What do you think of the red bricks?

I worked on a new house building scheme in 1968. And it was a well organised and run site with lots of supervision. The bricks used to arrive on site by lorry direct from the brickworks in loads of either 5,10 or 20 thousand bricks per load. The bricks would be stored in"brick-sheds" located at strategic points around the site. These sheds had a raised floor, and the housing was constructed of scaffolding with a corrugated iron roof and tarpaulin on the sides, this kept the bricks dry and out of the mud and water, and also allowed for cross ventilation. The bricks could then be transferred from these "storage sheds" to the work areas by the BL`s labourers. Timber was stored in a similar fashion to keep it dry and ventilated. Oh how times have changed. 😁👍👍

I love watching how all this preparation makes the entire thing just more smooth and efficient.

i’m in college doing my first year of brickwork and i do love it but watching you and your skills have made me fall into a great passion for the trade. Me and my mate come home from college and watch all your videos to get better, keep up the great work you inspire more people than ya think ❤️

Fascinating. I love watching skilled workers. Thanks.

Beautiful work i can watch this for hours 💯👍👍👍😃

Charlie the most organized I've ever seen fair plays 👍

Top class lads free flowing bricklaying 👍

Great job as always!!!

Efficiency level 100, can't knock it 👏

Thanks for the long Video Charlie 👍👍👍

Bro makes this job look so easy, I know it’s not, but just goes to show how good you really are Charlie.

Oh, and I love how you rub up after brushing. Total attention to detail

I remember when those boards were brand new, you were as proud as punch, time fly's so quick.

Blake's Thank you 👍😊

Nice work Charlie as always m8 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Great work Charlie, what trowel you using nowadays

I was a hoddy for a 6 & 1. I couldn’t keep up sometimes (on a straight run) and one of the trowels had to drop off the line to help me with loading out. Wasn’t unusual to shovel easily 5-7 ton into the mixer in a day. I could almost nosh the exhaust of a manitou when we had one to chuck a bath up. I was that fucked in the transit that I felt sick and the fellas used to give me a kick at my stop home. I miss those days. Rows, fights, arguments and weekly hassles.

Enjoyable video Charlie . Have you still got those Faithfull mortar boards you used in one of your first videos.

Great work Charlie

very informative videos, cheers pal

I like to keep a rosebud propane torch on site for just that situation with the wet units. Works wonders. Cheers!

I saw the vid on the tube this morn littlun on the way congrats to u both all the best keep us posted re master trowel 2024 tkts 🍻

Nice work

Charlie you're a top bricky 👍🏼 Have you tried a mortar rake on an angle grinder for getting the profile holes out? They're good bits of kit and if the joints arent too hard it zips through them

Hi Charlie , great video , what is the model of the laser level you are using ?

Good morning don't miss the cold weather but miss laying bricks 😊great video 📹 now here in the Philippines weather too hot 😂now of too the beach ⛱️ never coming back to the cold 🥶 weather 😂thanks again for your video 👍 ❤keeps the good work up see on the next one 😊

Very skillfull job with profiles

so organised, so much prep

Brilliant how its done.

I always end up on strange off intention channel/videos - Literally no idea what i'm doing watching brickie videos but its pretty cool stuff man - I had no idea, on the level of thought, effort and skill needed. Nice one

Where did you get your laser level from what model dewalt is it.regards Steve liddell.

I am waiting for full video 👍👍👍☺️

I can't remember a hoddy with a bucket at all, apart from at the mixer, muck used to travel in a plasterers hod, bricks in a brick hod. Looks like you've done that before !

Clamp the gauge rod with a Fitzbrick 👍

Good work charlie

those hods are class. never seen ones like those

very little idea what is going on - but I appreciate the candour/honesty - obviously proud of your work as no corners cut - keep going my son! ;)

Where did u get yer sweeping brush?

Agreed 💯 on the Blake's

what is the distance from the house to the garage?

My house is those red bricks and i despise them but it gives us shelter so im grateful for that

great watch - i have one just the same - cheap and classic casio

Hows old mate Jordan going, i still go back and watch that video of you tearing down his garage pier from time to time

Does health and safety allow you on site when it's pitch black in the morning ?

Never thought I'd see a bricky with festool

Top a tale it take the fat off and give it a tickle be bloody lovely. Different brushes for different strokes of wetness and Bricky I find .

Synchronized mortar laying, last course first lift, like swan lake 😅😅😅 should have had the music ❤

Good man

what size garage?

What radio is that jockey ?

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You are good mason ,l am also a mason today i laid blok 105 .From Rassia🖐

Multi red lovely

Single garage, 1 proficient bricklayer + 1 experienced hod carrier who joints up...dpc to scaffold = 8 hours (no profiles...1990's style😉)....8 oclock starts NO DARK

How much he make for this day?

100% right when you talk about laying wet bricks, no matter how good you are , you just cant lay them , they swim, smudge, sink, and in the end your work gets pulled for looking shite a few days later, just not worth the risk

When mixing wet and dry bricks....do full course dry, full course wet, not random mixed

What level is that plsa

7:20 with a hammer drill… what site is that!

Absolutely superb work ❤

Those Ramsey’s are talented bunch. No doubt he can make a cheeky Beef Wellington at home.

What laser level is that ?

Enjoy this video

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I used those profile back in 84 in Bishops Stortford, In not too fond of them but each to his own!😎👍

A tend to use the thickest marshalltown jointer on them bricks,doesn't dig in as much and makes up the joint as the tend to be a lot of different thickness in the brick👍

Hi how much salary do you recevie

Gauging tape?

First time seeing a bricky use festool gear

I think 🤔 I am ready for work

They look ok Charlie

Wat brand was that drill?

I would still say the red ones

Nice job, you can put em down.

Right

Charlie the magician. Top off your league. From old Irish brickie

Do you not sponge your walls rather than brush? Better when they are wet and i think you get a better finish anyway

That’s weight clean the bucket out right next to the nice soft red bricks

AI they have got robots to lay bricks now all human bricklayers defunct soon

Yeah

Couldnt you ask them to deliver dry bricks only, specifically stating you will refuse accepting any wet ones. They might be able to put a note on your order, i dunno

good stuff

Would ran all sides in 1 go more so with damp bricks all dry similar rates beds and joints for point bar last few. Guessing you may have done that if had another body supply the muck to you and Tom. Just saves when last wall wacked at end pointing them becomes an issue. Smashed as per buddy. A don’t see nobody taking your crown at the super trowel. Ul smash it again a full expect another don’t fuck it Charlie boy 😎😎🤙

Are you thinking about getting another hod carrier so you and tom can just lay all day?

ripping the improver of again

Not only a great brickie a great human being love ya son 😊😊😊im gona give your hairdressers a bash 😂😂😂

Steven Gerrard wants his forehead and hairline back lad.

Get the old Charles Bentley onit son

That's Smart as F##k that level thing 👌

I lay 1000 blocks per day and finish at 4 £1-50 per block lego

Guarantee you’ll never be named on that Welsh guys snagging videos

Where is the hod what are these new brick carrying instruments

I’d give up if I had to work on sites my advice to anyone is to get off them asap

The age old saying only a fool uses a dirty tool

Sound as a pound

The only thing is, you’ll put yourself out of some site work because you’re RIGHTFULLY fussy about your finishing and unfortunately, it seems, many SA’s don’t give a flying F apart from signing off absolute shite.

Why take your gloves off to clean a bucket then just cover them in water anyway 😂

The problem is that nobody gives a sxxt these days and and the poor old end user this time is the brickie has got to put up with it. Just because someone can’t be bothered to tarp up the bricks and not dump them on the mud.

Oh plz...in the dark?