5 day Bricklaying Courses

Duration of hands on Bricklaying course 5 days

The practical hands on bricklaying course covers

Day 1: Introduction to and the use of tools, gauging & mixing mortars, loading & setting out the site with materials, trowel techniques and laying the bed joint, buttering brick joints, building corners plumb and level, laying to the line & various pointing techniques, a demonstration proceeds your first practical exercise, with this day over you would have built a single skin brick wall with returns

Day 2: a demonstration of various brick bonding proceeds your practical exercise with building a double skinned wall with brick on edge coping and piers as would be used in garden walling and retaining walls, later in the afternoon we will cover the theory of using dpc and cavity insulation, then load out ready for day 3

Day 3: today we start the construction of a small extension/porch to building regulations using face brickwork and lightweight blocks incorporating a cavity with ties and insulation

Day 4: continuing the construction of the extension/porch, the methods used are typical of new-build properties across building authorities within the uk, we fit the sub-floor including dpm, door/window profiles and close the cavities using vertical dpc, set the lintels, cavity trays & weep-holes.

Day 5: if finished the extension we cover more advanced forms of brickwork such as corbelling, arches and decorative panelling.

The course is designed to give you sound knowledge of brickwork for use at home or site.

Delivery:	In house
Category:	Bricklaying