FOND DU LAC, Wis. - Anyone can lay a brick, but only a few are good enough to do it professionally, let alone compete in a bricklaying competition. FOX6 News stopped by a quarry in Fond du Lac ...
When I first picked up a trowel, I didn't have a clue how to use it. The people who were supposed to be teaching me how to lay bricks were too busy with their own work, so for a few months, I ...
Cole Stamper’s strategy in the Spec Mix Bricklayer 500 was simple: lay the bricks perfectly. Stamper, a mason for Mason Structure in Lexington, Kentucky, did just that. On Wednesday, he was proclaimed ...
LAKEWOOD — Dozens of people showed up Friday in Lakewood, to build brick walls that would never be used in any house. “It takes a lot of skill and a lot of time laying brick,” said Jason Boll, who ...
Bricklayers have a tough job. It requires skill and experience. It is hard on the back and knees. Hands too. You have to be outside in all kinds of weather. It’s perhaps not surprising that there aren ...
Building houses of brick is almost as old as human civilization itself, and over the millennia, we’ve perfected the art. The fastest bricklayers can mortar and place over 700 bricks an hour. Pretty ...