Yeah I think you caught on to something there. Great video.

While working as a laborer, with a Cement Company I was often times assigned to our block/Brick mason. The boss told me that Masonry work might be a good trade to work myself into, but I told him, I'd consider it but Our Mason was such a bear to work with (I was the Mason Tender) it made it very hard to learn the trade or even want to come to work. If the man would have had a better demeanor, I might very well have become a licensed mason.

He keeps saying " take your time". There was no taking your time, with the man that I worked with. Constantly scolding and 'put downs'.

Haha I was literally going to comment the exact same thing! Love it!

Yes, I feel the same way.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ALMOST WROTE THE SAME COMMENT I DID! AFTER I WROTE IT, I LOOKED DOWN AND SAW YOURS...I COULDN'T REMEMBER THE ARTIST'S NAME, YOU NAILED IT>BOB ROSS...;)

I just commented the same 😅

"Take your time, you can do it. Just like me." LoL love this guy.

tell me some tips i'd love to hear them

@@shellykind most brickwork on houses is setup working from the soffit down. if ya want a soldier course at the top start marking your speed leads from there messing and marking down to the bottom

That,s fantastic.

Ты сам то хоть понял что сказал?​@@johnrobinson1140

Yes they are by Mexicans. They are going to do all these jobs us white folk don’t want to.

Just a piece of the puzzle

If you know what's going on, proper organization, and hands on experience....it like the breeze my friend.....been a full on mason for 20 years...done it all, but am still learning all the time

are you a free mason?

I've also done cement work and I enjoy it. My secret is the same as his, and I'm not even a mason, I don't work with cement very often. Think of it as a puzzle, find ways for it to entertain your brain, and if you treat it as a problem to solve, the work will go by fast.

How did it go?

Bob Ross

Thinking the same thing imagine doing this on 30 to 40 foot walls and towers with stones that where probably 10 to 15i inches thick, this guy could build a castle wall with the right man power.

you can built a flat brick wall to about 3 feet high, but i wont recommend going higher. One thing that helps is putting more cement in the mortar.

3' feet high max? That's insane. I have run brick walls up at least 10' and probably higher without ever having an issue.@@OsmanAli-wr8kg

I build stone wall am from jamaica

What he did not explain was how to connect to the wall. If you notice, there are corrugated metal brick ties already imbedded in the block wall. When you are able to, you simply bend them down into the fresh mortar and let it dry and thats it.

@@kownang metal tang probably already rusted out years ago and stone fell off

can you share a video of what is the new way of doing things? I'm trying to fix a wall

Are you saying that it would have been better to leave the void open? Or put something else between the CMU's and the stone?

Why not just morter the stone to the blocks?

Those actually put a spacing between the blocks so it's more uniform. Without those gaps could vary between 3/8" to almost 3/4". They're always on the inside of work. You don't need them, but it helps lay the block quicker with those tabs inserted.

@@virginia7125 The space between the stone and the back up wall should be filled solid. Leaving it hollow like this is wrong. You can probably get away with it a very low wall like this but going higher, say on a fireplace face, leaving it hollow would not be possible

Good eye, Sylvia. I'm a mason since 1971, and I struggle when I get on a stone veneer again after working with brick or block too. Nice looking stones appropriately sized for the wall, good looking '50s retro look.

He laid points up

I dont want to brush off this gentlemans skill, and with all due respect to him, this is also veneer. A free standing stone wall or even a retaining wall is a whole different thing. Personally, there are alot of things that I can argue about with the way this gentleman is building. Firstly , he is using too much cement in his mix, the mortar will be much too hard for stone building. Also he is leaving alot of joints that are running up to far...you have to lay 1on 2 , and 2 on 1...And a good mason would wash off the stones or dip them in pale of water , let them drain for a few seconds and then apply the mortar on a clean , dust free surface...All in all , his stonework is mostly cosmetic , not structural...Again, I am not knocking this gentlemans efforts or craft , but that' how I see it , and I think alot of masons will agree with me...God bless

he fills it in then does the top the same way he did the wall covers the blocks

part of my wall just fell too. can you share the exact mortar/sand mix that you used? I'm new to mixing concrete/mortar

Ronnie freeman

@@Jaze2022 The proper mix you are looking for is 1 Portland cement to 2 parts mason sand. Mix thoroughly then add minimal water. You want to use just enough water to be able to create a meatball by balling it up in your hand without the meatball falling apart. My mixes are a little rich and you can probably get away with a 1-part cement to 3 parts sand, but I prefer the richer mix

As a stone mason from Europe, if I wanted to explain to a apprentice how not to build a stone wall, I would make them watch this video.

Hi, what are you building?

@@JGormo11811 I'm repairing a retaining wall in my backyard from flood damage.

@@virginia7125 Cul, do you enjoy doing the stone work?, im doing a stone entrance at the moment facing blockwork with limestone when you finished you can come give me a hand haha!!

@@JGormo11811 Yeah, that little project is finally done. I've planted grass seed and pulled up a dying boxwood yesterday with my tractor. Today, I went to Lowe's to get a hydrangea bush to replace it. A few days ago, I aerated the yard with my tractor. 🚜

@@virginia7125 What tractor have you got?

To keep a consistent stone face...not all rocks are the same thickness. Wall ties are usually put into the block to tie the stone to the block. In some commercial building I've worked in they require a space between the interior wall and stone. On houses the air space provide insulation. You are probably used to seeing veneer stone which is applied like a tile.

Should have been filled solid in the back. With drain weeps every 3 foot just above dirt line that wall may not hold up in winter conditions.

@@stevennapier7140 I thought he was filling up the gap with crushed bricks or stone chips, may be wrong...

Speaking of Central Virginia, the labor rate is around $20 an hour per guy. The materials can run several hundred dollars. You need to have a ready mix truck pour a foundation first. No foundation, it'll settle and crack over time.

He taps the stones to bottom them out and it squeeses the mortar into hard to get at places,its also a habit that we do to hear the sound of the trowel against the rock.

Hopefully _Daniel_ is now on the other side of the wall

Cheap Mexican labor hired for the day, having no experience, getting on the job training.

Well, maybe. My uncle is a mason and I went to work with him building a great room with a fireplace. The rock went all the way up to the ceiling. Because the job was so slow, we hired stone masons who were used to doing just that. Compared to what we were doing, the owner didn't like what the stone masons had done, so he made us tear it all down and do it the way we were doing it. He liked my uncle's job better.