I a used to do a lot of manholes when I was serving my time , did some big corbels on manholes with the clerk of works standing over me telling me how he wanted it and the foot iron spacings (he was a bricklayer )brings back some good old memories of younger days , a used to enjoy doing them actually 😉👍
@raffaeleminozzi8711
Ай бұрын
Good work!
@brethrenphil
2 жыл бұрын
I remember being told I was getting "time and a turd" for building my first manhole.It was only when a big turd splattered by boot that the penny dropped!!
@michaelamos4651
2 жыл бұрын
Nice job.We used to rub them up with dry sand and cement 2:1 on a bit of rag polishes up nicely and fills all the holes in
@johnbuist5289
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome content very well constructed man hole and top tips for overhanging bricks to save on closures. Benching spot on 👌🏻
@robsonger1
2 жыл бұрын
Great little video, I've done loads of these just after I finished my apprenticeship but these days it's all plastic, good to see it done properly.
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rob 👍
@clivehyde1756
2 жыл бұрын
I can remember watching an old paddy polishing up a manhole with a light ale bottle😂😂🕺
@SteveAndAlexBuild
2 жыл бұрын
Nice bit of good old fashioned manhole construction. Beautiful bit of benching there too chaps , love it . And finally those old pointing trowels looked perfect 👌🏼🤩🧱👍🏽
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
👍
@lmilne4859
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Andy mate interesting on the manhole cheers. 🤟
@liamk148
2 жыл бұрын
That benching is the dogs bollocks
@larrycantwell1740
2 жыл бұрын
Have the same problem with my van Andy, get it tidied a few days later it's like a grenades been launched into it 😂 lovely work as usual
@topcatcoolio8807
2 жыл бұрын
If losing bond. I would lay a marker brick in the middle *in bond* then work back from it. To give correct bond.. Keep up the good work brickmates
@stevencooper6593
2 жыл бұрын
Benching looks well tidy 💪
@dominicmcc3214
2 жыл бұрын
Nice, tidy job👍
@markobrien4940
Жыл бұрын
Neat job on benching manhole well done 😀
@JayKTS
2 жыл бұрын
Very nice manhole there mate 👌🏼 tbh never done it this way mine looks like concrete blocks lol and uh great finish around the tubing
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
Concrete blocks probably good enough Jay, this was just the old standard specified by the architect, even though I moan I enjoy working the old ways 👍
@nabilhajbrahim7667
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing brick work and very helpful video .. thanks
@invtrk1046
Жыл бұрын
Very experienced craftsman
@Ireland-bc2gx
2 жыл бұрын
Tasty work lads ,watch out for the floaters 😜
@delscorey8727
2 жыл бұрын
Love that old ducks foot trowel,
@SteveGouldinSpain
Жыл бұрын
My dad was a plumber and I brought his old set of drain rods when I moved to Spain in 2003 - put them in the shed and forgot about them. Had a Spanish contractor make a bathroom extension on the house - plumbers, builders, electricians, plasterers all coming and going, you know how it is, you don't even catch there names. Anyway about a year later I thought the chimney needed sweeping so I went to get the rods and some bastard had swiped them. Not only that, they were wrapped up in plastic sheet and they'd gone to the trouble of replacing the rods with bamboo and wraopping them up again! Wankers!
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Someone nicked mine in Spain, you never used to be able to buy them think you can now.
@leeberry9666
Жыл бұрын
Hi Andy. For best results on benching use sharp sand mix 1.1.
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
👍
@liamk148
2 жыл бұрын
Love the videos mate not many of the proper brickies left like you now 🇺🇦🇺🇦
@TopCatsBack
Жыл бұрын
Very cold this week as you know and this is my revision of a little project of mine as I've never built a manhole being a pup 👍🇬🇧
@joefowler9600
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Andy, did you have to build in masonry or is it just what you prefer? I had to do one a couple of years ago and we used plastic manhole risers and it worked well. Basically we exposed the 9" pipe and cut out a section of the top half like you've done. Brought in the new pipe on the angle in the flow direction. Then just got a 600mm riser chamber section, offered it over everything and neatly scribed over all the pipes. Concreted all around the outside of the chamber and the benched inside with a granno and cement mix.
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
Can be done like that Joe, concrete rings , square sections etc just sometimes it's quicker old school as you can get over stuff with brickwork 👍 also that's what the Architect specified.
@joefowler9600
2 жыл бұрын
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 i must admit it's nice to see the traditional methods. I've been in the building game for 19 years now and not come across anybody building a brick manhole. Good stuff Andy 👍
@marccooks7377
2 жыл бұрын
I was taught to be carfull who ya learn from. I've watched your video after being self taught after working with a few but I would love to learn from you. Can you let me know if you can teach us the old school way. Cheers mate.
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
I don't really do teaching , I just hope people learn a bit from my vids 👍
@jackrussell9811
2 жыл бұрын
i spent a couple of months in roydon just building manholes ,the place was some sort of communications site and most of the manholes were inspection pits for cables , all different depths some of the deep ones had the foot irons in them the digger used to lift me out with the bucket , a bricklayer working on the main building said you must be bored .....no mate im left alone got me radio while your knocking yer bollox out
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
You know 👍
@Stennmass
2 жыл бұрын
All due respect Sir. Wrong bond man, should be water bond. Fare play old man, New School!! 🥰
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
I've only done water bond once in my life,English Bond is always specified
@Stennmass
2 жыл бұрын
All due respect Sir. Building regs does only specify 9" brickwork. I only know about water bond due to the privilege of working with old school masters like yourself. The color joint should be filled with a cement grout slurry, and brick bond offset by half brick to eliminate the chance of cotaminated foul waste from ingress into surrounding subsoil if a blocked occurs. I love your style and your banter, it reminds me of my master, god bless his soul. Apologies for sounding like a t**t ✌️
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
@@Stennmass No probs fella 👍
@davidreilly8530
2 жыл бұрын
What type of Rose trowels are you guys using? ,thinking of changing from Marshalltown , what would you recommend? , cheers , keep up the good work 👍
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
I normally use a vintage WHS but sometimes a Rose, always a narrow London for bricks for me.
@JackCadet-jo2lj
2 ай бұрын
Nice work pal . Do you start building off a small foundation ?
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 ай бұрын
Yes mate.
@JackCadet-jo2lj
2 ай бұрын
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277would you just do a full square foundation up to and under the pipe or keep it below the pipe ? Cant seem to see any details on this part
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 ай бұрын
@@JackCadet-jo2lj Have look at my other vid "Manhole Monday" at 13 minutes 👍
@scoyle1750
2 жыл бұрын
Used to do a lot of manholes back in the day not so much now 👍
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
Rare now aren't they.
@markmaddison5312
2 жыл бұрын
Three three quarters and a closer should bring it back to bond😄😀😀
@AA-cc4gs
2 жыл бұрын
I have seen a lot of clay brick for manholes and catchbasins here in the US, but how do they hold up there? The salt and weather fluctuations here spalls them. I like to use concrete solid block or brick.
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
The clay bricks we normally use for this are Engineering bricks, they don't spall and are pretty much waterproof, the ones we used on this job are actually made from concrete 👍
@davidfox7983
2 жыл бұрын
Top class Benching like glass
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
👍
@george4260
2 жыл бұрын
Nice hat👍
@man1cs171
2 жыл бұрын
Bet you get in trouble with that surname
@leejackson1858
Жыл бұрын
How long did that take to build in total? I’ve got 16 of the fuc’ers to do next week and I’m dreading it
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
They take as long as they take mate, daywork job,all level work , benching have to wait to point them up, only do them on price if they are really big.
@garywheeley5108
2 жыл бұрын
Used to be flushed up every course bagged finished inside step iron every 4 leave out 4 half brick headers out to hold 4x3 to hold your scaffold up an a deep one built one once 14ft deep 100 bricks a course used lines it was so big all in double frog southwaters hate to think what it would cost ...
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
They were a heavy brick them Southwaters 👍
@Bobthebrickie
2 жыл бұрын
Only 8 minutes in watching and a thought right away, what kind of depth would require step irons too start being fitted??? Don’t know myself without looking it up but I would bet you know straight of the top of your head Andy👍🏻
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
It used to be around 4 feet, not done one for a long time👍
@hjevs152
10 ай бұрын
Looks pukka, bit better than a plastic channel and rings 😂
@smurftastic3928
2 жыл бұрын
Well done boys. Rats or that turd🤣. I didn't think you would both with tea Andy🤣. Buy a tea in Wetherspoon and then it's free👍. Tidy up that van Andy and you wont find anything 🤣.
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
😁👍
@theafter8bricky
2 жыл бұрын
Most we do on site is bt boxes, back breaking work 🤣
@simonwaterhouse7323
Жыл бұрын
Do ou not do water bond for man holes down south sir 😊 great work
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Only ever had it specified once, normally it just says 215mm Bwk but we always do English Bond.
@liamwalters5029
Жыл бұрын
Built hundreds of them hoping about on one leg in a hole what’s not to like ?
@richardjones3112
Жыл бұрын
Do you have to build the first course on a footing of a certain depth?
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Yes, all these details should be on the drawing or BC wil make that decision
@richardjones3112
Жыл бұрын
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 Thanks.
@adamfabry7926
5 ай бұрын
What's the reason for the corble on one side??
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
5 ай бұрын
Brings it over to the size of the MH cover.
@johnbowkett80
2 жыл бұрын
Shouldn't have to do 'waterbond'. If a manhole backs up its nothing to do with the brickwork . Blame the pipelayers .
@theafter8bricky
2 жыл бұрын
There wanting footing looking like facework, thats why I stick to the supers no back ache
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 жыл бұрын
I can't stand footings mate, never did👍
@scottnever8732
2 жыл бұрын
that's a skill no longer seen
@brucetindal7399
Жыл бұрын
Easier just to build it a brick size and corbel it to fit the cover.
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
I did
@SimonSatchwell
5 ай бұрын
To be fair I watched the video and understood the corbel. I'm not a bricky by any means but admire the skill involved
@clacicle
2 жыл бұрын
“Look, nice turd going along there.”
@johnedwards9067
Жыл бұрын
Why have you not used water bond on the manhole that's they way I was taught on my apprenticeship 35 years ago
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Only use water bond if specified on the drawing, ,95% of manholes are built in English Bond.
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