Could someone tell me what is wrong, if anything, with this recently laid mortar. It bleeds brown/pink when wet, and leave these streaks on the...
hey there I am looking for advice on becoming a well paid bricky, I'm 26 and I'm attending a NPA in bricklaying (SCQF level 5) 5 days a week...
Planning to fit a recessed wall safe to an internal solid wall. I'm struggling with the instructions, which seem a bit silly even to a completely...
There's probably been a ton of posts on this type of thing so I apologise if this is painful to read. I'm an office guy, I'm done with staring...
Working on a more traditional new build project that is using lime mortar for the outer leaf (2.5:1 shape_sand:lime(NHL)). Above the lead tray...
Hello, I want to remove my chimney breast and fire place, it has no fire installed, just an empty hole. The chimney breast itself has been...
Hey All, Hoping you could help me out with what I am hoping isn't a stupid question. Can you cut an engineering brick down the middle from end...
Hi I am hoping to build a 5 x 4 metre timber frame shed on an existing concrete pad. Unfortunately whomever originally laid the concrete pad...
Says it in the title really. My builder has asked for frog bricks but I can't find them anywhere. I've read on the Internet that frog bricks are...
I was advised that the mortar on my garden wall was lime mortar so I have began pointing it with a mortar mix of natural hydraulic lime, sand &...
[ATTACH] We are currently having a kitchen extension rebuilt. We asked the builder to keep the old brick and reuse it. He said some couldn’t be...
I work for a company that requires a total of 16-20 individual bricks, with a very specific look. They can be any colour/finish, but need to be...
Hello everyone. My name is tom and i'm a bricklayer for about 9 years now and i've recently started blogging to share my bricklaying knowledge....
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I'm a 19 year old lad that has just finished his final year at college as I am now qualified bricklayer. I was just wondering if anyone knows of...
I've been bricklaying for 5 years, I got my 3rd lvl nvq last year. I'm pretty fast on the trowel but i've been on the the hourly rate and I've...
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