Bricklaying - NEW TROWEL & Pick and Dip Method Is Fantastic! 

Just for the record everyone, im not after laying 1000 bricks a day, even though me and Dave layed 1600 today in the rain and a 10 am start. Im all about being efficient. Ive been productive in many other skills ive learned but never give bricklaying a thought. Can’t believe that book, it shocked me. Ive been ignorant to it like many others because its not been seen much, I wasn’t sure about cavity cleanliness and full perps but with practice you can fill a perp fully with the right mix and keep cavities clean. I think it’s important to learn for summer especially, moreover as you get older you start to think about your health more so having a smaller trowel helps loads. I would be interested to know the views of college tutors so hopefully get a video with an interview about the method soon. Cheers. Stu

When I was building my brick house, I realized that bricklaying is difficult, hard and ....very interesting, soothing, fun and very very aesthetically inspiring to continue on. Bricklaying is like a drug. And with beautiful music, it is doubly pleasant. The Massons from time immemorial were fun and aesthetic guys. You guys are great, keep it up. I envy you)))

Brill to see you taking time to show young yiang, where his slight mistakes are & how to correct them Aren’t many left who have the patience , skill or correct attitude with apprenticeship Hats off to you both 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Keep the cool content coming

Good stuff Stu. Watched Charlie quite a lot and he has pick and dip down to a T. great technique.

Now you lay Bricks like we do😋the urgents thing is the consistence of the Mortar..you must stay a Bucket Water near every Mortarboard🤗You are an fantastic Bricklayer☺

Love this video, best attitude, you can always teach an old dog new tricks, never stop learning, great vid stu 👍

Fair play to you Stu for trying different ideas.The smaller trowel is a good idea.Will help preventing problems with the hands later on.

I'm yet to read that book. Very expensive to buy, but it's on my list of must have books. Like anything in life Stu practice makes perfect 👍 As mentioned not just for speed but efficiency and less stress on the body too, all positive points 👍 All the best look forward to the next one 👍

Nowayy, I read this book not long ago on my rain day! Fantastic read and some really interesting pointers in there! Great episode

Stu- That Gilbreth book is a great resource I am always looking something up in it. It is amazing how bricklayers used to pick from a pile and not a nice stack. Most of his work is evident today in some form or another in modern bricklaying. My copy is well worn. Keep up the great work. There is a good technique for every situation!

We got the full day in what a pleasant Monday it was 🌧️🤣💪🏼great vid as always stu

Good one stu it's the way forward we've been doing it for months ,pick and dip all the way no going back

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Is very nice to look how you do it. You are an proffesional worker. Thanks.

Great looking work. Looks like you have pick and dip going very well. I’m old school so will prob stay with spread blow and go. I love marshaltown 11” trowel.

Looks good. Have you considered using the mortar you scrape off to slightly butter the end of the brick that you've just laid? To me it seems like a good way to ensure the joint is full and saves a movement back to the board with the mortar on the trowel.

Can't believe you was out in that today. Proper damp it was. Did I here kc being philosophical 👍😁 might nip round for a chat this week👍

Every day's a school day 👍 we are always learning

It just looks so much quicker doesn't it! Nice work, 1600 bricks in a day, well done!

Thanks for the book link, recently bought a 10 inch W.Rose trowel with cork handle, very nice, no good on blockwork cavity walls though as doesn't quite reach to scrape back of block properly lol, perfect for bricks proper weapon for the plop and drop, big up Stu!

Un saludo desde España. Me encanta ver como trabaja poniendo ladrillos. Aquí normalmente se ponen de derecha a izquierda. La técnica la veo muy peculiar y efectiva. Me gustaría aprender la. Excelente!!! Un saludo cordial

It seems faster. Excellent video Stu. Thanks for sharing it.

Me and lad I work with were taking the piss out of the pick and dip, but thought we would give it a try yesterday, it's brilliant and so much faster then the traditional way , we will be using it going forward !!

I'm not a bricklayer nor am I planning on laying bricks. I'm an engineer that loves watching craftsmen at work, love your videos.

I think your quality shines through and I enjoy and admire all the brickies that put videos on yt but think your workmanship takes some beating!!

Saludos cordiales y muchas gracias por compartir su trabajo siempre es un agrado ver sus proyectos, desde san felipe chile

Mastering the old pick n dip now mate 👌

Stu... The PnD Master. Looking sharp mate, You still eating all the pies 😂 Thanks for another great video 🙂🙂🙂🙂

Hey stu. Well I wasnt expecting that! You looked like you were having fun experimenting with pick and dip there bud

Bro, your selection of music went to me with a bang!!!

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Good vid stu nice to see all the brickies on RU-vid coming up with good ideas, you are not getting any younger and it takes a toll on the body. Should have been a sparky 🤗

You are lads is fantastic !!!!!!!!!!!

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As most people are right handed it's a bonus if one is left handed so you can both work forwards when working 2 on a line. Nice job.

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Always done pick and dip..Great video though. Always interesting to see someone's else's technique. Did my old school apprenticeship and city and guilds in 1980 !

Interesting technique pick and dip. My speciality is the pix and mix (in tesco).

Admiration to you from Serbia from used to say brick layer but after I see you I'll tell people "yes, I do lay brick, but I'm really not a brick layer."

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Just as Jung starting to learn, stu be like 'i've been doing it wrong, this is how we do it now' lmao

Try using a fence post level for them profile tubes to start off and double check with proper level as I don’t trust them completely

Very tidy work lads👍

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Great stuff Stu and very interesting. That pick and dip method looks like it is quicker once you have mastered the way to put the mortar down correctly on the bed. I wonder if it is taught in colleges? Cheers mate and all the best to you lads👍👍👍

Good work..

Masson creating order from chaos. Through the fatigue, the pain and pleasure)))

Thats a bit naughty... retrospectively pushing the wall ties in after the courses have been laid🤭😁. Pick and dip seems quicker from a time and motion perspective and it's certainly preferable to just tipping the edge of the brick - which I've seen countless brickies do over the years, but out of curiosity, does it ensure the perps are fully mortared? Also, does it take longer to joint the perps afterwards? All in all, nice job once again 👍

People dislike change so some resist pick and dip but that’s just because some don’t do it well , same as silo muck some Brickies moaned like hell about it when it first appeared but you wouldn’t have the success you do with pick and dip with traditional mortar . That really is some good brickwork you do 👍

Previous video you struggled to fill perps with pick and dip. What did you do different? At the moment my bricklaying is quicker but jointing is slower. Tips please.

I love masonry I got a new job for masonry last week !

Love the video I’m not a builder so sorry if this is a stupid question. But do we not have voids in our cavity now? Is the insulation not a bridge between the 2 walls? Also how do the brick ties work with the v shaped drip with insulation like that? Thanks!

Hi Stuart why are there two half bats together at the quoin Creating a straight joint.

Saludos amigo Stu!

well said stu its all about how long we can last in this business , rather than using massive shovels(for trowels) ending in bad backs ,bad elbows and wrists, sounds good in the pub but people don't see your restless sleeps in pain at night

Bro, try the devices for spreading the bed out of the solution. At the same time, my masonry speed increased, and my fatigue decreased.

Build those ties in Mr crompton🧐🤣👍🏻

It's all about Marshall Town, nothing else comes close 👊

I myself try to stick to a small trowel. Not easy when you have a pin and plate in your good arm that I broke many years ago. Be days my arm just gives up and the pain is crazy

Good bro

Hey Stu beautiful work. What size trowel length is the new trowel in inches?

Hi mate love your videos! What is the name of the clamp on the top of the profile

The idea of the smaller trowel is one bricks muck at a time.. you're till lifting more muck than you need.

Hi Stu, great videos as always. I am not a tradesman and and just wanting to know what pick and dip is? I have noticed that u are not buttering the ends on this method, is it because you are "dipping" into the mix instead , hence the term "Pick and Dip?" Just curious as to the terminology and how do you find the efficiency of this method with regards to your normal artisan work rate and skill. Hope you get the chance to answer....thanks. People like you make the world a better place.

Hmmmm those head joints are kinda like not really getting fully bonded are they with that technique ur using instead of the flick n butter after each scrape of the joint..I see alot of different ways but to me that seems a bit lazy lol. Anyways that mortar at the start was a bit brown. Is there die in it? (mortar colour?) Also you don't use dish soap for that nice creamy mud? It looked like the sand is very coarse or your labourers aren't mixing it long enough..

You seem to take alot more pride in your work that some of the other you tubers doing this method Stu, clean cavity, sound job👍

Just out of interest Stu how tall are you and what is your preference for courses high when your hod carrier loads out for you? Mine is 22 course from board as standard as you get brickies that are 5"5 and some that are 6"2 but it doesn't matter going any more if the shortest bricky is slam dunking bricks towards the end. Thanks.

Where are the clamps from your profiles from stu?

Where did you get the trowel?

The cement un spain is gray color.

ya cracking that pick and dip stu, is it faster for ya

I put 70mm of styrofoam in the void between the walls. Very warm. But I think it is better to lay 100mm and more

Cheers Stu'

in Russia, a slightly larger brick. 250×125 mm. And we make the inner walls thicker, for greater stability, 190mm.

Unrelated question Stu, but have you ever had any issue with efflorescence on brickwork? We've had a yellow stock wall built (reclaimed bricks) and the whole wall has gone fully white both sides. Bricks got wet and snowed on whilst wall was being built. It's sitting on a concrete footing at the bottom of the garden. No DPC (assume this wouldn't be needed?) Bricky telling me to scrub with vinegar etc, but is this likely to keep happening?

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NICE GOOD JOB. I U BUILD HOMES IN OVERSEAS THAT WILL BE GREAT

Whats that white foamy looking thing in the cavity between the brick and block wall?

What size trowel are you using here Stu?

Best bricklayer on RU-vid by a country mile

I really prefer traditional method. Full perps, keep bond better, I drop much less down the cavity and generally lay alot straighter just make a better job of my brickwork doing traditional .. I guess it just feels right doing it. I do use a smaller trowel anyway no probs with pain from laying.

Nice touch at the end of the vid Stu.

So do you just get taught the traditional method at college? Just curious.

Get your self a left hand brickie to work in front of you

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Ок найс, можно ещё фундаменты показать под эти стены. Переведите это кто нибудь на английский, плиз!

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Stu your perp plumb game is strong 💪🏻 you see so many walls nowadays with pissed up perps. Good work pal

More goes on floor with that pick and dip 🙄🙄

Thats how you do id

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Oh dear who forgot there wall ties, a major no no pushing them in after.

NICE WORK LOOKS GOOD BUT WE ALWAYS SPREAD THE WHOLE OUT BEFORE LAYING OUR BRICKS. KNEW A FEW WOULD SPREAD A FEW BRICK THEN LAY.

The insulation should be tied back to the tie wires before he starts brickwork

Nice Wickes level 😂🤦🏻‍♂️shocking

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Perps arent full, using the pick n dip method is obviously used for its speed over the conventional way of picking up a brick and slapping a perp on. The time it takes you to fill every oerp is deducting from pucking and dipping. Having to fill every perp is going to take a lot of extra time. Id recommend loading your trowel up with a bit more muck and try scooping more much up to fill the perp. As not having to add extra muck to a perp xuts so much time off of finishing a wall ! Other than that, top fuckin draw. As always

Some joints seems too small,

SEE. THAT ROCK WALL. GETTING WET. ,WILL DROP IN THE CAVITY, STILL THINK THE PIR BOARD/ foilbacked IS BEST.