This is precisely the way we were taught by our dad in the early 70s'! Thanks for the memories; oh, we never got paid either. We were free labor! As pops would say: I clothed you, fed you, provided a house over your head, and you have these skills for the rest of your life for free! Now get to WORK! LOL, Who else out there heard the same crap? : ) Even better is that my youngest son is teaching my grandchildren the same way. I taught him the same way! Now get to work, grandkids!

This is probably the best video out there on how to learn how to do a cinderblock wall. I'm working on my own wall right now and referring to this video again when I need to see how something is done! I love how he has little no no excitement about anything. It shows he knows exactly how to do every step of the process!

Absolutely beautiful workmanship, well spoken, humble and clear concise instructions. A Master at his trade !! Thank you Steve.

I can tell that this remarkable man loves his work. I wished that I had a dad like him when I was growing up. God bless you, and keep up the great work!!

I have taught building trades for 30 years - this is a great video - I will use this in my classes.

I live in England and I have to say the way you lay brick is so much more straightforward than most videos I watch of people who are here

I think you have just taught an old dog new tricks. I am 80 yrs old you are a very good teacher also the fastest trowel I have seen and such good control. thank you & God bless!

It's called a "be hole" cause unless you fix it, it will always BE there. True story. I've been laying 8 inch block all week at school. This video was good to watch to reenforce good practice. Thank you.

Steve, you are an excellent teacher. Nice, unhurried pace, articulate and easy to understand. Thank you so much for your time and knowledge.

Bless you, for the details for us that have no idea what to do. The step-by-step I appreciate.

You know you’re good at your trade when it involves cement and you still walk away with clean clothes and hands 😂….I’d have that cement everywhere! 😂

What a lovely video by a man who clearly takes pride in doing things properly! Thanks for sharing!

Thank you Steve Kelly. It was a straight up lesson on how to build these walls. Need more people like you in this world. Thanks again

Wonderful to listen to...simple, humble and no sales gimmicks..Thank you Steve..

Dig these guys who know the ins and outs of setting up brick. He sure knows how to handle a trowell. Great video.

Hi Steve Kelly, this is certainly the VERY BEST basic brick or blocklaying video I have seen ever. Informative, ALL the basic things explained and delivered in a completely down to earth, matter of fact manner that DOESN'T make the mistake of every other video I've watched on this or many other subjects - that of failing to explain those basics, fully and patiently. Not assuming that the viewer "must know how to do this or that". Like the very wall you built, the bottom or first level REALLY IS the most important because every one or thing that follows SHOULD be correct. Thank you so much!

Thank You for bringing back great memories of my Grandfather and watching him lay bricks and the times we spent together while he worked.

I've always wanted to try laying blocks. Watching you use the tools and explain the process. Was priceless . Thanks for your wisdom. Awesomeness

Best 40 minutes spent on KZfaq. Great and knowledgeable video. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Thank you Steve, for sharing your knowledge in such an accessible yet methodical way. Best video I have seen on this subject.

Thank you so much for this. I was never taught any trades so videos like this are invaluable to me. Bless up and what an excellent teacher.

Perfect! Never seen it done better! Thank you sir!

You are a natural teacher. It was a pleasure learning from you.

Look no further, this is the best block laying instructions I've seen. Its in the details.

Mr Kelly , Thankyou so much, this Presentation is perfect and I will always Use it as a point of reference. Many Thanks for sharing your skill.

Wisdom with lasting results passed down for generations. Great video watching a professional grandmaster at work with many years of experience. Amazing to watch. The best of the best.

Great man full of wisdom... Excellent explanation

Best video I've seen. I've never laid a block in my life before, tired of rouge builders ripping me off and the constant delays so I'm going to try do it myself by following this clear and easy video. Instructions not followed causes destruction so I'm going to follow Steve's instructions and it should workout fine. Thanks Steve

Love to watch a master at work. True knowledge you can't find in any regular school.

Mr. Kelly thank you! Your tone was clear and your voice commands attention. You demonstration was clear, methodical and simple.. You even had a bit of humour.. If you aren't a teacher, I sure hope you consider the need for your texture in the classroom/ field setting of construct education. Looking forward to watch steal fixing!

Steve, thank you so much! You're an EXCELLENT teacher! My wife and I got a good laugh at your comment, "before you know it, you'll be as good as me.' I told my wife, "yes, in about 30 years.' Again, thank you!

Thank you Steve. I am a leaner by vision ( once I see it ,I got it) and a fast leaner ,so it is important for me to learn things done the right way the first go around. I gotta say you are a very good teacher and you made it easy for me to learn.

Great job teaching the very basics of block laying. Our school district no longer has shop class, auto mechanics, drafting or electronics courses. I have been a general contractor since 1972. I started out as a masonry contractor. These days I can no longer high hire help right out of high school. Kids today really do not have skills with tools or the trades. I have resorted to hiring retirees willing to work a few days per week. At least they show up and are willing to give me a day’s honest labor. Bugaiski Construction, Michigan

Great video on the fundamentals of laying a block wall, I learned a lot Mr. Kelly, thank you!

This man is a real lecture,God continue adding more days.

Thanks for the block laying lesson. It was detailed oriented and an impressive learning tool or video. Appreciate you Doc.

Thanks, Steve. I feel like I have been learning at the knee of a master. Great video!

thank you Steve for sharing your knowledge and expertise. it bring me back when I was in my youth helping my dad.

No end to skill involved in this. It's obvious you have done this a great many times. Thanks!

I want to thank you, We need more like you, in my trade I’m always happy to teach workers what I know Knowing that with my experience I can help them provide for they’re families with years to come

Excellent instruction. I learned a lot and remember it's the little details that make or break a project.

I thank you much sir. So that's how to make it all sturdy and clean. Love those trowelling tips.

I love listening to this man....feels like my father talking to me

FANTASTIC video Steve!! Thanks so much for doing this!! Now I feel totally confident I can lay my first block for a project by my poolside!!

Thank you Steve I would like to express my gratitude for sharing your experience. I really got a positive result from your educational course in the field of my construction snake.

Thank you so much for showing the heretofore unknown-by-me secret of how to spread a uniform bead of mortar along the block edge. I had previously watched dozens of videos but never saw it demonstrated so clearly! This will save me a lot of time.

Excellent video Steve. You enabled me to build an outdoor fireplace! (Still can't trowel the joints like you!)

Could watch this dude all day

Interesting and very well explained. THANK YOU for sharing!

Thank You Steve, that was an awesome video. I have never laid block before. The tool break down was something else. The technique was fabulous. This video was well explained, thank you sharing your experience with us. We really appreciate you Sir.

Need more teachers like this guy, i would like to more instructional diy videos with him in it

Thanks,I'm a beginner and have learnt a lot from this video

I have done lots of concrete work, I love ICF's but I am block curious. This looks like a nice system. I love seeing how you use your trowel. You are obviously well practiced with masonry work!

Good information about adding steel to the wall. I will definitely use this information when I build a small wall on my property. Thank you.

I Always Try & Get My Info From Someone That Explains Things Nice And Simple, Yet Knows What They're Doing, You Surely Fit That Criteria Sir. I'm About To Build My 1st Stepped Wall For A Flower Bed, I'll Try & Post Pics When I'm Done. Thank You Kevin

Love watching a Pro at work.Your make it look easy and I’m sure it isn’t. That’s the difference between a pro and a weekend worrier.

Good job removing the mysteries of getting a straight, level and plumb wall. Thank you! :)

Thank u Steve your workmanship is class of its own.

Best instructional video on block laying on KZfaq

Possum, now all I need to do is get my couch potato hubby to see this video!

Always good to see a good craftsman at work. not too many left today.

Came for the knowledge, stayed for the music.

Steve you are a very good teacher and the way you appeal to my memory muscle it's amazing ❤love your work thanks.

He’s an amazing teacher for sure !

Far out ... this is amazing ... the amount of cement you mix, how wet you should get it, measuring it up, the amount you put on your trowel, how you square things away ... it seems so simple ... how I manage to turn it into a cluster f**k is something I haven't worked out yet but this is a great how-to training video

Thank you Mr Steve Kelly..I learn alot Watching this video...all the way from Papua New Guinea

Now that's the way my Grandpa layed block. I used to help by carrying the blocks. I want to put up a retaining wall and I hope I can do as good as you. Thanks for the lesson.

You lay blocks like my father used to do when he was alive 43 years ago with your eyes closed. I tried 100 times. I couldn’t get the hang of it. So I was stuck mixing the mortar and bringing the blocks over. The mortar would be too thin an slide down the block or too thick to spread also troweling the edge of the blocks are not as easy as it looks. The only difference was that we used 3 hole blocks. It is definitely an art. Some people can do it so easily but for others it’s hard. I was an easy learner. A builder and master electrician by trade. Also was great at mechanical work restoring old cars. Thanks for your excellent video that reminds me of my dad 43 years ago…

Loved the video! Wish you would have demonstrated how to tie all that rebar together. Assuming you wire tie the bar, and fill vertical cells with concrete.

Great man right here so humble to be a genius!

Thanks from Papua New Guinean 💪🏾😊 Very informative

Excellent work Steve! Beautiful wall. Please show us how to draw out our lines before laying block, that would help so much!

Great video, very helpful. You Sir are the Bob Ross of Masonry.

The ability to build a nice wall that will be around for generations to come is an amazing ability. I was robbed of learning this sort of info from my grandfather. He designed and built the great seal of North Carolina in front of their state house in Raleigh in Terrazzo as well as the elephant house in our national zoo. Watching a true artisan perform his craft is a humbling experience no matter what level of craftsmanship. After all, drawing a perfect circle has won at least one art contest.

Very nice. A very good teacher. I love the knowledge and expertise sharing people. Thanks with respect.

Best video I have ever seen, so professional thank you so much Steve.

I am so glad my TV dad from the nineties came to the internet to teach my how to lay bricks.

Nicely done, Kelly.

Great tutorial video! Perhaps you can provide a little guidelines or rule of thumb on how much horizontal rebars to use for different wall height, it is every other block or ever 2 blocks and how much concrete to fill the blocks with?

shp brue, thanks man, ill be buiding a room back at home by this december, this video will assist me a lot during my first time building a wall.

Excellent job. I've always liked watching bricklayers. It's a true skill. Thank you for this video sir.

Impressed with the details for instruction. Thank you for making this video.

Thank you for a very informative lesson.

Excellent Tutorial, Steve you made it Simple with your simple way of Teaching.

Great video best I've seen you waste no words, thank you !!

definitely learnt something Sir , thank you from South Africa.

Putting aside the masonry part, the camera work and explanations are very well done regardless of the topic. That with the masonry content made a wonderful video. Even though I have watched a number of very good videos I learned a bunch on your video. Thank you.

Very good video Steve. But remember when you do some chipping on your block with your hammer to wear safety glasses.

Massive and nice way of knowledge demonstration... Thanks Governor.

Just like watching a pro golfer - makes this look very easy!

you're an awesome tradesman and teacher. thank you.

You can ALWAYS trust an experienced guy who rocks the Canadian Tuxedo!!

Learned so many little pointers from this. Thank you!

Ty you are an excellent teacher.

Good job on the teachings, for the future brick Mason's of America. A family member was my teacher Joy Solis.... 👍Joy

So much I've learnt this morning about laying blocks , thank you sir..

I appreciate this valuable lesson !

Great effort Steve thank you so much.

The voice of experience. Great video. Thank-you.

Very informative and excellent description of the process, thank you very much.