The Art of Laying Brick
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My father laid brick / stone as his profession for many years (decades) before having to give it up back in the 80's due to arthritis. He was the best at what he did and was known around eastern NC for doing high quality work for a reasonable price. People would often wait for months to hire him for the job. Even though it was laborious work he took his craft seriously and always delivered respectable work. He is long gone now, but the structures he helped build will be here for a very long time.
"do it slow" *SWOOSH*
Franz Joseph Liszt for a second I thought your avatar was Jimmy Savile.
@@stormblessed2321 What a psycho jimmy savile was !
I imagine in his mind he was going slow. He said it would take 40-50 hours of practice to get good... He has probably been doing this for decades. I've yired laying brick and have found there is definitely an art to it.
xD
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KZhead recommendations telling me to drop out of college.
Likely the first time KZhead gave you good advice.
If you go to college, do it to learn more about the world and what's in it. BUT, also learn to do something that others will PAY you for.
You should. 99% of 4 year degrees are useless. And only 10-20% of technical degrees are even worth the trouble.
start looking for jobs in the field you are studding, look at what is being asked for and confirm you are meeting requirements from your studies. Adjust as needed, your college should have guidance councilors that can help get you plugged into industry and help prepare and guide your electives.
the trades > college
Too much negativity about the guy being 'too quick' He's a very good quality bricklayer and also a very good teacher. Bravo!
+Salford Building Contractors Thank You!
+Salford Building Contractors Too right mate - I wouldn't have complained at having such a tidy gent on the other end of the line from me. The real craft of bricking is that each man's work should look the same as the next man's: level, plumb, joints filled, perps exactly above each other, and so on.
No argument here as far as the need for money is concerned. But there's a saying - you are only as fast as the guy on the other end of the line - and that's where the craft comes into it. Fast is good, but precision is supreme. I worked 'commercial' for many years. Banks, offices, public buildings and such; mostly in central London, where speed came second to neatness.
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@@learntolaybrick I certainly learnt watching this, thank you.
Am I the only one that finds brick laying extremely satisfying
Barrio San Juan
Barrio San Juan it's the most gratifying thing ever !
TIM ALI you must be a plumber
Waarom tikken op de stenen!!??? Niet doen 1 kosr tyd en arbeid!!! 2 het water komt zo naar boven + niet goed voor kwaliteit van het metselwek + smetten vd stenen 🤔🏃.
Absolutely. It's really beautiful when done right.
Like watching some bob ross's version of construction worker haha
I was waiting for titanum white cement
there's white cement, but is used often for finishings. :P
Serrrich
today we gonna build a happy little wall :)
lol !
HOW DID I END UP HERE AND WHY ARENT I STOPING IT
LMAO
You all just had a rough day or week at work and read "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe and wanted to know how to brick someone into a room.
+ripley1423 Actually I already did that part, now I'm just trying to make the wall look pretty.
becuz you're learning a skill that can do a lot for you
Same here and I have been a qualified bricklayer for 25yrs!
In less than 9 minutes, this guy is my role model for brick-laying..........not one curse word like I am in my yard. He makes it look so easy. Good job, Sir. Thank you for sharing.
This guy's fantastic. I've been looking at brick walls all my life, and it looks so simple. Then I tried doing some simple bricklaying and I discovered how hard it is.
The fluidity in his trowel hand is mesmerizing.
Great therapy, miss it sometimes, but not the backache. Started in at it in early 75 as a helper right out of the paratroopers. Told the boss i wanted to be a bricklayer. Once me and the other 2 helpers caught things up on material for him and another bricklayer... then he had me spread mud and hand him brick on the long garage/kitchen walls. Got to a point where he told me he couldn't afford to keep me as a helper anymore (scared hell out of me) what he in fact was saying was that with me laboring, held up his quantity of bricks laid by him. So he hired another helper and kept me on the long walls with him, or doing window sills, short runs, piers, or setting corner leads. i say this to help encourage any who pursue this field, know what there in for as far as effort to rise to level of a cub. One things for sure, no machine will ever be able to process the many human facets involved in adjusting that brick. And "NEVER"... will any building material on that project, be touched by human hands as many times, as that of the brick. As far as money... it is like the brick-bond you always find to be either a little ahead / or a little behind. Or as we used to joke in the bricky community. Bricklayers are the best lay in town, and it seems we are always getting a little ahead or behind, no matter the market. Working on a new kinda wall, here in my mid 60's. A firewall laid with a sound and logical reasoning type of Ammo and Armor for our post traumatic soldiers. If you like just click my noggin to your 10 o'clock, and go to videos, interview 1. Great Training Vid Instructors. Viewers: note the shine and very few are the mortar splats @ 3:32. this is how you know your in good training hands. And thanks for the ear, fellow Commenters. -gilpin 8-28-15
that's how I started too, spreading mud and handing brick. I then got trusted with my own course and didn't have to to laborer work anymore.
learned this trade my freshman year in school.enjoyed it a lot.
William Gilpin
i was lucky enuff to have a left handed boss so i learned a great trade put all my kids thru school built my own home etc love this work but my body didnt
If YT had existed when I was in high school I’m pretty sure my life would have gone drastically in a different direction. Kids today have so much information at their fingertips.
yea but seems like all kids want to watch on youtube is not very informative unless its how to do something in a video game, so who knows?
@@learntolaybrick I wanted to do acting when I was young. But of course that's stupid, I was young and necessarily self-supporting, no assets, no safety net, of course I had to get a proper job. Then came the Internet. I realised I didn't actually have to drop everything and gamble my future on a wild dream, all I had to do was to carry on my life and just take a potshot on sending my details and a couple of mugshots to a few (reputable) online agencies until one said ok you have a certain look we could uses, sure we'll sign you up. And just like that I was getting regular modelling and extra work, and within 15 month it was in fact my prime gig. I didn't even have to get off my arse to start the ball rolling, no hours, days, weeks invested in hunting down auditions, collecting change to camp public call boxes to chase up opportunities - that's a full-time job in itself, who can indulge in all that? Mobile phones, email and the Internet, that's all it took to change my life.
“Do it slow” Literally spreads it in less than half a second
@ebagig white this is a training video? Why's he not even showing the techniques for the cement in the first place
my dad was a brick layer, he would have laid the mortar out in one swoop and had that row of brick laid in a minute. I know this is only a demo but he would have fired the guy for doing a joint like this
HERPY DERPEDY pretty sure this is just an excerpt from a longer length brick laying demo, I’m sure he got into much more detail considering he already had three levels stacked.
@@locutus1126 agreed I work with my uncle and this is mockery to his 30+ years being a brick mason
@ebagig white That's 6
Looks easy but no doubt this kind of work is true craftsmanship. I'm sure it takes many years of practice to perfect. It's one thing to run a few courses, but to build a whole house is something else entirely. Very cool stuff!
youtube is recommending me weekly brick laying videos, thank you. i'm a drummer
KZhead telling you to get a real job 😂
This man keeps it real. He says 40-50 hours of practice to have a brick wall look as good as his is. This was an enjoyable and very helpful video. Thank you!
This is how I saw it done for 30 years , I watched my father and grandfather build everything and this is just how they did it , so complain away but this cat has got a good rhythm. And for all the master masons commenting here ..... ok we get it , you went to trade school and are now experts..... call me when you get your journeyman card.
signal44
signal44 Not complaining about rythm... why not show the very beginning?
I don't have a journeyman card. I never went to trade school. My dad's an old school mason and I learned it on the job. I taught myself, but had a lot of feedback from old farts. He is teaching so he probably isn't going wide open. I bet he could have a good rythem on a real job. I hardly ever tap my brick though. Also, I only cut the mud off once.
Mark Meadows man brick masonry is just plain awesome!
Rene Rodriguez the wall just got 10 feet higher
people complain about this or that, but this old cat has been around for a while.. and probably knows best.. so ill go with his word over a troll...
TimmyTom I worked for three masons and all of them made their living at it, and all of them moved exactly like this guy. It was like being on their jobs again
Ironic you say that as your profile pic is one.
Bricklaying has been the same for hundreds of years. Not much has changed. So a bricklayer today like me knows the same as him??
That's the best bricklaying I ever seen, his head and bed joints are the fullest and smoothest I ever seen, and that's when the brick is first fitted too.
Great job! No funny camera stunts, no family or pets in background, just straight to the point information that made me understand how to do this right!
Never fails, no matter how many masons I watch we all lay brick differently. I use the heel of my hand as a gauge/level between the front of the last brick and the back of the one I'm placing. Then I push down with my palm and fingers to bring the brick to the line. Tapping only if necessary. When I apprenticed I was taught buttering on the wall, but then I was told not to do that later. Some of the big general contractors, architects, engineers don't like it. They say it leaves a gap at the back of the brick that isn't filled. I believe that if mud in 98% of the brick's joint doesn't hold it in place, then that little bit that worries them so much isn't going to make a difference. But they don't pay me for my opinions. Raising the line to the top of the line block is new to me as well. Gauging the height by the line block I mean. i cut my line blocks down a half inch and raise the line to the mark. Shrug. Will give the same finished product. And you are using a boat paddle for a trowel. Lol, Take care of your wrists, my friend. Don't wear them out. They and your back are half the things that end careers for us. 25 year mason, now doing restoration masonry.
When I first started apprenticing all I ever seen the mason's do, when buttering their brick, was called "swiping" the brick. You swipe down the head, just catching the edge of the header, barely covering half of the joint. After going through a couple few different crews I finally found a real Mason. His father was 70 years old still coming out the odd time, usually on the front and porch area. But this guy taught me the correct way to labour, organize and prioritize the yard and masons. He first had to break me of the bad habits I learned from those other hacks. Anyway when buttering you should always have a full joint.
Me at 3AM: KZhead Recommendations: IT'S TIME TO LEARN HOW TO LAY BRICKS
Donald's prepreping all of us.
Go work with a mason and have him teach you that’s the way I learned
Thanks for the videos my dad was a Mason I grew up doing it with my dad it helps to remember the things he taught me when I was young the projects around my house you're a good teacher thanks for the videos
Watching this guy lay bricks reminds me of my grandpa's work. RIP grandpa 🙏💖
Brick. Not "bricks". 😊
@ age 65, i find myself going back to homes i'd had a hand in laying the brick on. Brings back many memories. Any where between 'humorous banter' between members of the past's various crews, to certain bricked sections having to do with disputes between both builders, or owners. Of all the bricklaying learning sites available on line... this is by far the best most profitable to the apprentice as well as the most seasoned bricklayer. -former bricklayer... now brick-lier. 101117
OJT is the only way to become a pro !!!
The bob Ross of brick laying
Brilliant teacher .Simple and clear. Worth every penny .
Laying brick is one of those things that is really easy to do in terms of what you need to do but takes so much experience to do fast and accuate. It's really cool.
How the hell did I get here?! I was just watching videos to pass the time while Planetside 2 updates!
I began watching how tailors make suites, than this.
You prefer watching watching tailors make suits instead of this? Out of curiosity why's that?
Dont forget the Mudman. He keeps the show running.
looking forward to the art of laying pipe
it is the art of engineering
wassupjg when you sling enough bricks the pipe lays itself,.
This was mesmerizing. Dude has some real talent at this.
Me: *randomly watched a recommended video about laying bricks yesterday* KZhead Algorithms: *oh, this guy's definitely into laying bricks, I better show him this one too!*
That comment made me laugh because the same thing basically just happened to me. And now I'm sure I'll get a load of suggestions about bricklaying!
this is the first time I saw how it work in the excellence way. Thank for the video and this gentlement
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You are an AWESOME brick layer! It was so good to watch. Everyone should know how to build like this/// thank you!
Every pro makes it look so easy. Good teacher there.
If you're not a bricklayer, stop commenting 😂😂 this guy is great, speed and skill comes naturally, you can lay bricks however you want, there's so many things, battered walls and arches, I love being a bricklayer
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Hayden Schmidt Can you lay my bricks?
Thanks KZhead algorithm now I can be a brick Mason
Hey man if you are young and strong it pays good money. And the workout is for free. And you don't have to do no study when you get home !!
@@Peek4pony where do I sign!?
@@contras. Best way is to enroll in a course somewhere. Or just go work for Bricklayer / Mason. You mix the mortar for him and supply him with bricks. Watch what he does. After a while ask him to show you how to lay bricks. Then when you know the Basics you can even practice at home. Just mix Sand, lime and Water. No Cement in the Mix. But it acts just like mortar. You lay bricks with this Lime mortar. It even goes hard but you can easily break it back down to a powder and remix it. So its like a Practice mortar. You use again and again. So you can even practice laying bricks at home. But its best to get some instructions form a Bricklayer or Mason first. Or work with them. Or go to Brick / Mason School to learn at least the Basics. Good Luck man. I used to be a Bricklayer for 11 years but got badly injured in a football accident and had to give it up. I then went to college for 4 years to be an Engineer. But If my leg improved I would go back laying Bricks tomorrow. Good money, Free Exercise, No Study or Paper work, out in the Fresh air all day, no stuck inside a Factory !! I loved this work !! Good luck Man !!!
@@Peek4pony Always fancied Practising laying bricks, but wondered how to keep repeating the exercise. Your idea about the absence of cement is the answer. Thank-you!
i've been a bricklayer for forty years....i've seen many videos of guys going "hollywood" and trying to look good...this is the best teaching bricklayer video i have seen,,,,this guy is a top top tradesman in my opinion..
Another one of those videos that popped up in my recommendations for no reason, but it was honestly satisfying.
This is acutaly a good vid. i'm a bricklayer it's how i make my living.
Same. The pay is very good
Jonathan Pappas both are hardworking jobs, But there advantages and disadvantages to both. You’ll be busting your back a whole lot more as a mason, But will be a whole lot safer. You’ll need patience, Time, And dedication. On the other hand, Being an electrician gets you paid more. My cousin has been a master electrician for 10 years, With an average salary of 120k. Although salary does vary by company, Location it pays well either way. Experience is a big bump to his salary, To anyone’s. I suggest you do your research on both and I wish you the best of luck.
Im a bricklayer also.
@@francobarraza7247 all you talked about for electrician is money. What other pro and cons can you think of?? Take your electrician salary and double that for a refractory bricklayer. Look it up, especially here is Alberta Canada. A journey man refractory bricklayer makes 60 an hour base wage. Anything over 80 hours in two weeks is double time. And when the plant gets shut down for repairs. The job needs to be done fast so many hours are worked for many days. On top of the 60 they get a living allowance tax free. To pay for hotel, food, and other expenses while working away. Ranges from 50 to 100 per day. I did refractory for 5 years. I made 12000 in 4 weeks. Do the math. Fuck electricians.
@@technicalachievements4833 aswell*
For everyone getting this for the first time: read the comments from 2 years ago. For everyone here from 2 years ago: WHY ARE YOU HERE AND WHY ARENT YOU STOPPING IT!?!
This guy is a true artist at his craft. Amazing.
My late great uncle Bobby was a brick layer. He was also a golden gloves champion and pretty good artist. He'd take us around town and show us his work when we were kids. Wish I had paid closer attention because now I have to do this for my own house and it doesn't look easy to get it looking professional.
Clearly presented. Well done & Thanks.
I was in Bricklaying school in Chicago, over there by 43rd & Ashland area and let me tell you bricklaying is hard if you don't have the feel for it. I couldn't find work for nothing because you have to find your own work and if you fresh out of school nobody wants you. Luckily I got in with the Insulators Union and they work year round and I make more.
really that's what I'm trying to do. That's where I stay in Chicago and I hope that's not true
Qunetta Summerville Unions are going to be extinct in about 10 years because we over pay ourselves and if your family is not in the trade with a good name already you're f#cked because it's all about who you know and they hate hiring blacks. Go into carpentry because at least you can do and find your own work.
***** You're right there is never any work. I should have went to carpentry school. I was lucky to save enough money to buy a foreclosure house I fixed up to live in so I don't have to worry about long lay offs from the insulators union.
@@PONCHODAGODhere we are in 2023 and the unions are begging for brick layers and paying $45.00 an hour and free benefits. I think your prediction was wrong. They can’t get any young people in the trade and all the older guys are retiring causing wages to sky rocket to get help.
Good tips. I was going to pursue bricklaying in job corps but had to leave. Someone just offered to take me up and teach me so I figured I'd brush up on it. Thanks for the upload.
I do my own brick work but I'm sooooooo sloooooow. But nothing is more satisfying than brick work and nothing looks better. I can see how that mortar is nice and fluffy and easy to work with. Thanks for the video.
The wall is nice, but the real winner is his hair.
M M should I stay for the hair?
This guy is died rip
I laid a huge brick in my toilet pan last night.
Did you remember to tap it?
Did you take it slow?
🏆 congrats!
Did it break or did you tap it off and swoosh it
toilet PAN????
Always been interested in this. And yes. 40 or 50 hours, at LEAST, to get a feel for the work. Plus the math on the thickness of the joints. But most of the stuff I'd like to do is rough outdoor stuff, maybe build a hearth and some retaining wall for raised beds. That sort of thing. The pro-grade work these guys do is pretty amazing.
Everyone saying they wanna be a brick mason now I happily welcome you. But know most people quit before they even get to laying bricks. Like all trades you have to start at the bottom. It’s hard work and have to be humble and dedicated. Only a master can make it look like a piece of cake. And he put in the work
Thanks KZhead. Really did a good job at relaxing me. :)
wow, he makes this look too easy
David Lopez this is as easy as laying bricks gets man
it is
I like to see this skill so much. Real craftsmanship. Greetings from Germany!!
I have been a bricklayer for 22 years now, and still love it! One thing i do get grief from some of the old boys, is that i think trowels from the U.S.A are far better than our own British made trowels. My first professional trowel i had after finishing my Apprenticeship was a British made one. Then left my tools in my friends van one day, which meant i had to borrow someones emergency backup trowel. Which was a "Marshall Town". LOVED IT!! now i am on about trowel number 12! You Yanks make the best tools in the world! Many thanks from a very satisfied BRIT!!!
Marshatowns are over priced
I agree with the title, this is art.
The Art of Laying Brick pulls down pants "now watch me"
I was brick layer for several years....this guys explains all the right things
From high school 1972 retired 40years same way great video
i wanna see this guy make pancakes...
done
Wow this guys pretty good for his first day 🤔
You’re very professional and great teacher, thank you I learned laying break from you😎👍
Thank you for all your help, I have learned quickly to do good work.
fuck, im in a youtube rabbit hole
If it done right it's truly an art
Thanks for the tilting problem I have had that problem for a while. Much appreciated mate 👍
Exciting stuff !! like the fascinating business of watching paint dry !
If I had a job as a bricklayer, I would just be playing with the mortar all day until my shift ends. *flip flop flip flop* "Hey, Pumpkin where are we on this wa- What the hell, you didn't even start it!" "Uh, yeah. The mortar isn't ready yet, duh! Needs some more flip floppin'!" 😃
I wonder what the mortar looks like on the other side of the brick wall.
Good thing it a wall guiness
How can anyone thumbs down this? The guys is a master trowel you can tell. Easy to understand and very informative. Excellent video.
Great video, great company as well. Thank you McGanns!
im considering building a BBQ, he makes this look extremely simple and easy. I just cant get the image of homer simpsons BBQ out of my head "why doesn't mine look like that?!"
lauren ryan “is your dad done with the barbecue?” *Bayonet charges pile of bricks with umbrella*
So calming, what is it about instructional videos. #ASMR
u make my heart warm up just the way u lay them bricks i just love it
good brick laying. good teacher. people need to stop the negativity. he knows what he is doing
houston rockets definitely watched this before playing the warriors today
Cleo Davis 😂😂😂I finally found the basketball comment
Welcome to our daily "why did youtube recommend me this ?" segment
Thanks for your time in making this lesson possible.
great video ,i was very impressed to learn from another masonry master ,,thanks for sharing your knowledge and advice in brick layering
You need to be guiding the home, not working in the trades.
Why am I nodding with agreement to the tips he's giving about laying bricks?
Same 😂
Always seems so easy when watching someone else doing it. 🤔🤔
My Dad 'Philip "POP" Bright was one of the best BrickMasons around. He did impeccable work...He was very precise and particular about his work. His brother/my uncle "David Bright" & my Mom's brother/my other uncle "Richard Bradley" and another uncle "Newton Atkins" worked together on different projects around town...They all have gone home to be with the LORD...GOD Bless the dead. They just don't make 'em like these guys ( and others that worked in that same profession)- any more. Always missing and Love to them ALL!!!
This man is a great instructor!!
I see he does what a lot of other masons do - leaving an empty gap on the back side of the brick when they only butter the front edges. Same thing Track Hack mentioned. Not really the way you do higher-end masonary. But, what do you expect for FREE on KZhead. Right?
Jeremy Williams there won't if you do that on site in the UK and get caught you will most likely get kicked off site but my college said to butter all 4 harris's I just do the bottom and sides and ease it in place so the mortar pushes up to the top.
Ali G is da man for laying bricks.
My dad did this and it taught me the importance of working together as a team. Laying brick makes a man out you. Teach your sons a trade.
old Mr Wadman at college used to say, " don't hit the brick with the trowel lad, you're learning to be a bricklayer, not a brick tapper". it still makes me smile when I hear that noise.
Good video. All you naysayers below, have you produced any videos on the topic that reflect a better job??? Lets see them?
In high school they used to call me the plumber cause I lay down the pipe
6:40 That's what we call striking the joins, I've laid brick, block and stone for over 35 years and I'm here to tell you each brick layer l've worked with has his or her own methods in doing masonry work. And his is one of many methods.
Smooth n fluid in his movements. Pretty easy with story poles. Loved how both bed and head joints were full. But he's a clipper. At times even double clipping the front. If you're gonna double clip then you might as well clip the inside head joint so you have a full joint. Your wall will let in far less water and last like masonry should.
The only thing i lay is sick beats
Make America great again.
Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge sir !
Thank you for the video I always wanted to lay some bricks. My people came over from Ireland on the way to the gold rush in California. They made it to Ogden Utah, one of them was injured in a bar fight lol and couldn’t travel they were all brick masons and wound up getting jobs and settled in Ogden. My uncle Dave Lynch would point out some of the houses the “Lynch’s” built. My grandfather Thomas Lynch had the coolest antique shop there he had everything you could imagine
Why are still me people ticking thumbs down?... Must be all from the same mental health hospital lol
when i finish a joint i have to lay down
Good one, just don't smoke on the job.
Learn To Lay Brick I've worked with plasterers that smoke while they work and their end product was just perfect. Very fast workers as well.
Hey this is extremely helpful. Keep up the great work sir thank you!
Cavalheiro, você é o melhor pedreiro! Sir, you are the best bricklayer!