Thanks for all the views and comments on this one! Check out a similar video we have done getting the apprentice to lay to a line kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mdx6i5eVzeCbd30.html

“Everybody starts somewhere” this world tends to be losing great teachers like yourself! I hope you feel proud of who you are and what you do👍

Being a tradie myself of 31 years it's great to see a tradesmen teaching rather than harassing or mocking. He shall surely raise you up higher than the eagle. 😉

As a 3rd year apprentice I appreciate how hard this is to get the hang of. He will get the hang of it in a while and then its just a matter of fine tuning. Keep it up 🤜🏼🤛🏽

This apprentice is really really lucky to have a tradesmen that will take the time teach him his skills 👏 Make the most of it mate and you will do well 👍

the sound of a trowel rolling mud and tapping on bricks is beautiful. one of my favorite things

Brilliant! I wish I'd had someone with your temperament to teach me when I was learning... Although you could of clearly laid 3 times as many bricks in that time, you had the patience and good nature to understand how important it is to build confidence, and not just a wall, and learn good technique, whilst losing money and time to boot! What a great mentor! I'm sure your lad will look back on this time and thank you for it in years to come! 👍

Brings back memories. I started in construction, got paired with a mason and learned all i could as a mason tend. Invaluable skills to possess. Great teacher. Patient and persistent. Just like how i learned.

Thank you, This brings back fond memories of my Masonry Teacher from Harford Vocational Technical High School. He was a good man and a great instructor. I always gave him a go. He always seemed to have his shit together. Always taught us blokes to be reaponsible for our actions. I wish I would have done him proud. May you R.I.P. Gary Siler, you have brought direction to so many that needed it. You are missed. " Level, plumb, straight edge"

Wish I had a great guy like you to teach me when I started to learn my first craftsmanship.

I love how this guy is having a good time even if it's taking his apprentice a little longer to have his bricks prepared for him. just a Cool Guy to work with. Good on the both of ya. Keep it up greeting from the U.S.

i remember learning this very lesson 37 years ago and the progressing to laying the compo along an edge of an old scaffold board time and again until it was second nature, then end jointing the compo on the brick, then laying a heavy bed and jointing in one move when scraping off the snotters, you cant beat a job on a site laying bricks, i still drive around pointing out things i built, there is a satisfaction knowing when im long gone some of my buildings will be there long after me. i also remember the bollocking first time i ever tapped a level with the trowel ! then the lesson on how to set a bubble in a level and how to check the accuracy of a level's bubble

Great video and such great patience and encouragement for the apprentice, no belittling and just teaching him how to do by repeaditly showing him. Like he said can't get it straight away overnight

It's not that there aren't people who want to teach anymore, but rather nobody wants to learn! Everybody wants to start out on top! It's called minimum wage for a reason......because you got minimal SKILLS!!!!! CHECK YOUR ATTITUDE AND BE HUMBLE AND LEARN YOUNGSTERS!!!! Once you learn it, it's yours for life! Thanks for the video

I love watching a master of any craft work anyway, and to see one take the time to pass on that knowledge and skill is great. You certainly wouldn't get that level or quality of experience in the classroom Great job

Heart warming to see a trade being passed down... And more importantly, absorbed. Bless you kind, Sir, for your gift to this young man. 👍

Great to see a person teaching the trade with such great patience without getting frustrated, and giving the apprentice the time and respect. 👏

Decent old school bricklayer. Best poeple to learn from. My dad taught me to lay bricks it's the best thing he ever did for me.

It's great to see an old hand showing them the proper way. Bit of pride in your work goes such a long way these days.

"Less tapping and more slapping" is what i was taught. Stick at it mate. We all have to start somewhere.

Awesome to see someone be so patient with a new learner it is a trait that many people have trouble with, but in the end if he sticks with it the teachers patience will pay off

A fine teacher! Wish I knew this guy in America!

Nice to see a young man willing to learn. Wish I had 10 of him.

You're a very good teacher. I've lived in Suffolk for 30 years - a Dorset boy originally - and recognised your Norfolk tones straight away. You make this job look so easy - thanks for sharing.

When i started with my old man. He used to make me watch and learn. Then moved on to doing his perps as he layed. Then it was throwing out the bed ahead of him. Then put the two together. Away ya go lad

What a good teacher, very easy going and encouraging

Alot of people can lay bricks. Not many can teach. You are a legend at both

First day at college consisted of 8 hours of learning to roll the muck! It is the basis of bricklaying. First day on site, (about 3 months later) 8 hours laying the bed in front of the foreman. The moral of the story is, practice makes perfect.

Was a hod carrier in my early 20's, got to lay some every once in a while, if it was a slower job, but the old guys I worked with, were way to fast normally. Craziest I remember, was 4500 block, in 3 days, with 3 masons, and 2 hoddies. Poured solid every 4 course, and all done with buckets, and mixer, no pump truck, or forklift, 3 frames up.

This young lad has got himself a good teacher..brilliant stuff...hope he enjoys his future career.

This is an open brick surgery. I like this line. Great teacher.

This patience is what is missing nowadays. Everyone is chasing the 💷. 👏👏👏

Budd, I have to admire your patience 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️😀😃

Young fella getting called 'boss', the light heartedness of the jesturing to lay the brick that isnt there yet 🤣🤣, I hope the young guy he realises the legend of a boss he has. Its good to see. Cudos to you Budd.

Give the man a BRICK BoY!!! Slowing him down LOL 😆 props to the man teaching with patience and experience 👏 🙌

I spent hours knocking up and playing with mortar on the boards. 35 years later I've got the hang of it now😁

I’d love to spend a couple days learning with someone that patient

Nice one bud don't matter what people say mate youur giving your time and experience to a young man that's great mate I enjoy your videos you and your mate put a smile on my face that's what's all about bud. all bricklayers do things a little bit different we are all individuals .don't forget them thorgood boots matr

Loved this keep it up wanna see where hes at after awhile i never done this but sure this guy will learn and wanna see the progress... Takes skills love it.

Just came across your vid & enjoyed. Thanks for sharing your skills, it's good to see!

Best master, teacher I think. 😀

I have never seen such a skilled craftsman be so patient with an apprentice. Brick laying was the first skill I learned as an apprentice growing up in construction. Kudos from Pensacola, Florida U.S.A.

Some say he's still halfway through his first course.

Don't care how long young uns r at college its all about experience, sooner u start better you'll be, picking up all dos n don't from an old timer like this, priceless

Fascinating guys good work 👏 i'm building up the confidence to quit my office job and work as a bricky

Love the hand waiting for the brick moments....

Brilliant video mate! Enjoyed watching you teach someone, nice to see buddy! How many lads have you taught now? To be honest hes not bad handling a trowel, not far off at all, keep at it lad!..also simple things like showing someone how to trap a line is so basic..but lads struggle with it 👌👌👌 Have a great weekend mate!🍻

Brings back memories , I remember when I started college , the first day in the workshop was literally cutting , picking up , spreading etc , great times

i understand why he struggles. i have tried it. its a lot harder and technical than it looks like. needs a lot of practice

Brilliant, in time he'll learn to butter his brick on the way back to the wall etc, and find his own technique in time. It takes years to master, Its a Wonderful trade well done for bringing him through 👍

Unbelievable, this is a video of me and a master mason taking his time to teach me this trade in 1975, love it. Full heahjoints too,truly professional,Williamsburg ,VA.

This is what is needed in the industry, young apprentices want to learn the trade and unfortunately they get harrased, bullied, left alone, get sucked in to do drugs and other non work related things. Well done to this teacher, love your work.

Great to see someone willing to teach, and not just take the piss. as soon as you said "got to start to start somewhere, and that's a start" you know there's knowledge to pass on 👍👍

Great work mate it's an art like building castles years ago

First class teacher with humour thrown in. Excellent vlogggg Even BUDD started somewhere 👍

This is so beautiful to see. This is how jobs and artistry should always be.

Hey! From Tennessee! Nice to see your hard work and passing it on to the future! Good on ya!

After laying bricks for 55 odd years what am I doing watching this on a Sunday morning ! I'm Norfolk too and I lay my bricks pretty much the same as you. Back in the sixties when we often laid common bricks on the inside walls and in foundations an apprentice could do backing up with bricks or work in the foundations. And of course inspection chambers and ducts too. Mind you you had to watch those fishtail ties sticking out of the back of the wall. Towards the end I was the only one that didn't wear gloves too, never needed them. Glad to see I'm not the only one that breaks into a little song when I'm working. What's wrong with us why aren't we stressed to b****ry? to use a Norfolk word. Peace and love.

The sound of the trowel is almost tranquil to listen to. The remarks toward learning were informative in their own way. Just subscribed to build my competence. Thanks

Every time he reaches for a brick and one isn't there he is schooling the apprentice how to raise his wages. Such a patient and gifted teacher

"Young Grasshopper," If you know, you know...😂😂😂

Enjoyed that. Thanks

You are a blessing!

Great work!!

The pure passion and skill this guy has.

Thanks for this

It’s the circle of life , you got taught and learned your own ways and so will he . Let’s just hope he sticks to the trowel better than his peeps to the bricks . 😜

This is good to see. Have you seen the new build snags videos? Some walls are 30mm out of plumb! There is a serious lack of skilled trades these days. Keep up the good work!

i think with the poor quality we see these days in trades i think the " old boy " reference holds much more value than it ever has. passion !

Good stuff budd in time Ul be able to take more of a back seat. 👍🏻👍🏻

That's what the country needs. Young apprentices and journeyman teachers. The trades will be the most sought after profession in the future.

Respect i learned somthing guy teaching is good love it

Love this....god knows builders today all need some training. Great video!!

Always the best year's, Learn as much as you can .

I love how he keeps reaching for those air bricks. At least he's comical and not cynical about it.

Much better than his 1st video...so your getting him there pal.👍🍻

Brilliant teacher.👍

Hello from North America. This video brought back some memories. Forty years ago I took a job tending a couple masons. A father son business. Everyone called the old man mud slinger. At times it was all I could do just to mix the mud and lug the bricks. There wasn't any time to stand around and watch. Eventually I got the hang of it. I didn't stay in masonry I switched to ceramic tile and flooring.

I remember doing that in a skill centre in the 80s....Good stuff....

this is why in trades you start off as a helper/laborer, you gain the arm strength so by the time you start to work mortar you'll be picking and flipping the whole contents of the board.

Very nice

Well done sir..

I would immediately have issues, simply for being a lefty with this setup lmao

This was very nice to see.

Iam a master plaster but never had a brick guy show me anything till now awesome Mr.

Trades are so needed. Good for the lad and the nice older man for being willing to be on video. All very well sitting doing media studies, but doesn't get houses repaired or built does it. Come on boys, get your overalls on. 👏👏👏

Solid teacher

Damn great video bro i like that you have sense of humour and some patience

@4:48 he’s playin w it I’m like load the mudddd!

Practice makes perfect bro keep at it 👌

Respect ✊ showing the youngers the trade !!👍👍

So awesome the skill passing down. I'm passing my trade to my nephew sawyer for granite countertops. I LEARNED patience hahahah he is good at it now.

Doesn’t even matter how you pick the mud up with the trowel as long as you get it on there and ready to spread

that sand sounds really sharp, u need softer sand or more feb/fairy, steady though or it just sticks to the trowel and scaffolders get pissed off with bricklayers banging their trowels on the guard rail all day !

Awesome!!

I love it. An English kid building an English country.I respect this kid.

Good work fellas.

I'm 35, been working in an office for the last 15 odd years and hate it (even went to Afghanistan to escape it for 6 months) and wanting to get into bricklaying. I hope my mentor is as good as this old boy

Randomly mashing up bits of goofy tunes is the best part of working in the trades. I also strongly support the tradition of making up your own lyrics about whatever is in view. Spice things up with some good old double entendre, impersonations of pompous characters, trashy references and absurd humor and suddenly the workday is too short. Inferences towards the boss's romantic capabilities, the wife’s spending habits, and the meaninglessness of life are always on point of course. One of my all time favorites in the genre is the simple oldie but golden: “...I need a brick, perhaps a brick like you...”

Good technique sir