It’s unfortunate that the novice homesteader will often make the assumption that bricklaying is easy.
Bricklaying is an art form that is not always given the respect it deserves.
In bricklaying a large strong steel trowel is used for spreading mortar and chopping bricks to shape.
The trowel is like an extension of the bricklayers arm and rarely put down whilst bricklaying.
The art to bricklaying is to use bricks with clean faces and to plumb and level in a straight line from end to end.
It is not unusual for a number of bricklaying gangs to work on different sections of a building job.
A Bricklaying worker can progress to technician level and then after to construction management.
Bricklaying is very important to the appearance of a house. This is because up to 70% of the house can be viewed as brickwork by the critical eye.
If working in the construction industry, bricklaying is looked upon as an essential skill to have.
Bricklaying: The laying of rectangular pieces of baked clay called bricks one after another, layer upon layer until a desired height is reached. A composition of lime and sand called mortar is spread between each layer which hardens and bonds the bricks together to form a solid mass.