HOW TO: DO A SAND/CEMENT MIX 

coggsy3036 . That’s how it all started for me next minute we are trying out ourselves 👌🏼so glad we did 🧱👍🏼

You’re not the only one..

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Thanks pal , yes we like to keep things tidy and always keep those bags , really handy 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

Not most accurate way to gauge ya muck boss !! Why not do buckets can’t be wrong !!

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Evening Jim they are way too heavy but a great price , about £2.50 plus vat 👌🏼👍🏼🧱

mick broadbent . I even got told off for loading the board with a spade and my plywood board is a bloody trip hazard! It’s actually steel and about 6 mm so you’d have a job tripping over it 😂😂🧱👍🏽

Sorry no clue what stucco is 😳🧱👍🏽

Tim Margereson . Some H&S can be ok but some is just there to make things awkward 😬🧱👍🏽

RJM Bricklaying & Outdoors . Cheers buddy 🧱👍🏽

Your right pal it’s all about the sand 👌🏼👍🏽🧱

bamboo bushcraft . Nice one , very kind Pete 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Spartrowel . Thanks pal , will do 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Tony Gorham . Nothing about bricklaying is good for the back unfortunately 😳. Thanks for watching and commenting pal🧱👍🏼

@@SteveAndAlexBuild what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except ebola, that will need you up ;)

Tony Gorham 😂👌🏼🧱👍🏽

wheaten bread . Best of luck to your lad and yes it’s one big learning curve that we are all on 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Always 🧱👍🏽

OBS3RVE . I’ve always mixed 4 to 1 I suppose 😬🧱👍🏽

Ronnie Biggs many times 😂. 🧱👍🏼

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Cheers Howard 🧱👍🏽

We are lucky with our sand 😉🧱👍🏽

my pencil ART. Wayne Bailey . Cheers Wayne , as you say we are all different. 👌🏼🧱👍🏽 All the best to you too pal 🥳👌🏼

Brilliant little mixers been around about 40years most builders use them.

Mervyn yeah looks compact and handy

Jay Puyenbroeck . That are great for small jobs jay and easy to handle and manoeuvre. The drum unscrews to make moving it a lot easier 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Steve and Alex I will be on the lookout for one of these cuties , don’t know if it exists here though

Jay Puyenbroeck 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

David Dore . The stand got sold at a car boot sale years ago . They are only any good if you are mixing Concrete and tipping into a barrow . I explain in the video the sand bags are 40 kg , the cement 25 kg so 2 1/2 bags sand (100 kg ) to 1 cement (25kg) . 4 to 1 . I was taught that gauge in college and on site so have used it for over 33 years . As for the mixer my pet hate is mucky mixer . Thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏽

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex well 33 years is a good stint in the bricklaying game and I like your videos just wish I had time yo do some myself but unlike you I work on my own since my father died over 12 years ago at the age of 82 I am now in my 45 year of working as a bricklayer. The only time we did 1: 4 mix was when we used a product called Master Crete ( made by Blue circle) which had a built in plasticiser and was therefore not as strong as using OPC with Febmix. Always make the mix so when it has ascertained it full potential setting it will not exceed the strength of the brick being laid. It does look good sand though unlike some of the rubbish that is used on other building sites and lovely to see that you look after your tools and using clean water for the mortar. Keep up the good work and keep an eye on your equipment as these days it can walk as I found out to my cost this week. Regards DD.

David Dore . Thanks David and sorry to hear about your dad. It must the time of year, both sites we work on have been robbed in the last week . Scumbags ! 🧱👍🏽

That sounds very bad ! 😲🧱👍🏽

MrOitoyboy . Oh yes 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Mark Velo . So did I Mark ! Firwood never stopped selling these monster bags , don’t know how they get away with it 🧱👍🏼

@@SteveAndAlexBuild fair enougb Steve, well just look after your back mate.

Mark Velo will do cheers pal 🧱👍🏽

They look like 25kg to me.

Meadow Bridge no 40 kg 💪🏼😬🧱👍🏽

Derek T 😂👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Mark Hep . Cheers Mark , back to weekly next week hopefully 🤞🏼🧱👍🏼

@@SteveAndAlexBuild nice carnt wait them sand bags were massive 👍👍👍

Mark Hep And heavy !! 😰🧱👍🏼

@@SteveAndAlexBuild back brakes they are 👍👍👍

Mark Hep Oh yes ! 🧱👍🏼

Some people use the stand , i prefer not to . 🧱👍🏽

It really doesn’t matter what goes in first as long as it’s before the sand and cement 🧱👍🏽

Glenford Spencer . Small mixes is ideal , try making a bit wetter that may help . Thanks for watching and commenting on our channel 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild problem is I'm finding that to wet and the blocks squelch the mortar out to much.

Glenford Spencer . It’s a tough one that , maybe try different building sand from a different supplier ? 🧱👍🏼

dadwu dendelou I’m sorry , I don’t understand how to do that 🙁🧱👍🏽

craighughes craig . On a wooden one yes , but that one is polycarbonate ( conservatory roof ) 👌🏼🧱👍🏼

Plastic board way forward then no need the gear last a lot longer b

Plastic board way forward then no need the gear last a lot longer

L Milne . Absolutely pal 🧱👍🏼

MrStella1976 Oh yes 😉🧱👍🏽

Joun456 Same to you pal 🧱👍🏼

4 to 1 mate 🧱👍🏽

Sound thanks for your reply , love how clean your area is

Michael Hall cheers 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

Ronnie Biggs . Cheers Ronnie , it used to be called BLI . This stuff is packed in Firwood timber bags 👌🏼👍🏼🧱

Looks like Firwood give you a good ration of sand 😊A Travis Perkins bag is the same measure as a standard bucket now which is ridiculous! About 25 years ago we used to go to Cunliffes in Sale later to become Keyline and now Travis . The yard lads where that lazy they let you fill your own plastic bags and you all know what that means 💪💪Papas home! 💪👍😂😛😳🤑🤠

Ronnie Biggs . The good old days when you filled your own bags 👌🏼👍🏼🧱