Bricklaying Essentials

Bricklaying Essentials Course

Course: Bricklaying Essentials Course - Setting Out, Bonds, Cappings, Pillars, Curves & Patterns. Solid Garden & Boundary Walls Duration: 4 Days. Weekends or Weekdays. Price: £260 incl VAT

The Essential Bricklaying Course enables students to learn the essential skills involved in building substantial solid brick walls. The course will appeal to those students wanting to tackle DIY and home improvement projects such as garden and boundary walls as well as non regulated outbuildings. The Essential Bricklaying course will also appeal to the professional trades person looking to add bricklaying to their offered services.
It is the objective of the Essential Bricklaying Course that you will learn how to use a comprehensive range of tools and materials in order to build walls that are accurate, straight and true rather than getting as many "wavy davey" courses laid as possible. With an ability to build accurate walls you can then go forward and work to your own balance of height and accuracy depending upon your own needs and available time.
"In 3 days we covered a hell of a lot"
Graham Stokes
For the individual that wishes to build walls and structures controlled by building control and planning regulations such as cavity walls for extensions and conservatories the Essential Bricklaying Course provides the base skills for students to then move on to the Advanced Bricklaying Course.
On the Essential Bricklaying Course we enable you to learn how to:-

• Preparing your work area including materials, tools, mixing and waste handling plus spot boards.
• Make and use a gauge rod or staff.
• Set out Stretcher, Flemish and English bond walls including use of half and quarter bricks (bats) and closures etc.
• Integrate decorative patterns and features as well as soldier or capping courses.
• Build corners and pillars

• Use line and pins.
• Use levels and set squares.
• Use a cement mixer and mix appropriate quantities of mortar.
• Use mortar and gauging trowel to create even beds of mortar for straight courses.
• Dressing and pointing the wall and mortar.
• Freestyle day when you can tackle ideas of your own for possible projects or individual ideas such as curved walls.

Dates & Bookings
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If you book more than one course or more than one person we will refund a 10% discount from the cheapest courses back to your card. If you are making a multiple booking by way of a cheque in the post please apply the discount to your total. The first course does not attract a discount.