Make sure they are dead before you lay them.When laying the initial bricks, how do you stop them moving as you lay the brick line ?
The string line. Two bricks on either end of the wall with a string in between.The string line or the line of bricks?
I bet that brickwork was a bit rough, if the brickies were racing for $5 per course, plus payment of the $5 for the next course if you lose!Years ago I worked in Aussie. One job was a huge long retaining wall behind a hotel called the Red Bluff Hotel. We used to set a $5 bill as a tingle in the centre of the course and lay from each end. The first to $5 kept it and the other bloke put the next one in.
Once set up, you must realise that each brick (laid to the line) MUST NOT touch the line. What you actually do is lay the brick close to the line without touching. Else the line will move each time and the course will end up way out.
Are you saying you have a single brick at each end of the wall and the string won't stay in place when run between them?
If so, try using more than one brick at each end so they stay in place. Then put one or two bricks on top of the string.
Like this:
I've watched a few of his videos. I hate to be an armchair critic, and it's hard to tell from a video, but he does seem to put as much fresh air as mortar in, there must be huge pockets under each brick with the way he furrows it so deeply into the frogs below.Are you saying you have a single brick at each end of the wall and the string won't stay in place when run between them?
If so, try using more than one brick at each end so they stay in place. Then put one or two bricks on top of the string.
Like this:
Correct.Once set up, you must realise that each brick (laid to the line) MUST NOT touch the line. What you actually do is lay the brick close to the line without touching. Else the line will move each time and the course will end up way out.
I lay about 20 bricks before he starts layingI've watched a few of his videos. I hate to be an armchair critic, and it's hard to tell from a video, but he does seem to put as much fresh air as mortar in, there must be huge pockets under each brick with the way he furrows it so deeply into the frogs below.
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