Our BRICKLAYING COURSES at  Train2build.co.uk, The DIY & Building Skills Training Centre: are made up of a 5 Day All-round Bricklaying Skills Course and two  1-day Follow-on Bricklaying courses.

On the 5 day course we concentrate on all aspects of brickwork (not blockwork) so that at the end of the week you will be confident and competent with bricks.If you would like to learn about cavity walls we offer the 1-day follow-on course on cavity walls (which includes blockwork), which will be relatively easy after the 5-day course.

 On the 5 DAY FOUNDATION BRICKLAYING COURSE you will be taught

• Handling and storage of materials
• Foundations and footings
• About mortar mixes
• Setting out, squaring and use of the ‘Gauge Rod’
• Different kinds of bonding brickwork –
• Building walls in Stretcher Bond and English garden wall bond

You will be taught how to:

• Correctly use the trowel to spread a mortar bed and "butter" the brick
  
• Build corners
• Build brick piers
• Build walls with integral piers
• Build a curved wall.
• Finish off with a brick coping course

You will also learn how to set up and use profiles as well as estimating quantities of and the cost of materials.

BRICKLAYING Follow-on courses:

Course 1         

• Build a cavity wall using blocks and bricks
• How to build in dpc and lintels with cavity trays and weep holes
• Build a soldier course over window/door openings
  

Course 2         

• Build a wall with an arch including making up a template

'Whether you are a novice or someone with expeience in the field, you will come away from the week long course, feeling a great sense of achievement. I had a certain amount of experience in most trades but I learnt so much and found better ways to achieve the desired result.'     

Julian Penfold