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on: December 31, 2016, 06:05:38 AM
With the recent trade school thread by Whoey it got me to looking at some of the job pics I have taken over the years :dd: I have worked on a lot of complicated and very rewarding projects over the years :tu: I thought it might be nice to share some of these with you guys to show you what I do :D

To start out with here is an architect's house our company was doing a favor for :tu: This was back in 2010 I think :think: :D

0412001316a by Poncho 65, on Flickr

0413000736 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

0412001255c by Poncho 65, on Flickr

0409000837 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

0409000817b by Poncho 65, on Flickr

This one was quite enjoyable to figure out :tu:


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Reply #1 on: December 31, 2016, 06:08:50 AM
Here is a few more from another project :cheers:

All these are different parts to a private school we started on in 2010 and finished in 2011 :cheers:

IMG_0066 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

IMG_0065 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

IMG_0063 by Poncho 65, on Flickr


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Reply #2 on: December 31, 2016, 06:10:00 AM
More from the private school :tu:

IMG_0974 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

IMG_0980 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

IMG_0979 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

IMG_0978 by Poncho 65, on Flickr



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Reply #3 on: December 31, 2016, 06:11:15 AM
Some more 8)

IMG_0976 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

IMG_0975 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

IMG_0905 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

IMG_0698 by Poncho 65, on Flickr


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Reply #4 on: December 31, 2016, 06:12:37 AM
Some close-ups :tu:

IMG_0649 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

IMG_0657 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

IMG_0656 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

IMG_0655 by Poncho 65, on Flickr



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Reply #5 on: December 31, 2016, 06:13:15 AM
I have many more but I will save those for tomorrow :cheers: :cheers: :like:


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Reply #6 on: December 31, 2016, 07:23:32 AM
  :like: :cheers:
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Reply #7 on: December 31, 2016, 07:26:38 AM
I always loved brick work.  I used to dream of a home with all exterior done in stone. 
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Reply #8 on: December 31, 2016, 08:49:28 AM
 :salute: :salute: Gotta give it up to a tradesman!  :cheers:
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Reply #9 on: December 31, 2016, 12:23:55 PM
that's awesome work... however for some odd reason I really loathe red brick.  :ahhh
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Reply #10 on: December 31, 2016, 01:25:58 PM
Cool stuff!  :multi:


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Reply #11 on: December 31, 2016, 03:21:24 PM
I gather you are not a fan of Pink Floyd :P

Nice work.. I love these kind of bridge building
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Reply #12 on: December 31, 2016, 03:30:50 PM
I gather you are not a fan of Pink Floyd :P

Nice work.. I love these kind of bridge building

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Reply #13 on: December 31, 2016, 03:31:02 PM
beautiful work!
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Reply #14 on: December 31, 2016, 03:36:58 PM
that's awesome work... however for some odd reason I really loathe red brick.  :ahhh

Nothing wrong with that :D There are plenty of colors of brick I have laid over the years that I wouldn't have on an outhouse if I were paying for them :rofl:


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Reply #15 on: December 31, 2016, 03:39:39 PM
The first pics with the architect house were picked only to match the texture as I think his plan was to paint them to match his older home :tu: I think that the brick in it are a bit much but the more you look at them the more they grow on you :think: I have a similar brick texture wise on my house with only pinks and tans in it and it grew on me over the years as well :D


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Reply #16 on: December 31, 2016, 04:03:01 PM
This job was started in 2004 and finished at the beginning of 2006 and one of the most intricate jobs I ever worked on :o I really did learn a lot from this job and worked with several very talented bricklayers on this one :tu: St. Cecilia's Mother House (it is a place for nuns to train to be nuns, well sisters as they said they didn't want to be called nuns :shrug:  :D )

DSC00323 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

DSC00321 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

St. Cecilia 084 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

St. Cecilia 082 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

 


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Reply #17 on: December 31, 2016, 04:04:02 PM
That's some talented work there  :tu:
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Reply #18 on: December 31, 2016, 04:05:29 PM
Plenty of pics of this one :D

St. Cecilia 042 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

and even a pic of a younger Poncho65 hard at work :D

St. Cecilia 026 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

In this one I am the one in green pointing :D

St. Cecilia 002 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

DSC00163 by Poncho 65, on Flickr


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Reply #19 on: December 31, 2016, 04:06:23 PM
That's some talented work there  :tu:

This last one was my favorite and I wished we could have built on it for 10 or more years :dd:

Thanks Smashie :cheers:


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Reply #20 on: December 31, 2016, 04:07:38 PM
I gather you are not a fan of Pink Floyd :P

Nice work.. I love these kind of bridge building

I love to lay rock but we don't usually get that sort of thing as some of the other crews more specialize in it but we luck out every now and then and get to do one or at least help another crew out :D


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Reply #21 on: December 31, 2016, 04:09:20 PM
DSC00162 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

DSC00161 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

DSC00159 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

DSC00148 by Poncho 65, on Flickr


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Reply #22 on: December 31, 2016, 04:10:46 PM
DSC00147 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

DSC00146 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

DSC00129 by Poncho 65, on Flickr

DSC00124 by Poncho 65, on Flickr


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Re: What I do for a living. (Pic Heavy)
Reply #23 on: December 31, 2016, 04:20:42 PM
That's some beautiful work you have going there.  I have been dealing with some problems with my brick work for a while- perhaps I should have asked you for help rather than throw good money after bad to try and sort it out myself!   :ahhh

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Reply #24 on: December 31, 2016, 04:23:17 PM
Are those arches self supporting?
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Reply #25 on: December 31, 2016, 05:13:28 PM
Are those arches self supporting?

Yes, we built forms laid the brick then removed the forms before pointing them up :tu:

I have only used the flexible lintels a time or so and curved steel lintels usually only on stone arches (I have built self supporting arches with stone as well though :cheers:


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Reply #26 on: December 31, 2016, 05:14:01 PM
That's some beautiful work you have going there.  I have been dealing with some problems with my brick work for a while- perhaps I should have asked you for help rather than throw good money after bad to try and sort it out myself!   :ahhh

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What is the problem and I might be able to talk you through it :tu:


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Reply #27 on: December 31, 2016, 05:15:58 PM
Are those arches self supporting?

Yes, we built forms laid the brick then removed the forms before pointing them up :tu:

I have only used the flexible lintels a time or so and curved steel lintels usually only on stone arches (I have built self supporting arches with stone as well though :cheers:
I love that. One of the museums here had plastic bricks (water filled) and you could build several of those classical arches with them and then remove the support. That is pretty awesome.
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Reply #28 on: December 31, 2016, 05:17:55 PM
Are those arches self supporting?

Yes, we built forms laid the brick then removed the forms before pointing them up :tu:

I have only used the flexible lintels a time or so and curved steel lintels usually only on stone arches (I have built self supporting arches with stone as well though :cheers:

If you are referring to the bridge then no they aren't self supporting and it had a welded lintel to a concrete structured bridge ;) Looking back all the arches up til now in the brick are self supporting though :cheers: The ones that are roughly 2 ft wide were built up so high and then poured with concrete inside :tu:


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Reply #29 on: December 31, 2016, 05:19:04 PM
Are those arches self supporting?

Yes, we built forms laid the brick then removed the forms before pointing them up :tu:

I have only used the flexible lintels a time or so and curved steel lintels usually only on stone arches (I have built self supporting arches with stone as well though :cheers:
I love that. One of the museums here had plastic bricks (water filled) and you could build several of those classical arches with them and then remove the support. That is pretty awesome.

I have been very fortunate to have had so many jobs with so many different aspects of the masonry trade over the years :tu:


 

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