The Bricklaying Show

Fix Radio

The Bricklaying Show, mixes entertainment and information as it helps the nation’s 60,000-strong bricklaying community to work smarter, earn more money and grow their business.

The bi-weekly podcast from Fix Radio, tackles a range of industry issues that matter to working bricklayers - from skills to materials, to building teams and winning work.

Guests share industry expertise and authentic insights into the day-to-day challenges of being a bricky. From large commercial sites to smaller domestic work, the show provides a diverse range of views.

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76 episodes
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Episodes76

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Feb 12, 2024 · 43 min
Charlie Collison Talks About His Life In The Trade, Social Media & More!
Charlie Collison, Bricklaying YouTuber with over 1.2 million subscribers joins Izzy The Bricky to talk about how he got into the trade, experiences on site, thoughts on the trade, his journey on social media and more
Jan 29, 2024 · 31 min
Three Bricklayers Talk About Their Experiences On The Tools
Izzy is joined again by Benchin' Bricky & Tricky Bricky to discuss their experiences learning the trade, on-site and their plans in the trade going forward
Jan 16, 2024 · 35 min
Tricky Bricky & Benchin' Bricky Join Izzy In-Studio
Izzy The Bricky is joined by The Tricky Bricky and Benchin' Bricky so that they can discuss their experiences in the trade, aspects of the trade they enjoy doing, social media and more
Dec 18, 2023 · 27 min
Could This Improve Skills & Bring More People Into The Trade?
Izzy The Bricky talks to more competitors, lecturers and organisers at this year's Skill Build finals in MK with the CITB
Dec 4, 2023 · 23 min
Izzy Explores The CITB SkillBuild Finals!
Izzy The Bricky has been invited to meet the judges and finalists at this year's CITB SkillBuild finals at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes. On the first of two episodes covering the event, Izzy finds out what the event is all about, what the...
Nov 20, 2023 · 32 min
How To Win Good Quality Work
Izzy is joined again by Ash Francis, James Roden and Wayne Bettess from Off The Tools Academy to discuss how you can win good quality work in your area. There's everything from pricing, quotes versus estimates, what not to do and how to stand out from...
Nov 6, 2023 · 40 min
How To Set Up Your Bricklaying Business
Izzy is joined by Ash Francis from The Bricklayers Social Club and On The Tools Bricklaying finalist, James Rodon, to discuss how they went about setting up their business. Izzy is also joined by Trades Business Coach, Wayne Bettes...
Oct 23, 2023 · 31 min
Keeping Fit As A Bricklayer
Izzy The Bricky is very health concious and has invited three Bricklayers onto the show so that they can talk about their health and fitness experiences
Oct 9, 2023 · 35 min
Izzy the Bricky takes a look at health & safety on-site
Izzy takes a look at how health and safety is managed on-site from large businesses with multiple sites to family run micro businesses and also gets some advice on how to keep safe from a health & safety consultant
Sep 25, 2023 · 12 min
Izzy The Bricky has a quick look at how things can go wrong on-site
Izzy briefly talks about occassions where things don't go to plan on-site and shares some experiences when this has happened. Father and son team, Steve & Alex return to share a few of their own examples and discuss what they've learnt from their...
Sep 11, 2023 · 30 min
Izzy the Bricky looks at how to work with apprentices on-site
Izzy follows up the last episode with a deep dive on how to treat apprentices and get the best out of them on-site. Gary Staines from GSQ Brickwork talks about how he approaches this with his large company with hundreds of employees. YouTubers and...
Aug 28, 2023 · 31 min
Izzy the Bricky on apprenticeships & bringing new blood into the trade
Izzy takes a look at apprenticeships and how we're bringing new blood into bricklaying. Izzy's friend and bricklayer, James Naughton talks about how an apprenticeship moulded him and led him to bring proactive in bringing apprentices into his...
Aug 15, 2023 · 32 min
Izzy the Bricky on memorable jobs
Izzy is joined again by Ian Hodgkinson and Stephen Stokey to share their memorable and standout jobs. Ian talks everything from work completed at Derby County FC to TV work and Stephen talks about putting right some shockingly poor work. Izzy also...
Aug 1, 2023 · 36 min
Izzy the Bricky with advice for bricklayers & newcomers
Izzy invites some brand new guests onto the podcast to give some advice for newcomers as well as time-served bricklayers. There's something for everyone on this episode! Guests include: Ian Hodgkinson, Celeste AKA Brick_Daddy_To on Instagram &...
Jul 17, 2023 · 24 min
Izzy the Bricky on bad organisation
Bad organisation on-site can slow you down and hold up work. So on this episode Izzy has invited all of the guests from the debut episode back so that they can share some tips, insight and advice from their experience on how to avoid work slowing down...
Jul 3, 2023 · 27 min
Izzy the Bricky brings together a host of guests for his first show
Welcome to the first ever Bricklaying podcast with Izzy the Bricky and Fix Radio. On this first episode Izzy is joined by four well known members of the trade, including Ash Francis from The Bricklayers Social Club, Ash Mahoney and Darcie Richards to...