gable end cutting

[diy001]

ive heard some bricky use trowels to cut brick, any tips to master the technique?

 

[noseall]

Use either this,

Or this,

 

[Monkeh]

 

[wavetrain]

ive heard some bricky use trowels to cut brick, any tips to master the technique?

Research the nature of the Cuckoo

 

[diy001]

surprising, i heard that from a couple of bricky's about how brickys on site don't mess about with bolstors etc they cut with the trowels. i dont know i guess everyone has there own way.

 

[stuart45]

It depends on what type of brick is being cut, what their trowel is, and the angle of the cut.
If you are looking for a neat cut up the gable end you might need a machine cut.
BTW you got out the footings fast, you must be quick.

 

[diy001]

lol, Stuart, This is what you call forward planning.
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his is the best best to get advice, so many things ive picked up from here that i never knew. thanks guys

 

[noseall]

his is the best best to get advice, so many things ive picked up from here that i never knew. thanks guys

Que?

 

[r896neo]

I worked on a site recently with the best brickie i have seen and i never once saw him use anything other than his marshaltown to cut bricks. I'm talking pretty light ibstock clay bricks here of course, it's not really doable with concrete bricks.

 

[ChapiTheBricky]

i agree with the guys with the photos good old hammer and bolster does the job too. trowels are for moving the mortar from the board to the wall

 

[Nige F]

always seen them cut with a trowel - but they were flettons , and it was the golden decades 60`s 70`s and it was the back edge of the trowel - not the face that scrapes the board/removes the muck from the joint