I'm a sixty year old bricklayer and I couldn't agree with you more, do what ever suits the different bricklayer I think profiles are a massive improvement keep up the good work, I'm still learning at sixty

@MrAdeyb

Жыл бұрын

yeah you are right mate, everyone is still learning no matter how old you are

@davebarrow2194

Жыл бұрын

100%mate👍

@garyreed9509

Жыл бұрын

Thanks guys, all i want to say is each to their own I think the young bricklayers are brilliant like changy but I can see the other traditional ways aswell it's up to the individual you can stay traditional or you can pick up new ways there is no right or wrong, let's all pass on knowledge of bricklaying a good way, like I said I'm still learning with enthusiasm

@GaryLodge-ql3sl

Жыл бұрын

Your still learning at 60. WTF.

@garyreed9509

Жыл бұрын

@@GaryLodge-ql3sl yes mate still learning after all these years, learning to adapt as I get older now that ive got arthritis in my hands knees and hips and still learning off these young people like changy who's a pleasure to whatch like he says let's drop the macho bull shit

😆😆 that should liven things up lol, I've been using profiles since the mid 70s they just make life easier, corners still have there place but rarely.

@thetallcarpenter

Жыл бұрын

I knew he wasn't talking about you Andy😎

@bricklayersworldwithandy6277

Жыл бұрын

@@thetallcarpenter 😁👍

Tip. Ping a chalk line along the vapour barrier to get a straight clean line neat finish. Remember to keep the chalk line holder dry. It’s always the same when there’s a crossover of work from trade to trade, that’ll do attitude. Like the channel 👍

We used to run gangs and our QS used to get us extra for everything. From bedding lintels to bedding on a damp course. There is a rate for every single thing even plumbing reveals and putting in wall ties and insulation. This was never passed on to the subbie. 10% was taken at face value but in reality it would be near 25%. We only knew this when we got a QS involved in pricing and was an eye opener to how the subbie gets a rough ride. Good video and your a proper pro.

The “Traditional Bricklayer” will be chain smoking his cigars after he watches this….By the way, I agree with everything you said changy

Brilliant advice Changy.. As you know I was a hod carrier many years ago and the brickies I worked with where exactly as you described..... "The old ways are the best" and "Proper men build corners" Glad to see you back doing what you do best... Bricklaying and churning quality videos out. Atb Always mate👍

@mattcurtis3019

Жыл бұрын

You definitely lost a little on Ur face bro

Could not agree more. Great advice. I know the KZreadr you’re on about “salt of the earth, real men.” I was taught by real bricklayers. They could lay bricks stood on their heads, but they always got the profiles up where they could. Work smart not hard.

So the spandrel profile has a membrane on and then overlaps the second DPC. Do you put foam in after building up the gable on the outside of that spandrel membrane? Trying to work out if there's a continuous membrane layer just after the blockwork or after the insulation (looking from internal to external).

We've got some houses going up at the back of our house. The brickies are a different breed from when I was a lad. Respectful to the public, clean & tidy, not loud & shouty. It's good to see because the trade will get far more respect from the public.

Brilliant video changy, more videos of REAL TALK like this please :D

when we do gables with a tray we always lay another dpc tray ontop but not stapled down just to catch the mortar then just slide it out when the gable is finished

Profiles all the time,guaranteed to 10mm consistent bed level and plumb wall guaranteed it's not only quicker,but much more importantly you are getting a quality job that will be fit for purpose.

The bit with the stanley blade cutting the membrane triggered my PTSD..... .....Carillion banned all knives on site unless they were retractable.....I was a Site Manager for them and had to enforce this ridiculous rule or face disciplinary action from the Health and Safety bellends in the ivory tower. The number of pointless arguments and run-in I had with having to enforce this amongst the trades was unreal. My favourite one was when a project manager confiscated a bread knife that the laggers were using, claiming it was dangerous....have you ever seen a proper lagging knife? Crocodile Dundee would be scared of it. Carillion also brought in a rule of tethering all tools to the person or to a fixed point, so it couldn't fall. Poor old brickies looked like they were all auditioning for spiderman at one point...... ....could never figure our why Carillion went under.

@jcoul1sc

Жыл бұрын

Carillon going under had nothing to do with that

@richardpeace3292

Жыл бұрын

@@jcoul1sc I was inferring that Carillion were more interested in wasting their energy in enforcing pointless IMS policy in an effort to minimise any potential litigation against them to zero, to the point where project site teams became focused on risk management rather than actually getting the job done. Of course, lets not mention the smoke and mirrors, downright lies, and pocket stuffing the higher levels of self serving management did in their latter years...which included messing around with the pension money of their employees. Sadly, they deserved to go under and there are calls for those individual higher levels of management to be taken through the justice system.

I am 77 years old bricky and what you say about using profiles is spot on. My gang invested in set of profiles back in 1973 and using them resulted in building the houses we were on being completed in 2.5 days quicker. No brainer. Use profiles!!

@davebarrow2194

Жыл бұрын

Good on ya mate!

@mojorisin8368

Жыл бұрын

Well if that's the case this bell end just called you a racist.

@bigears4014

11 ай бұрын

My dads friend was so fast on corners he'd build them up before you got your profile up

@jordanholmes4052

10 ай бұрын

​@@bigears4014impossible mate your talking out your arse

@gorgen23

6 ай бұрын

I love hearing from a salt of the earth brickie

Amazing upload lots of good advice and always great to get your on site tips be glad once you get your videos regularly again ! Top gang Chang 🤙

Great video Changy, you are making good content ! Best wishes from the Dutchbricklayers

I build corners with my profiles and lines as it gives my hod chance to load the whole plot out, the next day it’s just smashing the gables in everything loaded and hoddy spreading

which SDS you getting ? Dewalt one has served me well, price was pretty good bare too.

A lot of sense spoken there Changy, some lads on here are unintentionally hilarious

The entire industry is full of good lads and girls. But there’s a hell of a lot of absolute bell ends in the construction industry.

Top stuff, professional work and commentary 👌

Good honest Bricky! Thanks for giving the low down on poor business practice by some builders

Frank Gehry's Paper bag building in Sydney is the only premium brickwork I have ever seen, with 100 year old brick/clay recipe. The bricklayers became engineers on it

100 percent agree with everything you said changy.

Traditional Bricklayer should take note ✍️

@dragginmedown

Жыл бұрын

He’s a flogg

@maxpower1797

Жыл бұрын

Thames valley😂

@davebarrow2194

Жыл бұрын

Thames valley is a good lad.

@markmorgan6231

Жыл бұрын

Shots fired pow POW

@BUILDA__L

Жыл бұрын

I genuinely don’t like that trad bricklayer

I wouldn’t be dismissing older Brickies.

@Kierenstanden-qz7eu

11 ай бұрын

There all retiring now no apprenticeship are coming through. It’s all hoddys jumping on trowel . Ive just got my NVQ lvl3 paid for buy goverment so get on it now if you can

I think fancy fireplaces, arches and herringbone bond is worth a slight premium over laying lines or block work.

@ChelseaPensioner-DJW

Жыл бұрын

That's what he said.

Dont think i could stand a morning with this fella 😂

@andrewsalter2681

Жыл бұрын

😅

@robertkavanagh8948

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@vincetennant2461

10 ай бұрын

A couple of hours with this fella I'd end up chucking myself off the scaffold 😢

Heres the best advice. DONT take on debt. DONT live lavishly. DONT marry a woman with expensive tastes. DONT drive a new car and a new van. THEN....being a humble bricklayer will serve you well. THEN....You can choose you're work. THEN....You can work when you like. THEN...You can work though youre 60's. THEN...You can skip the winter. ANYONE THINK THIS IS ROCKET SCIENCE? Let me know in the comments below😂 It doesnt matter how fast the water is running into the sink, if the plug is out innit

this is like plasterers who swear by trowels and hate anything like sponge floats, speedskim etc since it makes the job quicker without sacrificing quality. If you're in the game to make money, embrace efficient methods and keep up with the tech.

Another cracking video Changy. You talk a lot of sense.

Spot on video that champ! I provide PCC it’s a battle with tradition bricklayers getting them to appreciate the modern techniques and getting them executed correctly profiles picking and dipping every time! Amazon don’t have pickers anymore haha neither do we have carrier pigeons haha!

Are your profiles 50mm or 50.8? I can only get rhino dori blocks because the profiles are slightly bigger

@OffTheTrowel

Жыл бұрын

50mm

Lol just watched whole vid again ffs! Now your saying that the weep vents you have installed on top of the cavity tray at wall plate height is for ventilation hahahaha.....come on really mate, I'm sure they are to let any water out if any was to penetrate through to the cavity, hence the name 'weep' if it was for ventilation a air brick or similar would be used, your vids just get better, well I've now subscribed so can't wait to examine any future videos 😂

Absolutely spot on , I couldn’t agree more and I’ve been in construction for 40 years this applies across the trades , the macho b s is usually a cover for insecurity

@MrAdeyb

Жыл бұрын

yeah all trades should give their heads a shake, the tough old school macho image is a total myth, nothing tough about it at all, never has been

@planetyouranus22

Жыл бұрын

Your point is reinforced by the fact more girls are entering the trade. Some here on y/t, they seem very confident. Good luck to them.

@MrAdeyb

Жыл бұрын

@@planetyouranus22 yes exactly mate, I was on a big job few years ago, the roofing game is a farce aswell, that was once seen as a hard game which is bullshit, there was a bloke had his wife in roofing, nothing hard about the building game, never has been

@jonb12321

5 ай бұрын

Never seen a female stonemason, drystone waller or roofer though (here in Yorks a lot of the slate is thick, heavy Yorkstone).

@user-ch9tv6ph9w

2 ай бұрын

​@@jonb12321They train as banker masons. Then normally go carving in cathedral workshops. The Minster in York had them. That was back in the early 1990s when I trained.

Enjoy watching your videos from Ireland ☘️

😅😅 absolutely bang on mate. Traditional bricklayer comes across as if he has many many insecurities unfortunately but what can you do

Traditional Bricklayer Double Hard but Changy's Triple so he ain't scared 💪

Well said Changy.

Hey changy remember to ask the FLT driver before you leave site for materials for the next day instead of first thing in the morning

Changy I'll agree with you mate on some of your points. Bricklaying has made me very wealthy,never used a profile in my life. The time the new breed of bricklayers set their profiles up we're already running in two corners built 6 course at a time. 40 years I've been in the trade,regard myself as a top pro , take it from me the best,skillful bricklayers are all old school,retired or in the ground. Of course there are some young lads who are a class act also. Building corners,at pace and accuracy is an awesome skill to have. Many younger trowels today are lacking,they can't build a corner/plumbing quickly this is the problem for them. Anyway, small corners and run it in/burn the line. The art of building the corners all day,everyday. When you know,,,,,,,you know.

So what are profiles & what’s this about corners?

Well said , trouble is some people are trying to create a brand or something ! Traditional ! Techniques de profiles 😂

Love the channel and want more context what yoi eat on site

Funny enough, chatting to a friend the other day. He mentioned his brother was a bespoke kitchen fitter. My reply was, so he's a kitchen fitter!!!

Not even a Bricky and i still love watching your videos lol :D

On high four story buildings in the USA they used to set jack lines and every corner pole had better be right with those lines. Now the kid foreman just measure off the plywood and worry about window depth. So if the plywood varies, they just guesstimate and try to keep the storypoles (profiles) plumb. So if the poles are first set always plumb, they migrate a little after that. It's not everywhere but when you have precast involved, your window gaps better be within the limits and so plumbness is secondary consideration. So the setting of profiles is supposed to be to run with jack lines. And if jack lines are set, you can build a corner fast and mark highth right on the line.

While "bespoke brickwork" is not really a thing, I'd say a bricklayer doing larger one off homes with features and fireplaces needs to have far more about him than a bricklayer doing copy and paste square box homes that have been done a million times across the country.

@davidhopwood3590

Жыл бұрын

Spot on.

@EscapePlanMan

Жыл бұрын

Was going to say something similar. I get where hes coming from in terms of ripofff brickies using bespoke to rip clients off, but bespoke to me is like you say, anything that deviates from common brickwork design and practices thats unique to the clients requirements.

@OffTheTrowel

Жыл бұрын

Brickwork is Brickwork, you can either do it or you can't regardless of what it is

@OffTheTrowel

Жыл бұрын

I started my time doing all that kind of work, I've done my fair share my friend

@OffTheTrowel

Жыл бұрын

@@davidhopwood3590 you are putting words in my mouth, I never said that. You charge what you want for your own standard brickwork, I said there should be an extra over rate for detail. Comprendė esă

Bang on mate 👍🏻

Looks really good and clean 💯✌️👍

I love how honest you are 😂😂

I f**cking love this intro!

Changy I'm putting in a retain wall,about 2ftor 2half high witch block would be best😊,love the videos

@OffTheTrowel

Жыл бұрын

100mm concrete block flat

@pauliinndaly3586

Жыл бұрын

@@OffTheTrowel cheers for that

Im rough but I'm slow . Does this help

Im building a house in ireland. My block is working away fine however there was one area that he didnt half bond the blocks. It was 5 or 6 blocks where where ge stacked up on top of the row underneath. The DPC was going through this and he said it was fine the DPC breaks the bond. Is this correct? It was at the subfloor level

@OffTheTrowel

Жыл бұрын

Plastic doesn't give any extra strength to a bond. Sounds like he can talk a job

@jericho9653

Жыл бұрын

@@OffTheTrowel ya not sure why he did it. Im sure the house wont fall down but might be a crack in the plaster there in future, its below the subfloor level tho so not the end of the world

Any bricklayers out there have a rough idea on blocking up an extension double skin rendered externally 7.5 x4 downstairs back wall bifolds 4m 1st floor 4x4sqm flat roofs. In Kent, if no costing a rough idea on how long. Thanks

Mate, as a Brick-maker. Technically, it is possible to get speciality made bricks. But chances are low, but bricklayers are paid enough to compensate minor challenges (generally). But I think your referring to dodgy ppl trying to rip the customer off, I.E. The dodgy mechanic.

Talking sense again Changy, move with the times, why make life harder than it needs to be.

I know of no other profession where the professionals are so honest. Can you imagine a doctor blowing the whistle on his fellow doctors?

I saw you at Drayton manor a few weeks back the mrs said there’s that bloke you watch laying bricks after you’ve layed bricks all day

@OffTheTrowel

Жыл бұрын

Haha, yeah we went for the dinosaur 🦕 shows

@mallyfotherby4732

Жыл бұрын

🤣 my Mrs says this .. ' haven't you had enough of bricks ' 48 still picking up tips from all these videos NEVER TOO OLD TO.LEARN SOMETHING NEW

Topp man ,tell them how it is ,one on top of two ,pricework gang of 40 years 😂

so what you are saying is laying a brick is the same rate where ever and whatever the event? what about underpinning a building? what about patching up around needles used to support a bulding that has been supported with arrows so it didn't collapse? Change every extension is bespoke

@OffTheTrowel

Жыл бұрын

You didn't listen

Got out the game last year. Seeing these videos makes me feel sick, so glad I got out. You seem so dedicated and concerned. By the time I left I couldn't careless about the quality of my work and the house builder is to blame for that. Years of being mistreated

@IDGAF56852

Жыл бұрын

Danny turnbull-yeah it's a mugs game mate. I got out of brickies labouring 20 years ago,my lower back is completely fckd,im on a disability pension at 55 years old ! My dad is 76 and he is riddled with arthritis. He averaged 800 bricks a day-some days getting a good run 1000 bricks a day ! I was literally running to keep the bricks and mud up to 3 bricklayers in 40 degree heat here in sunny Australia.

@MrAdeyb

Жыл бұрын

Haha yeah in a way , when these videos pop up on my feed it's a good thing in the sense it suddenly brings it all back in an instant an reinforces the fact that the game is a total farce, worrying about not getting paid and putting up listening to all the bullshiters on site, shit working conditions, messed about, no holiday pay etc etc , piss farting around like this isn't work man

@patkearney9320

Жыл бұрын

Yep I hear you I'm 60 now and I packed it in ten years ago got into roofing by accident and stayed at it. I got so fxxking sick of the BS chasing my money and the same stupid customers. All my family are still in the game and don't understand me regards from Ireland.

@patkearney9320

Жыл бұрын

​@@IDGAF56852 Damn that's some going! Good on you Sir regards from Ireland Eire32.

@IDGAF56852

Жыл бұрын

@@patkearney9320 my dad is from belfast northern Ireland, came to Australia during ww2 and was a stonemason bricklayer for 40 plus years. Its a mugs game,i brickies laboured for 20 years and learnt how to lay bricks but my lower back couldn't handle it. Im now 55,on disability pension with 3 collapsed discs.

I enjoyed listening to someone who knows what they are talking about

Couldn’t have said it better my self Chang 🤣

I guess it comes down to one thing. Everyone is on this platform to make money. Whether they use fancy terms, tools, music, techniques, it's just content being created to make money and to capture the imagination of their audience.

Well put my friend 👍👍 I’ve been retired 5 years and I’ve always built corners can have a corner up while you fuck about with profiles !

Brilliant 🤩 video as usual Changy, straight talking is always best 👍👍

no double row of ties when spandrel kicks in Changy, or ties 225 of reveal?

@OffTheTrowel

Жыл бұрын

Ties are 225 on reveal, il put it in tomorrow's vid, not going to put Ia row of ties under a tray (just slips) or through it that why I start above.

@Tone_Team

Жыл бұрын

@@OffTheTrowel 😎

The beginning of this vid was f-kin Class, so true nail right on the head buddy honest and you don’t wear pants like the singer in the band cameo (1980s) 😂😂

It nice to see trades thinking about other trades, to make their jobs go that bit easier. You dont get that much.

Time served brickie can do most brickworks standing on his head. Same with most tradesman 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🇬🇧

Bespoke brickwork😂😂 love your utter honesty....😅❤

@OffTheTrowel

2 ай бұрын

say what you think

When using that design brick get your lads to flush fill all the holes at end of day.

Another thing about the so called old school salt of the earth blokes is back in the late 80s early 90s when I got into the game was they all thought other people should be doing all their heavy work for them, I worked with loads of them, they would never dig out or hump gear up ladders, plus there Brickwork wasn't even that neat either, total farce

i got out when the health n safety came in it drove me around the twist i always was my own safety officer and ime alive lol. but i always done the easy option sometimes any wooden straight edge as a profile would do. the way i looked at it was if i was laying building a corner was just as quick most of the time just depended on the situation, like the blower idea though was a pain trying to brush water off of the damp.

Just watched this. No idea what a profile is or who you were talking about?

is that runcorn water tower?

@4:25 👏🏻 thank you. The chap you're referring to here really sets a bad example for people in your trade.

Your right to most lads just want to go in make a good wage from doing good work.. and go down the road with no hassle... profile's all day.. can't go wrong with them once they are set up right..

Welcome back pal good video as alway Hope the family is good and healthy

Love your honesty mate.

Modern houses are nothing like 1930s one's, the bricks on my house are acrington front and back with a cavity, I've never had any damp issues, there putting new ideas in the new homes that are not tested , and aren't gonna last as long as my 90y old house as lasted, and its still going strong. Interesting vid lad.

@MrAdeyb

Жыл бұрын

Yes and no, I'm a builder, I also own a 1930s house, some of the joinery work within roof rafters is shocking , they weren't that good back then, you are right about modern house being crap, however some are very good but most house bashing sites are crap

Love straight up people who say it how it is 👍

Love this thank you

Why not use profiles don't make sense to build a corner 🤔 and years ago 60s to some 90s builds the brickwork was horrendous

wow i was going to say the exact comment below i love detailed work hate half bond like to to be proud of what you have done ghagy mate keep it up take no notice of emm

Don't mean to be contrary. Here is the but. Each customers extension or house is bespoke because it is tailored to their needs. You are correct that is no excuse to raise the rate unless as you say they ask for a special bond or layout involving odd angles or more corners. All of that should be taken into account by a quantity surveyor and priced accordingly. Anyone can lay bricks to a line how many can go into a field and set out from profile boards?

Sound advice, thank you !

The best video you ever made changy

Agreed..I do agree when he says about de-skilling, but that is to do with building design. We use lintels not arches. You are right, the world has changed.

@Conorguill

Жыл бұрын

Balance of cost of labour v materials has changed a lot over time

Make sure you use the ties in those formers

I always found for Stanley blades buy sweeney Todd blades for replacement. A lifetime box plus that’s what Lino floor layers use.

Here is how we say it in USA anytime you take a level out of your hand you can lay five to ten bricks while if you was building corners with level not corner pole or profiles as uk says it poles are faster I’ll hang a pole on a pole to make it faster and easier

Been watching from your very first few months on YT you’ve never said a truer word Changy I don’t always agree but everybody deep down knows your right

Glad i got out before health n safty madness started. but yes profiles are better, a lot of the older guys would not use them, you guys have it easy compared to when everything had to be carried up a ladder. i was a bespoke brickie i was a 1200 hundred bricks a day man, lol now i cant stand up straight wish i had slowed down now, if you want a bad back carry on.

You are a good honest hard grafting bricklayer. Yes you don't need a million tattoos and drink ten pints a night to prove you can do a better job. I admire your advice and all the best to you.

All true, I can build corners pretty fast, but profiles are much quicker and more accurate.

Not strictly true, I’ve seen brickwork so rough that it could only be described as bespoke 😂

Changy dropping truths on the Clanger culture