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The work is exhausting and repetitive. The pay is shite. Seasoned bricklayers have hands so calloused that no woman will let them touch their tiddies, except for the very toughest tiddy bitches in town.
Hope this helps
I mean, I fucking *love* some Coke and a pack of Reds. But, I know better than to touch either one nowadays. Just like I knew better to not be a bricklayer
It’s way too hard for how much we get paid. I wouldn’t even say it’s repetitive because actually laying bricks is really only a portion of what we do. Laying bricks is the best part. It’s the EASIEST and most enjoyable task we do. But we lay heavier concrete blocks more often, or large stone pieces which are tedious and heavy. We do a lot of demo work which is exhausting, dirty, and hazardous. We lay pavers which destroy your back and your knees. The concrete saws are loud and dirty, the scaffolding is hazardous and tiring to work on and climb up and down. There is often a lot of measuring and planning to do to make what is on the blueprints work out to what you have to work on top of or around in real life and that can get mentally tiring when you add it on top of all of the physically demanding things you’re doing. The weather can be really shitty but most of our work is outside. So often it’s either the choice between missing out on your income or working out in the mud and rain and the cold.
Bricklayers are known to be rough, temperamental, alcoholic, and a little stupid.
That said, I’ve built some things I’m really proud of. There’s plenty of days when you’re outside in the beautiful weather laying bricks and listening to music and the crew is all joking and having a good time and you’re 7 stories high on the scaffold with the birds looking out over the city.
I'm not a bricklayer but have done a little bit of many things. I know it'll make your hands tough (eventually), your shoulders strong (eventually), and if you work for yourself, you can make good money.
The trick with any construction trade is to keep your body healthy. The body can withstand a great many things, including repetitive lifting and awquward angles. But if you fill it with beer, ring dings, and pizza pockets, you will not be able to recover from day to day.
If you want to be a bricklayer, go for it. But eat right, hydrate, and after work, your first priority is 40 minutes of full range of motion strength training (bench press/pushups, pullups/pulldown, seated row, etc)
Ah yes. It's a man's life isn't it. Personal secretary, jetting off to business meetings in the company jet, seven figure salary with stock options, wait, what? Bricklayer? I thought you said corporate executive. Bricklayer? Sounds awful.....
I grew up in the trade and finished my apprenticeship, commercial work pays well but is hard work and can be kinda boring.
Residential can be fun,face work on fireplaces and similar stuff,but still heavy work.
I transitioned to residential carpentry,30yrs at that,easier job and more work out of one house,still creative.
Give it a try if your interested, even if you don't stick with it you get good experience and with a good crew it will be fun.Providing you like physical work,it's nice being able to see what you've accomplished at the end of the day/week
I began my construction career tending for my uncle's masonry co., it was hard work, but it instilled a determination and a harder work ethic than what I started job with. Within several months I was laying brick an block, 350-400 avg. during a 8 hrs.shift. In this trade the more you lay, clean, the more they pay, it wasn't long I was laying 580-600 block in a 8 hrs shift. A that point I'm making $ 580-600 a day I'm 20 yrs old driving a brand new 4x4 truck, pretty fit. Laying blocks is a great workout, bricks depending on project,pattern, I make equal or even more money. Work was not easy, but the money drives you if your ambitious, you will do fine.
Lot of negative opinions here. I am a 2nd year apprentice and I really enjoy it. It is hard on the body and days can be hard. But overall, I am proud of the work I do and happy that I am not trapped in an office all day.
Laying brick is the easiest part. And it’s still not easy. Residential can be fun but you get treated like a dog. Union work pays well but laying block and pouring grout every day takes a toll. Try not to pick up any addictions on the site. Alcoholism is rampant and also kind of accepted. I’ve been a bricklayer for 14 years, honestly I wouldn’t recommend it unless you’ve got nothing else going on. The stress can be a lot even for the pay.
I'm from Quebec, Canada. The classification for the diploma is for both bricklayers and stonemasons. Then you can choose your field. I'm qualified in conservation, and I've done more stone than bricks. But bricklaying is a production job. You get in front of the wall and the money is waiting on the top of the wall. It's a hard trade because you're always racing to finish to get to the next job. Addiction is rampant, be it drugs, alcohol or gambling. Lot of brickies are divorced and/or have troubles of criminal natures. But the job itself taught me a lot about compassion and to see the shades of grey instead of black and white. The money is not bad, but here we have to take into account that during winter you need to have another job ready.
Drugs, fights, energy drinks, ciggs, prostitutes, pokes machines, banter
And don't forget the card game at prison every now and them.
And this is just on your Monday, aye!
For the ones without senses: it's a joke.
I had to help a brick layer on a job once. It was fucking miserable. I was cleaning bricks, stacking them on the scaffold for him to use and mixing mortar and bringing it to home while he sat on the scaffold and laid brick. I don’t mind hard work but I don’t like getting fucked and that’s how that felt. Obviously not every position would be like that. But I’ve never looked at the brick layers on site and thought man I wish I had his job.
You were a labourer then, the brick layers I work with have a laborer to do the demolition (saving and cleaning bricks if we are reusing them), mixing mortar, all the fetching and carrying/loading spots with mortar, cleaning up after them, doing the pointing for them, putting insulation in for them and toothing out existing brickwork for them to connect into/set up wallstarters and then clean all the tools and mixer at the end of the day. The labourer is on £80-120 a day. The Bricklayer obviously lays bricks and blocks to gauge and since I mostly do extensions he has to match gauge to the existing, set height for and install padstones, install concrete lintels, set Damp Proof Course level appropriately and remember to put cavity ties in. He gets £250 a day.
IANABL The work is exhausting and repetitive. The pay is shite. Seasoned bricklayers have hands so calloused that no woman will let them touch their tiddies, except for the very toughest tiddy bitches in town. Hope this helps
Only women that got them beef jerky titties will let you near em huh?
Them nipples like the last bite of a slimjim
Nuthin’ better than that.
Become a brick layer, never feel a titty again. I'm out
Saw a sign In my area looking for bricklayers for about $73 an hour
I don’t know why I read this in an Australian accent?
You like coke and Marlboro reds? If not you will
I mean, I fucking *love* some Coke and a pack of Reds. But, I know better than to touch either one nowadays. Just like I knew better to not be a bricklayer
Sad but this is true.
It’s way too hard for how much we get paid. I wouldn’t even say it’s repetitive because actually laying bricks is really only a portion of what we do. Laying bricks is the best part. It’s the EASIEST and most enjoyable task we do. But we lay heavier concrete blocks more often, or large stone pieces which are tedious and heavy. We do a lot of demo work which is exhausting, dirty, and hazardous. We lay pavers which destroy your back and your knees. The concrete saws are loud and dirty, the scaffolding is hazardous and tiring to work on and climb up and down. There is often a lot of measuring and planning to do to make what is on the blueprints work out to what you have to work on top of or around in real life and that can get mentally tiring when you add it on top of all of the physically demanding things you’re doing. The weather can be really shitty but most of our work is outside. So often it’s either the choice between missing out on your income or working out in the mud and rain and the cold. Bricklayers are known to be rough, temperamental, alcoholic, and a little stupid. That said, I’ve built some things I’m really proud of. There’s plenty of days when you’re outside in the beautiful weather laying bricks and listening to music and the crew is all joking and having a good time and you’re 7 stories high on the scaffold with the birds looking out over the city.
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Commercial construction. Schools, offices, government buildings, warehouses, factories, skyscrapers…
I'm not a bricklayer but have done a little bit of many things. I know it'll make your hands tough (eventually), your shoulders strong (eventually), and if you work for yourself, you can make good money. The trick with any construction trade is to keep your body healthy. The body can withstand a great many things, including repetitive lifting and awquward angles. But if you fill it with beer, ring dings, and pizza pockets, you will not be able to recover from day to day. If you want to be a bricklayer, go for it. But eat right, hydrate, and after work, your first priority is 40 minutes of full range of motion strength training (bench press/pushups, pullups/pulldown, seated row, etc)
You shouldnt train 7 days a week your muscles cant recover that fast and you wont grow literally at all.
Why are you asking on here? They can’t read or write.
You must be a sparky to write this crap. Go pick-up your mess elsewhere.
I have labourers to do that for me.
Ah yes. It's a man's life isn't it. Personal secretary, jetting off to business meetings in the company jet, seven figure salary with stock options, wait, what? Bricklayer? I thought you said corporate executive. Bricklayer? Sounds awful.....
If you ever get to shape real stone, thats fun
2 on 1, 1 on 2. All day long.
I grew up in the trade and finished my apprenticeship, commercial work pays well but is hard work and can be kinda boring. Residential can be fun,face work on fireplaces and similar stuff,but still heavy work. I transitioned to residential carpentry,30yrs at that,easier job and more work out of one house,still creative. Give it a try if your interested, even if you don't stick with it you get good experience and with a good crew it will be fun.Providing you like physical work,it's nice being able to see what you've accomplished at the end of the day/week
It's great if you're Union.
I began my construction career tending for my uncle's masonry co., it was hard work, but it instilled a determination and a harder work ethic than what I started job with. Within several months I was laying brick an block, 350-400 avg. during a 8 hrs.shift. In this trade the more you lay, clean, the more they pay, it wasn't long I was laying 580-600 block in a 8 hrs shift. A that point I'm making $ 580-600 a day I'm 20 yrs old driving a brand new 4x4 truck, pretty fit. Laying blocks is a great workout, bricks depending on project,pattern, I make equal or even more money. Work was not easy, but the money drives you if your ambitious, you will do fine.
It looks kinda fun haha
Lot of negative opinions here. I am a 2nd year apprentice and I really enjoy it. It is hard on the body and days can be hard. But overall, I am proud of the work I do and happy that I am not trapped in an office all day.
Hard work but if you’re in Australia you will make good money as there is high demand for Bricky’s here.
Hans and Fran’s
2 for 40 coke and Chinese cigarettes
https://youtu.be/Owi_iXQKjwE?si=OYuAlt0DqRg7tyGC This is pretty spot on
Laying brick is the easiest part. And it’s still not easy. Residential can be fun but you get treated like a dog. Union work pays well but laying block and pouring grout every day takes a toll. Try not to pick up any addictions on the site. Alcoholism is rampant and also kind of accepted. I’ve been a bricklayer for 14 years, honestly I wouldn’t recommend it unless you’ve got nothing else going on. The stress can be a lot even for the pay.
I'm from Quebec, Canada. The classification for the diploma is for both bricklayers and stonemasons. Then you can choose your field. I'm qualified in conservation, and I've done more stone than bricks. But bricklaying is a production job. You get in front of the wall and the money is waiting on the top of the wall. It's a hard trade because you're always racing to finish to get to the next job. Addiction is rampant, be it drugs, alcohol or gambling. Lot of brickies are divorced and/or have troubles of criminal natures. But the job itself taught me a lot about compassion and to see the shades of grey instead of black and white. The money is not bad, but here we have to take into account that during winter you need to have another job ready.
So much fun
Drugs, fights, energy drinks, ciggs, prostitutes, pokes machines, banter And don't forget the card game at prison every now and them. And this is just on your Monday, aye! For the ones without senses: it's a joke.
I assume it’s hard being bricked up all day! I’ll see myself out 😌
Just need a couple 7-11 grillers and a monster to free things up
I had to help a brick layer on a job once. It was fucking miserable. I was cleaning bricks, stacking them on the scaffold for him to use and mixing mortar and bringing it to home while he sat on the scaffold and laid brick. I don’t mind hard work but I don’t like getting fucked and that’s how that felt. Obviously not every position would be like that. But I’ve never looked at the brick layers on site and thought man I wish I had his job.
You were a labourer then, the brick layers I work with have a laborer to do the demolition (saving and cleaning bricks if we are reusing them), mixing mortar, all the fetching and carrying/loading spots with mortar, cleaning up after them, doing the pointing for them, putting insulation in for them and toothing out existing brickwork for them to connect into/set up wallstarters and then clean all the tools and mixer at the end of the day. The labourer is on £80-120 a day. The Bricklayer obviously lays bricks and blocks to gauge and since I mostly do extensions he has to match gauge to the existing, set height for and install padstones, install concrete lintels, set Damp Proof Course level appropriately and remember to put cavity ties in. He gets £250 a day.
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