Slightly alarming email from my son

[GB]

Slightly alarming email from my son: "Turns out bricklaying is a lot harder than it looks."

Unfortunately, he's not practising! I'm not sure that we need that wall, really, but it's very much on view.

[John Rumm]

Well on the bright side, at least he is having a go!

[Robin]

Inherited? Haha! You are Yosser Hughes AICMFP.

[Adam Funk]

It's amazing how perfectly rectangular bricks can fit together to make a wonky result. DAMHIKT.

[Tjoepstil]

there are an infinite number of arrangements to build a wonky brick wall but only one that builds a true wall.

so its amazing that true walls are ever built

[Huge]

There's a one day course at the local college I keep meaning to do; "Build a brick wall."

[spuorgelgoog]

depends if it's holding anything up

Ivy doesn't care if it's wonky. If you can't wait, get some plastic ivy until the real stuff grows.

Owain

[Adam Funk]

It's the prerequisite to a much longer course called "build a straight, nice-looking brick wall"!

[whisky-dave]

Tell him to start at the bottom and not the top :-)

[bert]

So give some bricks and mortar and a trowel to an ape and observe.

[spuorgelgoog]

Adam should give some sockets and cable to an ape and compare the result with some apprentices.

Owain

[Andrew Gabriel]

I did a 2 day course at a local building trades college. It was really good, and really enjoyable.

Did another 2 day course on plastering - also excellent. That was actually spilt into 1 day new plastering/rendering, half day repairing broken plaster/render, and half a day on special finishes, of which you chose one relevant to you (I chose pebbledash, as there are some decorative pebbledash panels on first floor of my house).