BRICK AND BLOCKWORK INC TIES , INSULATION AND DPC EXTENSION BUILD PART 4... 

Nice work fellas 👍👍

good clean job lads, cant wait for the next one

The video and workmanship is out this world , a true credit to fantastic craftsmen,you fly the flag proud boys 👍🇬🇧👍👌

Hi Steve I really enjoy your videos and find them really informative for myself I am a bricklayer and finished my indentured apprenticeship like yourself in the early eighties. From that I did many things including for the most part foreman bricklayer.however some 25 years ago I had enough of the winters and being out of work because of the weather .I had 3 young boys at the time and had to do something else work wise .Bill's to be paid no brickwork no money .it is a job I really did love but circumstances change things .I have always done bits and pieces as a bricklayer but nothing to major .I am now coming back in to the trade which I know will be difficult for me because some things have changed and I'm quite rusty so i find your videos informative and inspirational for me its lovely to watch a proper tradesmen keep up the good work sorry for the long message stay safe and healthy good luck to yer thanks

Your videos are hypnotic, your workmanship excellent 👍

great camera work steve or alex really see everything you get right down to it , keep it up

Made my back ache just watching ...quality work as always ..👍

Great job guys learned so much from this video thank you so much

2:34 u buy the beers lol good work mate

Awesome brickwork it looks fantastic, great skills by both of you and nice music too☺👍👍

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Good work, boss

Mentioned before probs get yourself a Sthil ts420 concrete saw cuts 125mm. No messing tossing in turn blocks exc some times still have to if the standard 300mm blade if worn a wee bit. 350mm a godsend at times. 😎😎👍🏻

Great video! Its a pleasure to see your style of construction and enjoyable seeing you build the structures! ....13

Mint as always lads keep up the good work

👍nice work lads

Lovely job lads the footings and the slab wore me out I've only now recovered enough to leave a comment 😀👍

Well done. I hate those leccie grinders especially when they jam plus its so easy to cut your legs off when you get tired and careless, ha what a game.

Can't wait to get my funds and look for a builder to do mine

Nice work as always, good skills demonstrated.

A true tradesman

Nice tied job. But when putting in the reds I'd measure the bricks to the bricks above dpc. If their bigger or smaller reverse the bond tigh up or open up

Neat brickwork as always and tidy job , just a question as I always found it to be a building regulation , why no opening of the cavity against existing property either single cut and dpc tucked in or 2 cuts the width of the cavity and chased out to create continuous cavity ?

Tighten that line

Good work my brother

What's holding the two skins of brick and block together? Couldn't see any wall ties. Normally 450mm or two courses high and at 900 centres. No cavity tray and weeps fitted.

Great stuff as usual lads!

Good job mate another top video. Never seen that method of using a bit of latt as a plumb line. Silly question but what do u use to tack it to the wall?

Why wasnt the cavity opened up between the existing and new brickwork or a vertical dpc used ?

Nice and tidy lads .

Tidy work as always pal onwards and upwards

Enjoyed the video may I ask what type of block is first above footing and reason for use kind regards

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Block work first up to window height then brickwork. No need to joint block work as it gets plastered

Great video :-) How come you use concrete blocks instead of something like thermalite? (not a tradesman, just curious)

Just superb to see skill like this. I've done a bit of DIY bricklaying, when I built dwarf walls for my conservatory. I could never get the bricks horizontal in the width and had to tap with a boat level to get them right. Yours are spot-on. I also find it hard to keep the face clean and tend to smear mortar over the joints.

Do you guys not install cavity trays? We have to use stepped DPC, and weep holes at the base of the walls.. also, block dolly’s can allow you to build the blockwork internal using the profiles in the same external position. Or is there another reason you don’t build the internal first? Cools cod tho, thanks for sharing 👍🏻

STEVE WHEN YOU PUT A NEW DPC ON AN EXTENSION DOES IT HAVE TO BE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THE EXISTING BUILDING OR CAN YOU GO HIGHER SLIGHTLY THANKS STEVE AND ALEX

Great work, how does a cavity tray work in a project like this? I always seem to miss it and I'm very interested. Thank you

,does the dpc of the new extension have to be at the same level as the house DPC ,i,m looking to build a small extension and if i put the dpc at same level as the house dpc it would be level with my height of my garden ,,cheers

How come some of the bricks have 3 holes some more and the inside of some have those vertical grooves?

Great vid but did you bed your dpc?

Smart and clean job,love watching you working helps me to remember how life was before I fucked my back..what's the extension going to be? :)

Can I ask why you use screw in ties rather than starter bars/firfix?

Noticed you dropped your trowel, i bet the handle was too hot, lol.cracking job marra.

I seen now a day builders using plastic membrane between bricks and insulation. Is this right thing to do?

I thought you would reach higher on the brickwork! I always go 24 course of bricks and 9 course of blocks for scaffold height

Nice work as usual. I always use those blocks,they're so much better than thermalite.we call them fibolight but I should imagine there's different names for them

Nice job again boys! What make is the blade on the disc cutter made short work of them cuts 👍

how do you get away with breaching the cavity with the insulation? you must have really loose building regs.ive always built the inside skin first,then insulation,celotex or similar, with ,usually a 2" clear cavity before outside skin goes up. no damp breach of cavity that way.

Build smart do most of your cuts first. Nice m8👍🏻

How did you end up with a cut on each course of the face work? Surely it would of been better to just make the extension that little bit longer to avoid that cut? Or was there a reason it was there, thanks, like the videos though mate keep it up 👆 👍

Nice neat work mate 👍🏻 The Batton on the inside is great idea for the line , Do u fix it with Dutch pin ?

cant believe you have not cut the cavity out ,every good builder knows to do that

Great job gents,I love bricklaying, I could watch it all night!!,BTW where did you get the crates from,Ox??.

I’m curious what are those grey blocks you put up after the insulation?

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Where’s the cavity’s to the building your suppose to cut out or at least put a dpc in?

Shouldn’t the DPC be sandwiched?

Cuts in the wall ?

Tidy work. How come you haven't cut into cavity or installed vertical damp in a cutted slot. Surely you will get damp/ moisture bridging into extension. Other than that nice job

Whereabouts in the UK are you based? We could do with a extension built 😆

So that's how you fix Blue bird ties!! Thank you.

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Glass wool nasty stuff to work with lol. Gets every where 😣

don't forget to bed the damp on mate

line looks too slack if im honest pal and bricks bit off the line too in places but nice effort bud

Why don't make your videos at normal speed. That's when you really can see how good a bricklayer is. Running them fast makes any bricky look good .Look at rob songer when he is laying brick the whole video is run at normal speed.

Your muck board is miles away 😬

You should not build the new cavity wall up to existing wall without cutting a 50mm wide gap in existing outer leaf of brickwork, to make cavities continuous. Moisture in outer leaf of brick can track directly inside and cause dampness. This is a basic requirement for building regulation approval. No idea why the building inspector didn't pick this up. The job should be condemned and you should learn how to build properly.

Extremely slow and a bunch of wasted steps. Guarantee your wrist and hands are shot

why does it seem like dad does ALL the hard work & heavy lifting?? thats almost shameful. you always do such gorgeous work its a pity though that the younger chap is so lazy.