I have been doing masonry work since 1977 about 47-48 years. This this hog was not by accident it was done that way on purpose to speed up construction. No closures just round and round you go. No cutting a brick on every coarse this was before the era of the clay flue liner. Believe me these guys were innovative and they were smart Masons. These are some of the tricks that have been left behind.
@Orcinus1967
3 ай бұрын
People are saying it's because of thermal expansion. Or a mistake. You and one other commenter both explained well why this is efficient bricklaying. And did so with aplomb. Thank you.
@williamrash9679
3 ай бұрын
Please explain the purpose of a hog. 😢
@scoutpb
3 ай бұрын
It makes sense and you can see the last brick on a slant.
@amg9163
2 ай бұрын
@rocketman7471 Thank you for the fascinating information on why they did it this way. While watching the video, it looked to me like a defect, but the laying method totally makes sense and is ingenious.
@phillipkirby502
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for the knowledge, Sir.
@theonejonnyp
3 ай бұрын
It’s that 3 dimensional puzzle that we have all been trying to solve brother!!!
@KingsColas
3 ай бұрын
It makes sense how it starts of u think about it
@rickybronikowski
3 ай бұрын
When construction workers are just undercover scientific physics geniuses, they don’t let you learn more than what you know so you never put two and two together
@velvet6923
3 ай бұрын
i know it's a joke, but imagine someone would actually think that XD
@killthem7414
3 ай бұрын
☝️
@chasepalagi7675
3 ай бұрын
"Penrose stairs"
@MavonEast
3 ай бұрын
Mason's daughter, here. My dad explained it years ago but I never got to actually see one until now. Thanks for this!
@patstokes7040
3 ай бұрын
He says you can chase it all day and not get it, well I already got it.
@tmckenny2994
2 ай бұрын
Just so you know……you still haven’t seen one. Good grief!
@nomasklargecal5726
2 ай бұрын
@tmckenny2994 How is that, old timer? I saw the video just as she did. Good grief!
@tmckenny2994
2 ай бұрын
@@nomasklargecal5726 it’s not real. Look closer. My gosh, youngen!
@testingmysoup5678
2 ай бұрын
Is it intentional design?
@Ravello1111111111111111111
3 ай бұрын
My mother used to tell me about a joke about a wall, to this day I still can’t get over it.
@SegwayBossk
3 ай бұрын
Just like the roof, this joke went over my head
@natpeterson8313
3 ай бұрын
@@SegwayBossk Well done to both of you 🤣
@roedurham3499
3 ай бұрын
Stares in amused disappointment lol
@Viktortheslickster
3 ай бұрын
What’s the joke man. I gotta know.
@lgsartbarn5129
3 ай бұрын
@@SegwayBosskmine too
@MikeYeary
2 ай бұрын
My mom's whole house did that. You could circle from the bathroom into the living room, the dining room, the kitchen, and back into the bathroom. There was only one step, from the kitchen up into the bathroom. It was about 4 inches.
@soundzillaw
2 ай бұрын
So you lived in a trailer😂😂
@MikeYeary
2 ай бұрын
@@soundzillaw No, it was a house. A really old house.
@soundzillaw
2 ай бұрын
@MikeYeary I know im just busting your balls bro
@johangambleputty7658
3 ай бұрын
MC Escher: Hold my joint
@spiketheimpaler4698
3 ай бұрын
Ive always wanted to change out the pencils to tattoo guns in the one of the hands drawing themselves into existance. Would make an interesting meta tat. A tattoo of a tattoo tatting its self into existance.
@Alicenscones
3 ай бұрын
😅
@aaronm3199
3 ай бұрын
😊😅
@joshuaspruce9209
3 ай бұрын
@@spiketheimpaler4698that's actually been done.
@wingchunkungfuwins
3 ай бұрын
@@spiketheimpaler4698agreed that's a good tattoo idea
@rossjohnson1872
3 ай бұрын
Normal for a chimney. Designed to accommodate irregular heat expansion, especially in tall buildings with multiple fireplaces. A "hog" was built in on purpose.
@ChinaChuck
3 ай бұрын
Pin this! 📌
@jeremiahcornell4185
3 ай бұрын
I'm glad somebody is more versed in what is actually going on. Look up masonry heaters/ masonry furnaces. Heat expansion and movement of air internally is a huge part of the process.
@michaelhicks5150
3 ай бұрын
That’s great and all, but how the heck do they do it?! It looks like a physical impossibility… 🤔
@johnqpublic2718
3 ай бұрын
The bricks aren't the same in all 6dimensions
@Skip15pl
3 ай бұрын
@@michaelhicks5150 bricks are connected with hozirontal layer of mortart so all you need to do is just add progressivly more of it in first one or two layers of bricks untill you get 1 brick of difference. Then it will follow by itself.
@Mr3344555
3 ай бұрын
Must've been built by the same guy who built the infinite stairs
@tylerhughes5420
3 ай бұрын
Mc echer
@jimwednt1229
3 ай бұрын
They're called the Penrose staircase
@ronaldsneek
3 ай бұрын
@@tylerhughes5420 *Escher
@bootlegsnoopy
3 ай бұрын
Mc hammer
@zachredick4408
3 ай бұрын
They buried couple bricks?
@lorenblaine5275
3 ай бұрын
25+ year mason here. What was not explained in the video is that on a normal level coarse (horizontal row) the slowest brick you will lay is the closure (last brick). My father taught me that you could intentionally Hog unseen back-up work to speed it up, as you never have a closure. I never used that, because there was never a large enough, and tall enough back-up brick area to get any benefit. Modern times anything that big was block, which is even faster.
@Orcinus1967
3 ай бұрын
Your comment lays to rest the idea that all hogs are the result of a mistake. Thank you for edifying us.
@phillipkirby502
2 ай бұрын
@@lorenblaine5275 Thank you for the information Sir.
@mikem6176
3 ай бұрын
Grampa was a bricklayer. Wish I could somehow summon him for conversations like this.
@seonlawrence875
2 ай бұрын
Me and me and you bro..... last week I was constructing a wall.... said to myself papa would have helped me with rhis if he was here
@aricchio7222
3 ай бұрын
When I studied masonry construction. My instructor kept talking about a hog in the wall. We were rebuilding a 275 year old brick home an I was tuck pointing the chimney. In the master bedroom he was on the roof he called me up and showed me. There were 4 fireplaces going into the one chimney upstairs. And downstairs there were 2 chimneys 1 at each end of the home. I ended up working with my instructor for 7 years before I went out on my own. It was the best and hardest work in my life but the most rewarding because everything I built will outlive me. And last for generations and every job I've done were for families that were putting down roots and staying put.
@jamesSmith-im5jo
3 ай бұрын
I wish more people would think like this. How you work reflects directly on yourself. If you’re lazy, cut corners, are sloppy, don’t continue to learn, etc, that speaks volumes on the way you are doing anything. These are the first ones to complain and moan about how hard they work and how low their income is. I knew a guy who used to whine constantly about how hard his job was (operated a skid steer) and that he was working to send his boss on expensive vacations. I saw him after 20 years and he was living in an old 25’ camping trailer and still a laborer. This guy is by no means dumb, in fact he is quite smart and has some college hours from UT in Austin. I have a friend who started doing Sheetrock and lived in his bosses warehouse. He is worth millions now and could retire but chooses to continue running his company which is plastering and sheetrocking. For those who are lazy and half assed just keep buying those lottery tickets.
@aricchio7222
3 ай бұрын
@@jamesSmith-im5jo I'm 65 and retired from over 30 years of brick, block, and concrete construction. I was 23 when I got started after my military stint. I'm proud to say that my wife an I raised 4 children and are grandparents of 5 grandchildren that I spoil rotten. I've busted my butt for 30 years and I was a partner in a business for 37 years. Now I enjoy life and give advice when asked. The only regret is my bad back, but I would do it all over again in a heartbeat.
@alfmagoo
3 ай бұрын
I don't know how someone who has done shoddy work for a customer can drive by the house he did the crappy work on and live with or feel good about himself. Personally, I find doing a great job very satisfying.
@aricchio7222
3 ай бұрын
@@alfmagoo Craftsmanship is A DIEING art in this day and age. I've taught so many young men and women how to lay brick and block, stone AN TO cut stone with a hammer they are amazed when they see it for the first time. Then when they are on their own doing their first job I will get a call to stop by if I'm in the area. I will always make it a point to go and check out their work on their first solo job it's a great confidence builder for them. And I can work for them for a few days.
@rfcbass6810
3 ай бұрын
Guys, it's just brick work. Settle down.
@tysonristau4995
3 ай бұрын
Bro got that high on the fireplace chasing the hog back 240 years ago 🎉
@pauldobberstein5643
3 ай бұрын
Would that be "high on the hog"?
@theklump
3 ай бұрын
@@pauldobberstein5643(in the wall)
@joeg5414
3 ай бұрын
I mean it worked fine. Thing has been there for 240 years
@christophervela5447
3 ай бұрын
430 years ago
@hensonlaura
3 ай бұрын
One of the hardest things about getting older is seeing a younger generation that refuses to comprehend the reality of history and imprints their own fantasy of drugs, idleness and immorality (in this case drugs) on a past construction or activity that was perfectly legitimate. The sheer eagerness to embrace idiocy is saddening.
@dubya5626
3 ай бұрын
This manner of bricklaying was on purpose, not a mistake. Likewise the rounded section at rear. It eliminated the need to cut bricks at each course. It goes without saying in our "tiktok tradesman" days everyone is going to say it was due to someone messing up Reminds me of armchair quarterbacks.
@charleneblack2792
3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the explanation. The video tells what it is, but doesn't explain the reason for it. I appreciate your comment.
@daleplant5275
3 ай бұрын
Wouldn't it also tie the course levels together?
@gatergates8813
3 ай бұрын
@@daleplant5275yep, it's also how Igloos are built, for the same reason
@mrfireblade900cc
3 ай бұрын
What???, tell me why you need to cut bricks at each course.
@atlashammercock9582
3 ай бұрын
@@mrfireblade900ccbecause in brick, block and stone work the joints should match up with the middle of the piece on top(and under) of it to create an interconnected work that is stronger than having the same joint go up the entire building, as that would be the weakest point
@KarolOfGutovo
2 ай бұрын
Basically what I do when crocheting. Got frustrated with trying to make the turnaround properly, just kept going.
@jexiagalleta
2 ай бұрын
I was going to comment, "just like crochet"
@feralsweets2322
3 ай бұрын
Good to see someone taking masonry inspiration from Escher
@MrItalianfighter1
3 ай бұрын
I'm a Mason, so I know how it's done. It starts at the bottom course. Only the first course of bricks need cut to create that. All other courses will follow suite without the need for angle cuts.
@eatwhatukiii2532
3 ай бұрын
So, it was INTENTIONALLY done that way? Trying to understand. I grew up in an 1820’s brick house.
@theboynamedsuzi5925
3 ай бұрын
Why though? Just to show others in the industry that you know your shit, or is it for something more practical?
@johnchristian7788
3 ай бұрын
What's the use of it?
@Humblemumble7
3 ай бұрын
It's more structurally sound, I'd assume. Weight displacement? So it doesn't fall like stacked blocks? Lol I'm only guessing
@gravitascomprehendens9441
3 ай бұрын
Even with ‘one over two’ the structure is left with pockets that are susceptible to stress; whereas the coil allows for an equal distribution of stress over a grander length
@deangarn1488
3 ай бұрын
I've been in the masonry industry for a long time myself, but you should also explain to everybody that those are not just regular clay bricks and I appreciate your expertise and explaining the hog in the wall.
@MyrtleBeachWebAngel
3 ай бұрын
Tell us what's going on here 👍👍👍
@nomandoerr874
3 ай бұрын
Nice teaser?
@jkellynewman9203
3 ай бұрын
Those are fire bricks.
@jeremyl4600
3 ай бұрын
Chimney will not draft , act is off it's closed . While its neighbor's will draw like a demon.
@JonesNate
3 ай бұрын
Ah, so it's the *bricks* that cause this? I'm guessing the bricks must be tapered. At first I thought they did something with the mortar.
@jayztoob
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for showing something that's been a common way of laying bricks and stones for thousands of years. I've lined a few wells using this method.
@Chip-Chapley
3 ай бұрын
It's... considered poor practice.... its caused by failure to work on even ground or by an uneven spread of mortar. Also single stacking bricks has been considered poor practice for 100s of years and is perpetuated only by inexperienced bricklayers passing it on to others as if they are experienced themselves... or those who are doing their own thing for themselves. It works for your own home than who should care? Not trying to be mean or out you, you were just taught by somebody who didn't actually know the right way or was more of a home project. Which is fine. Like I said before, It works for you than who cares what's right.
@DanielHuet-Vaughn
3 ай бұрын
@@Chip-Chapley if it WORKED for 0ver 240 years and is being removed not because of deterioration, but because it is obsolete... then who is it not WORKING for???
@icecreamdaycatlin8896
3 ай бұрын
@@Chip-Chapley buddy brick in non earthquake environments is gonna last longer than any other building materials. steel degrades faster than brick. requiring "diodes" of inferior metals to prevent corosions. an expensive maintenance fee. and rather time consuming.
@icecreamdaycatlin8896
3 ай бұрын
you cant have concrete without steel. but bricks. theyll always exist. for a reason. a fully "independant" material with the exception of mortar. a paste. of brick basically. its extremely diverse. however limited in its vertical capacity. longevity. is not an issue.
@orlandovega6958
3 ай бұрын
@@Chip-Chapleywhole lotnof nothing just to say absolutely nothing. Who cares? Right
@erunstoppable1174
3 ай бұрын
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing, I love seeing other peoples work ❤
@nukarr
3 ай бұрын
I did Kamine construction 2 yrs never heard of this & I've rebuilt chimneys in govt commercial residential all over Munich & area. Good to learn something new.
@georgschenkfilm
3 ай бұрын
I am a chimney sweeper in austria, i have never seen such a chimney before. I‘m assuming what is seen in the video is the top section of the chimney where different smoke ducts from different rooms or floors come together and exit through one chimney. Its very interesting, chimneys here look quite different.
@nickdelucenay2963
3 ай бұрын
It’s a masonry heater. They do have chimneys. But it’s NOT a fireplace. Classified very different in the USA.
@l.scales7516
2 ай бұрын
that's because the smoke swirls in reverse there, just as twisters & drains do. because of the Coriolis effect plus, when was Australia settled? was it more than 240 years ago? are your building primarily made with chiminys in an outside wall, wasting half the flues heat in warming the outside air around the chimney? or fully within the structure?
@jakesterhner713
2 ай бұрын
@@l.scales7516 He said he's from Austria, not Austrailia. They have buildings older than the U.S. over there.
@bobsmith6544
2 ай бұрын
@@jakesterhner713 And he believes the coriolis effect...
@jackwoodland
3 ай бұрын
Use to help my father with block and concrete as a kid. Thank you for a true explanation!!
@anthonyjones9256
3 ай бұрын
I love that this can read like your dad never made this clear in all that time working with him🤣🤣🤣
@drobgyn5615
3 ай бұрын
@@anthonyjones9256lol right
@cody8002
3 ай бұрын
there is no explanation here
@MindBodySoulOk
3 ай бұрын
What explanation? Feel free to send me a beacon update.
@1SqueakyWheel
3 ай бұрын
I have never been introduced to this concept before, so maybe I'm just missing some key data.... but I would like to understand as well...
@BigFukNMike
3 ай бұрын
The original bricklayer was the same man who invented the weird "S" we all drew on our bookcovers back in middle school.
@JohnGarnerIII
3 ай бұрын
Haaa! 80s kids!
@papamikemikee9569
3 ай бұрын
Stussi dewd lolz😂
@JohnGarnerIII
3 ай бұрын
@@papamikemikee9569 Oh! So that's what the "S" we drew stood for!? Damn, just learning that now
@DanDLion222
3 ай бұрын
@@JohnGarnerIII1880s lol. Last I knew they traced it back at least that far at least that was the oldest recorded evidence after that ppl doodled alot less so makes sense itd be harder to find older. Someone may have learned more since I saw that video on it tho
@kingcosworth2643
3 ай бұрын
The Stussy S
@davidwoody5228
3 ай бұрын
55 years ago, an old time brick mason I worked with would go on and on about not laying a hog in the wall. He was really good. It was hard to keep him supplied with mud and bricks. Good times.
@johnrueck7659
3 ай бұрын
Very cool bit of information! Thanks!
@narcvanquisher
3 ай бұрын
This must be the Twilight Zone of Construction
@ClosedFist
3 ай бұрын
Right
@kyleesmythe6694
3 ай бұрын
It's not that crazy
@narcvanquisher
3 ай бұрын
@@kyleesmythe6694 so explain it then. Im curious what the answer is and how it starts
@mrnobody2571
3 ай бұрын
I've never heard of it. Thanks for sharing 👍
@crystalgroves3775
3 ай бұрын
I am so excited!!!! I have wanted to see this for so long! Thank you❤❤❤❤
@AZ-kr6ff
3 ай бұрын
Pop a boner there, buddy!
@GraceEngineering
3 ай бұрын
Great message! Thank you. Steven J. Unterseher
@DaPackRat
3 ай бұрын
Lay brick on its side cut angle ... patch the hog ... now its " just another brick in the wall!" 😅😂
@bluzfiddler1
3 ай бұрын
My grandfather (20yr mason) taught me about these. Tricky to start but cool to build.
@rippedchan
3 ай бұрын
What's the trick
@lukearts2954
3 ай бұрын
@@rippedchan it's not. It's an error you don't want. No tricks either, just don't use a level nor guide rope. Having no foundation helps too...
@ROOSTER333
3 ай бұрын
Not that hard.
@Lyddiebits
3 ай бұрын
It's a mistake 😂 not a trick
@tomaszwota1465
2 ай бұрын
@@lukearts2954 and just by accident it's exactly one brick high after the full turn. Right. Sounds like a newbie error indeed.
@CavSc0ut19D
3 ай бұрын
240 years old!!??? I love history and that is amazingly awesome
@TheRonan92
3 ай бұрын
Only 240? *Laughs in European history*
@paulgran7815
3 ай бұрын
@@TheRonan92 Only a few thousand years? *laughs in european knowing about egiptian history*
@TheRonan92
3 ай бұрын
@paulgran7815 are you Egyptian? If not, hush. 😁
@devinparks7150
3 ай бұрын
@@TheRonan92bbbbbut I know about it
@TheRonan92
3 ай бұрын
@@devinparks7150 he rly thought he did something
@jimritter9769
3 ай бұрын
The way wells were bricked and some chimneys, makes laying go quicker.
@BryanWeaver-k3o
3 ай бұрын
With their eyes closed?
@MrItalianfighter1
3 ай бұрын
That's what she said.😂
@JB-de5cp
3 ай бұрын
@@jimritter9769 I would believe that would be faster and just as strong, just continues laying.
@aarontwitchell3633
3 ай бұрын
It’s true and doesn’t show but I’ve never done it
@masonheipel
3 ай бұрын
in a spiral instead of courses @@BryanWeaver-k3o
@lubumbashi6666
2 ай бұрын
I grew up in a house built in 1885 and it was wonderful and plumb. In my 20s I was young and dumb so I bought my own house of similar vintage to renovate. Well when I tore off the old rotted lime plaster I found out the other side of 19th century building, the cheap rubbish they built walls with, the walls built on dirt with no foudations, unsupported wooden beams that sagged. Never again, not all old houses are vintage, some are better off demolished. I did find a sealed late 19th century beer bottle behind the plaster which is a souvenir of my folly.
@MarkBrighton-nb8je
3 ай бұрын
Wow you just BLEW my mind!! I'M ON MY THIRD BOURBON ! 😂😊
@scorpio6591
3 ай бұрын
In the UK we call it a pig in the wall, it’s where the levels are wrong as you follow it around. I’m a bricklayer
@telstar4772
3 ай бұрын
Yes he explained that, I don't think you're a proper bricklayer either
@eugenemurray2708
3 ай бұрын
We call it swine in the wall where I'm from
@jimbob8765
3 ай бұрын
It's boar in the wall where i live
@Centermass762
3 ай бұрын
We call it a boar in the wall where I'm from
@sf5999
3 ай бұрын
we call it a cop in the wall where I'm from
@chrisricca1852
3 ай бұрын
I idk why but i really like listening to tade workers speak there special nickname codeword lingo that only makes sense to them. When you meet someone that speaks the language you're instantly like "i know, right bro!"
@4theloveof_GOD
3 ай бұрын
I’ve been in Construction just over 37 years, I’ve never come upon something like this With all the demolitions I’ve done and new buildings I’ve never seen this I’ve heard of it, but never seen it.
@JodyFoo
3 ай бұрын
Excellent example of when a video is not a thousand words. An explanation had been appreciated
@tinamcclurg3286
3 ай бұрын
I love Historic Preservation !!! Thanks
@johnt.inscrutable1545
3 ай бұрын
I prefer pre-historic preservation, but I’m waiting for post-historic times.
@NoAnswer-j5t
3 ай бұрын
In case anyone is wondering the fix here. If you made a sheet of mortar level on all sides as if starting from unlevel ground, you’d be able to lay bricks on that new level surface, fixing the “hog” in the wall.
@davidson2727what
3 ай бұрын
So it’s there intentionally right? To dissipate heat more efficiently?
@Wumbo57
3 ай бұрын
@@davidson2727whatyes
@placebomandingo2095
3 ай бұрын
There's no need for a fix, it's just a quicker way to lay bricks when they're not going to be seen, or bear any load. The workman can just keep laying them end-to-end, without cutting any bricks at the corner.@@davidson2727what
@schlomoshekelstein908
3 ай бұрын
@@davidson2727what the bricks spiral on each other so you don't have to cut them to make sure they fit, they can run over because theyre under the top course, not meeting the edge. you can just grab bricks and stack them and not have to cut anything. it was intentional
@dajw7540
3 ай бұрын
You don’t want to fix it. It’s made that way for a purpose and they start it at the first course. It’s a square spiral for the sake of expediency in building it.
@stevenjackson2000
3 ай бұрын
Common practice on old buildings where block work is not structural.
@MrItalianfighter1
3 ай бұрын
You can also do this with a structural wall. You tapper cut the first course of brick. All other courses will follow suit without the need to compromise the wall via building up the thickness of the bed joint with each brick.
@Databrokersarethedevil
3 ай бұрын
@@MrItalianfighter1but you do have a Italian flag pfp and the leaning tower of pisa is in which country? 😂
@kingkong-mp5jp
3 ай бұрын
@@Databrokersarethedevilyou know that’s because of the land not the architecture right?
@Mr._Infamous
3 ай бұрын
@MrItalianfighter1 yeah and then your mortar joint looks like s*** because they don't match. Also you would have to use thicker than normal mud to make that happen and then at that point it's not brick mud no more. Which means there's a good chance it doesn't Bond as well as it should
@gatergates8813
3 ай бұрын
@kingkong-mp5jp the tower started leaning while they were building it, and they corrected for the lean as they went up, making the whole thing slightly curved. So yeah, it's partly the architecture too
@J.Jonah.Jameson.
3 ай бұрын
Can't fool me, I know an oubliette when I see one.
@knox6382
2 ай бұрын
for real thats what it thought it was too
@stephenpena7813
3 ай бұрын
Ive seen similar in woodwork and fencing. New guy putting up fencing planks without leveling and never stepping back to check so next thing he knows he's getting cussed out because the planks slowly get more and more tilted. Had to pull them all off to the last level one and redo them. Never use nails for fencing. Screws mke fixing errors easier but mainly they hold longer. Nails ALWAYS slip over time. Screws take longer but that's why you charge accordingly.
@dragonmaid1360
2 ай бұрын
Skilled workers back then with generations of skill passed on.
@danielcarson5037
3 ай бұрын
The fact that it's exactly one brick down spiral per rotation makes me think it's intentional and serves a purpose. So what's the purpose?
@Eric-xh9ee
3 ай бұрын
It makes it easier and faster to build chimneys. You have a slight slope then you just stack the bricks in a helix as high as you want
@dalitrh
3 ай бұрын
I think you're right! I've actually seen it been done exactly like that, so it seems kinda deliberate. Especially when the job looks so clean and level in every other aspect.
@MrStucrew
3 ай бұрын
I would think it creates a natural spiral to increase draft.
@Siouxperman
3 ай бұрын
It’s a simple yet useful chimney design to help move heat as it rises and allows cool air to sweep into it.
@boykevanderborst682
3 ай бұрын
Strenght
@aarontwitchell3633
3 ай бұрын
I’m a 30+ year bricklayer and I’ve seen hogs in walls get put in within 4’ waynes coat which is horrible but you homeowners keep hiring cheap labor and get what you pay for
@christianclements8801
3 ай бұрын
And the thing is these new homeowners won't ever know the difference because they don't know what to look for and think the brick work looks amazing because it's on their home. The most common place I ever seen the greenies make their mistake is when they are laying up the sides of a two car garage, one guy gets a little anxious and lays after he raises his line and the other guy didn't raise his yet=hog. The one that always got me is when we went to cross over a garage and the guy on the end started off bond so you couldn't close it coming together ha ha😂😂😂
@CADizzy
3 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, it is near impossible to get a tradesman worth the prices you charge. Might as well go cheap and know what I'm getting rather than overspend and hope you're the 10% worth a damn.
@spitzndtruth1484
3 ай бұрын
Ah push your high prices somewhere else biff
@justdrewtheultramagaspoonc5043
3 ай бұрын
The mistake lasted 240 years
@jeroid123
3 ай бұрын
people are literally at the poorest they have ever been im not saying its right to hire the cheapest guy around but most of us are being forced into it vs medical bills or something else
@SpencerHeath-q4m
3 ай бұрын
So the top arch is six bricks in length to maintain a half bond on the center fire wall tie in point of the outer structural wall with full paver bricks only one half bond can be inserted and properly tied into the outer wall per corse so it has to be tied in every other corse. It saves labor on breaking bricks material on bricks not broken properly and would transfer full structural strength of the outer wall into the inner fire wall through the half bond being used in the tie in of both.
@JoeBleaux69
3 ай бұрын
What’s he mean chase it
@chrstfer2452
3 ай бұрын
@@JoeBleaux69 he means remove bricks to try to find a place where its level so he can re-lay the bricks to fix the issue.
@oysuzzy
3 ай бұрын
That's a lot of words.
@SpencerHeath-q4m
3 ай бұрын
@@oysuzzy to make all the full bricks fit together only one can tie in per corse of brick so the wall is always at an angle.
@mike_hawk_eshuge
3 ай бұрын
Thank you great answer understand now
@SouthParkCycle
3 ай бұрын
Generally, when we talk about a "hog in the wall" we're talking about a (drum roll please)...wall. It hardly ever happens in small jobs but on a mall or large building with alot of windows or doors or can pretty easily. It means if you have a "story pole" marked off with a brick scale someone on one end of the building did something a little different. Now you have say 50 courses coming from one end, and 49 on the other. It doesn't show up that easily if you can't pull a line off whatever you're going to meet up to. About halfway up the wall you'll notice that things aren't looking good. Ways to get things right can be expensive. If you're lucky you might be able to get some place where there's a window or wider empty spot where you can hide it sometimes. But you'll know it's there forever and think about it every time you see the place. The fireplace is intentional. Brick heat up and the masonry cracks and the the chimney falls apart if you're using a running bond. The spiral helps use the brick on top to split the bond below. So it expands and contracts without
@jetpackminer
2 ай бұрын
You got working man's forearms. You can hit the gym all day every day, and you'll never get forearms quite like this man's. Good stuff brother
@johnking6252
3 ай бұрын
Well I've now learned way more about masonry then I ever wanted to know!! Thanks?
@ANONM60D
3 ай бұрын
How does this happen? Did that north wall sink by about one level in the NE corner? Was it poor quality control? Both? Really interested in what causes this.
@trospagaming9895
3 ай бұрын
i think they just add to much mortar to the 1 side whats stands out
@markrainford1219
3 ай бұрын
By design.
@Mao.Loves.Zedong
3 ай бұрын
Happens when the gauge of the brickwork gets messed up. Usually the brickwork goes up ay a set increment but sometimes it gets rasied more one side to hit a certain point like a window cill or joist height. And another Bricklayer working the other side might lower the brickwork. Then you get a pig in the walk where the two courses dont meet properly.
@johngalt7382
3 ай бұрын
MC Escher would be proud
@blueightysix
3 ай бұрын
... paradox...
@Orcinus1967
3 ай бұрын
Indeed.
@DrUFO___bytch
3 ай бұрын
Red bricks were used to store electricity in collection devices from rooftops and cathedrals who collected electromagnetic energy wiring was found and antennas were in photos way before we ever had any radio.
@kassiedabs13
3 ай бұрын
That explanation went right over my head 😂
@leighbrookes6498
3 ай бұрын
The left hand side joining on top of the 3 horizontal bricks starts with only half a brick whilst the right side starts on a full brick so there are the same number of bricks and no additional course. A hog is usually caused by someone using more mortar on one side than the other but this is simply the Vicks use on the left side is half whereas right side is a full brick.
@MrItalianfighter1
3 ай бұрын
The first course of brick can be cut to tapper. All other courses will follow suit without the need to build up the bed joint. You don't want to large a bed joint anyways because it creates a weakness.
@turbomike74
3 ай бұрын
So is this an intentional structure strengthening method or more accidental?
@TrumpedUp888
3 ай бұрын
@turbomike74 This particular incident is intentional. However, a true hog in the wall can happen on a facade job when the masons on both ends of the building do not communicate what system of measurement they plan to build up their leads. We call our system " Spacing." Increments of height spaced out on a rule in increments of 1/16". A 1 is one eighth inch of mud between bricks. A 2 is one sixteenth higher than 1. A 3 is one sixteenth higher than a 2. So on and so forth, all the way up to a number 0. These increments help a Mason reach certain heights on his job. Heights are determined by how much mud you put in between each course of brick. So it's very easy to get a hog in the wall if masons on the leads don't communicate what number they are using to reach a predetermined height.
@windowtintman1986
3 ай бұрын
All the way up to number 0? Do you mean number 10?
@prof.crastinator
3 ай бұрын
They used to taper cut them.
@Dan_Ben_Michael
3 ай бұрын
I love old architecture so much that there’s more than one hog here now.
@AZ-kr6ff
3 ай бұрын
You got all chubbed up!
@tommykane4621
3 ай бұрын
Brick dick, or stone bone?
@crisbowman
3 ай бұрын
So it's a spiral, not a square lain tower? Is that less structurally sound?
@modoverkill7066
3 ай бұрын
Yes
@LC-go1uh
3 ай бұрын
No
@cbcb1888
3 ай бұрын
Maybe
@crisbowman
3 ай бұрын
I wonder if alternating between flat and angled bricks would somewhat compensate for that...
@Badger1776
3 ай бұрын
So
@NatalieBarry123
3 ай бұрын
Thank you. I needed to see that. Didn’t know it. But I did.
@71Fenderv22
3 ай бұрын
Just out of curiosity, what is the correct way to fix it so that everything is flush?
@sumatrican5990
3 ай бұрын
Hog tatted on his lip He got a sausage addiction
@Kingoffathers17
3 ай бұрын
Skin!
@jakemelinko
3 ай бұрын
Like Tom Macdonald
@sumatrican5990
3 ай бұрын
@@Kingoffathers17 bet
@nigelmayer8061
3 ай бұрын
Dad called it a pig
@mickk8519
3 ай бұрын
British? I'm an old Brit, we've always called it a pig. Edit. Although I was told about 45 years ago that it meant one side of a doorway or window opening had one extra course of bricks than the other.
@mikephyuckubradley6331
3 ай бұрын
Really pig not a hog omg soooooo different I like urs better jackass
@mac9245
3 ай бұрын
In a poke
@chrisstoner15
3 ай бұрын
Well a hog is just a very big pig
@okbouncer24
3 ай бұрын
@@mac9245Awww Clark
@JB-de5cp
3 ай бұрын
Every time ive done bricks ive had a hog.
@HuntersHunt
3 ай бұрын
Proof?
@svensplooge9961
3 ай бұрын
Must be talking about your ole lady. I'm sorry man. It sucks when your stuck with a homely gal that can suck the chrome off a ball hitch and fights dudes lol
@detrauxrocket3946
3 ай бұрын
@@HuntersHuntYeah, let’s see the hog!
@detrauxrocket3946
3 ай бұрын
Bro. You don’t gotta put me on blast like that🤣
@jaketarlin1852
3 ай бұрын
It’s been 24hrs. We are still tryna see that hawg
@JosephHayes-jg2qb
3 ай бұрын
Those chimneys were built during the millennial reign of the greatest Carpenter that ever lived, it kicked out heat and cool air, and that's the absolute truth.
@kimberlybiss
3 ай бұрын
In auto detailing we would call this an endless seam. It's when you see a paint job where it's got squiggles and you can't figure out where the squiggle ever ends.
@JiminySTL
3 ай бұрын
And what is the point sir?
@chrismehl1607
3 ай бұрын
Somebody fd up... 😂
@stevendawson943
3 ай бұрын
Over your head clearly lmao
@JasonBarnett-YTisantiWest
3 ай бұрын
@@stevendawson943well explain it to the kid rather than being a rude gatekeeper
@BrandenH-O051
3 ай бұрын
@@stevendawson943 and around yours. I dont see you understanding it either.
@karlbarlow8040
3 ай бұрын
It seems to have been done on purpose to save cutting bricks where the "mid feathers" intersect. Also the resulting spiral ties in better and as it is one course like a screw thread, it ties in vertically too. These old guys knew their business.
@Neal-lf7rk
3 ай бұрын
I can remember that happening on a job i was on years ago.... I think it was a Home Depot. Somebody screwed up the layout on the story poles. 😅
@chadvaillancourt
3 ай бұрын
It can happen easily if one guy is making the wrong heights. I worked on a job years ago where the brickwork was off 3" across the front of the house. It wasn't my job, but it was still super embarrassing.
@benjaminmacdonald7656
3 ай бұрын
Remind me of a Penrose stair.
@triggeral
3 ай бұрын
Wow!❤ Thankyou for sharing
@thewelder2371
3 ай бұрын
Wait, I'm interested in this.... Tell us more about the design, what's the purpose for all the chambers? What is this specific chimney used for?
@mikehoncho9344
3 ай бұрын
I'm a bricklayer and I could fix that in a few courses
@elduderino007
3 ай бұрын
I'm a professor, I could fix that in a few courses.
@BDcrambone
3 ай бұрын
How'd I get here to begin with?
@greendotscott5038
3 ай бұрын
😂 ridiculous. It's not broken. It was done intentionally for a reason.
@mikehoncho9344
3 ай бұрын
@@greendotscott5038 For what reason?
@mikehoncho9344
3 ай бұрын
@@elduderino007 I'd like to enroll in one of those courses
@CROFTY71
3 ай бұрын
That's not a hog, that's a feature. Im allways adding features for some special customers. 😏🤪🇦🇺
@podcastfan2544
3 ай бұрын
That defies my sense of physics
@nicolebogda1482
2 ай бұрын
😮😮😮 MC Esher wasn’t lying! That is 💯🤯🤯🤯🤯
@cherylradabaugh2720
3 ай бұрын
Interesting ,never heard of that before .what was the purpose of doing that ?
@beebester4106
3 ай бұрын
Please, more info.
@modoverkill7066
3 ай бұрын
Mistakes made when making the foundation but the people covered it up because it’s not really that big of a deal
@flavioshikaka
3 ай бұрын
It is the hog which cannot be cranked hoss
@ExploringCabinsandMines
3 ай бұрын
Tile guys call it "The Flying Dutchman " it's there but you can't see it.
@rexxer2792
3 ай бұрын
MC Escher inspiration for his waterfall stairways ... Lol...
@BeccAcCardenas
3 ай бұрын
Im gaingin new vocabulary tonuse in the most comical of ways lately. Thanks for this 😂😂😂❤
@timothyohliger5888
3 ай бұрын
is this an intentional way to laying bricks? or a mistake? or only an issue for future craftsmen, repairs/renovations? thanks for sharing
@vincentleone1833
3 ай бұрын
Was it done? What are the implications
@Rizzbulla
3 ай бұрын
Now that we showed what it looks like, why does it look like that? What's the use/point?
@malcire
3 ай бұрын
How do you either work with or fix that? Lots of mortar?
@TheSynthnut
3 ай бұрын
This is because the people who built this understood their trade better than anyone today!
@jibster148
3 ай бұрын
Ive concentrated on brickwork in the past, also with playing minecraft and placing stairs, this is a great pie e of information to have!
@randallstephens2439
3 ай бұрын
Soey, but does hog n the wall mean a hidden structure issue or is this specific to chimney?
@6daysago167
29 күн бұрын
M.C. Escher designed that fireplace, awesome 😎
@juliah9493
3 ай бұрын
At what angle degree are the first bricks cut? Or how are they angled if not cut please?
@geraldbouvy1222
3 ай бұрын
What was the point of this? Stability? Or to level out a slope in the floor?
@nscottrussell5784
3 ай бұрын
🙂👍 Thanks for that Info. !! Never heard of that !!
@wesleyhurd3574
3 ай бұрын
That is an amazing cutaway view of an old chimney!
@saturdayschild376
3 ай бұрын
What is the reason for it? Is it unlevel ground, settling or is this done intentionally? Not a mason, just curious.
@PossumMedic
3 ай бұрын
When M. C. Escher installs a fireplace 🤣
@franklinauguste415
3 ай бұрын
Im over here like i dont see it i dont see the hog 😂
@phgamer4393
3 ай бұрын
so even though it seems flush is it like at slight incline each way. having trouble seeing how that could work
@RoyalDelux
3 ай бұрын
Maybe im dumb but cant you cut/make a triangle brick row near the top and even it out?
@kd6760
2 ай бұрын
Watch out for that Widowmaker!! That’s probably my favorite, use it at min once a week !
@hammerheadxray8152
3 ай бұрын
How would you fix this, honestly? That's a whole house of weight to raise? Do you reinforce the lower sections?
@mtraven23
3 ай бұрын
what purpose do(did) the dividers serve?
@Dtr146
3 ай бұрын
My question is how? Do the bricks vary in thickness? I don't understand how that happens.
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