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Skill Builder was created by journalist and building expert Roger Bisby and video producer Dylan Garton to bring you practical guidance, product evaluation and insight for all aspects of building and construction.
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What are your thoughts on buying a first home with a Lifetime ISA (combining the deposit with a partner)?
9:39 Heat Geek, I've seen 8°C difference inside a 1.2m fridge between high and low points. 4°C low, 12°C at high shelf. Old style fridge without fan assist to even the cooling. Please please check using thermometers the actual temperature difference between a floor and a ceiling in a room. You'll see a big difference. There's a huge difference when drying clothing between those lower down and those higher up. Because of this temperature difference at different heights. In the same room. Please do testing with multiple thermometers and see it for yourself. I did this for an old person because they said some of their food wasn't lasting in their fridge. I put in 2 thermometers and was astounded at the difference between high and low.
Squatted beam very strong and space saving but I’ve lifted bigger with jacks and props through windows etc etc those lifters look bad ass
Plywood last longer, OSB I'm constantly replacing in homes. Garbage material!
Roger, is it true that it's better to tap with the handle instead of the metal edge because it causes less micro cracks? A brickie told me each tap cause tiny cracks so it's better not to hit with the metal edge. True?
It could be but most of the time that level of tapping is not needed . The mortar was as dead as a dodo. I would have used half a shovel of lime in that mix to retain the moisture. I don't know how brickies work with such crap sand.
Instead of using the 4 by 1 to pin into. Pin into the wall starter as your profile 👍
Sounds good. Thanks!
Nice work chaps. 🙌🏻 🧱🧱🧱🧱🤩
There is no financial case for fitting a heat pump! Save the planet is the only fools reason!
Good plan but I have 2 sinks and a waste disposal unit so could not block everythinng except sink I think.
Roger love it when your nearing the top and you step back to look at the wall and one brick is round the wrong way, Oh %@&$ it and you know you can't leave it.
I thought i was ugly but compared to his roof with those panels I'm a model
Seal the tiles is not a good idea. Under the tiles the mold is going to be happy. Trapping the mosture? Can make your house unhabitable.
Love this channel, why you don’t have at least a million subscribers is beyond me. Thanks guys 👍👍
Working on it!
If someone finds a gun stored that has a can on it that expired more than 2 years ago, do you recommend just throwing out the entire thing? It doesn't seem to work at all but I'm wondering if it's fixable.
Slatenomics in motion.....an entire industry and several more from building with this stuff..... Pretty available , durable , and easily used.... Carry on
This chap's ideal are very worthy but behind all that gubbins is a trail that is far from being Carbon neutral. Still he must sleep soundly at night knowing he's done his bit, whilst India and China et.al spew out millions of tonnes of CO2 providing us with all the tech required by us in the West.
It will be CO2 neutral after a time, when the saving overtakes the offset in production. Meanwhile China produces 30% of it's electricity through renewables, and with about one fifth of Worlds population that's enough to keep 400 Million people happy, they are also well on their way to meeting their 2035 commitment early. And have plans in place to phase out coal over time. Meanwhile UK sits with thumbs up their bums wandering why Chinese EVs and battery factories are taking over. Latest offering from China is a 650 mile range Neo EV.
Genius 😂
This guy is awesome, very humble. Can watch him all day. I must say I have learnt along the way. Thank you
Please make videos more often👊
London brick are only still in business because of brick matching to existing properties that used them back in the day. Also, I've seen entire houses having their face bricks replaced in 80s built houses because they've gone pink and entirely lost their facing. What's gone so wrong with the garbage they produce these days? Having said that it's always heartening to see tradesmen having pride in their work.
Steve and Alex with Skill Builder production quality. Absolute mustard! Roger was good too!
This discussion was very useful and honest. I definitely am concerned about our energy use on the global environment, but the system you have , has to be useful and sensible. Proper installation and analysis of your particular situation is absolutely essential. Thank you for this.
Your backround is fine. If your backround was fussy, people would pay more attention on backrounds instead of the content. What's important is the helpful facts your bringing to us. I thank you.
Plumbing good brickwork, and great video. Wish you guys had built my house 😊. I know they are easy to lift with the tongs, but on the average new estate these days I'd be scared of speccing bricks with holes rather than frogs. Just too easy to cheat and not use enough mortar, and make it look good with the pointing. Your beds and perps were superb, as always 😊
You've pretty much spelled it all out in this video. I'm 59 yrs old and I have all but walked away from the building trade.,,,I'd been in the business since I was a teenager, since my father was also a contractor.. Now I work alone, no employees, no subs. I work only for trusted clients and they trust me. I don't advertise and I don't want to. I take on only the jobs that I feel I can tackle on my own. I don't even buy my materials anymore. The customer buys everything except for the small incidentals. All the ways that I've been screwed by customers, strangers and the Gov't have come to an end because I now control all of it. I expect payment at the end of the week and if the money dries up ...I just stop working. It's that simple. I'm semi-retired because I just can't work as hard as I used to when I was younger. There are no young bucks coming up to replace me and the thousands of other tradesmen my age. I foresee a severe lack of skilled tradesmen for the next 20 yrs, and maybe longer if this ship doesn't get righted soon. It's been a long time coming and I've been watching it happen for decades. There's nearly nobody left to train the new young up n comers. My boys wanted nothing to do with the trades and so it goes.
Milwaukee will bring one out now with a battery already attached 😂
This is still rubbish. Fit a level plinth/ base then drop your units on top no more levelling and you have a grounds to fit your kicker to
Did you say he had you jointing the trench block 🤣 what an arsehole!
No, there were no trenchblocks just engineering bricks.
@@SkillBuilder naaa in the video matey the bricky is telling you a story about how a building inspector made him joint up the trench block. If that's true that building inspector is a proper nazi 👍
Oh sorry I didn't catch that. I will watch it again
About 18.40. you boys aren't arseholes. You guys are good lads doing a sterling job. I've been a builder for years and have learnt a lot from you and you've entertained me and all I can say is thank you for that.
Top bunch of lads you gents 👌👍
Nice of you to say so. There seems to be a lot of negativity coming in on the comments lately. Maybe blame the long spell of bad weather. Sunny days are here again
How much would an extension like this typically cost?
I wish Kirk was nearer we need a decent plasterer 😢
I would be very interested to compare capital outlay on the system versus energy cost saving of the system.
Yes that is worth considering because you have to consider what that money would return if it sat in an ISA
We have had a Samsung unit for the past 9 yeaars, it has been superb. We run weather comp with a max flow temp of 38c and a min of 27c, after a lot of tweaking we find this is the best compromise (for us) in terms of satisfactory heating performance and efficiency. Our annual SCOP is around 4.0, which I am very happy with.
Did your unit need an annual service to honour warranty requirements, if so what was involved, presumably not much more than cleaning external vaporisation grid ? Hopefully you've had no problems at all, or have there been any niggles over the nine years it's been operating ?
@@_Dougaldog yes, but it is only cleaning and cursory checks which I now do myself. We have never had an issue with it, but I did replace both fan motors this year as preventative maintenance. Over time the bearings can get noisy and it's good practice to replace them every 8 or so years. They cost £320 for the two and it's an easy DIY job.
@@davidstorm4015 Thank you for prompt reply, that is more or less what I'd hoped for as my three month old unit ages :-)
Nice to see Steve and Alex on this channel. I follow them on KZread too. Always watch your videos and theirs! Great.
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Quality are Steve and Alex love the channel ,clean crisp accurate , I know Steve struggles on his feet these days he’d make a great teacher /collage apprentice tutor , how to do it properly . Alex is a lucky lad having someone like Steve as his old man . I’m no bricklayer but I was given the chance I’d love to learn off someone like Steve .
Cheers 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽
Great video 📹
Cheers Brian 👍🏽🧱
Love the video. On a separate note, porches seem to have as many cons as pros. Annoying room in the way of getting furniture in. Not big enough for much because it is a corridor. Takes space away from drive. Needs another door. On the plus side it insulated the front room or hall a little and adds another barrier (but big deal).
What’s roggers trade
Plumbing and talking
Great series James and Roger. Question - how did you attach the floor joists to the block work? Cheers.
🇳🇿So you're talking about house heating with a heat pump what about heat pump hot water and what temperature🇳🇿 are you saying it needs to fall below before it's no good
Great tips Lads from 2 channels I follow.
Bricklaying is amazing it's my passion in life
Why are the bricks that join the porch to the house not toothed-in? Not as a criticism, just a question to help me understand. I thought toothing the bricks in results in a stronger joint between the two structures. Thanks.
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teepee When I started as a brickies labourer I spent hours toothing in. It was easy in sand and lime but without angle grinders it was almost impossibe to avoid snapping the brick teeth in sand and cement. We peristed untl metric bricks came in and it was no longer possible to keep the courses. A bricklayer, named Furr, came up with the Furfix Profile and got it approved as a way of joining new work to existing. He manufactured it for many years from a small factory but eventually sold the business to Simpspm Strongtie. Building control officers now consider the profile to be a superior method of fixing because it allows differential movement between old and new. If a building moves and it has been toothed in the bricks will crack all the way down the join so it gains nothing. Most of the benefit of tying in is to provide sideways stability rather than preventing the brickwork pulling away. It helps to have a mastic joint down the profile.
@@SkillBuilder very helpful, thanks. Technology/techniques have moved on, then!
No where near deep enough. You don't need to be an experienced builder or landscaper to work out the thin layer of topsoil he stamped in, isn't going to be enough to sustain decent grass. Bit of a LashUp instead of SkillBuilder.
Did miss the costs of this project and saving figures ? However the video show a beautiful street views then we see a roof full of black glass panels I don’t think there be many postcards of that being printed. The engineer says he has bifold doors and suggests if its not the tight temperature close blinds or awnings why dod we all live in a 1 metre thick polystyrene box.
I have a pro tip for those looking to take on a bricklaying apprenticeship….. stay in school
Why are these heating systems becoming so dull and annoying, full of expert contradictions, comments like “cooking the water” shut up! messy installations, everything looks a bit shit. I hope we can advance from this and find a way to heat and cool our homes without having to listen to the geeks boring the arse off us all. It reminds me of listening to the early computer geeks talking how many rams and gigabytes you need 😴
Well a few decades ago they were selling we mugs plastic bolt-on PVC conservatories for our houses wherein, we boil in the Summer and freeze in the Winter.
I had never layed a brick in my life , and wanted a single garage built A brick layer I know was going to build himself a new garden wall , so I asked if I could labour for him to learn the very basics So I spent a weekend labouring for him, few weeks later after watching hours and hours of you tube videos I had a practice and built a meter wide wall 5 bricks high and then knocked it down I then dug out for foundations and mixed them by hand and poured them in It then took me 6 months , doing a few hours each night and weekends , Put the roof on and for a roller door fitted , I was probably laying 1 brick in the same time a bricky would lay 5 , but the garage was / is absolutely perfect , every single joint is 10mm , and perfectly square and plumb in every direction When I finished , told the bricky I know and he come round to have a look , he initially said , no way did you build that , then after 15 mins inspecting it He said actually I can tell a bricky didn’t built that as it’s absolutely perfect , it’s a work of art , it’s better then I could have done , but obviously a bricky would have did it 10 times as fast as I took
Why are there so many cut 3/4 bricks? In the front door pillar, ppssibly yes, but with minor adjustments to the sizes, you can still keep within permitted planning. In the past, after inheriting a poorly set out foundation, I've cut 10mm off 3 or 4 brick, to avoid a nasty looking 3/4 in the middle of a wall. That 3/4 will look worse, all the way up, in the middle of short gable, that faces the road, for the world to see !! Its face brickwork, it isn't just about the quality of the brick and the pointing
It was explained that it needed to stay withing permitted development to avoid planning. If you know how to make it bigger but keep it smaller you should tell us.
@SkillBuilder simple to explain, it's about setting out walls to brick sizes not fixed dimensions. A brick is (generally) 215mm + 10mm mortar joint = 225mm x 13 bricks = 2.925m. As a skilled builder, would you recommend losing 75mm over a 3 m length and keeping it aesthetically pleasing on the front of the house, or do you prefer a cut that looks like a zip up the middle? Alternatively, as I mentioned, neatly cut 4 bricks rather than one and "disguise" the cut. I'm a working Bricklayer, Tutor, Assessor, with over 44 yrs experience in an Industry thats tried to destroy bricklaying as a trade.