What you can do,to make it easier, is buy brick spacers then construct a section of wall using spacers, then when your happy use a pointing gun to fill in gaps, then point it up.
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Just hired a Bricklayer... Not happy after second day
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Do you not think this would work?, what about putting a bag of 750 10mm plastic beads in each mix,that would give you an even bed throughout.
I'm not sure whether you are taking the pee, but every site has a dedicated tree, specifically for hanging labourers that dare to let any granular material into the compo.
The joke for labourers was to chuck a handful of gravel into the mix to slow the brickies down.
If folk want to learn or attempt bricklaying then they should with my blessing, but it is a craft. Those gimmicks are a step backwards from Lego and are not serious bricklaying aids. Bricklaying appears simple but it isn't.
Believe it or not the beads one i came across on a website talking about building innovations, and yes i was joking, been a brickie many years. A few years ago while building garden walls on an estate,a neighbour came out insisting i use this new tool he bought of QVC (bricky) i had to try it to get rid,when i laid about 5 brick to my mate's 30 he trudged back to his house never to be seen again.
"Noel says he got the idea [Brickly] on December 27 last year, when he was trying to build an outhouse on his farm, and was "making a right dog's dinner of it". Now, he claims, bricklaying chums are able to work twice as fast." - from the Guardian 2001
Perhaps he was being mischievous and suggesting that his invention means he can lay bricks like a professional.
Other interviews mention that he was a carpenter
"A carpenter by trade and the inventor of a series of construction products, including a wall-building tool known as the Bricky, Noel was a serious athlete while he served in the army in his early 20s, until injuries put paid to his lofty ambitions."
Mind you, as Herts P&D suggests, his previous occupation isn't necessarily relevant.
I'd give the guy a fair shot at selling his device - I hope he does well, as I hope any squaddie or grunt does well after their service.
Back in the day he had stepped up - and no matter his trade or occupation in the services, they all serve.
And most all find it difficult to settle back into civilian life.
Too many find it impossible.
So, knowing what i now know about him, i'd support him or any man or woman veteran attempting to get on in life. I'm sure most of us would too.
Back in the day he had stepped up - and no matter his trade or occupation in the services, they all serve.
And most all find it difficult to settle back into civilian life.
Too many find it impossible.
So, knowing what i now know about him, i'd support him or any man or woman veteran attempting to get on in life. I'm sure most of us would too.
I don't know much about the Irish army so I checked out the wikipedia page. It seems that all of the 8 Irish soldiers that have died on active service since the year 2000 died in accidents, in comparison, over the same time period 15 Irish policemen have died on active duty.
In no way am I suggesting that being part of a peace keeping force isn't dangerous, I was just surprised at the fact that the last time an Irish soldier was killed in an act of aggression was 1999 (a mortar bomb attack in the Lebanon).
"They also serve who only stand and wait".
What does the Irish Army have to do with this thread?
And if it is somehow, indeed, to be linked in then what do casualty lists have to do with it either?
Does being killed in Afghan or Vietnam somehow have more merit than being killed in Lebanon?
I honor the service of the man or woman who serves or served.
What does the Irish Army have to do with this thread?
And if it is somehow, indeed, to be linked in then what do casualty lists have to do with it either?
Does being killed in Afghan or Vietnam somehow have more merit than being killed in Lebanon?
I honor the service of the man or woman who serves or served.
The inventor of the brick laying device is Irish and was in the Irish army, so IMO the Irish army is relevant.
I checked the casualty lists because the Irish have never declared war on any other nation. Until reading the wikipedia page I was unaware that they participate in UN peace keeping forces.
I have no idea what point you are trying to make with regards to Vietnam Vs the Lebanon.
"the Irish army is relevant" relevant to what? The thread is about a bricklaying device.
How was i , or any reader of the thread, previously supposed to know, or wish to know, the history of this man?
What purpose would rooting around what the newspapers call "the human story" serve when evaluating his invention?
The man's history or occupation isn't, nor was it, the issue - the device is the issue.
With respect, your second sentence is meaningless in terms of the thread. Why did we have to know any of that? How does it extend our knowledge of this strange and terrible contraption.
If they've not been participating in wars then, perhaps, it gives them more time for devising bricklaying tools?
Maybe, in some strange way, Lebanon is an inspiration where Irish thoughts turn to bricklaying skills, whereas most squaddies dream of cold beer and cheeky girls.?
Ref your sentence three - why not re-read my "And if it is, somehow, to be linked" that shows I'm taking issue with your implications in "all of the 8" and your "comparison" with "15 Irish policemen".
There's no league table of deaths on active service. Why i gave such examples would be wasted on you so lets just leave it there.
How was i , or any reader of the thread, previously supposed to know, or wish to know, the history of this man?
What purpose would rooting around what the newspapers call "the human story" serve when evaluating his invention?
The man's history or occupation isn't, nor was it, the issue - the device is the issue.
With respect, your second sentence is meaningless in terms of the thread. Why did we have to know any of that? How does it extend our knowledge of this strange and terrible contraption.
If they've not been participating in wars then, perhaps, it gives them more time for devising bricklaying tools?
Maybe, in some strange way, Lebanon is an inspiration where Irish thoughts turn to bricklaying skills, whereas most squaddies dream of cold beer and cheeky girls.?
Ref your sentence three - why not re-read my "And if it is, somehow, to be linked" that shows I'm taking issue with your implications in "all of the 8" and your "comparison" with "15 Irish policemen".
There's no league table of deaths on active service. Why i gave such examples would be wasted on you so lets just leave it there.
Andy
Have you ever considered clicking the quote button?
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dontbelieveawordofit
why have I been in the trade over 20 years and not been on here. this is hilarious!