Building A Brick House
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Published 2010-07-07
All Comments (21)
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They left out the bit were they all go to the pub for a few affordable beers , and then home to their houses that they paid off in their early twenties on a single income .
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Mixing concrete onsite, that is one task you don't see today. Cement came in 40kg bags, back breaking stuff. The whole film brings back great memories, thank you.
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Love how the architect is wearing a complete black wool suit in what looks to be a hot ass day.
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I have been a carpenter the last 20 years. The concept of learning a trade has been lost. These guys were good.
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My lower back was screaming just watching those men setting the lower courses. Those people were just made of tougher stuff. Brilliant craftsmanship!
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Me: squating 150 kg in the gym 1940's roof layer: psssh, do you even lift bro
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That roof tiler running up a ladder with a full shoulder of tiles. Gangster
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I live in an old house just like that, built in the early sixties, and it is as solid as a rock, same roof tiles and door frames, all perfect. Proper job.
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I think modern contractors should watch this.
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I'm a house painter in 2020. I've been on countless new construction projects and I'm absolutely stunned at the level of professionalization and attention put into construction back in the day. I understand this a film and it is obviously edited and produced to show the the absolute best, but if tradesmen actually were even close to this good in those days, it is simply not comparable to the work you see today.
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Narrator: Frank is seen here applying a healthy layer of asbestos on the pipe.
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This house is better built than my 2009 one.. I am amazed at the fact that they had so much manpower on the site. Nowadays if you manage to get a team of 5… those 5 guys do the foundation, the walls, the roof, the driveways, etc. in some extreme cases they even do the plumbing. That is madness.
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It's crazy that most of these buildings from the 40's are still standing strong and fine in Sydney, while we're watching apartment high rises from like 10-15 years ago collapsing and falling apart.
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And here you are today paying half a million dollars for a house made of carboard.
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My great grandfather built houses like that at that time. The guys worked extremely hard, and I might add died young. So much for hard work keeping you fit. Although maybe it was all the smoking and booze that got to them.
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I'm living in a brick house that's almost 80 years old, built by my grandfather, still standing strong.
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My Dad was a bricklayer. Very hard workers back then!
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Ironically, most of those houses are in better nick today than some new build homes that were finished last year
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Uhhh,the good old days when builders had skills and took pride in their work.
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Now this is an educational film. These gentlemen have got skills.
