Creating a smile in the mind - with bricks.

[ToughButterCup]

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1bgVeeIjCp/

Downloaded 29th December 2023

The image is shared from an Instagram Channel called 'Dutch Bricklayers' 

I wonder how many people go past that wall and never notice it? It's called a Falling Soldier Course.  Gorgeous.

@Brickie - you done anything like this?

[joe90]

I agree, very clever but how many people will notice 🤷‍♂️

Edited December 29, 2023 by joe90

[gaz_moose]

shame about the bond.

[SteamyTea]

  On 29/12/2023 at 12:39, joe90 said:

I agree, very clever but how many people will notice

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Everyone with OCD.

[Pocster]

I could do that ….. without even trying . That’s how (expletive deleted)ing skilled I am 

[ToughButterCup]

  On 29/12/2023 at 20:32, Pocster said:

... That’s how (expletive deleted)ing skilled I am 

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Couldn't you do something similar with sheets of left over walk-on glazing? 

 

I dunno, a glass crash barrier or summat? 

[Brickie]

Saw this on Social media-very clever! Never done anything similar myself. 
intrigued by the bond used-assume it’s a ‘Wild Bond’ that the lads who went to the continent in the 90’s used to talk about. The only rule appears to be not to repeat the same course for a nominal vertical distance. 

[ToughButterCup]

How hard is it to do? Do you have to plan every ('...off - line ...') brick?  In other words 'map it out' first?

I ask because I'm at the stage of our build now ( i.e SWMBO is warm, dry and content) where I can allow myself a bit of fun  during the build.

 

We have a low retaining wall to build ( block 'main' wall but  brick faced)... and in the new year I'm off to the local Tech to do a basic bricklaying course for old farts. Really looking forward to it.   I just need to find a tame teenager to mix the mortar for me.

[Brickie]

I’d think you’d want a decent scaled drawing. Might not be the thing to attempt early on. 

[Jilly]

  On 29/12/2023 at 20:09, SteamyTea said:

Everyone with OCD.

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Is that 90% of people who self build…?

[ProDave]

  On 30/12/2023 at 10:36, ToughButterCup said:

 I just need to find a tame teenager buy a cement mixer to mix the mortar for me.

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Corrected.

[ToughButterCup]

  On 30/12/2023 at 11:20, ProDave said:

Corrected.

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Got one [mixer]: used by all and sundry - but I'm the only one who cleans it properly - funny that innit.

 

I have a local teenager in mind. Like Rollo (remember him ? ) he has two speeds - Dead Slow or  Stop .  But he turns up every time he needs a few quid. Which is regularly.

 

"Grab that pick axe for me will ya !"     ----------   Puzzlement writ large over his face ----------  " Wha'sOneOthem then ? "

So GaudOnly knows what he'll make of a cement mixer. 

[SteamyTea]

  On 30/12/2023 at 11:01, Jilly said:

Is that 90% of people who self build…?

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@Pocster being the retard 10%

[Ferdinand]

  On 30/12/2023 at 11:01, Jilly said:

Is that 90% of people who self build…?

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No. 89.97%.