Bricklaying is a true craft and art form. It is also one of the oldest trades throughout the world.
The art to bricklaying is to use bricks with clean faces and to plumb and level in a straight line from end to end.
Bricklaying is a highly skilled trade that can take many years to truly master.
The standard of bricklaying must be sound as it is literally the foundation on which everything else is built.
A Bricklaying worker can progress to technician level and then after to construction management.
When learning the art of bricklaying it’s advisable to keeping checking and adjusting.
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.
In Germany bricklaying is considered to be one of the traditional trades.
The trowel is like an extension of the bricklayers arm and rarely put down whilst bricklaying.
It is not unusual for a number of bricklaying gangs to work on different sections of a building job.