How it works

1. Calculate your wall dimensions to full or half sized bricks/blocks. This avoids unnecessary cutting.
2. For brick walls use a black dye in the mortar. This leaves a much better appearance.
3. Dry bricks will drain the moisture from the mortar which prevents it from setting properly. To avoid this soak or spray the bricks with water but leave them to surface dry before placement.
4. A round nose gauging trowel works best when building with your bricky.
5. Do not point your wall until the mortar has set (normally 2-3 hours after placement).

How use your Bricky

1. 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).
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. After the 1st course is laid out use the horizontal bricky guide, scrap the mortar into the channel as you slide it along. On a long wall don’t lay out all the bed until after your ends/ corners and line are in place.
3. Place 2 bricks at each end of the wall press them into the mortar beds to secure a firm bond. Level the ends/ corners to ensure vertical alignment. Place on 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 variation in the joint spaces.
4. Once your mortar has started to set use the Pro-pointer multidimensional pointing tool to get a perfect pointed finish.
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Place on 2 or 3 bricks at each end of the wall and pull the string line.
6. Press the brick into the horizontal and the vertical bed of mortar to secure a firm bond.
7. Use the lug on the side of the vertical tool or the Pro-Pointer (right) for a perfect finish.
   
   
   
   
   
   
8. Detail shows joints are:
   • Uniformly spaced
   • Pointed to perfection

Tip's

Using the Bricky at corner...

1. The lug underneath touches against the corner brick ensuring that the mortar bed finishes perfectly at the corner.
2. As you proceed around the corner the lug at the back ensures perfect positioning of the Bricky.
3. Proceed along the wall

Blockwork

1. To place your first course lay on a thick bed of mortar with your trowel. Ensure the brick/block at each end are in horizontal alignment with each other. Use the vertical guide to place the mortar in the vertical joints. As you progress ensure the corner bricks/blocks are placed vertically level by using a standard builders level and stretch a line to position each brick/block on the course in line with the corners.
2. 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!
3. Plaster in the vertical joint.
4. Press the block into both the horizontal and the vertical bed of mortar to secure a firm bond.

Block on flat / Double brick wall

1. While not specifically designed for these applications The Bricky can be very useful here also by removing 2 of the steel lugs on one side of the tool. You can then use it to lay that perfect bed of mortar on half of the course. To place on the other half of the mortar bed either do it freehand using your trowel or simply 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.

The Bricky is expertly designed and manufactured to International ISO 9002 certified standards.

Bricky is suitable for standard brick and block on edge construction. Bricky is a simple but highly effective tool that acts as a template to ensure a perfectly uniform bed of mortar is laid between courses of bricks and blocks. Soon no wall in the world will be built without it.

US:
Brick: 190mm x 90mm x 57mm(7 5/8" x 3 5/8" x 2 1/4")

Block: 390mm x 190mm x 90mm (15 1/2" x 7 1/2 " x 3 5/8 ")

EUROPEAN:
Brick: 215mm x 102.5mm x 65mm (8 5/8" x 4" x 2 5/8")

Block: 440mm x 215mm x 100mm (17 1/2 " x 8 1/2 " x 4 ")

Note: Current models are suitable for standard European and US block and brick dimensions

Masons using Bricky - the benefits

• Increases productivity - up to 300%
• Eliminates mortar waste - traditionally 40% was wasted
• Creates no mess - no mortar falls into cavities
• Ensures precise joint spacing - standard 10mm (3/8")
• Automatically points joints to perfection - 6mm recess
• Assures joints are completely filled with mortar - no gaps
• Requires no follow-up raking out, acid cleaning etc.

The Bricky is made from injection moulded plastic (ABS) making it extremely durable, rigid and resistant to the elements, as well as lightweight and easy to use. Wall building requires both horizontal and vertical joints between every brick and block. The Bricky tool caters for both joints. It comprises of two components: a horizontal guide and a vertical guide.

Horizontal Guide

As bricks and blocks on edge are manufactured to a standard width, the horizontal guide is suited to both brick and block on edge construction.

Features include:

• Level vials on both horizontal planes.
• A 900mm long template to receive a 12m thick layer of mortar. This thickness was specifically calculated to cater for 2mm natural compaction and ensure that the standard 10mm (3/8") joint is achieved and securely bonded.
• The back end is open to allow the tool to slide along the wall as work progresses.
• Four spring-guides to ensure that the tool is always centred on the wall. The rounded edges on these springs allow the user to guide the tool along the wall. Protective cases are specifically located so the mortar bed will meet precisely at the corners.

Vertical Guides

Two vertical guides are provided to cater for vertical joints in brick and standard block on edge.

Features include:

• - A template to receive an 11.5mm vertical bed of mortar. This thickness was specifically calculated to cater for 1.5mm natural compaction and ensure that the standard 10mm finished joint is achieved and securely bonded.
• The vertical guide is designed to ensure that the user can quickly plaster in the vertical joint. The positioning guides are rounded at the ends to allow placement with speed and ease.
• The Bricky tool also features an ergonomically designed handle for user comfort.