How to lay bricks FAST | The EASY WAY!

How to lay bricks FAST and EASY!

In this video I will teach you a bricklaying technique called pick and dip. I have found this method to be 40% faster than traditional bricklaying techniques. I go into detail and explain why its faster and show how i found it to be 40% faster. Enjoy 😁🧱

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[benwilliams]

hi Rodian
i have been laying bricks for 42 years, and i like the pick and dip.
i learnt it when i was working abroad .
never thought of using it in uk until i saw charlie collison, and thought i would give it a go again.
heres a couple of tips .
if you can lay bed back hand towards last brick layed, and let mortar mound a little bit.
this will help when you drag the brick back.
expect the perp to to be 80% full, the remaining 20% will get filled when you lay the next course rolling brick from back to front.
dont forget to pick up a brick when you pick up mortar.
whole process is 2 movements.
last but not least wet up your mortar more, less tapping more laying.
hot weather, 2 courses and joint up.
you can use this method on english bond aswell, just a different side of the brick.
as for people who hate pick and dip, please carry on .
last but not least i dont have a bad back and i go home very happy .

[sgtboz]

The thing that blew me away was the brick chair! Awesome 😎

[richardevans]

We use pick an dip in California, as weather gets into 90s all the time.I used to use traditional till i got tired of walling the last few with Hammer. I’m originally from Wales . Thanks for your great videos 👍🏼

[CharlieCollison]

I’ll go spec mix one year and show em how it’s done 😉 top vid pal

[williamashton-jvmc]

Never heard of this till I watched your video the other night and used this method today on site and it’s definately quicker. Thanks for the advice.

[hotpoker]

If you use the excess muck, to joint the brick on the wall, and have your bricks on the inside, stacked at a working level, it's much faster, love your videos, 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[jasonveale]

Pick and dip ok for a dried ibstock, any thing that allows you to run out a full bed on a course is quicker traditional !
Right to left with only a slight push no tapping, perp the middle and front with slight excess is quicker !
I’m 50 and and think a 33-11 narrow marshalltown leads to not overplaying a spread

[johnwarden]

Worked with English, Irish,and Scottish blokes and they are really good tradesman ...
I am a top trowel for 44 years now and love working with you guys ....
And you all have great manners ..
Bless yaz ..

[JayKTS]

Hello rodian, the technique is very known where I live .. Here we grab our brick first before we take mortar .. that’s one movement eliminated, so double the speed you could almost say, so when you lay your bed you can place your brick instantly because it’s sitting ready in your hand

[originaldanman]

There's a reason they don't use this method in Bricklayer 500 competition, because it's probably at least 40% slower. Most brick laid in a competition was 914 by Robert Boll, and he didn't use pick and dip I can guarantee you, and he hasn't been beat in almost 50 years.

[mytubebobbieh]

I don’t have a preference, at the end of the day, it’s about doing a job well done by not cutting corners. Quality over quantity! Great job on the pick and dip. I enjoyed your video.

[EffieSwartz]

This is a great video for people who are not bricklayers. The pick and dip is all right sometime especially if all you're laying is standard brick. I'm all for a bricklayer having a good show. Have at it. And yeah you're right there's a reason you don't see it in the bricklayer 500.

[adriandelahay]

On the first traditional course you laid you used three trowel movements for your bed, I would of used one trowel full for that bed. So many brickies fuck about with beds nowadays. Been laying bricks for 40 years and organising yourself is key to speed

[bttrinity]

Im new to your channel, so I dont know if this is something you've touched on before. Im an Apprentice in Detroit, MI and in America everyone I've worked with lays brick using the traditional method, but something I noticed you didnt do is butter your next head joint (Perp) with the cut off of your bed which just adds more steps since you didnt. The way I've been taught is once you lay your bed, you shouldnt have to go back to your mortar board because the excess from your bed joint should always be enough to butter your head joint on the brick you just layed. So you spread your bed, butter your first brick, get it down to the line, cut off and butter the other side of that brick you just layed. From there you just get another brick, get it down to the line, cut off bed and butter your head, then repeat till you close the coarse. Is this something you see often? If not, what would be the reason why? Over here its all about eliminating steps, and going back to your mortar board every time you butter your perp just wastes time.

[michaelbroderick]

When laying the last brick in the gap its a good idea to smear some muck on the bricks either side of the gap as well as the brick being laid... This helps the muck stay in place rather than being pushed up out of the perp.

[brucehare]

Awesome! I'm 65 and going to do pnd! Thank you so much

[stephenwatson]

Rob Sanger (excellent trowel, with a YT channel ) has a variation on the p&d method, if indeed his style can be classed as that . Spread for one, then pick up brick and another trowel of muck, throw muck, lay brick . Rob however still furrows the bed . I was taught that the furrow also creates suction so gives a better key, so p&d might be said not to be as structurally sound as the trad method . Maybe you could see if there's a difference when demoing the wall . Not a dig each to their own but, when laying for 3 trad style you visited the board 3 times to spread, instead of 1 full trowel and spread for 3 at once, also scraping and throwing instead of using the muck for the next perp so 40% increase was easier to attain /Good vid .

[jameshowcroft]

Awesome video Rob, many years ago they used to teach apprentices pic n dip it’s so much quicker neater and you don’t tap bricks in they are pushed in place. In Europe they all do pic and dip, guys like Jay in Belgium and Anders danish Bricky and Charlie from England all amazing bricklayer s like yourself. Cheers 🥂

[Dylan-tizd]

I’ve started a course for bricklaying, definitely going to try this instead of traditional way!

[therealirishwolfhound]

Pick and dip will sure help on the straight . Thanks for that man.