Bricklaying 101 - How To Build A Brick Wall - Bunnings Warehouse

Here in front of me is all the tools that are required for brick laying .

You can see , I've got my trow my hammer , my levels , I've got a shovel .

I've got my trusty wheelbarrow , liel , cement and sand .

So what we have to do first is set up our profiles .

We've got our measurement on the wall .

A builder supplied me with that measurement .

There was 16 50 back off the wall .

Now I'm using today just a bit of 90 35 pine and generally for bricklaying , we use 45 by 45 steel , but these are fine , make sure they're straight and if they're straight then they're right to use because that's what our , our brickwork's gonna run off .

So what we need to do is we stand that up .

We need to have a packer sit behind the profile so that we can get our string line in behind .

Make sure that that our line is visible through the back here and then we're just gonna clamp this to the wall so I can see my line there .

So now all I have to do is plumb down .

Now , it is very important to make sure that the bubble is sitting dead center of the two lines .

So that's bang in the middle .

So I'm happy with that .

Ok .

Now , what we're gonna do is we're gonna mark the , the gauge on this profile , which is not really that important because we've got existing brickwork .

But for the sake of the exercise , I'll show you what to do .

So set the level to get the level of the brickwork just simply mark underneath the level .

Then we're gonna take our gauge rod which have already marked off the existing brickwork .

Now , what we're gonna do is we're just gonna hold that on that top level mark there and then we're gonna transfer the rest of these .

So it's the height of the brickwork .

So we've got our profile set up , we'll duck our line in behind the profile .

Now , what we have to do for starters is we have to set up a level line .

So , what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna set this with five courses above 12345 .

And then I'm gonna go over to our other wall here , which is also completed and I need to count down five from the top .

So 12345 .

So the line needs to be nice and tight and if there's a sag in the line , then your brick work not gonna be level , we've got my line set up .

So what I I need to do to check that this concrete's level or , or close enough to level is I'll put my gauge rod here and I can see on my gauge rod that I need to get up or probably 2025 mil , which is , is not a big deal .

I'll be able to do that easy enough .

So , what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna lay this first brick with AAA larger bed than I'd normally lay .

I'm just gonna pop him down there .

I'm just using my eye for now to sight .

But then I'll sit my gauge rod on top and that tells me that I've , I've probably got half of it there , which I'm pretty happy with .

So I'm just gonna get half to start with and then probably get the second half in the next course .

So , what I need to do now is just grab my level and I've just gotta plumb down to make sure that , that , that's in the right spot .

That's essentially where I wanna have it .

So , what I'm gonna do now is I'm just gonna block this one down , just put a bit of mud on the back of the brick just creates an angle so that the , the brick will sit forward and it will hold the line down for me .

Now , you've got to be very gentle when you do this because you can actually knock the brick and then , then you'll lose , lose where you're at .

Now , I'm right to lay this first course .

Now this beds I uh , is a lot bigger than it , it would normally be .

So I'm gonna need a little bit of extra mud on the bottom .

So you take up this much mud for buttering a brick and then just , just flick it back onto the trail till it settles and then it , it stays onto the trail nicely .

Just a good strike and push down like you're buttering a piece of bread essentially .

So push that down , you want about that much on there .

And what , what's that's going to do is enable us to get the front and the back and it'll have something to , to adhere to .

So there you go .

She's ready to go .

So this comes up , we'll take him away and then what we need to do is just fill that in , continue on with our bond .

So what we're gonna be left with here will be a three quarter .

So I've got a little notch there .

Now , what I wanna do is make sure I've got my glasses on because chips can fly up and uh cause some problems with a hitch in the eye .

So nice and general as you're hitting it , crack starts to appear .

And there you go now , because I've had to lift up the line on those last two bricks .

I'll just check from a level just on top , which it should be pretty good and it is just checking through the front as Well , that's no worries .

So now that we've laid our first course , we need to go back to where we were before so that we , we get our level line again .

So we're coming back up here .

So we've got 12345 again , we'll go back to our other end .

We do the same .

And so we're sitting here 12345 level nine .

So now now that I'm laying this next dummy brick , I can actually lay this so that it's gonna be in bond when I fit it in .

So what I wanna do is make sure that that perp underneath is sitting in the middle of this brick , which it just about is right now .

Now I'm just using my eye to eye down the face of that .

I will check that , but I'll do that first , I'll check .

So we're getting very close now .

So this , this isn't essential to do this in , in two courses or in three courses .

Cos we've got , you know , we've got another five above the line , we've got six above this .

So if we grab two mil each course , we'll have it by the top .

So you don't want to have a , you know , a big massive bed at the bottom and then , and then go from there .

Ok .

So that's safe to go down again .

Now , as you can see with the spreading here of the mortar , I'm just laying it down .

I'm just picking up some excess stuff from the sides .

So you , you , you , you get like a nice little triangle shape and then you just go straight through the middle and just feather through it so that you get that nice pattern .

And what that does is it , it creates that pocket , that air pocket in there so that it's nice and easy to lay , lay a brick on it .

That's why it's called a bed because it's , that's the comfort that the brick gets when it sits down on top .

So there you go .

So that's got us out of the ground .

We're now able to , to use our gauge at that end .

Which is right , we're able to use our already established brickwork at this end .

So we're right to finish off our all five courses to go .

And we're done more often than not .

We lay half bond brick work .

So it's one brick sitting on two bricks .

So all the way through , it'll be , it'll be sitting half bond .

Ok .

Last brick going in now , just as important as the first one .

Here we go .

All done .