manhole

For building a manhole 3 bricks long by 6 bricks high by 2 and a half bricks wide. I started off first by putting on all my PPE, this being my work boots (steel toe-caped), my glasses and my gloves. I then started collecting all my materials. These included: 60 bricks, 2breeze blocks and a board (for the pug to sit on), a trowel, pug, a spirit-level, a pencil, a tape measure, a wire brush, a line gap smoother and a brick gage.

I mixed the pug until it was the right consistence for laying the bricks and I then started to measure the right length for the 3 bricks in length using the tape measure and using the length on the brick chart. and then 2 and a half bricks in lenght at a 90 degree angle to the line of the first 3 brick. I then continued this exactly the same with symmetry to create a rectangle.

After marking out the right distance I then began to lay the pug out all the way along the measurements and then laid the bricks on top, with all the ‘faces’ facing towards me, as this would be the front of  my wall.

After laying the first level I made sure they were all level, plumb and the right height. I done this with every level, and lined up all the bricks to make sure they were all in line as they went up so they were the same space apart on all the levels. All the level were the same apart from every other level a half brick was used on each end to make the wall more stable. I made sure all the bricks were lined up to match every other level.

After it was complete, I brushed the wall down with a wire brush and then smoothed the gaps out with a special tool to make the wall look smarter and more professional