NEAR MISS, CABLE IN THE CAVITY!? 

. Cheers , I’ve just found that sound effect so went a bit mad with it 💥😏🧱👍🏽

Nice to meet you too ! Thanks for stopping us for a chat 🧱👍🏽

Thanks very much , and thanks for the ice lollies 😛🧱👍🏽

Yeah . Always nice to nail a good match , it’s getting harder all the time 🙄🧱👍🏽

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Its all about physics. that acrow is actually supporting about 12 bricks which arent even loose. its purely there as a precaution 🧱👍🏽

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Thanks very much pal 😁🧱👍🏽

Thank you! Cheers! Glad you enjoy the channel from lancashire😁👍🏽🧱 too

Cheers John yeah works a treat to stop the angle iron toppling back 💪🏼🧱👍🏽

Thanks very much Andy 😁🧱👍🏽

Thanks gee , plenty more to come 😉🧱👍🏽

No not up and down that bloody ladder 🥵😆🧱👍🏼

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Cheers Mark we’ve done the park today , very hot n busy but a good day . Same here , Nemesis is a classic 🎢🙌🏽🧱👍🏼

@@SteveAndAlexBuild yere if you didn't have to queue I would be there every week 😂😂😂today was a bloody red hot hear too🔥🔥👍👍👍

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Hat 🧢 n factor 50 ! A must in this weather Jim . 🥵😆🧱👍🏽

NIce one Baz 🧱👍🏽

Thanks pal , very classy 😏😆🧱👍🏼

Thanks very much Fran much appreciated. Thanks for the subscription too . We have 197 more videos to watch if you get some spare time 😆🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild no bother mate. I will have a butchers over time 👍

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Nice one cheers Paul 👍🏽🧱

Cheers Izzy much appreciated 😁👍🏽🧱

Thanks lee will do 🧱👍🏽

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Cheers pal , yeah better with Al . I’ve blitzed a 15 mm copper gas feed in the past 👍🏼🧱

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Thanks Barry 🧱👍🏽

🤣 🌰🌰 cheers Harry . The brickwork above was in great condition. I hate strong boys they stick out too far 🤕🧱👍🏽

Yep , the tool belt has sorted that now 😉👍🏽🧱

Thanks Paul 🧱👍🏽

Cheers Dave , it’s a bit too expensive to charge for two of us on these smaller jobs . 😁🧱👍🏼

@@SteveAndAlexBuild o right wondering where Alex was just thought having day off look forward to NX video never miss 👍

@@davecooke914 . Cheers Dave , 😁🧱👍🏼

Thanks pal , deffo when a ladder is involved 🥵🧱👍🏽

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Cheers Jay . We’ve had a good run over the last few weeks 😁🧱👍🏽

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Hey Alton towers in 25 degrees is proper hard work 🎢🙌🏽😉🧱👍🏼

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Nice one Dennis 🧱👍🏼

I was thinking the same thing......

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Thanks for the tips Richard 🧱👍🏽

I have a question, could I expect the same process for a building that's 100 years old? This is a big 4 story building that's old and the steel lintels are rotting pretty bad. It looks like there are 2 of them for each window though. The first one is embedded into the brick and then there is just a steel plate welded to that one that comes out the rest of the way to the outside brick. The welds are rusting and causing that front plate to fall and hang down

Sorry pal I can’t advise without seeing it unfortunately 🧱👍🏽

. Exactly, it really is harder than it looks 😬🧱👍🏼

It’s true not many bricklayers will do it . Unfortunately we don’t go as far as Manchester . Thanks for asking though 🧱👍🏽

Not yet pal 🧱👍🏼

Cheers Justin. I used to despise this job when I had to do it under pressure when we did conservatory bases . We would be sent over when the window fitters needed a lintel or 2 . If I turned them down now We would miss out on a lot of work . I have my own little system now , a good scaffolder and it feels good to help people out as they are generally very worried when told the lintels have gone . I always used to try and take the minimum bricks out and struggle but now I make sure I take out plenty so we have more room to move and fettle the tray properly. A few extra brick to put back but way less stressful. 🧱👍🏽 Hope you’re enjoying the break 😎🍺🍸

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Top man defo got a good system going there steve..Structural work should command more money i think as really its a specialist job you have to no what your doing its a skill on its own. They probably pay more to tile a kitchen wall than that skilled work your doing. Mad thing is ive never fitted an angle iron its always been catnic or i.g or similar both skins and full palster internals. The right lintels then have to be sourced etc. Love your videos Steve always a proper good job thats why there good. Enjoy the weekend both of you Justin 👍

@@brickrightbuildinglandscaping Cheers Justin , yes unfortunately we are probably the least paid highly skilled tradesmen 🙄 Fully qualified brickies are very underrated and under appreciated which is a shame . Thanks for the kind comments they always mean a lot from your peers 😁🧱👍🏽 😎🍺🍸

Absolutely Bob 📺😉🧱👍🏽

That is such a shame but unfortunately very common . Window fitters on price work just want that window in ASAP 🙄🧱👍🏼

@@SteveAndAlexBuild , yep they just scratch out a bed joint either end of window and drive a metal strip in, probably still charge the same as what Steve has just done,

@@Imfat8888 . Yeah and cause a whole lo of problems 🙄👍🏼🧱

I think that 750 mm is the smallest lintel 🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild cud I use 2 angle irons back to back and cut down

Yes or cheaper would be angle iron outside. 4x3 concrete lintel inside 🧱👍🏽

Back when this lintel was out in they weren’t galvanised like nowadays so very common on houses this age 🧱👍🏽

I think so but but I’m not sure how long they last 🤔🧱👍🏼

@@martin2466 thanks Martin 🧱👍🏽

Nope 😁

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The new one is the standard thickness for all modern lintel . 🧱👍🏽

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That’s just how they are made now . It is galvanised through , which means it will last a lot longer than the other 🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild back in the 80's when this type were fitted, they probably anticipated corrosion and fitted extra thick steel. But I still don't get why they didn't use galvanised in the first place, cheaping out on structural elements is not a great idea. Reminds me of the heavy, old galvanised wall ties that would corrode and split the brickwork, it took awhile to get stainless as a standard.

@@JohnnyMotel99 . I agree , stainless ties really haven’t been around long at all 😬🧱👍🏽

The old lintel is actually better strength wise than the ones we replace them with BUT , they destroy the wall if left alone once the dreaded rust has set in😬🧱👍🏼

@@SteveAndAlexBuild --- I'm in the US outside of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Our big box home stores sell metal lintels, they are lightweight and there's no real selection. To find heavier weight you have to go to a specialty seller, there's even one seller that will twice dip them if you want. Here's the prices and weight for some for sale near me, we of course use older English measurements, I have converted the prices to GDP, no VAT here. These lengths and weights are awkward for one man to load in the rack of a pickup truck. Galvanized Angle Product Name: GA.250 X 4.00 X 4.00 X 20’ SKU: 104422 Weight: 138.60 Size: 4.00 X 4.00 Length (in inches): 240 Material: Galvanized A36 Thickness: .250 Description: GALVANIZED ANGLE 240" Tolerance on cut lengths may be +/- 1/8 inch. Custom cuts may require 1-2 days to process. Once cut, this item is non-returnable Price by Quantity: 1 - 49 = $192.73. [£139] --------- Galvanized Angle Product Name: GA.375 X 4.00 X 4.00 X 20’ SKU: 104176 Weight: 205.80 Size: 4.00 X 4.00 Length (in inches): 240 Material: Galvanized A36 Thickness: .375 Description: GALVANIZED ANGLE 240" Tolerance on cut lengths may be +/- 1/8 inch. Custom cuts may require 1-2 days to process. Once cut, this item is non-returnable Price by Quantity: 1 - 49 = $279.56. [£203]

@@davidnull5590 . We need quality gear like that over here . Thanks 🧱👍🏽

Thanks pal . No I’ve found a great little hack . I grind out roughly 6 feet below the lintel . Put a strong bit in then put the acrow on top of the SB . Solid Job 💪🏼👌🏼🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Ah ha very clever , so do you mean a strong boy which goes on top of a acro props ? 👍

@@buzzlad007 yes mate 😏 . If you look in our lintel playlist I’ve done a video a while back showing it in detail 🧱👍🏽

😳🤣🤣 cheers John 🧱👍🏽

It’s free Standing John 😉🧱👍🏽

Yes but most of the time the window is being replaced 🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild thanks for the reply fella

@@456Brian no probs 🧱👍🏽

Could be no cavity tray is the issue, rain gets through the brick above the window and seeps through the top . Common problem on older houses .

@@dennisphoenix1 never thought of that, it’s a 1930s house so would make sense. Any idea what I should be paying?

You’ve just described all the symptoms of a knackered lintel . Approximate cost £300 ish ground floor and £200 on top for a scaffold if it’s an upstairs one . Hope that helps 🧱👍🏽

Worth diying it or leave it to the professionals lol?

@@reecesmall6187 if you have watched a few of the lads videos have a go yourself. Your pointing might not be as good 🙄🙄

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Yes mate just regular stuff 🧱👍🏽

+Stuart T Thomas pretty much most houses went onto the modern galvanised lintels that support both skins . So Most problematic ones are pre 1980s 🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Cheers for the reply , appreciated

@@stuarttthomas7847 no probs . Thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏽

You get used to it once you’ve done a few 🧱👍🏽

We have done a special video on that very subject pal . 😉 coming soon 🧱👍🏽

Spot on John and thanks 🧱👍🏽

Around £500 as it needs scaffolding 🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild cheers I have 3 lower windows and back door which could Ideally need re doing

Good luck with them . This scaff we had cost us £200 . Ground floor ones can be done off trestles 🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild what sort of area do you cover?

@@gards1988 We are in Lancashire 🧱👍🏽

It’s probably same as yours as we get most of ours from Firwood’s in Burscough or up Holland or Maghull in the ball buster bags 🥵🥵🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild my local sand was Rock common from storrington in pulborough but the pit has now run dry so we are now using Nutfield

@@Southpoint2019 . Apologies, I mis read your channel name 🙄. There is a firm near us who are called Southport repointing on I Instagram, I thought you were them . . 😆 As for the sand we just use whatever is in the nearest merchants 🧱👍🏽

Hell no we get the job done with time to spare 😉🤣🧱👍🏽

Don’t mind those boys it the armchair trolls that bug us . I’ve just spotted one such idiot who has returned to taunt us , I have pinned his comment to the top so everyone sees his wealth of knowledge 🤣🧱👍🏼

They are always busy night and day mate 🤣

@@barrymichaels2663 yep 🙄😆🧱👍🏽

The window was being replaced , that was why the lintel was done first 🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild ok .

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OMG , did it break or was it a duff mug 😳🥺?

@@SteveAndAlexBuild the top of the handle is cracked. It's on the shelf now before it falls off completely 🙄

@@dennisphoenix1 . Oh no gutted for you pal 🥺🧱👍🏼

I forgot the plastic packers and the window wasn’t sealed because it was being replaced as I clearly said in the video !

Sorry Steve , I noticed when I was editing this one too . I need to speak up , I will work on that 😬👍🏽🧱

No there wasn’t 🙄

Not a chance , once the rust starts that’s it . That’s what most people do , spot a Crack , fill and forget it and wonder why it’s back a few weeks later .

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@@bobhook336 It wasn’t as bad as we normally take out but the rust has started which can’t be reversed . Paul the customer was putting a new window in so asked us to replace the lintel before the rust started to lift the brickwork . Jimmy Turner is very wrong 🧱👍🏽

Not it wouldn’t pal , check out our other lintel videos to put you right 👀