Chris has a good future ahead of him. He’s fast and accurate and cares about the appearance of his work; even the bits you don’t see.

You can tell they're rolling in money down south when they're using ten pence pieces willy nilly like that! Up north we'd make do with an old washer...and we'd tie a piece of string to it so we can re-use it later ;) Really enjoying this series Robin

@paulakennedy2085

3 жыл бұрын

Don't worry about that 10p piece - it's tax deductible.

@GregsMowing

3 жыл бұрын

Don't think the groove was wide enough for his 5 pound coins!

@MrB3ngy

3 жыл бұрын

Only reason we’re rolling in it down south is because we drill holes in penny’s to use as penny washers rather than paying 6-7p each for them... 🤣🤣🤣

@dougsaunders8109

3 жыл бұрын

Hardly use cash, therefore no change. Mainly use Apple Pay, have to make a very wide grove for your iPhone

If by some miracle, I could find a brickie to start my job, I would happily hug him!

Im a retired building surveyor and ex BCO from years ago. I never stop learning and like your setting out. Wish I'd seen it before starting my extension 8 weeks ago. Currently fascinated with the bricklayers craft and that guy youve got puts in a good days work.

That lad working like nature to him is just well = 👌 pride isn't only a festival.

Brickie is deffs thinking about hiding robins camera.

I think Robin likes to talk himself through the job🤣👍

@68bwild

3 жыл бұрын

Who doesn't talk to themselves....

@darkviper62

3 жыл бұрын

Lol Just commented that loves to talk.

@sally6457

3 жыл бұрын

Talking to yourself is the only way to guarantee intelligent conversation! Hahahaha 😎

You are SO good at this! The TV-side, better than many pros. Really helpful.

Bricklayers worst nightmare, someone chatting crap to you whilst your beds going off 😂

Good brickie nice and fast

I am so glad that I am retired from building work, Rob, I give you so much respect, I trained a young guy and he is now doing so well for himself, he gives me treats every now and then when he askes me for advice last year he bought me a Vauxhall Mokka for a treat. love him to bits.

Nice brickwork Rob, I know you wouldn't stand for anything less but the young man is good. (Coming from a NESCOT trowel.) Lovely to see a young fella able to do it without having to stick a profile up. I had to laugh when he said if a footing was ten mil out you can get over it. Your "mmm," was priceless. I think your tolerance of footings is 1 mil! He must love working with you because you understand our trade, the father in-law taught you well.

Haha, the comment about brickwork rings true. I'm a DIYer who did my own footings, and now I'm doing a 15m garden wall. The BCO commented that the brickwork was better than some builders - problem is, it took me a month and they'd have been done and dusted in a day or two! Trying to be a bit more relaxed on my garden wall, but it's still taking a looooong time. Loved that 10p trick - will remember that for when I never ever build a wall ever again!!

Coming along nicely.

Handy tip, whichever trench block manufacturer you use, read their literature on those blocks. I know that with Celcon, their trench blocks below ground don't need a perp, just butt them up tight. Saves time!!

great to see some brickwork rising up! at least the weather is better now!

Great video as usual. Always very informative.

Nice looking project RC

Great video Robin! Appreciated, Cheers.

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Great to see it rising out of the ground. You’ve got all the right contacts!!!

Phwoar! He's all over that, good lad. Lovely job

Great video Robin, thanks

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Perhaps when you do the roof for this, if its rafters, Could you talk a bit about how to deal with the various problems you can encounter when cutting rafters? Such as the building (new or old) being off square, wall plate being up and down or the wall plates not parallel to the ridge/wall? When watching the various videos to learn, its always done in a perfect world to simplify learning. Cant find any that help with how to deal with those problems and the various fixes or work arounds when you do encounter them though.

Great work pal 👍🏻

Nice to see the two sides of construction working in harmony. It's an open secret that bricklayers (like myself) tune in to the carpentry channels and I'll bet my bottom dollar that Robin has watched Stu Compton and Charlie Collison.

Nice

Great Brickie. Hope you can get him back again.

So important to get it right from the start, makes the finishing so much more enjoyable. You can see your itching to get up to wallplate🤩

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

So true!

I could watch that Brickie all day

Ah the memories 😳🥺. I did foundations for ten long years , knee deep in shite for the majority of the time 😒🧱👍🏼

@scottnever8732

3 жыл бұрын

back when no mass fill concrete and had 5 courses of blocks, no trench blocks back then, before splash started and had too walk along a 150mm passage. No wonder us oldens have bad backs.

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottnever8732 . I must be older because we built foundations with commons 😳🤯🧱👍🏽

@scottnever8732

3 жыл бұрын

@@SteveAndAlexBuild you must have a letter from the Queen then ?

@SteveAndAlexBuild

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottnever8732 😆😆🧱👍🏽

Good stuff Robin.😀👍

Good informal video m8. 👍

Looking good. Nice to get out the ground. My favourite part. Is everything apart from the footings 😂😂😂👍👍👍

Always great to get the hard core in no more pumping out. Shortage of roofing timber over this side of the pond 👍🇮🇪☘️👋👋

Hello Robin, I now live in Brisbane Australia, speaking of Rain, you would of Never Seen Rain like what we get here in Tropical Queensland Australia. When it does rains we never complain as the drought here can go on for years. Great job.

it's great to see that you are doing a fools guide into all the work that you are doing keep up the good work

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@johngreen8629

3 жыл бұрын

also you are a brilliant carpenter as you are talking to camera and doing the work at same time I am a just retired project manager

Hi Robin love watching your videos your such a top guy and your building knowledge is second to none if it comes to anything construction I wanna do it the Robin clevett way 👊

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you

All looks good Robin! Let me know when your pitching that roof and I’ll come and give you a hand 😉

Comrade Clevett!

ROBIN! mucks going off

Nice brickwork. Frog up, impressive. I use toolstation Watertite Grip Gloves Large but only on my left hand. If anyone wants 500 right hands let me know lol.

@jayperry3599

3 жыл бұрын

Or turn them all inside out and you have 500 lefts,😂

@Simonsimps

3 жыл бұрын

@@jayperry3599 Very good lol

I have been binge watching this series and I love it. I've said it before, we do things here in New England the same way on some tasks and totally different on other things. I'm catching on to some of your terms and terminology. I'll tell you that I wished we used the same measuring systems. When I was in the 7th or 8th grade in the early 70s, there was a push for us in the IS and in Canada to use the metric system. Canada did it and we didn't. I try to work on my "American made", GMC van and I need both metric and SAE wrenches. Come on kids, let's do one or the other.

You just answered my question. If your building is slightly out of square you as the carpenter and the roofers overcome it in some way.

I had a similar thing with my belle master mix - got my first mix on for my new extension and the capacitor blew! had to hand mix the rest and was in a mood for the rest of the day.

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

Oh no!

Robin what a top bloke you are. Miss the videos of yourself and Roger @skillbuilder but gives me more videos to watch now you have your own channel. Need some quality builders like yourself in Margate.

@PA3456

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeztickles4361 glad the spelling police are flat out 🙄!

@davidbarnett8002

3 жыл бұрын

I hate wearing gloves laying bricks Actually i never wear them fullstop Nice job good setting out and prep Work

@PA3456

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeztickles4361 my apologies then Jez I take that back 🤦🏻‍♂️😂😂👌🏻

Waiting on the alternatives to a soak-away for clay :) My lawn turns into a marsh during the rainy/snowy seasons. I've got some french drain pipes (freebies) and planned to create 3 or 4 channels into a large soakaway at the edge of my garden. I'm nowhere near any drainage I can use and I pretty much hit clay after a foot so unsure what else I can do.

New suscriber looking forward to watching

Looking good. I’ve now got my self a BIG BLUE and love it thanks for the info you gave me(not told the wife the real cost😂). Keep up the got work and videos.

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

Well Done mate!!!

@chrisbeard2654

3 жыл бұрын

@@ukconstruction I’ve got a festool track saw and it now needs a new blade. What blades would you recommend? Thanks in advance.

@christaylor5291

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisbeard2654 stick with festool otherwise you run the risk of re cutting the splinter guard if the kerf of the the blade is different. If the blade is thinner will blow out the material due to not cutting tight to splinter guard. General you can buy a pair for under 60 notes.

@rossbuchanan7632

3 жыл бұрын

@@christaylor5291 Listen to this man! He knows.

I do like a bit of brickwork

Hyflex gloves are good. Thin but robust.

we haven't got a trouble getting hold of cement at the moment, bloody brickies keep dropping out on us! had 3 come to have a look and they're all just ghosting

Has Rodger put a price in for the plumbing Robin?

@paulthompson5416

3 жыл бұрын

Rodger’s to rough for Robins jobs 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Bricky Chris needs a Labrador to Cart that mud around site

You 'hit the nail on the head' with your Gloves comment - Vacational Trades/skills are an Art! - we need ALL of our senses, but 'Health&Safety' have put Profit (for them) over both Quality AND Safety ...... Ironically ;-( .... We ALL need our 'feel' and our 'Field Of Vision' unrestricted ..... Something Gloves and Goggles manage to deny us .......

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

nooice!

Robin an absolute master! Love his attitude and passion for carpentry 🪚 and a inspiration thank you 🙏🏽

If I ever build a house, I want robin in charge of everything.

Chris is building the house extension right behind mine now! Small world....

@chrisbashford7091

3 жыл бұрын

Where abouts are you Ian? We are in Burgess Hill currently 💪

@ianbarber6463

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisbashford7091 We back directly on to the house in Downscroft! Bizzare I was watching the big build at lunch on my laptop and thought hang on that guy looks familiar when Robin introduced you doing the out of ground brick work on his big build video (this one)! looked out of window and you were there 20 metres away doing the garage build (accomodation) block work to plate level. It is my bald head you can see in the window (sometimes looking out on progress :0) directly behind that extension. Great brickwork BTW.....

Wicked!. Whens your square going to be available, Robin?

Did you get an extra belt for the mixer? I always buy an extra belt for mixers, tillers, plate compactors, etc - they always seem to break at some point when you need them....the extra belt for my mixer is zip tied under the lid in a plastic bag.

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

Genius!!! Like that tip, and yes I ordered a few more!!

Good work as usual, have you fell out with roger? will you be doing any more skill builder?

Gloves to a master tradesman is like condoms to Casanova 😁

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

Well said!!

jointing footings? is Robin up for an NHBC award?

have you done a video explaining how you work out the height of the footing so that the brickwork ends up at DPC height

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

Hi mate, in the Big Build 1, The foundation video I talk about levelling the concrete and from memory I also mention how to get the correct level of the concrete for brickwork

Them belts always snapping now. Not like the used to be.

@UberAlphaSirus

3 жыл бұрын

Not much bigger than a planer belt.

hug a chippie day 🙂

Hi boys

Hello. Did you use wall ties below the dpm?

Am I the only brickie who actually doesn't mind doing founds!.....we don't call them footings in Scotland, btw! 😂😂

@chrisbashford7091

3 жыл бұрын

Always good and love the challenge 💪

@Robin Clevett, In the UK, are all foundations constructed with individual bricks, or do you guys use poured crawl space type foundations?

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Travis and Tracy, most domestic foundations are constructed with concrete in trenches and then brickwork and blockwork up to DPC here in the UK

@travisandtracyjacobs6198

3 жыл бұрын

@@ukconstruction That is pretty cool. I enjoy seeing the brickwork. I wish there was more stone work here in the states. There is a lot in Florida and Arizona but it gets covered in Stucco. I like to see it exposed, personally. With lumber prices here, concrete block work and stud walls are pretty close in expense now. For example of one is going to be building an addition to their home.

very typical indeed

Machinemart LTD stock Belle mixer belts.

Brilliant 10p trick😂

I am glad National Hug-a-Brickie is over. Will there be another one next year. Seriously, I am enjoying your videos although sometimes it is over my head. Once the architect has done the plans are you solely responsible for implementing the plans and doing the build or does he/she come and check up on your progress?

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Robert, in most cases we are responsible for implementing the entire build from the information provided by the clients architect, sometimes we also have an architect that will oversee a project from start to finish but this is generally on the larger building projects

I noticed that you did not put rockers in on internal to external drainage

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

Hi John, I used a fitting either side of the foundation and this acts as a rocker, in my case the rest bends are actually supported by the spread of the main new foundation so at that point there will be no major settlement of surrounding ground. I agree with the use of rockers where ever possible though mate its good standard practice.

Got details for the bricky ?

@chrisbashford7091

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Ash 07717721888 is my number, give me a call if you need anything Thanks Chris

Great job, my father in law is 83 still getting work roofing bricklaying the guys a legend, Jack Kings his name. Not a chippy though 😂

Meaning of “DPC”

Hope you’ve got some blocks ordered RC .

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

We forward ordered everything!!!

Bricky’s alright i suppose. Bit slow 😉 look forward to getting back for the super-structure 👏🏻

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

We will put up with him!!!👌

How do you deal With the scarcity and increased costs of materials when you priced the job months ago? Do you hold the supplier to their original quote or pass the cost on to the clients? I'm from the north, where customers want a fixed price, and if you have to charge more, your reputation takes a hit.

@ukconstruction

3 жыл бұрын

I am telling customers that no material prices are valid from quotes over 28 days old, although even 28 days is a lifetime in materials at the moment!!!! most customers understand and I am sure that if you refer them to the news on the TV they will hear for themselves!!

@sally6457

3 жыл бұрын

@@ukconstruction up here in the north customers only see the number on the bill they have to pay, and any slight defect to make that number smaller🙁

Do you still work with skill builder?

You showed all the set out for square and working profiles. Didn't show height to DPC. I used to put pegs in on all corners and any intersections that the brickie could level from. As you say taking responsibility for set out and level. Still doing it but way different here. I have learnt another trade in the last 20 odd years.

tried to impose gloves on us floor layers before. gloves and a stanley knife don't mix

I will say this mate you love your own voice a bit.

@rockandmeatroll

3 жыл бұрын

Good job he does or we wouldn't be here 😂😂😂

Lol allowed to hug I don’t know anyone that has stopped hugging and shaking hands

That is not pick and dip, pick and dip is when you pick enough mortar for one brick and a brick the same time and pull the perp joint on, the fastest way to lay bricks.

Ha, never worn a mask and hugged whoever especially my elderly mum. Love the channel.

This is JUNE not MAY!!!

@yvindascanius6061

3 жыл бұрын

It's recorded in June! Quite sure of it!

a nice brick inside and the cheap one outside... wtf ppl.

Looking back it's amazing to think the public fell for all this covid/lockdown nonsense. Absolutely ridiculous time

Stop your jabbering and get to work.

Your projects must come out expensive. Don’t think I’d win any work with someone on your rate standing about talking through the job three times. It’s good to do thing correct but sometimes you just have to get on with it.

OMG too much talking.

@cookiemichelangelo

3 жыл бұрын

Hes a builder, the work is more of a hobby

@jackrussell9811

3 жыл бұрын

they are having a bit of banter and the jobs getting done ,be a fucking boring day if you didnt talk

Charlie seems like a great bricklayer and good attention to detail. How do I get in touch with him if I want to offer him some jobs? Does he cover London area and can you share his contact details via IG if I DM you? I just sent you a DM