Very helpful. I figured out the brick layers ruler myself over the years but seeing you do a lesson on it is great confirmation that ive been doing it like the pros

About to do my first brick job around a chimney.. your channel has been a blessing

thank you thank you thank you. ..I'm an old school roofer I've done alot of slate work and have always loved the brick and stone work and you answered so many questions for me

I was wondering how to lay my soldier brick course between two pillars, Mike. This video has answered my question. Old school for me!! Thanks again.

Priceless vid ... the biggest lessons. Love when these vids pop up

Measuring and planning is always cardinal..... you´re all right.... better safe than sorry. Like you´re video... thanx..

Great video and great information

This is greatly insightful. Thanks a million

Thanks , awesome video.

Very informative, thank you .

Thank you for this video. I had a partial brick veneer front on my 1964 home. It was also built of used bricks, which was a fashion at the time. As it turned out the workmanship was horrendous with not enough tabs into the mortar and the tabs haphazardly tacked into 3/8 INTERIOR plywood. The bricks looked fine when we bought the house in 1968 and still live there, The brick developed a diagonal crack through the mortar and the plywood rotted away but the studs survived. I resheathed the entire house and installed vinyl siding, which has its own shortcomings. It attracts dirt. Your demonstration used new bricks. It would have been even more helpful if you showed us how to use the modular ruler with used bricks of varying size.

Very good, three spots to set calculation for, bottom of window, top of window and top of door, unless one wants to use a diamond blade wet saw to slice brick to fit

Thanks for the information.

Nice explanation.

Good job

Hey! How'd you end up with MY spacing rule?! I've been looking all over for it. 😅

Thanks Mike, that was an excellent tutorial, you have a very clear and concise way of getting your method across. Where can i purchase a spacing rule like the one you used in the vid. best regards...Malcolm

THANK YOU MIKE!! I'LL WATCH THIS VIDEO A COUPLE MORE TIMES TO DRILL INTO MY HEAD.

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Mike, Your videos are great! Please add links for products so we can buy and you can get a cut!

I have never laid a brick wall, but I'm going to do a small one . Man ,I can't wait.

To the people saying just layout with a tape ,well im from the UK and the bricks are rubbish nowadays they are all a couple of mill bigger or smaller then each other now because of the demand they are selling any old rubbish plus i was always taught to lay out dry first, never had to take anything down ,EVER

Thank-you - With all your experience can you tell me about sandwiching a DPM piece of plastic between a brick course wall & why does this not effect the bond (being slippery)? Or would you recommend using slate as a damp proof course ?

Mike Haduck School of Hard Knocks? I'm pretty sure they have one of those in my town, too.

Watching that ruler was like watching a magic trick :)

When designing our higher end houses, we will coordinate the brick veneer coursing with the window and door heads on our architectual drawings. The two most common coursings we use are 3C=8” and 3C=7 7/8”. Sometimes this requires the mason to adjust the top of his starting course below grade before starting up with the wall in order to keep the joints even. What is the biggest problem you see over and over on plans that you wish all architects knew?

Big joints Little Joints story of my life.

Thank you Mike. Question: In 5 inch wall can I left brick without plastering in one side (in Bangladesh)? [I mean, one side with plaster, other (plane) side without plaster)

The stick my grandfather always called it a gantlin pole. I've now been a mason for 8 years.

We use masonry tapes like that spacing rule. Play around with the joints to make it work for windows and doors and such. Everything works nicely for the front of the home though.

How thick of a first bed joint is allowed? We are using a brick that’s 2 3/8” in height so if we have to hit number 5 or 6 spacing that is going to be a thick bed joint under the first course…what would you do in this case? Make the joints gradually thinner each course?

I'm sure this is a very basic question, but what is the minimum required thickness of cement between bricks to be structurally sound?

I have a bunch of size brick, like at 5:45 of this video, from different thicknesses to different heights. How do I space them and is it possible to maintain your header joints (vertical) perfectly in a plum line? Thanks Mike, Justin

Hi, Mr. Mike. Hope you can help me. My home is 9 months old. On my back patio there's 3 windows. Between the windows theres. 1 1/2". gap ( joints) between the bricks. . The brick size Width 10" Height 3". 1 1/2 " gap normal?

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HI Mike check out this church in the uk Church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield. I really enjoy your way of working and your sense of humor, you have gave me confidence doing my own bricklaying, Im not fast but I am old school, and you often say there is no one way of working, so long as it works, I wish I lived near to you as I would love to work with you. Can you show us how to do a decorative top course of bricks just below the gutter level?. All the best from the uk

I just New subscriber and I love yours video man great job😃

Do you guys have brick tapes? instead of using the brick spacing rule?

can you please create a video for tug pointing

If your carpenters did their job correctly the top of windows should be at the same height going around the building and you can work down from the top of the windows on each side of the building. Typically they are not but within a inch or so you can adjust from the sill going up allowing you to make your sills work under the window and not having to put a rip course under the rowlock. Another way is just come down say 15- 20 courses from the top of the window and carry that bench mark or level line around the building and to your corner poles, now you can make adjustments to gain or loose to catch all your heights. For most new brick keep a 5 on your ruler 4 to loose, 6 to gain. Excessively large or small bed joints, and head joints wandering all over the place is amateur work. Make your brickwork look like uniform wall paper :) He's right, its up to us to make all the other subs look good by making constant minor adjustments to hide unlevel and plumb. Check your walls for bellies and make sure you can still catch the side of your windows, trim, and fit between the wall and line.

Did you mark the brick

thanks my video

So Mike, tell us about having a ( hog ) in a brick wall.

im a mason, with thirty years experience and it's not magic and you are right about some things and wrong on others, I know I should make a video hahahahaa

I remember those old used bricks, we struck the joints with a piece of rubber hose. They don't hold up too well in freezing weather (especially those orange ones), better to use them inside.

jet stream is changing for the worst take care every one

If it measures right but looks wrong, it still looks wrong.

Christ, I'd walk away. 🚽

Laying out the whole building dry is wasting time. Learn how to layout with a tape measure. Dry layout on small piers is fine.

You need to invest in a tape measure...nobody lays bricks out dry

poor explanation of using a spacing ruler. You need a new ruler also. You can also use math and a calculator which easy. Ruler is not new school.

Proper rookie, he hasn’t a clue Just use a bit of batten and gauge it up, It’s really that simplest