I really enjoy listen to this man. There's no mistaking that when he tells a story or gives his opinion on something, that he is recalling it faithfully without embellishing it to suit an agenda or promote himself. He always says "There are many ways to do this. I do it this way, other people have done it that way, try for yourselves and see what works for you" Topman Andy 👍☘
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
👍 thanks
@wolfganghachmuth5419
Жыл бұрын
I think so too. He knows his onions, but is still humble, unlike others on KZitem
@stephenmckenna7663
Жыл бұрын
Most importantly bricklaying is problem solving knowledge is key
@liamwalters5029
Жыл бұрын
Great comment totally what it’s all about
@Jim_Newlands
Жыл бұрын
Could genuinely listen to you talking about the building industry all day. So interesting from someone one who has been there, done it and got the T shirt. Like you I'm past the building site mayhem days and I don't miss them one little bit, but I love learning.....KZitem has been brilliant for this, it's easy to spot the ones who actually know what they are talking about and those who are just blagging their way through!
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
👍thanks Jim
@geoffsnaylam4133
Жыл бұрын
Absolute class video Andy from sun one who knows his stuff ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Thanks Andy for all your input and knowledge ❤️🐌❤️🐌❤️
@garyreed9509
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant video Andy , very informative ithink youve still got it with the pick and dip mate nice one
@michaelamos4651
Жыл бұрын
Great video Andy. Thanks. I do a mixture of everything depending on the brick the muck the weather and my mood 😂
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Ime the same, different situations call for different ways 👍
@IannoneBuilding
10 ай бұрын
I don't know how this is the first time i am seeing your channel, I am a self taught mason in the USA, and with no mentor or anyone here I would even consider to be 1% of the bricklayer as you gentlemen in Europe; in skill, knowledge, technique, and a general willingness to spread your immense knowledge and experience with others.... I have learned quite literally everything from European youtube Brickeys! Rather funny, that at the age of 38, and only laying brick for a total of five years now, I have become known as one the the best and highest regarded masons in the area (in other skills i am hands down unequivocally above the competition i.e. stucco.) Additionally, i am the only heritage mason in three counties of NY state who uses lime mortars and old world techniques (i drive 8 hours for the materials, but it is my real passion of all the services I offer!) Another area where without you European Masons knowledge and openness, I would be just like the other 99.9% of US Mason's.... not only clueless, but actively and ignorantly destroying our historic structures... I appreciate your willingness to help others and just want to say, truly, Thank You! I came into this trade as a way to end four generations of another family business after doing five years in prison (was looking at life) and at age of 33 with zero work experience I picked up a trowel, and never looked back. You and your fellow countrymen have been priceless and essential to my ability to succeed and catapult myself to the top of this industry! (And, about 80 to 120 hr work weeks for the last five years straight... more blood, sweat, and tears than the 33 years prior combined, and more physical damage than i would ever wish on another human!) But, i love it ... cheers... Anthony
@IannoneBuilding
10 ай бұрын
I completely forgot to ask.... what was the title and author of that book you reference? If you dont mind helping a US bricky a lil more.... thanks in advance!
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
10 ай бұрын
@@IannoneBuilding Thanks for your comments👍keep up the good work on the Heritage side of things. Which book is that I would have to watch the vid again as I have quite a few books 👍😁
@stevejones7622
Жыл бұрын
It helps have an open mind with all different techniques I find and adjust to suit, bricks, height, weather. Versatile I think it's called
@robertplatt1379
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the explanation you are spot on 👍 you old bricklayers are full of knowledge
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
10 ай бұрын
Thank you kindly
@12andyh
Жыл бұрын
I personally don’t like pick n dip but it was an eye opening when you saying how many times you walk up and down the the wall I didn’t even think of that
@CT-ud7yk
Жыл бұрын
Best video I've seen on pick n dip. I've only tried it a few times and I only do a few jobs a year now so I stick to traditional like you, enough bed for 3 bricks. Also the bricks must look scruffy with compo all over the face. It seems to me you can get away with it on those types of bricks but others you can't (or maybe I'm just shit at it 😃)and I like to keep face nice and clean. Thanks Andy 👍🏻
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
👍
@Ireland-bc2gx
Жыл бұрын
Great video Andy 👍
@brickbybric
Жыл бұрын
I think when frank bunker gilbrith spoke of the Eastern method he was talking about the eastern u.s.a . But definitely what came to be known as pick and dip in the u.s.a was a method brought to America by Dutch and German etc bricklayers . Very interesting video Andy .
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
👍
@alanwarren4587
Жыл бұрын
💯agree Andy with the pick and dip
@joehunter643
Жыл бұрын
Another interesting video andy 💪
@glencortez6181
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video , I don’t lay bricks at all anymore over here , it’s all stonemasonry now for me still find it interesting 👍
@nigelbarrett3602
Жыл бұрын
Nice video again Andy really enjoying your channel. No pick and dip here in Cornwall no bricks just concrete blocks. Ps we have concrete trench blocks down here they are 450 ×300×100 no cavity below ground anymore. Thanks again Andy.
@wolfganghachmuth5419
Жыл бұрын
A 12 inch concrete block sounds fun.
@Jim_Newlands
Жыл бұрын
Same up here in the Scottish Highlands, mate! Lightweight trench blocks are a rarity up here!
@Yiddo67
Жыл бұрын
Great form of contraception Nigel
@avemariaonelectricguitar
Жыл бұрын
About those full perps. It is not entirely unimporant to mention the difference in finishing the pointing work Holland/England. Still and certainly in the days when you worked in Holland ( as you know) the mortar was taken out about 1,5 cm and pointing was later without lime and more cement by other craftsman (de voeger). Later also the use of a raker came, but deepened. In Holland they also have a history of using bricks about 4 cm high. That also can explain the "pic and dip" method there.
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Correct, i think i did mention that 👍
@shanerankin2084
Жыл бұрын
Hi Andy went to Germany in 92 stayed there till 99 pick & dip became the norm great times 👍🍺🍺
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
👍yep these youngans now will never see them days.👍
@MarkSmith-jt1yj
Жыл бұрын
Great video Andy, like how you use a roll of roofing felt to put down ,I've always done that easy clean up at end of job ,see poeple with mortar all over pavements and people's paths and got a dirty job ,😁
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Always done it, hate clearing up 👍
@Yiddo67
Жыл бұрын
Top video Top bloke Andy 👏
@scottnever8732
Жыл бұрын
Love your videos Andy, I have been in the trade near on 40 years and never seen pic n dip used, I have tried it myself, thing is when you're so used to doing things a certain way retraining is hard
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Yep, no need to change if you are happy with the way you do it, I just like changing about, I may use 4 different trowels in a week. 👍
@tyronrogerson5077
Жыл бұрын
On straight flanks i pick and dip , obviously with more and more practice i got very good at it ,so yeah its the way to do it
@markrobinson1458
Жыл бұрын
Economy of labour throughout your career, longevity of life is key to making a living after 50, great one again Andy, informative for the up and coming, take care lad 👍🧱
@SteveAndAlexBuild
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting as always Andy 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱👍🏽
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
👍
@byronfowler5988
9 ай бұрын
this fella is proper !!
@mathewmurphy2790
Жыл бұрын
That's the Irish in ya Andy the kindness 😊❤😂
@Clumsoethewonderdog
Жыл бұрын
Great vid, I just find working out of a tub so un British like. I've tried pick and dip and not being able to drag enough much to the perps drive me nuts.
@jeztickles4361
Жыл бұрын
Story time with uncle Andy!! 🤣I’m currently in Dominican Republic watching this! Laying on sun bed watching my mate Andy! 🎉
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Have a great time mate.
@jeztickles4361
Жыл бұрын
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 cheers bud
@ozbrick498
11 ай бұрын
At last a bricklayer on KZitem that knows what he is talking about good on you mate
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
11 ай бұрын
👍
@daleharrison1689
2 ай бұрын
Not heard that term before. We face walls with stone in my area brick only rarely, lay them now using out of buckets, with bucket trowels like the one you made rounded off, still bed per-ends though. We rake out joints and point afterwards. Do this method now because cannot get good labourers, so Labour on ourselves, and do not use ligger boards anymore. When I started work, we built the outer leaf of stone first, then slat up the backs of stone to seal all joints, before laying the inner leaf. Worked off floor joists etc walling overhand, so no need for external scaffolding. Pointing was done after completion of walling off a needle and pole scaffold with maximum of 2 heavy planks if you were lucky, no safety rails or braces, needles in vertical joints stop sway. (sometimes). Good old days hey. 😂
@matthewingham7806
Жыл бұрын
Cracking bloke this guy ....very knowledgeable
@matthewingham7806
Жыл бұрын
I'm a forty year old bricklayer pal could watch your videos all day
@masonry201
Жыл бұрын
Great video! I use pick and dip in competitions. I live in the states. Made it to Vegas a couple times. In perfect conditions, I’m over 800/hour, with building leads too. They’re not all perfect! My head joints (perps) aren’t as full as I’d like, but I’m working on it. I use a marshalltown coke trowel.
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
That's good going 👍, ile take a look at the Coke trowel,thanks for watching.
@richardstetson8221
Жыл бұрын
The only guy I seen use pic n dip at the spec mix was a guy from New Jersey his name is Johnny langeraap i thought he used it all the time cus that's the way most bricklayer do it in the northeast and when I watched the competition they said he was the only guy to use pic n dip in the national competition in Las Vegas
@masonry201
Жыл бұрын
Langeraap is the man! Watch the newest 2023 competition, you’ll see me in it. Stall 12 PB.
@claytonsmith84
7 ай бұрын
800/per hour?? You're avin a larf 😂
@johnhutchins2989
Жыл бұрын
Enjoyable video as always.
@davidbrightman6987
Жыл бұрын
Great video Andy I have the Gilbreith book read it all the time. It’s funny I thought he was talking about East Coast vs West Coast USA but maybe your right with your theory. It’s a great read and there is a lot of insight on how things used to be done and how he used time and motion studies to help make the bricklaying trade much more efficient. A lot of it has to do with how much handling of the brick and movements of the bricklayer can be streamlined to make it easier and faster. He also has another book on concrete construction but I haven’t been able to get my hands on it yet! Have a great weekend 👍
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
You could be right 👍
@Joe-jv5mm
Жыл бұрын
Bud, you're a fountain of Knowledge
@johnbodey7326
Жыл бұрын
Pick and dip is faster but it's hard work because you're holding the brick in mid air longer
@AdamHatch
Жыл бұрын
Nice one Andy, enjoy that wine mate 😁🤙🏻
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍
@deribrown
3 ай бұрын
I’ve got a narrow London pattern trowel that I don’t get on with, I might modify it like yours.
@jackrussell9811
Жыл бұрын
lay a brick , cut off excess muck and use it to perp the brick , same as you did best method , years ago i heard it called "tip and run"
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
👍
@delscorey8727
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting...thanks Andy....
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
👍
@RosierConstruction
2 ай бұрын
I agree pick and dip looks nasty for the majority of people and I can’t stand seeing empty joints 😂
@reeslodge24
Жыл бұрын
I’ve worked on sites in West Oxfordshire for 21 years and haven’t met one person yet who does pick and dip nor my dad who’s worked on sites for 43 years
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
That's what ime thinking 👍
@northlondonmasons107
2 ай бұрын
I’d say your pretty good at pick and dip Andy have you tried using a finer building sand like from selco or builder depot left to mix in the mixer with feb for a good while , that muck looks a tad too tough
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 ай бұрын
I just use whatever the builder gets 😁
@northlondonmasons107
2 ай бұрын
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 clever sod
@rorypower544
Жыл бұрын
top video!
@stephenmckenna7663
Жыл бұрын
You need the perfect mix to fill you perps otherwise takes u twice as long to point up
@user-wf9xs5dp7p
2 ай бұрын
I came across pick and dip bricklayer in the eighties,when they got away with laying london bricks frog down, he never Perped a brick and his Labourer jointed up all his work. The house shot up. Young lads do this ,but i said” There’s a perp worm on the site.. they think i’m mad… i perp my work… and after 8 months they still didn’t lay as much as me …. i finally got to prove them why i do ,stronger bond… the wind caught our work …. mine stayed up,there’s blew down… i was crying with laughter…. I’ve got city and Guilds…. they were given a NVQ …. it’s a joke .. old school is the better trowels… 38 years experience proves that!!!!
@lmilne4859
Жыл бұрын
The chicken dipper. Lol. 🤟🤟
@kdbrickwork
Жыл бұрын
Nice content andy
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
👍
@craigstyrin3453
Жыл бұрын
Old boy at college drilled into us when ever you pick a trowel full of gear always pick up a brick, save your back
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Same👍
@hotpoker4212
Жыл бұрын
Great video and advice, what make is that blue handled trowel,🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Its an old WHS with a Bon plastic handle.
@johngilly9323
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, have trowel will travel, Was in Toronto 85/86 and Germany Early 90s, great times
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Weren't they just, ive said it before the young ones will never see them days because of Brexit and i dont think most of them have it in them anyway unfortunately ,Ozz is a good trip though.👍
@smurftastic3928
Жыл бұрын
Jackanory Andy now 👏👏👏👏
@brickbybric
Жыл бұрын
Andy from watching the Dutch videos it seems they lay brick exclusively using profiles . It strikes me that they would consider building freehand corners with a level and tape or may be a gauging rod to be a fairly imprecise way of working . Did you ever discuss any of that with them when you were there . When I was in the states in 1987 it was all profiles ,they had what they called a lead man who set out the bond put up the profiles and he would also mark the gauge up the profile .
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
When i was there the Carpenters set the job out and erect the profiles so you just turned up on the job and laid bricks.Anything is possible but it would be just to slow building corners with that muck and they would never consider it, they have their system and it works for them. Could you put a link up on Pavelas Orlovas comment on where to get the tubs from in Germany as i dont know.👍
@JayKTS
Жыл бұрын
There are teams or companies in Belgium that still work that way in general .. I mean two guys measuring out the walls put up profiles and gauge the whole thing
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
@@JayKTS Yea, i didnt think much had changed, the system works👍
@TopCatsBack
Жыл бұрын
I've done p & d (home counties UK) in winter with damp bricks and you can get them down easy enough with normal perps with clip on face to really fill joint up . Tight perps forget it , dry bricks prob the same . Very circumstantial . The money is made in the office that's the reality. Or a greedy ganger with line lizards but that's his headache and lies to tell . You any good on Popmaster ?
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Not to bad lol👍
@TopCatsBack
Жыл бұрын
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 the bonus points really decide the winner .
@alexanderscaffold7149
Жыл бұрын
Andy’s forgotten more than most Brickies will ever know 👌
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
👍
@harveysmith100
9 ай бұрын
A few points Andy. Let's start with a rant. In this day and age with all the bastard computer programmes, why aren't all windows designed to fit bond. Rant over. Love the yellow board stands you use, clever with the boards on them. We have to look after our backs. Pick an dip. I do use my own variation sometimes if the bricks are very dry and absorbent. I perp up first the old fashioned way, a trowel full of muck, enough for one brick, quick bed joint and lay the brick whilst there is still life in the pug.
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
9 ай бұрын
1.200 windows don't, dont get me going on that one, I did a vid a couple of year's ago on your method of P&D , it works well and full joints 👍
@robertshaw7241
Жыл бұрын
I get what you are saying andy regarding trampling up and down but the weather and what you are laying plays a big factor in laying technique. Take engineering bricks on a damp day you could long bed a full plot versus a dry clay brick in full sun where the muck goes off 3 bricks along trying to long bed. Different days different means as long as the job’s done right and the customer is happy
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Totaly agree Robert, you need a lot in your armoury to cope with all situations.Long bed is a method i would use with as you say wet bricks or pissy muck, its a method i use especially on over hand work or half brick walls on garages.I will do a vid on it when i get on the right job to show it👍
@jasonveale8560
8 ай бұрын
Run your muck out full course, have a preferable way mines right to left , mate left to right ( both of us both perp first brick and excess every brick is enough for next ! No hitting lines spreading when the other laying ( trust me it’s the best format in a two & one )
@wolfganghachmuth5419
Жыл бұрын
It doesn't suit the English way, because the bricks are too big. But u can still pick and dip if u use the scrape off and perp the next brick, instead of flicking the muck back. Just my opinion.
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
You are correct in my opinion, also have a look at Anders Gaming You tube channel Danish Bricklayer, his London flick 😁👍👌
@rudo747
Жыл бұрын
Yeah ,you are right mate , you can make it work the way you say ,a do a similar method, lad who I still work with the odd know and then used to do p+d method back in the early eighties and I mention it to him , nothing new really👍
@kareboantario9295
Жыл бұрын
Pic and dip is very easy and more healthy for bricklayers.
@geraldhalbert2542
Жыл бұрын
I doesn't matter what way you lay bricks self preference
@jackturnermx6176
Жыл бұрын
God I can’t stand when I’m working with a bricky who can’t fill their joints takes em 3x longer to joint up but they think they’re rapid
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Yep really annoying.
@markroe5845
Жыл бұрын
Hi Andy is that a bon trowel blue handle?
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
No mate its an old WHS i put a Bon handle on it.
@eddstoddart8096
Жыл бұрын
Personally I like the video of Glen Vennes (?) working out of tubs , small trowel, gettin them laid down
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Glen is a funny man and good at what he does.
@baldyslapnut.
Жыл бұрын
Great video Andy keep paying it forward. Glenn Veness has some good videos on pick and dip, and like Andy says, is funny with it. The efficiency of p+d is clear to see. It also is much less hard on your body with the number of repetitive movements saved. Resistance to change always leaves some people behind, e.g.Longbridge, Fleet Street printers. Bricklaying may be reduced to blocks in substructures and craning in prefab panels with brick slip cladding. Not so weather dependent, less labour, quicker construction timespans? Discuss.
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
@@baldyslapnut. We are always slow on the uptake in this country with new products. Glue blocks are used all over Europe but UK builders dont like change or i believe they think we dont have the skill set.
@paska22222
Жыл бұрын
love the video! can you please share the link for the tubs you use in the video?
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
I dont have a link, ive had them 25 years.
@paska22222
Жыл бұрын
where can i buy them? could you please point me in the right direction ?
@brickbybric
Жыл бұрын
@@bricklayersworldwithandy6277 I’ll try Andy but I notice KZitem don’t seem to be allowing links unless your linking to a KZitem video . I’ve found the crowd I got them off in Germany .
@brickbybric
Жыл бұрын
Left the link Andy but it disappeared after about 10 minutes
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
@@brickbybric Ok thanks mate, can you just post the name of the company, thats the best we can do 👍
@liamwalters5029
Жыл бұрын
Is that the whs with the Bon handle on it ?
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Yes it is.
@StevenORourke-le8me
Жыл бұрын
Where can I get those tubs Andy??
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Bought them many years ago from a DIY shop long gone. You can get them from Germany they are not expensive but the postage is crippling. Lidle and Aldi sometimes sell them .
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
@@brickbybric I will have to check that out👍
@PaddleDogC5
Жыл бұрын
Joint can easily be made full.
@ashleypickering34
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't sit like that 😂
@johncuthbertson2565
Жыл бұрын
Don't see me changing to that technique any time soon 🤷🏻♂️. Everyone wants half round joints in uk
@richardstetson8221
Жыл бұрын
There's a Danish bricklayer anders on KZitem who uses that triangle trowel and the other one Jay puyonbrueck who uses the rounder one for pic n dip I'm sure you have seen them andy
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Yes Richard i talk to them both 👍
@davidsanders2806
Жыл бұрын
End of the day it's bricklaying stick to the traditional way you need knowledge aswel to get out of a hole ect
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
👍
@StephenCordella
2 ай бұрын
Thats How You Do It !!!!!
@richardstetson8221
Жыл бұрын
I use a 9in w rose and I was taught pic n dip I live in the northeast United States and the guys I work with would think I was crazy if I started spreading the wall most of them don't watch KZitem and see any other way as a total waste of time I know there's people who can lay bricks fast both ways
@colleenmcfarland8298
Жыл бұрын
I've seen blokes try it ang coz they not put enough Donald on the wall there peeps ended up well back from the one below
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Easy done👍
@PaddleDogC5
Жыл бұрын
Pick and dip you don't touch the bed you just roll it on the brick.
@StephenCordella
2 ай бұрын
The only way to lay brick, where are you from Andy ?
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
2 ай бұрын
London
@dragginmedown
Жыл бұрын
Seems like you use a lot more mortar though.
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Can do if its not done properly
@charlesviner1565
Жыл бұрын
👍🧱
@scottnever8732
Жыл бұрын
pic n dip looks more tiring also working from buckets dont help
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
Its actually less tiring and easier👍
@PaddleDogC5
Жыл бұрын
To long to pick up your mortar. Probably 3x to long mimimum.
@papalegba6796
11 ай бұрын
Charlie Collinson is not a bricky.
@jimmymorgan3324
Жыл бұрын
WHY DID.NT. YOU MATCH THE. FLEMMISH BOND OF THE SUROUNDING. WALLS! looks like a. Garage wall
@bricklayersworldwithandy6277
Жыл бұрын
I explained that,as it meets the corner to the right it's half bond so we whent with that. Personally I agree with you but when the bricks don't even match and the builder doesn't give a fuk because of costs I just do the job and get paid. If I were to quote the job as the builder I would quote for the correct materials and finish, and you know what I wouldn't get the job because of the high cost of doing it properly, and don't shout at me.
@PaddleDogC5
Жыл бұрын
Anyone woeking out of a tub is clueless and slow.
@PaddleDogC5
Жыл бұрын
Bond lost
@PaddleDogC5
Жыл бұрын
To o much mortar left because you spread to much.
@liamwalters5029
Жыл бұрын
I run a little business we do nowadays with certain bricks 🧱
@brickrightbuildinglandscaping
Жыл бұрын
If i lived closer id av a pint with you Andy .So knowledgeable about the trade .Top stuff mate fairplay. 👌 🧱🧱👍
Пікірлер: 166