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Bricky TV Pack + DIY DVD Box Set = £39.99
Do It Yourself - Save Money - Lifelong Satisfaction.
I invented the Bricky on the 27 Dec 2000, it won the Oscar D'le Invention in 2001 and now ranks among the biggest selling hand tools worldwide.
Builders increase their productivity/ wages, DIYers save big money building brick planters, raised vegetable gardens, boundary walls, garages & home extensions etc.
Building with the Bricky you place a percise bed of mortar, giving you uniform clean joints with no mess.
Now just £29.99 & inc. free of charge
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Mason Mate
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Pro - Pointer
- Quality Marshall Soft Grip Trowel and the
- “How To Build Your Own” DVD
That's £29.99 for all the tools & the construction knowledge. Add £10 for my DIY DVD Box Set: How To- Fit Kitchen, Lay Patio, Tiling & Drylining.
Take advantage, build something beautiful & send us the photo.
You Can Build It!
Noel Marshall - MD. Marshall Tools Ltd.
 
 
 
 
 
Independent Tool Review by Leon A. Frechette - The Tool Guy, C.R.S., Inc. Spokane, Washington, USA
In 2005 a gentlemen in Ireland called to ask me to try Bricky, a wall-building tool he invented. I was intrigued by the possibilities, so I tried it out. My wife came up with the idea of installing decorative bricks on top of existing concrete retaining walls. This gave us an opportunity to use and test Bricky. Check out the results below.
  
 
Before After
I always struggled to achieve that masterpiece look until Bricky came along. By next year the hops will grow up and over the arbor to help complete the project. This is one tool I highly recommend, and I'm confident that you'll enjoy using it as much as I did.
If you want to construct a raised flower bed or vegetable garden, BBQ, firewood/ coal storage unit, brick or block boundary or entrance wall, garage, workshop, home extension, porch, or any other brick/ block wall project i'd recommend the Bricky as it's a tool that really helped me achieve a high-quality professional finish.
The Bricky tool, as seen on TV infomercial, includes the horizontal and vertical guides so you lay a precise mortar bed for both the horizontal and vertical joints during brick and block wall construction. As part of a current promotion you also receive a Marshall round-nose trowel, Mason's Mate (Pair of small metal brackets that anchor the string line to the top corner of the end brick/ block - much more efficient that the old line blocks or pins), Pro-Pointer (4 sized pointing tool for striking the mortar joints- gives a beautiful flat pointed finish), and the kit also includes a very clear valuable instruction DVD presented by the tools inventor Noel Marshall, Noel shows every detail of how to build an independent outbuilding (workshop or home office) build to current homebuilding regulation standards. He also shows how to build a BBQ and nice raised flower bed.
The Bricky wall-building tool is easy and fast to use, clean as it delivers precise mortar joints with almost no waste. It allows the DIY person build walls to professional standards and move their project along with speed and ease. Bricky is a simple but very effective tool, it acts as a template to ensure a perfect uniform bed of mortar is laid between courses of bricks and blocks. Wall construction requires both horizontal and vertical joints between every brick and block. The Bricky tool addresses both types of joints with its horizontal and two vertical mortar guides. It‘s suitable for standard brick and block on-edge construction.
Made from hardened ABS injection molded plastic, Bricky is extremely durable, rigid, and resistant to the elements.
The Horizontal Guide features;
- Level vials on both horizontal plane.
- 40" (900mm) long template to receive a 5/8" (15mm) thick bed of mortar. This thickness is specifically calculated to allow for 1/4" (5mm) compaction and ensure that a standard 3/8" (10mm) joint is achieved and securely bonded.
- Back end is open (bridged) to allow you slide the tool along the wall as you progress.
- Four stainless spring guides ensure the tool remains centered on the wall. The springs rounded edges allow the user to move the tool along the wall with ease. Protective cases are specifically located so the mortar bed will meet precisely at the corners.
The Vertical Guides features:
- Two vertical guides for vertical joints in brick and standard blocks, designed with rounded positioning guides to ensure the user can quickly plaster in this joint.
- Templates receive a 5/8" (15mm) vertical bed of mortar. This thickness is specifically calculated to allow for 1/4" (5mm) compression and ensure that the standard 3/8" (10mm) finished joint is achieved and securely bonded.
- An ergonomically designed handle for user comfort
Masons Mate features:
- Metal brackets with exact positioning top lip.
- The line doesn’t slip from the top corner point of the brick/block.
- locking lugs for the string line
The Pro-Pointer features:
- Four different sized pointing surfaces to handle the slight variation of mortar joint sizes.
- Beautiful flat pointed finish.
- An ergonomically designed handle for user comfort.
Benefits Of Using The Bricky, Mason Mate & Pro- Pointer
Increases productivity—up to 300%
Eliminates mortar waste/ mess— no mortar falls into cavities, traditionally 40% was wasted
Ensures precise joint spacing—standard 3/8" (10mm)
Assures joints are completely filled with mortar—no gap.
Requires no follow-up raking out, acid cleaning, etc.
A very high quality finish is attained
Leon A. Frechette - Independant Tool Reviewer.
How To: Use Your Bricky / Build A Wall
  
To set out the first course place a brick at each end/ corner on a generous bed of mortar, check that they are placed the correct distance apart, square if it's a building and horizontally level to each other. Level by using a laser level, a line string level (very small light level that hangs on the stretched line) or a straight edge long enough to rest on the ends with a standard builders level on top. Stretch a line using your Masons Mate between the ends, place the first bed of mortar freehand using your trowel, use the vertical guide to place the mortar between the bricks and lay the line of bricks, top edge set 1mm back from your stretched line. (Setting out is clearly illustrated on our build it DVD).
  
After the 1st course is laid out use the horizontal bricky guide, scraping the mortar into the channel as you slide it along. Place 2 bricks at each end of the wall pressing them into the mortar beds to secure a firm bond. One every course as you lay the end/ corner brick level to ensure vertical alignment. Place the string line and lay the line of bricks. Note -Brick sizes can vary, if upon placing the last brick on a course the joint is too tight or too wide remove 2 or 3 back and space the joints evenly however don't get too fussy about this, if you look closely at any brickwork you'll find slight variation in the joint spaces.
Every 4 hours as your mortar has started to set go back over your work and strike the joints using the the Pro-pointer to get a perfect pointed finish.
 
Detail shows joints are pointed to perfection/ uniformly spaced.
Using Bricky At Corners ...
- The lug underneath touches against the corner brick ensuring that the mortar bed finishes perfectly at the corner.
- As you proceed around the corner the lug at the back ensures perfect positioning of the Bricky.
- Proceed along the wall.
  
Block Work
Use the trowel to press mortar into the central channel then scrape across to level off. Note the perfect bed of mortar with absolutely no mess! Plaster in the vertical joint. Press the block into both the horizontal and the vertical bed of mortar to secure a firm bond.
  
Block On Flat / Double Brick Wall
Unscrew 2 of the steel lugs on the wide side of the tool and use it to lay that perfect bed of mortar on half of the course. Place on the other half of the mortar bed freehand (using your trowel) or get a 12mm thick piece of timber about 1m long x 100mm wide and put a nail through it near each end, 6mm in off the edge as illustrated.
Tips
- Calculate your wall dimensions to full or half sized bricks/blocks. This avoids unnecessary cutting.
- The natural colour of mortar can look quite bland. It's common for brick walls in particular to add some mortar dye in the mix to enhances the appearance. (I prefer black but use just half the recommended amount, this leaves a grey joint as opposed to black).
- Ensure bricks are not dried out. Spray them with water if necessary but leave to surface dry before placement. (Dried out bricks absorb the moisture from the mortar, this then forces the mortar to set too quickly and prevent it gaining full strength.)
- Lay out brick heaps and spot boards every 2 meters apart to have mortar and bricks under your nose at all times.
- Keep your tools reasonably clean as you work and clean well at the end of each day a rag to hand is quite useful.
- Do not point your joints until the mortar has started to set. (1-4 hours after placement). The half hour before lunch and end of the day is when a bricklayer comes back to point up their work.
- A round nose gauging trowel (as supplied) works best when building with your bricky.
- Use the light durable skin tight rubber brick laying gloves as the mortar may pierce your skin especially if your working for prolonged periods.
- Laying brick/blocks is physical work but instead of crying from the pain think of what you'll achieve and how fit your getting in the process beats spending time/money in the gym.
- Visit our website www.bricky.com frequently to keep up-to-date with the latest innovative building tools.
Meet The Inventor
The Bricky Story Article courtesy of Irish Times.
Noel Marshall was born on 6th May 1975. He grew up on a small farm near Ballygarvan county Cork, Noel is the 2nd from a family of 5 children their childhood was a far cry from the play station age that has engulfed our current generation. From the age of 5 or 6 before school he would be out at 6am helping with the work around the farm these jobs included milking 3 cows by hand, rearing calves, pigs and hens. With everything done by 8am Noel his older brother and three younger sisters walked 2 miles to their local school. His father combined the farm work with holding down a full time job as a builder with the county council.
Noels creativity was evident from an early age often making his own toys from wood and always engrossed during construction work conducted on the farm. At school Noel could only engage on practical subjects but he excelled in these; woodwork, maths and science. From age 11 Noel worked during the summer holidays at a local concrete paving yard producing slabs and laying patios. He cycled 6 miles to and from each day starting work at 8am. His senior colleagues were astonished at the kid’s ability to work; Victor Kelly his boss as this time remarked.
“As a small kid he processed great strength speed and stamina and just always knew what to do. Each summer he’d bring an incredible energy to the place. Everyone adored him and we all had that sense he’d do great things. His inventions are testament to the guy’s practicality and drive they are so simple yet brilliant. All our wishes are behind him”
Victor Kelly – Ballygarvan Concrete Products
 Noel Left School before his final year and joined the army as an apprentice carpenter, while naturally excelling at the practicality of the carpentry he struggled with conforming to the other facets of army life. Geared for productivity, spending days preparing for inspections and drills frustrated him to the point of utter boredom. This lead him to take up endurance running which he also excelled at, going on to represent Ireland at international level he trained hard with aspirations to qualify for the Olympic marathon however the combination of consistent injury and overtraining eventually ended this quest - PB’s include 24:58 for 5 miles and 51:32 for 10 miles.
“I entered the sport late and failed my ultimate goal not from a lack of effort; for six years I periodically trained flat out twice a day seven days a week. I became plagued with hip injury as I pushed to hit that exceptional Olympic standard. Competitive sport is a very grounding experience, you need to push yourself to the limits of human endeavour to reach a high level” - Noel Marshall
Noel left the army 6 months after producing the first Bricky prototype. Initial funding of €650K for production and marketing was sought from 25 local investors, the Bricky is now considered the most successful hand tool invented this turn of the century. The Masons Mate and Pro-pointer were later additions to Marshalls invention portfolio.
  
Bricky TV Pack + DIY DVD Box Set = Just £39.99
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