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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:03 pm
by DNgroundworks
Question for LLL, ive laid 300 six inch solids, flat down, today, including building corners and a radius corner for a retaining wall.
How many does a full time bricky manage a day?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:25 pm
by lutonlagerlout
6 inch solid whats dan?
I take it you mean concrete blocks
hard to say really,when lads start all that " thousand bricks a day" malarkey in the pub, i mentally note them as wnackers
what matters is ,
are they plumb and level?
are all the joints full?
did you get paid a lot of money for doing it?
me and my old scud kev laid 1000 100mm blocks in a day but we were ruined for 2 days after
average on house bashing about150-200 a day with corners jams and reveals
laying them flat in footings about 250-350 although i have seen lads do some very naughty stuff when laying blocks flat in deep footings (no bed for 4 course)
if its all good you did well dan
LLL
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:21 am
by GB_Groundworks
lutonlagerlout wrote:seen lads do some very naughty stuff when laying blocks flat in deep footings (no bed for 4 course)
throwing mortar in with a shovel and chucking them down hehe 
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 11:58 am
by lutonlagerlout
no giles just stacking them dry and backfilling
price work gangs get away with what they can
LLL
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:07 pm
by DNgroundworks
Lo never heard of that before Tony! yes perfectly plumb and literally 1mm tolerance in level over 70+ metres, an old guy said to me once "never substitute qaulity for speed young fella" quite right.
Whoever put the footings in wants a slap, they were literally inches and inches out
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 5:33 pm
by GB_Groundworks
no i meant ive seen that tony on site, dan cant make the footing to level make it easy on the brickies no way haha got to make them think lol
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:03 pm
by DNgroundworks
Its all a bit backwards really, im building the wall, and im a paver/groundworker/plant guy and the guys that put the footings in are builders, but.....whatever, im enjoying building it, beats sliding round in crap like usual
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 6:14 pm
by lutonlagerlout
and me the silver trowel ,am laying 2 by 2 bar faced?
go figure?
LLL :;):
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:15 pm
by DNgroundworks
Variety is the spice of life?
Getting the plastering gear out on Saturday, times must be desperate 
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:28 pm
by flowjoe
Read the topic title and thought this would be a drain related post
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:32 am
by henpecked
flowjoe wrote:Read the topic title and thought this would be a drain related post
:laugh: :laugh:
did cross my mind too 