Tiercel 6,986 Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 most shit brickys ive seen always have them enormous witches hat trowels or a fatmax level Made me laugh, I remember I was about 24 and bought my first Marshaltown trowel I had just started a new site and was put to work with a chap in his sixties. I remember being really pissed off that they had put me to work with him. He had an old WHS trowel that was so worn it fitted in the top pocket of the blazer he wore. We were working on a brick gable end so started building our quoins, before I finished mine he was lighting his pipe waiting to put the tingle in. I finished my quoin and we put the tingle in and off we went before I got to the tingle he was there again lighting his pipe, so I thought 'feck this I will show him' I speeded up to as fast as I could while still doing tidy work, and he was still at the tingle lighting his pipe when I got there. I could not believe that an old chap with a trowel no bigger than a fecking spoon could be so fast, so next course I watched him, he did not waste a drop of compo each trowel was enough to lay one brick and perp the next one. I learned a lot just watching him lay bricks. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevo79 569 Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 That's a great story. Now I might be being a thick twat here. But why was there a tingle in the middle? Was that the crack then?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 That's a great story. Now I might be being a thick twat here. But why was there a tingle in the middle? Was that the crack then?? Two reasons for the tingle, the main one was to stop line sag and keep on gauge. The other was to make sure the lazy bugger you were working with did the same amount of work as you. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevo79 569 Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 That's a great story. Now I might be being a thick twat here. But why was there a tingle in the middle? Was that the crack then?? Two reasons for the tingle, the main one was to stop line sag and keep on gauge. The other was to make sure the lazy bugger you were working with did the same amount of work as you. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
micky 3,325 Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 You beat me to it TC but5 i always set up a dead man and worked off of the gage rod Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevo79 569 Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 (edited) I'm with ya now mate. im well clued up with the tingle for the line sag etc. But I've never worked with anyone using a tingle to make sure you pull ya weight. Lol Nice one.... Muck uppppp!!!! Edited February 18, 2017 by stevo79 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevo79 569 Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 I've worked with a few stubborn old c**ts that when you f**k off to the toilet... They've left left you your half to do. I find that a bit pathetic to be fair. Atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rat face 1,655 Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 in our gang im the faster of the two of us by far and get well passed the middle but my mate is the brains and is shit hot at setting out, im happy how that works for us we both bring something to the table. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qbgrey 3,987 Posted February 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 yup i used to have a pionting trowel for laying.the old tingle rarly used nowadays,since the expansion joints fashion.just pull a 9 mtr flank off the corner profile to the expansion.its the dinging up were most brickies let them selves down Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevo79 569 Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 To true you can lay a nice brick but joint it up shite and it looks rough as f**k!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackthelad 1,855 Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 24.50 sq m on stone and 11.25 sq m on 100 mm block your laying stone for twenty four quid a metre ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maxwell 88 Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 When your building a cavity wall do you clean the crap out of the cavity below damp course before you start fitting the full fill insulation batts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Qbgrey 3,987 Posted February 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 When your building a cavity wall do you clean the crap out of the cavity below damp course before you start fitting the full fill insulation batts cavity should be clean 150mm below dpc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jackthelad 1,855 Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Rat face your laying are you laying stone for 24 quid a metre ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
maxwell 88 Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 Ive got a job need doing, looking for a couple of decent brickies and joiners county durham area Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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