For those who don't know me, I am BRICK MASTER. I am skilled in all manners of home construction, but my specialty lies in masonry, both stone and brick. I employ Gods gift to the world (concrete) to create masterpieces.
I want you all to understand that there is no limit to what you can do with concrete, stone and brick. You can create the next Neuschwanstein or Versailles on your shitty 5 acre plot of land. You don't need to be an expert to do this.
All it takes is time and money, and thankfully, concrete will save you a ton.
Every 10/10 home is made with solid concrete walls or cinder block with poured concrete.
The exterior and interior can be done both cheaply and exquisitely with minimal cost.
I CHALLENGE YOU to create the next Palace of St. James or Buckingham Palace. You can do it. Don't let THEM tell you otherwise.
I personally am constructing a 1/4 sized replica 10 Downing Street in rural Northern California. Once completed, it will invoke a feeling of luxury and beauty that no other home around here can match.
BUILD WITH CONCRETE, STONE AND BRICK. Wood should only be used for framing and roofing. Never forget that.
how many 8" block can you lay in an hour if you're working with a helper feeding you blocks and mixing the mortar
8. union labor
based, i am a 'stone mason' per say and i can lay block and brick but i've never done any structural work, how did you learn to build a hous like that? i can only do landscape stuff like retaining walls and hardscape etc
kek
Imagine falling for the antiworker psyop
not that guy but i think i could probably lay about 20 blocks an hour if just working a straight wall
i don't do it all the time though so that's considered slow by blocklayer standards
Any thoughts on additive manufactured walls?
>ch-ch-ch-chia
No.
> 3d printed walls
A ridiculous meme, which has mostly died out already. For obvious reasons.
Masonary techniques, engineering and science are thousands of years old, and largely unchanged as it’s already at an optimum point.
the horse is here to stay, I heard once
so this is how you get those curvy walls inside futuristic homes
>How close would you pour a slab next to a 16x24 mature tree?
>How many joints would you cut in a 16x24 slab?
>What's your opinion on doing a slab in multiple pours?
>Do block walls, like in OP, need a designated footer or could you do a slab with a thickened edge?
>How do you pour concrete ceilings?
>Do you put siding on block walls or just paint them? What's your favorite concrete paint?
>Can you make a filled block wall one course at a time? For example, run the first course, fill with cement, then the next course, etc. vs laying all the blocks and filling them later.
>What's your favorite mixes?
only reason to be a brickie is to smoke meth with zero stigma
What kind of deals do you get on rebar?
The best concrete structures don't use rebar since it degrades the structure more rapidly.
why is rubble stone work never talked about is it bottom of the barrel or something people make houses with it
It takes forever and is hard to do with modern construction standards.
> picrel has no lintel over door and windows
ok, “master”
“F” is for failure.
>he doesn't know about lintel blocks
You're only embarassing yourself, son. Those blocks aren't held up by the bond of their head joints alone.
> not held up
Clearly. The one on the right is already coming off.
It’s not that they are held up, but it has to span the distance. You can use a steel lintel, as is code here rather than a high tension reinforced continuous concrete beam to span the distance.
immediately noticed this too. Chinese-tier blockwork
what else are they held up with? rebar?
So, for sure these hollowblocks should be filled with rebar and concrete. He’s probably thinking the block won’t fall due to “keying” but the one above the door to the left can drop out on someones head.
Nobody should stand under that door during and eathquake, that’s for sure. Construction like this kills a lot of people during a quake. That’s why rebar through the walls run vertically, not to hold the blocks up.
Look at what was done over the garage to the right. Should be something like that.
Well, that’s what 1000s of years of building experience tells us. This guy probably has some new ideas that can “make all the work go away”
or he could have the lintel blocks in the shape of wedges
or maybe a bond beam?
> lintel block
Nah, they still don’t span the opening and the blocks surface and color look like they came from the exact same batch as most of the rest of the wall.
Top row is more likely to be a bond beam block. Also something going on on the 2nd from top row.
dont know if its actually done this way in the pictures, but people will cut the web + slots on the thin side of the blocks so you can have rebar going all the way through...ie a fricking lintel.
You can’t tell from the pictures, but I assume it’s a solid steel welded frame, and there are thin veneer faux concrete brick tiles glued onto the steel frame with PL premium.
that will crack badly, OP could just put single bar over both the door and window like in that garage and it would be 10 times stronger
assuming you are legit, here is a real question
how would i go about reinforcing a low brick wall for a front garden so it can stop an incoming vehicle at ramming speed
how tall does it have to be and what kind of rebar do i need to bury into the ground and how deep?
anon if you bury a wall in the ground people can just drive right over it
Concrete is weak in tension, strong in compression. When you ram a brick wall, you are testing the concrete's tensile strength and so it goes over easily. Height won't help. Thickness is what you need. If you want to go full moron, buy some cubic-metre concrete blocks (each one weighs 2.4 tons) and line them up in a row to make your fence. The sheer mass will stop a car. Some dude near me has done this. He lives on a busy roundabout corner and probably got sick of tards ploughing through his front yard
It's an eyesore to be sure, but you could probably make it look ok with a little paint or maybe a hedge in front of it
>how tall does it have to be
waist high
>and what kind of rebar do i need to bury into the ground
The railroad iron type
The brickwork is just a decorative covering for the track iron. (do both sides)
>and how deep?
about three feet in rebar-reinforced concrete
How shitty is it to do a CMU block wall between 2 concrete pillars versus just the whole thing as concrete. Probably can't get a pump truck on site and can only get a truck for the footer so probably getting a mud mixer or something for the pillars and was thinking either block or double stud metal frame for the walls.
>CMU block wall between 2 concrete pillars
You'd be honorary balk- no, african, actually, that's what they do, we do anything but use cmu blocks.
But yes that shit works for 2 entire continents already.
looks like my third world shithole with massive urban sprawl
portland cement and it's fast cure times have been a disaster for human society
>cinder block with poured concrete
But why when aerated concrete is such a great insulator? Literally don't need any extra insulation if it's a thick enough block of it.
That stuffnis not that good of an insulator. It is strong and decent though. Add a nice layer of Rockwool comfort board insulation to the exterior of the structure so that your house isn't cold as f7ck
There's a huge scandal with Aerated Concrete in the UK at the moment because that shit doesn't last. There are huge numbers of schools now at risk of collapsing because it's only rated for 20 years.
>There's a huge scandal with Aerated Concrete in the UK at the moment because that shit doesn't last.
Link something. I am interested.
>There are huge numbers of schools now at risk of collapsing because it's only rated for 20 years.
What? All those Soviet panel buildings have most walls made of aerated concrete, but only for ones that aren't load bearing. Don't tell me they just build it all out of AAC and poured a 2nd floor on it and expected it all to hold? That's insane, but it's the UK, I don't expect much. Worst construction in the west.
>BRICK MASTER
You aint shit.
hey what's up? I'm an owner builder, my own architect on CAD, and am confirming to code for my CMU masonry home.. building modular, and all that. what do you suggest for getting an engineer to stamp drawings, vs just conforming to code and submitting to permitting? I just called a guy for foundation work, and he wanted it approved by an engineer, even though not required and I'm over building from what code says. I'm really finding the NMCA had a lot of great information. do you have a construction drawing set you would be willing to share?
where are you ordering doors and Windows from? I was thinking about doors and windows from China. pic related.
also, I just posted this question if you could answer it
thanks bro, I'll probably have more questions if you answer these.
How to into a real brick house that the walls are supporting the roof? The proverbial brick shithouse if you will.
Have you ever been approached by freemasons?
Freemasons tongue my anus.
Op what youtube video shows most accurate & simplest way to flatten a brick patio thats gone untouched for 15+ years and is all over height wise. Bricks thenselves are fine. Am poorgay and tubers giving conflicting advice
who the frick taught you to lay block? the longer i look the worse it gets.
can i set tile right onto of linoleum?
If it's sound and secure, yes. You'll need to clean, degrease, and scuff it first.
how did they set wall plate for the roof in old style stone masonry? just on it's weight?
Yes. Look up “flying buttress” and be amazed.
interesting but what does this have to do with roof
The roof pushes outward against the wall to hold itself up.
You either need very thick walls or a buttress of some kind.
what if it's a small roof and needs to be protected against being moved by wind
The problem doesn’t go away with ‘small roof’ unless you do something radical like build a pyramid, which has a 1-block ‘roof’
—this structure has definitely withstood the test of time.
doesn't it go away if you fasten the wall plate to the wall
Hello BM, I have two questions, a little vague, I hope I don't waste your valuable time:
1. What do you think of my boy Pippo Brunelleschi's work?
2. Down here in the third world everyone builds with blocks and concrete, what do you think? Doesn't it seem too heavy and expensive to you? thank you
Let me preface these answers by saying your question is the only one I shall answer.
1. No I don't like it at all. Assuming this is yours or not, which I doubt it is, I do not find this structure to be safe or beautiful.
2. I'm all for it. These homes, while terribly built by your goblin people, will still be structurally sound for at least 80 years.
Brickchad. My new fibercement ceiling tiles smell toxic and fill my throat with bitter taste. What's the best material for ceiling tiles that don't diffuse toxic gas? The ones I've already set, how long must I wait for the toxic smell to go away?
Seal them with that stain sealing paint.
(e.g. zinsser)
They use this on flipped homes that used to meth labs and had chain smokers living there for 40 years.
My mistake, the pic has nothing to do with the work of Filippo Brunelleschi and the techniques used in the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Cathedral
What are your thoughts on ICF
not op...but I'd rather have formed concrete walls and just put foam sheeting on the outside later. a lot can go wrong pouring, and youre never going to see how shitty it is behind all the foam without cutting out sections all over the place. The contractor will cut out a section where he started the pour and he knows the concrete hit the ground...not under a window or other problematic area. the plastic webbing all over the wall bothers me too. its like building cracks into your wall. i'd take a full grouted cmu wall with foam just on the outside for the same price.
How do I get hired by a mason so I can develop skill/steal materials?
You picked the wrong industry to steal from. Everything is heavy and massive.
Go work at a saffron factory.
Two bricks a day in your lunchbox. House in 10 years.
To get more.
Op, what about hesco or earhtbags?
why would you want to steal masonry materials?
> masonry
"masonary". tell me you've never done any masonary work without telling me you've never done any masonary work.
Frick you OP for not taking advantage of this opportunity
How is the earthquake / tornado resistance on these compared to normal US wood cucksheds? I have heard arguments against steel frames, which makes sense, what are the arguments against these concrete block homes?
Is it just that the materials weigh a metric frickton? Are you doing double walls with air for insulation?
> Wood should only be used for framing and roofing.
> Framing
U wut? Like bathtub and closet / interior frames, or what do you mean?
Redpill me on compressed earth blocks, they seem rad and I can imagine doing some sort of ceb/log bastard
Kek, I never knew you left. What a self important homosexual.
why are you laying without head joints? you just put a big ass head joint in whenever you want? i get that it's block and it's not really needed but like... bruh
moron here, how do cut off mortar blocks work in a wall? I understand they're hollow with a divider in the middle. So if you cut it to any measurement longer or shorter than approximately in front of the divider, wouldn't it just be a hollow cavity in the side of the wall?
Cinder blocks*
that's not a problem at all. If you cut 3/4s of a block off, you'll just wind up with a C-shaped section as seen from above.
You can also always cut both ends off and center around the mid flange like an H block if you wanted.
Both of these options are fine
Oh I know these MASTERS
Worked somewhere a week, knows it all
Your name Chris Lawrence by chance hahahahaha
if i wanted to make my own detached garage, is it literally as easy as
>pour home depot premixed concrete into a rectangular hole you dug for a foundation
>buy cinder blocks by the boatload and get some kind of premixed mortar
>lay bricks for a few days in whatever floor plan you desire
>pay some roofer 20k to put on a roof because it's not concrete and sounds harder tbh
?
Yes. Only you shouldn't be using premixed concrete for your slab. You're going to need a shit ton of hit so either rent a mixer or have it delivered.
Also, you're going to need a form around your slab.
why would you build thick bricks wall constructions when you have structure engineering, that can get you more space with same material, and for walls use panels
GTFO here commie