My Dad was a tuck pointer…..he retired in 1988 RIP, and I am a career bricklayer and I have done loads of gauged work, I still have dads tools and he’s Frenchman was about 2” long and he’s tuck pointing trowel was about the same…..lots off memories ! And I won’t give the secret away either, but he used to make he’s lime putty up about a week before using it ! He used to say that ‘Fred Tuck’ invented it to replace gauged work !!! 😂……..enjoyed the video
I work for a heritage company in Windsor..and we’ve had people ask us about tuck pointing . I’ve never done it, I’m thinking of doing a course on it.. I’m a bit old in the tooth these days but it looks really satisfying job to do . And like you say got to have patience 👍🏻👍🏻
Keep it a secret Lads, protect your future, fantastic workmanship from retired (real Bricklayer) 70, your comment was bang on about cowboys, witnessed so many in my lifetime, five minute wonder trowls, the stretcher bond addicts !!!
What a wonderful job andy .maybe as a older bricklayer we appreciate these skills .I would love to do that but never done it .great skills. God bless yer mate
I might take you up on that andy IM working in hertingfordbury at the moment .building 2 big houses .5000sq ft each house .I'll buy you a pint in the coach in Newgate St if yer ever in there be good to talk bollox for a hour
Epic craftsmanship. I live in Australia and have done business with Speedex on unrelated items, but recognised that name. From what I understand the owners have now retired.
Hi Andy I’m a bricklayer from Dublin I worked in London for years great to see the lads tuckpointing I do it myself and in Dublin there is wigging pointing opposite to tuckpointing stoping mortar is applied last look at oldstone wiging but they are not doing it right it’s an old Dublin tradition I come from a long line of masons the restoration firms have the trade destroyed in Ireland.
Yea mate I know Old stone and the Wiggin process, could never get my head around it just seems back to front to me. Some spectacular buildings in Dublin all need proper care 👍👍
It’s easy when your shown my grandfather taught me it’s a Dublin trade but like most trades a watered down all the restoration firms just have labourers pointing it’s gone to the dogs here very hard to get proper money here but I stick to my guns and don’t drop my prices stick to privates and small to medium firms there is lots of bricklayers getting out of it due to money issues with subies @@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Amazing being a bricklayer I’d like to think I can turn my hand to anything brick related but this is a skill I wouldn’t try on a job unless I was taught and tried on my own garden wall. Amazing lads 👍🏻
Love your stories and history Andy very good mate .As much as i absolutely love the tuck pointing and i admire the skills of the lads its brilliant bringing old brickwork back to life i couldn't do it ive not the patience. Lovely work though 👏 👌
We've got some tuck pointing where I live on red rubbers- absolutely gorgeous! Always wondered how you get the stopping mortar exactly the right shade.
Hi I really enjoyed the tuck pointing I have never seen it before amazing skill and patience I would rather do that than slogging bricks down all day thank you
Bloody fantastic love it , im in my 50s and Been around a while in this game, love to see this type of stuff, proper bricklayers works . I work in city on big commercial jobs its totally shite and not bricklaying imo . Fucking ancon,fire barriers and stone bands , total crap . Great content mate .
To be honest i had the same sentiments as you but over the last couple of years pointers have been putting vids of there work al over social media so i thought it was ok to put this vid up as ime showing nothing that hasnt already been shown recently.Ive have my knowledge of Tuck Pointing from being shown how to to it in Australia 1982 to studying Historic books and putting it to practice. These skills were nearly lost in the 60s so i dont have a problem showing part of it most wont take it up but are just interested👍
@@Wgnwtb Big time,not much call for it to be honest maybe just repair and restauration, Hayles and Howes in Bristol still do it a Google search tells me.
Great content Andy, them lads do a cracking job great. You got to have some patience’s to do that. The mortar they use to blend the bricks together, I’m guessing that’s lime too ?
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 small world Andy, I know calmarc industries in bayswater in perth stocked all the ochres needed for blinding out the joint .....it seems half the world has worked in perth
@@peteringram476 Yep most isolated City in the World i believe and everyone wants to go there, i still have good Friends in Perth, need to get out there really.
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 yes I think you'd be surprised how much it has changed ,new rail lines everywhere, the city is finally connected to northbridge .I live in dorset now which is beautiful but I couldn't help being impressed with how much perth has moved forward the last 8 years since I was there . The likes of kinross and burns beach was Bush land when we went ,it's classified as inner city living now .
As Andy said and mentioned in the video it dries a complete different colour as.you would know this if you was a tuck pointer. Scuffed ? Never heard of it... Looks sexy amazing job as well 🎉
