using the heat gun instead of a hairdryer again haven't you steve😉😉

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

😬🤣🧱👍🏽

🇨🇦🤓🤟

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

🤙🏾🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

That wrapping they put on the brick does nothing at all a little hole in it the water gets in there then ur buggered they need to sort out some sorta different wrapping around the bricks I think

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

At the end of the day it’s more to stop stray bricks going flying more than to keep em dry I reckon. They don’t give a hoot what state we receive them in . They have their money and as the old saying goes “Bricky will get over it “ 😒🧱👍🏽

What is the latest on an operation for Steve's hip? It is ridiculous that he should have to continue to suffer so much pain and discomfort due to the inadequacies of the NHS, whilst he is trying to earn a living.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

9 months wait so far 🥺. Another pre op soon .( third one ) 😒🧱👍🏽

So what happens if you use wet bricks ?

@richardwilliams8953

2 ай бұрын

Water soaks into the mortar making it difficult to build up your courses because the mortar bed is sloppy, also dribbles out on to the faces of the bricks and makes a mess that can be hard to clean up afterwards.....

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Richard 🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

Well done you 2 feel for you Steve but you're a plodder needs must x

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Cheers pal very true 😒👍🏽🧱

Why are wet bricks a problem?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

They need to absorb water from the bed plus the mortar runs if it’s too wet 😱🧱👍🏽

@martin2466

2 ай бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild If they are too wet they cannot be laid - as they swim all over the place. and efflorescence staining will be an issue with the wall during drying out. Smearing & staining on the wall, and almost impossible to "joint up" the work at the end of the shift.... 🧱🧱😁😁👍👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

@martin2466 🤙🏾🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

@raysmith6891

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the information.

Chuck a rubbish bag under your tempery trench blick save u cleaning

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

It will just move then it needs to be sturdy 🧱👍🏽

@stevencooper6593

2 ай бұрын

Totally get that budd but once the block sucks the moister out of the gear should be good, u and alex do quality work 🧱👍

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

@stevencooper6593 🧱👍🏽

😊😊😊😊😊😊

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

😃👍🏽🧱

Could you not gone private for your hip lot of money but i dont like seeing you struggling so much i have been there pain horrible

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

£14 k ! And then 6 weeks minimum with no income . No I won’t be going private unfortunately . My dad is though 🧱👍🏽

A little help with a hoddie and you would of finished that. Your costing yourselves money.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

🧱👍🏽

@Oncewasdonka

2 ай бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Saying that try finding a decent young lad who wants to do it.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Exactly, never had any luck with hoddies . Good ones are like unicorns and how many of those have you seen 🤣🧱👍🏽

I always try to look on the positive in most things but the amount of talking that you do is getting too much man. Almost 20 minutes from the start of the video was you talking. How many times do you need to moan about the wet bricks.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Funny enough we had a question about wet bricks so helping someone by talking about them . You dont have to listen, just skip forward

@wayneleone

2 ай бұрын

The alternative would be to have highly edited, highly scripted and over produced content. This channel is about real work captured in real time by real experts. That's what's great about the channel. Skip forward if you're in a hurry.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

Thanks very much Wayne 🙏🏽🙏🏽🧱👍🏽

@martin2466

2 ай бұрын

@@wayneleone Excellent reply.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

🙏🏽🙏🏽🧱👍🏽

Bring it on just sayin from north of Newcastle 👍🧱.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

2 ай бұрын

🙌🏽🤣🧱👍🏽