How to Lay Brick | This Old House

The firebox has been installed and now it’s time to start the new chimney for the addition. This Old House mason, Mark McCullough is ready to start and he has a new apprentice. #ThisOldHouse #AskTOH SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Nick the Arlington homeowner has always wanted to learn bricklaying. Today he gets his first lesson on his own house with mason Mark McCullough. Mark identifies the necessary tools and shows the correct consistency of the loose mortar. Mark demonstrates how to lay a furrow with a trowel, place a brick, scrape back excess, level, clean, and go to the next brick with a head joint with the line blocks. Nick works on filling in the middle. The bricks that Mark McCullough is using for the chimney are the same bricks that grace much of historic Boston. He meets Lincoln Andrews in Bridgewater, MA and gets a tour of the factory where these bricks have been made for over 100 years. They watch raw indigenous clay get milled, mixed, pressed into molds, dried and finally heated in a round kiln to almost 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. After several days, the bricks are sorted and strapped and ready to send to the jobsite. About This Old House TV: This Old House is the No. 1 multimedia home enthusiast brand, offering trusted information and expert advice through award-winning television, a highly regarded magazine, and an information-driven website. This Old House and Ask This Old House are produced by This Old House Ventures, LLC and are presented on PBS by WNET Washington. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr Keywords: This Old House, Ask This Old House, DIY, Home Improvement, DIY Ideas, Renovation, Renovation Ideas, How To Fix, How To Install, How To Build Watch the full episode: https://bit.ly/3daywBw How to Lay Brick | This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/