AWKWARD UPSTAIRS LINTEL REPLACEMENT 

Cheers Jim , cant believe i didnt think of it sooner 👍🏽🧱🤯

Sean Olaoire Cheers pal , glad you like them 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

nick jones Cheers Nick 🧱👍🏽

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Bricklaying With Steve and Alex Where was the young fella day of ?

L Milne Yeah , I never make him work weekends if I don’t need him . I overan on the next lintel so his mum brought him out to help tidy up 🧱👍🏽

Thanks very much Roland 🧱👍🏽

David Mathews Cheers David., remember I have done a LOT of these 😬🧱👍🏽

Thanks very much John 🧱👍🏼

Cheers Les 😷👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Cheers Lee 🧱👍🏽

Glad to hear it 🤙🏾🧱👍🏽

Nigel Barrett Cheers Nigel 🧱👍🏼

Jay Puyenbroeck . Cheers Jay this country is obsessed with friggin trays and vents over windows and even under them sometimes . I’ve never heard of anybody propping like that so I’m taking credit 😆🧱👍🏼

vinm300 Thanks very much 😳😂🧱👍🏽

Nice one , glad it helped 🧱👍🏽

Cheers Tom 🧱👍🏽

Solid Works Thanks very much 🧱👍🏽

Glad you enjoyed it, cheers Phil 🧱👍🏽

Macro Abuser 😳

Martin 😆

Brilliant 😂

Class

1call Jay 👍🏽🧱

Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽

Construction With Kieren . Can’t believe I’ve struggled all these years 🤯🧱👍🏽

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex did you find the idea elsewhere? Or did you have a moment of genius?😂👍🏽

Construction With Kieren Lightbulb moment just driving along 💡👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Patrick Murray Cheers Patrick 🧱👍🏼

Gé van leeuwen Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽

Thanks very much we are glad you enjoy the channel 🧱👍🏽

Mark Hep Nice one , thanks mark . Head mount coming soon as Jay Puenbroek uses one and he gets some great angles 👌🏼🧱👍🏼. 🎥 🤓

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Yere I like the head mount one he uses you will have to show us what it looks like if you get one 👍👍👍

Mark Hep Will do pal 🧱👍🏼

glyn owen Cheers Glyn 😬😂🧱👍🏼

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex . Obviously difficult on your own but if ever you get another job like that and you’re with alex maybe think about getting a winch like Mark hep has got 👍

ozzyefc44 Worth a thought 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

bric bybrick . These bricks were superb quality and really nice to work with . There is a company in Cumbria called Edenhall who still make solid bricks 🧱🧱🧱👍🏽

Thanks 👍 it was a complete lightbulb moment while i was driving along , cant believe i didnt think of it sooner 🤯🧱👍🏽

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Neil Smart . Absolutely spot on mate , what an absolute faff they are , not only that you have to faff around turning the ends up too 🙄🧱👍🏼

Martin most of the new things introduced are all for the better but some things are like you say faff faff and more faff 😂😂 Enjoy your retirement , I hope you back and body is still in one piece 😂😂👍

Martin 😂😂

aljroche Thanks very much pal , these jobs are keeping me busy at the moment . The one I am recording at the moment is a particular shocker 🧱👍🏽

Baz Sacko Cheers pal 🧱👍🏼

Ricky Warfield I cant take credit on this one , the mortar was weird , a nice solid job but the drill went through it dead easy 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

allsports now Thanks pal 🧱👍🏽

thanks 🙏🏽🧱👍🏽

Mark Hep . 😨 oh no ! We are going to need a note like in school 😏😂🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild 😂😂😂👍

Mark Hep 😉🧱👍🏼

Backyard Mech_Con 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

craighughes craig 😉🧱👍🏽

Angus Brown We love it , such a step up from the hitachi 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Lee Chaplin Thank pal . Roughly £300 🧱👍🏽

Thanks 👍 Every house is the same on the estate so i suppose its a feature 👍🏽🧱🤷🏽‍♂️

Hi Tom they are usually in the region of £300 Per lintel

Cheers Steve , yes i would or i would have ground out fake perps just for strength 💪🏽🧱👍🏽

plantyisplenty The gap gets covered with a trim then sealed 👌🏼🧱👍🏽. Thanks for watching

When lintels go they generally rust and expand in turn lifting the brickwork above . Generally you only get sagging If there is no lintel at all . Once the brickwork has stated to lift them water can get in which will speed up the rusting . You could probably leave them long enough to save up for the work . It’s very rare that you get any more than a bit of dust inside 🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild thanks thats really helpful. The way he told us was as if they would all fall down, but looking at them they all look fine, theres one small window where 2 bricks look a bit like the cement has come away a bit. I think you are right though just to save up and get it done. 👍🏻

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Phil Station No he just has the day off 🧱👍🏽

Wael EL Shennawy Thanks . I did explain in the video that the new tray tucks under the old then I showed it sealed . I used silicone as it sticks well and is flexible 🧱👍🏽

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex Thanks Steve for your explanation however this won’t work as the seal won’t bond and there is no way to have a weld to seal the lip overlapping. The old lip is worn and the new is soft and won’t hold itself upright by the seal for long eventually it will drop under its own weight and the cavity tray won’t fit for purpose and lose its functionality. The tray to work as you know is installed from one piece not sealed between higher course of blocks inside to lower course of bricks outside so the water drops towards the vents and to outside. I understand why you don’t use Cavity E type as I myself won’t accept them as a solution as the gap between them MUST be filled /sealed and it is impossible. What I suggest is a thin tin galvanised strip , very thin and it is formed the sharpe of Cavity E types, but ONE PIECE so there are no connections and install it under the 20mm lip from the old tray. What do you think ?!

Wael EL Shennawy With amount of silicone I’ve put in the tray will never slip 🧱👍🏽

It’s doesn’t support much weight as brickwork is very self supporting 🧱👍🏽

Messimagician83 never heard that one but it well protected now under the cavity tray and the whole side got over 30 litres of Thompson’s water seal sprayed on it 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

@@SteveAndAlexBuild yeah because it's galvanized that once cut its lost its protection. building inspectors don't like it apparently.

Messimagician83 . Thanks for that I will bear that in mind in the future 🧱👍🏽

mick broadbent As these were an impossible match I didn’t allow for new bricks , just had to be extra careful 😬🧱👍🏼

nettie jackson Thanks very much this is an upstairs window 🧱👍🏼

I couldn't see if the acro props were resting on the floor or the scaffolding that you were standing on

nettie jackson . Neither , they are slotted into the wall just below the scaffolding 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Thank you for being so patient, I have just rewatched the full video (not just the last half) I've had a long day in the sun!

nettie jackson Ah so it all makes sense now 🧱👍🏽

Stu N Sorry pal it’s no to both I’m afraid 😟🧱👍🏼

John Jones nothing pal my mate trims and seals it 🧱👍🏼

craig styrin . Nah this brickwork was solid and wasn’t going anywhere 💪🏽👌🏼🧱👍🏼

Yeah i know what you mean, im way over cautious with knockouts etc. You reckon you could put 2 strong boys either end, as you would normally, on top and bottom? Like i said i think the bottom one would come off! Your ways alot better il do that next time. Nearley 20 years laying and still learning 😂👍👍 cheers

craig styrin 😂🧱👍🏼💪🏽

Not sure what you mean 🙄🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild what's the normal method? You said you used this method because there was an obstruction below. If there wasn't an obstruction surely your acrows wouldn't reach?

@@frazzle657 I use this method for lintels on the first floor when the acrows don’t reach 🧱👍🏽

Hi pal , the longer the lintel the bigger the upstand 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild yeah realised ;) thanks, I saw the lintel you used here @2700 has a single brick height upstand be amazing to know how you sourced that one 👌🏼

@@psymon25Try the Keystone Lintels website 🧱👍🏽

Nigel bob No probs Nigel 😂. A plastic trim is put on them it’s sealed between that and the lintel never the brickwork 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

Big Al . This is such a common problem and a rusting lintel causes havoc and only gets worse . I’m starting a re point and cavity tray job tomorrow where a roofer was called back as the customer thought his new roof was leaking . The brickwork is crap London brick and there is a sorry excuse for a cavity tray which I will be replacing 🧱👍🏼

@@SteveAndAlexBuild They just build things like they used to, rather have a nori built house over a new build anyday 👌👍

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Approx£ 250 - £300 per lintel 🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild not bad then I was expecting sumin like a grand per window

@@aaaaa4266 .😳 No a good brick layer can do 1 in a day quite easily 🧱👍🏽

Billy The Loam Gardener Sorry pal a bit far for us . Thanks for asking though 👍🏽🧱

@@SteveAndAlexBuild thought I'd ask you no issues buddy

Billy The Loam Gardener Cheers pal 🧱👍🏽

Sorry mark there is never a ball park figure 😬🧱👍🏽

gerard mo . Thanks pal , no a trim was fitted then sealed 🧱👌🏼👍🏽

Ben Simpkin we are in south Lancashire pal 🧱👍🏽

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex do you travel as far as Liverpool mate .

ozzyefc44 . Not generally , we get plenty of work locally pal 🧱👍🏼

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex ok cheers steve 👍

ozzyefc44 🧱👍🏼

Thanks for asking Stuart but I’ve got a bit of a backlog of pointing jobs and I avoid travelling to the Manchester at all costs , can’t deal with the traffic 😱🧱👍🏽

The Agenda . I tucked the new tray under the old and sealed it with silicone 👌🏼👍🏼🧱

@@SteveAndAlexBuild A ha Silicone, nice one thanks.

Nice one Chris 👌🏽👍🏽🧱

@@SteveAndAlexBuild are u.s on Facebook or Instagram

Chris Whitehead insta Steve-and-Alex-bricklaying 👍🏽

Test Account That’s because it’s wet ! 🙄

No it’s not