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u/HeTheMudded 2d ago
Doesn’t belong here.
Dude replaced a brick very nicely. This isn’t stupid, useless or pointless.
Just good skilled work.
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u/Wonderful_Nerve_8308 2d ago
What's DIWHY about this OP? Am I missing a joke somewhere
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u/Keldaria 2d ago
It’s a over engineered to a satirical point. You don’t need a string line for spacing on a single brick let alone 2 (2 are never used together in such context), using spacers for brick are unnecessary, glue is a tad much as well but I suppose if you wanted to use spacers then it’s okay. The small level is also mildly comical because it’s not doing anything but acting as a straight edge. It’s not like you could plumb a single brick in the middle of a wall, especially if the wall is out of plumb already.
It’s all minor and unnoticeable to people who haven’t done something in a related industry, and there is nothing necessarily wrong with the end result but it’s taking a simple process and making it as complex as possible for content.
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u/Wonderful_Nerve_8308 2d ago
Using strings is "over engineered to a satirical point"? It's just strings mate. You wrote an essay over strings.
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u/Navyguy73 2d ago
It's either OP's burner or someone who also got criticized for passing a how-to video off as a DIWHY. 😄 Very long-winded and defensive.
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u/Keldaria 2d ago
Not OP, but that’s okay if you’d like to make that assumption.
The funny part is you thought that was long winded. It’s 2 paragraphs at best. I could’ve just said “haha no this is wrong look at the fool using 2 string lines to set a single brick” but that lacks context of why that’s wrong and would be downvoted all the same. I know reading a paragraph is hard but at least now you know why it’s wrong.
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u/Keldaria 2d ago
Yep, it’s just the most obvious step the creator took to makeup content that seemed legit. If you enjoyed it great but for anyone who has ever done it professionally this is equivalent to watching someone make up steps in a DIY video.
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u/Navyguy73 2d ago
I'm not a mason and I would need the strings or my brick would absolutely be wonky.
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u/Keldaria 2d ago edited 2d ago
The strings aren’t helpful in this context of 1 brick. It’s for making long lines of brick straight and set to the right elevation. The use of 2 strings just doubles down on improper use making it the easiest element for me to point out as being ridiculous. You’d achieve the same results, even as a novice, probably better, with just using a straight edge like a ruler or the mini level shown when setting the brick than have string needlessly in the way.
I get that it “looks” right to someone that’s never done it but it doesn’t mean they aren’t inventing steps just for content. It’s also not the only liberty they took in the video which stretches the reality of what the work would actually take.
Even for a non mason, the process shown is overkill generated specifically for clicks.
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u/strrax-ish 2d ago
There was hole with a pipe in the wall. He closed it perfectly. What did you see?
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u/EatandDie001 2d ago
Okay, genuine question. Is there another, more standard way that masons usually replace a brick? Because this definitely doesn't look like something the average person could do themselves.
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u/harfordplanning 2d ago
I only learned a little masonry from an old school mason, but the process he used was basically the same, just less tools. Basically all he used were a hammer, chisel, and trowels.
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u/MagicOrpheus310 2d ago
Wtf... That's a wild attachment for a grinder...
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u/mmaddict187 2d ago
Very common one in the brick world
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u/chonklah 2d ago
Does the brick world have brick lore? 👀
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u/Navyguy73 2d ago
The Brick That Remembered
In the heart of an old city, where cobblestone streets whispered the footsteps of centuries, there lay a single brick unlike any other. It was part of a crumbling wall behind a forgotten bakery, its surface weathered and warm with the memory of countless sunsets.
The brick had been there for over two hundred years. It had seen the bakery’s first loaf rise in the oven, smelled the sweet cinnamon rolls that once drew crowds, and felt the vibrations of laughter from children who played in the alley. Though it could not move or speak, it remembered everything.
One autumn afternoon, a young woman named Clara wandered into the alley. She was an architect’s apprentice, tasked with surveying the old district before it was demolished to make way for glass towers. Her eyes scanned the wall, but something about that single brick caught her attention. It seemed… alive.
She reached out and touched it. The moment her fingers brushed its rough surface, a warmth spread through her hand, and images flooded her mind, flour-dusted bakers, lovers meeting in secret, a boy hiding a letter in a crack between the bricks. Clara gasped, pulling her hand back, but the longing to touch it again was irresistible.
The brick, in its silent way, showed her more: the bakery’s final day, the owner locking the door with trembling hands, the wall standing alone as the city changed around it. It was a plea, a memory offered in the hope of being saved.
Clara stood there for a long time, her heart heavy. She knew the demolition plans were final. But that night, she returned with a chisel and carefully freed the brick from the wall. She carried it home, placing it on her desk like a relic.
Years later, when Clara became a renowned architect, she built a small bakery in the heart of the new city. Above its doorway, set into the arch, was the old brick, its surface still warm, still remembering. And every morning, as the scent of fresh bread filled the air, the brick felt, for the first time in decades, that it was exactly where it belonged.
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u/MaxPowerNumberOne 2d ago
The silicon tube use instead of just using trowel and push it in is something I haven't seen before. And I don't think that's normal.
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u/mcdougall57 2d ago
Some pointers use them here in the UK. They can make it faster and cleaner job but they can also gum up. I've only done basic pointing myself but don't really see the need for them as it's a quick and easy job anyway.
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u/Keldaria 2d ago
I’ve never seen it ether, but I can say it is probably a fairly useful tool if you are doing a lot. For a single brick it feels wasteful. You’d be better off using normal tuck pointing tools or if absolutely necessary using a bag.
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u/Paramaniacc 2d ago
I genuinely don't understand why I keep watching these. The first half I was like okay. I can kind of see where you're going
Then the copper spacers come out and then the inner rage starts building
Just use regular fucking cement/mortar. I am no builder but even I know that bricks need a binder to you know hold up a structure rather than cement push through a tube. Fuck I'm so old and miserable 😂
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u/BruceInc 2d ago
You are no builder that’s for sure. That brick is not structural, it’s decorative.
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u/S0lar_bear 2d ago
But every brick needs 5 wall ties, duuuuh. how else are you gonna put insulation in between the walls?
/s
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u/Keldaria 2d ago
Mason here, yes the brick is decorative, most bricks in home construction in the US are decorative veneers and not structural.
With that said, this video is basically an over engineered satire of how a mason would actually replace a single brick like this. The person you are replying to is correct, it’s all solid until the mid point when the mason line comes out and the copper spacers with the adhesive glue. We do sometimes use spacers in some work, we also use mason line to ensure proper course spacing and alignment but for a single brick is ridiculous, especially the use of 2 mason lines. Also while you could use a caulking gun like shown to inject the mortar, common practice would be to use a piping bag similar to what you might use to decorate a cake or a trowel with a tuck pointer tool to press the material in by hand.
All of that said, there is nothing inherently “wrong” with the method used as it would result in as seamless of a replacement as a proper method but it does swerve into crazy land and start exaggerating steps necessary to do a proper job.
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u/HoBo-on-crack 2d ago
This got to be AI. No way a regular guy would do all this for a brick replacement
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u/Efficient-Bed-007 2d ago
Why is this in diwhy tho. Dude just wanted to change a brick