JK Brickwork
- Member since 11 May 2011
- wLocation: Brandon
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Hello there, my name is Joel and I have been a Qualified Bricklayer for nearly 3 years after finishing my 3 year apprenticeship early 2010. Although I am fairly new to the bricklaying trade, I am an award winning bricklayer who is both confident and competent in what I do.
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Excellent service from start to finish, excellent communication, excellent work and will definately be using Joel again. Thoroughly pleased to have found him on my builder, really happy with the final product as well. Highly reccomeded!
- vincenzo1237 - 23rd May, 2013
Kitchen wall (Bricklaying)
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All dug out ready for concreting and construction of new wall.
Finished wall using same bricks as house and decorative blocks to finish.
Cleaning up all the old bricks from the original wall, ready to use on the new wall.
Rebuilt with double creasing tile / engineering brick on edge to cap off new wall.
Finished wall in flemish bond re using all the reclaimed bricks.
Setting out circular wall.
Radius wall using Marshalls walling bricks and Marshalls 300x600 slabs for coping. Bullnose pavers used to make step.
Limestone being spread.
Limestone wacked and patio ready to be laid.
Finished patio.
Finished patio using natural slate slabs and grey jointing compound.
Arch centre in place, now starting to rebuild arch and surrounding brickwork.
Finished arch.
Old tiled fireplace, beginning to rip out...
Finished fireplace surround.
Extension of existing patio using Sandstone paving. Cut and shaped to tie into summer house.
Start of brickwork to retian soil and provide a larger paved area for garden furniture.
Completed brickwork with extension of patio.
17 Individual piers built to replace picket fence.
Job was to rebuild piers and put on a new creasing tile/engineering brick coping.
We also re-pointed the wall as you can see here.
Work History
I started my apprenticeship in 2007 at a well respected building company based in Kennett nr Newmarket. They are a general building firm who specialise in all aspects of building work from extensions to repointing. I worked for 3 years with a bricklayer who had been laying bricks for 25 years. He was a great teacher and had an array of knowledge in the building trade. I qualified after 3 years at college and decided to declare myself as self-employed and work on site as a sub-contractor. I was on site for a year and then decided that I need to broaden my horizons in the building trade. Throughout my time bricklaying I have gained skills in all aspects of general building and decided it was about time to start on my own as a sole trader to make a name for myself in the building trade for all the right reasons.
Qualifications & Accreditations
NVQ level 3 in brickwork (Advanced Qualification) - This qualification allows me to go staright into a job as a foreman if I wanted to. Most tradesman only have an NVQ2 and only the best apprentices get the option of doing a 3rd year which I was put forward for.
In the first 2 years of my apprenticeship, my work both at college and for my employer won me 2 awards at the end of my 2nd year in 2009. They were :-
-SJCC Bricklaying NVQ level 2 'Apprentice of the year' award
-SJCC John Palmer Cup Winner 'Overall apprentice of the year' 2009 I am both confident and competent in most aspects of building work such as :-
- Bricklaying
- Repointing
- Chinmeys
- Demolition
- Patio / Paving
- Concreting
Throughout my 6 years in the trade I have learned to turn my hand to most things in the general building trade.
I always offer a reliable, punctual, friendly and efficient service to all my clients.