Brickytool Australia - How It Works - Page #2 Bricky Tool can help you build a new house, new home, units and  has been found easily on the Google search engines since 2001 TIPS 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). FREE Trowel Mason's Mate Pro-Pointer DVD How to build your own house         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 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. 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. 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. d | Home | Bricky Tech. Spec. | Bricky Video Demo's | Brickytool Products | Completed Projects | Contact Us |  | Customer Feedback | How It Works - #1 | How It Works - #2 | International Locations | Oscar Award | Order Now! | © 2001 Marshall Tools Ltd. All rights reserved.  Bricky is a trademark of Marshall Tools Ltd. Patent pending. Maintain By Brickytool Australia