wizer wrote:
Doesn't matter how many of those videos I watch, I'm sure it's not that simple!!!
Afternoon Tom
I haven't done that much brickwork but, In my limited experience, Mike is right about the consistency of the mortar. If you get that right you're half way there.
Too dry and you can't bed in the bricks. Too wet and it won't support the brick as it sets and you risk getting it all over the face. If you mix it so that light pressure from the hand onto a carefully laid consistent bed of mortar will get the brick almost right you can then tap it down to the line /level.
If it's too dry, chuck it back in the mixer and add water till it's right.
Get yourself a bit of scrap plywood to use as a spot board for the mix.
Start round the back and you'll be doing it right first time by the time you get to the front.
It's a skilled job, but you only need to lay a few hundred bricks over three courses. Take your time and you can do it.
Cheers
Dave