Hi my name is Robbie, I have been bricklaying in Ireland since 1990 when I started my apprenticeship. I started this RU-vid Channel in 2007 because there were no bricklaying videos to be found anywhere back then. Looks like there are loads of them now. I have a broad range of experience working with different materials such as clay and concrete bricks, solid and cavity concrete blocks, stone (natural and reconstituted) and glass blocks. As well as a variety of landscaping materials paving slabs, bricks and cobbles. Every crafts-person has their own style and own techniques for working. The ones I have shared in my videos work for me and I feel that my videos are ideal for helping beginners and or those in training. If you want info about Bricklaying why not visit my website www.bricklaying.ie My videos are protected by creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Pre-stressed concrete lintels require 9" of solid blockwork on top of them in order to give them stability. They should be built with the rough side up which acts as a key for the mortar and blockwork above it. Often people build them rough side down to help the plasteror put the reveal on. Which is incorrect.
I have seen alot off extentions getting done around dublin and porches,in cavity block every single one has no solid blocks on flat on top of the lintel or at most one block on flat 4 inch, i cant rember correctley but i thougth it was a minumu of 13 inch solid blockwork on top of the lintel,its what i give it anyway,am i correctnor wrong😂
average rainfall over what period of time? I did a quick search, and he annual average rainfall for Ireland is around 1 meter (1000mm) depending on the exact location? That works out to be around 83 mm per month, or 2.73 mm per day ??? I don't see 12 mm anywhere ??? The highest precipitation appears to be in Valentia at 1,557 mm per year which is 4.26mm per day ???
It's the average rain fall in 1 hour. The soakaway needs to be large enough to take that amount of water. This is assuming that the perculation of the ground is sufficient. Use the formula from the video and you should be alright. NOTE: After you dig the hole fill it with the same volume of water to check if it drains away quickly enough. If the perculation/drainage is not great you can just make the hole bigger.
@@iaremarcel im sure it is but why would you want to. Once you right click on the Gantt chart side of the screen you can access all the tools for customising the bars.
@@hickeymasterThank you for the promt reply. I want to customize each summary with all corresponding tasks in different colour bars just for the visual effect and better illustation. And there is many tasks, so I want to avoid individual costumatization.
@@Vicky32334 you need to follow the formula to calculate the average amount of rainfall run off from your surface being drained. The volume is calculated and this dictates the capacity/size of your soakaway. It can be any dimensions you like, but we want to make sure we have good drainage below the clay and vegatative soil, this is why we say 1m deep as a rule of thumb. You could do a perculation test I.e. dig a hole and fill with water and see how long it takes to drain.
@@hickeymaster I have the free version. Embedding and link pasting options aren't available. I'm not sure what the educational version 'is'; I will look for it.
What mix do I use to practice? I have heard that the mixture only uses lime and sand, is this correct? in what proportions? Your videos are excellent, the best one can find, thank you, greetings from Argentine Patagonia
@Albanileria-fc1nl yes we use lime morter as it sets but does not go hard. When you take the work down the morter can be cleaned off and reused multiple times. The mix is usually about 4 to 5 parts sand to 1 part hydrated lime.
@@hickeymaster I am infinitely grateful to you, here in Argentina there are no masonry schools where one can go to learn, thank you very much for your response.
Thankyou for your videos i watched and learned whilst i was studying in college over ten years ago, now i am fully fledged bricklayer with my own employees and apprentices, thankyou
First of all, you might need to zoom in to see the color change you make. If you right-click on the Gantt Chart, there should be an option to change the color for exceptional days.
You need to get employed as an apprentice with a builder/building company. They will then register you as an apprentice within the system through Solas. You must be employed with a builder in order to do an apprenticeship in Ireland.
I'm no block layer but I do know that piers should be built into a wall like this every 6 to 8 blocks. These idiots are erecting a giant sail that would have eventually blown over.
I dont know its origin. It's just a calculation of the volume of water that will drain from the roof, based on the average rain fall per hour. We get the square root of this volume to give us the dimensions for the soakaway. Again, assuming that the porosity of the ground allows for adequate drainage/soakage of this volume of water over 1 hour. I.e., the soakaway will be big enough to hold 1 hours worth of rainwater and drain slowly during that 1 hour. Hope this helps.
@@hickeymaster oh that’s unfortunate I’ve learnt a lot from watching your videos my whole class watches your videos as well but good luck to your future
That’s why you’re teaching kids in a warehouse while every other "bricklayer" is out grafting. You’re a failed trowel…stop misinforming people with ya 9 touches to butter a brick up. That’s why you’re not on site cause ya too slow.
Pre cut one side if the path. Lay header. Lay pavers and cuts as you go. Perfection straight away. Finito. It blows your attempt away. (Pro landscaper/paviour/concretor/carpenter)
The most important thing in arch building is to make sure the top of the arch former is set to gauge . Otherwise you might get the 5mm cut , or the line bending down. It's all crap . Gauge the former and then cut the birds mouth to suit .
This mortar has no cement in it as we reuse it in the training workshop. It is a mix of 1 part lime to 4 parts soft/building sand. The quantity of water added depends on the level of workability required.
Lovely job, its interesting to see how building techniques differ from country to country. In England our bed joints are just 10mm, looks like you boys over the water use a 20mm bed.
Block on edge (215mm) has a 10mm bed joint. But the block on flat (100mm) requires a 12.5mm bed joint to bring it up to gauge 225mm. I think it's the same as in England.
