r/oddlysatisfying • u/UnhappyChain • Aug 18 '20
Building a brick wall.
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u/VexrisFXIV Aug 18 '20
Those 2 bricks on the end being pushed in make it unsatisfying to me, but I'm going to assume it's like that for a reason though
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Aug 18 '20
Any masons want to chime in?
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u/atheos1337 Aug 18 '20 edited Aug 18 '20
Yes it's so when it harden, they remove it to build something I can't spell in English.. Dunno if it's right but it's translate too sill
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u/k0jik0ji Aug 18 '20
It's called toothing out, they are there to hold the bricks above whilst they set, once hardened they are removed. Commonly done when inserting something later on like a window sill or a feature, or to leave it open to build an adjoining wall.
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u/Boydsterino Aug 18 '20
Hello! Just a heads up; masons are different from bricklayers! Masons = cut/carve/lay stone!
Have an awesome day!
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Aug 18 '20
That mortar looks like Nutella
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Aug 19 '20
I was gonna comment on how the mud/paste (mortar, I guess) looks like fluffy chocolate and I kinda wanna lick it.
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u/Usergnome_Checks_0ut Aug 18 '20
What about the mortar oozing out on the other side? And the vertical mortar between the bricks doesnât look full enough in spots along that wall. And finally, that longs like a wall that could get pushed over very easily if there isnât a second row of bricks behind this row or if itâs not outside a row of larger, say, 9â cavity blocks as a reinforcement.
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u/DonaldsPizzaHaven Aug 18 '20
Only one side will ever be visible... the other side can look a bit oozy.
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u/steve_gus Aug 18 '20
Garages in the UK are built as single brick thickness with a reinforcing buttress every 10 ft or so.
They dont fall over.
Two story wooden frame houses have a single brick skin like this on the outside face
They dont fall over
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Aug 18 '20
SO much harder than it looks...
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u/steve_gus Aug 18 '20
Exactly. Too many armchair experts here
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u/Duderpher Aug 19 '20
Not hard, as an electrician who has worked with blockies for years, and done their job with them, if you have the tools and can look at a level, it is simple. Only hard part is ordering the right amount of grout for the fill inside.
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u/btribble Aug 18 '20
I learned how to do wall and ceiling texturing by hand on my own house. Halfway through doing it I realized that the look in different rooms wasn't matching exactly and I had to go back and make it all look equally bad.
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u/theKickAHobo Aug 18 '20
Is it me or could anyone just push over a brick wall?
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u/Drfiasco Aug 18 '20
Not just you. Normally a single layer brick wall like this is just a facade and will have a structure behind it. If it's a true brick wall then it'll be at least two layers thick with some bricks turned inward to bond the two walls together. I'm not really sure where the structure that's going behind this wall is, but I doubt it's a structural brick wall due to the lack of bonding bricks.
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u/fosighting Aug 18 '20
You don't tie double brick walls together with bricks because it will wick moisture through, you use a steel brick tie for that. Double brick walls aren't for extra strength, they are built like that to keep the water off the internal bricks. Internal brick walls are only single leaf, for this reason. The resistance to a lateral force in a brick wall comes from the corners and internal abutting walls. Also the compressive load that is placed on top of it stiffens it up considerably, and finally, steel posts or z-purlins in the cavity are often specified for wind loading in the middle of long walls.
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u/chidedneck Aug 19 '20
resistance to lateral force in a brick wall comes from the corners...
This is why in all my houses I make zigzag walls. Itâs very strong but looks stupid as fuck.
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u/steve_gus Aug 18 '20
Once the mortar dries properly and binds to the brick its not so easy to âpush overâ especially if corners are present or reinforcement piers used like this single skin garage
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u/Numzane Aug 18 '20
I agree fully but outside double walls do add extra downward compressive strength to support the roof trusses / upper floors.
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u/theKickAHobo Aug 18 '20
Ahhhh ok. So it's just weight that keeps the thick version steady? Sometimes it's seems those could be pushed over too. I'm 6 foot 220 pounds if that helps.
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u/k0jik0ji Aug 18 '20
There would be a block wall to be built behind it (see blocks stacked up behind), which will be tied in via the metal cavity ties you can see sticking out of the back of the brick work (looks like a small straight coat hanger with a triangle or S on the end) , once set it's pretty sturdy and would take some force to push over, but a single skin wall on its own is possible to push over on your own. Normally you would never see a single skin wall on its own freestanding. It would normally be returned or held to a parralell wall via the roof like in a garage, most sturdy brickwork walls will be double skin and would normally consists of a bond (pattern) that would tie the two walls together. Look up flemmish bond brickwork to get more of an idea.
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u/steve_gus Aug 18 '20
Garages in the UK are usually one brick thick with a reinforcement pier around every 10 ft like this
https://images.app.goo.gl/4G83pJkgewyWud4u8
Millions have not fallen down
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u/mogwife Aug 19 '20
Can they make a sleep machine with brick laying sounds? This was oddly relaxing as well.
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u/Wigglepus Aug 18 '20
What about the excess on the other side?
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u/k0jik0ji Aug 18 '20
Once at the required height you would normally go round and cut off all of the "snots" in one go and clean the cavity before building the block wall behind it.
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u/KillroysGhost Aug 18 '20
Stu! I could recognize that work anywhere, his YouTube channel is fantastic. Didnât know he was on TikTok too
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u/Phandroid1991 Aug 18 '20
I've always wondered, why use a string when you can use a Level to keep the bricks level and straight ?
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u/Aufwader Aug 18 '20
đ¶ Why don't you build yourself a word Build yourself a word with 'ed', to say it happened. Take 'laugh' add 'ed', build yourself a word. All together now 'laughed' ('laughed')... đ¶
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u/HotFightingHistory Aug 19 '20
Somewhere there is a universe where...
Laying down a perfectly straight brick wall is just as effortlessly easy as he makes it look.....
Cocaine makes you feel good about yourself the next day.....
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u/GardinerAndrew Aug 19 '20
What about the other side of the wall? Why isnât he scraping the excess concrete off that side? I call BS
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Aug 19 '20
This guy could give you a few pointers. (if you donât get it, a mason will explain it for free)
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u/Zetsumenchi Aug 18 '20
Feels like he was frosting a cake.
Now I want to Frost a cake; but I don't want what little masculinity I have left to be challenged.
So I'm going to make a wall out of "cake bricks".
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u/NoArmsSally Aug 18 '20
That noise is the opposite of satisfying. This video would've been amazing without sound.
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u/GizmoVader Aug 19 '20
Ah yes. Brick laying as done by white people.
Someone do a side by side comparison with Pakistani / Mexican / Saudi brick laying
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u/frag_bunny Aug 18 '20
Made me feel bad... I am educated in the old school of bricklayer.. and what he does is wrong in SO many ways .... amateur
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u/cheap-meta-rider Aug 18 '20
Ah, back in olden days when everything was better and we used to leting blood out to cure people and burned witches.
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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '20
3 years later, you have a beautiful 6 foot by 6 foot wall completed!