The Bricklaying Show
The Bricklaying Show, hosted by Izzy the Bricky 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.Izzy, otherwise known as Issac Hallam, along with his 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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Episodes
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Women Joining Bricklaying
Monday, 22 April 2024
Izzy is joined by two female bricklayers, who have joined the trained, to discuss their experiences so far and begin to follow their journey to becoming established in the trade
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Old School Bricklaying
Monday, 8 April 2024
Andy Pali and Ash Mahoney joins Izzy The Bricky to talk about old school bricklaying ways, methods, attitudes and how the experience of the bricklayer nowadays compares to back in the day
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Decorative Brickwork
Monday, 25 March 2024
Izzy is joined by three bricklayers with experience doing different aspects of decorative brickwork to discuss why they do it, how they do it and what the future holds for some of these methods and designs
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What's Going On With Site Work In The UK?
Monday, 11 March 2024
Izzy The Bricky has invited Changy, a well known Bricklayer on social media to join him and give an update on what is going on for Bricklayers with regards to site work this year. Izzy also gets an update from Gary Staines from GSQ and Ian Hodgkinson...
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Ash Francis Talks About His Life, The Trade & Super Trowel!
Monday, 26 February 2024
Ash Francis joins Izzy in the studio to talk about his life experiences and how the trade has changed his life from tough beginnings. Ash also talks about how we teach the trade, commercial work and tools. Charlie Collison returns to join Ash and Izzy...
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Charlie Collison Talks About His Life In The Trade, Social Media and more!
Monday, 12 February 2024
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
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Three Bricklayers Talk About Their Experiences On The Tools
Monday, 29 January 2024
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
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Tricky Bricky & Benchin' Bricky Join Izzy In-Studio
Tuesday, 16 January 2024
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
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Could This Improve Skills & Bring More People Into The Trade?
Monday, 18 December 2023
Izzy The Bricky talks to more competitors, lecturers and organisers at this year's Skill Build finals in MK with the CITB
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Izzy Explores The CITB SkillBuild Finals!
Monday, 4 December 2023
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...
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How To Win Good Quality Work
Monday, 20 November 2023
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...
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How To Set Up Your Bricklaying Business
Monday, 6 November 2023
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...
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Keeping Fit As A Bricklayer
Monday, 23 October 2023
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
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Izzy the Bricky takes a look at health & safety on-site
Monday, 9 October 2023
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
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Izzy The Brick has a quick look at how things can go wrong on-site
Monday, 25 September 2023
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...
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Izzy the Bricky looks at how to work with apprentices on-site
Monday, 11 September 2023
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...
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Izzy the Bricky on apprenticeships & bring new blood into the trade
Monday, 28 August 2023
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...
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Izzy the Bricky on memorable jobs
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
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...
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Izzy the Bricky with advice for bricklayers & newcomers
Tuesday, 1 August 2023
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 &...
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Izzy the Bricky on bad organisation
Monday, 17 July 2023
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...
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Izzy the Bricky brings together a host of guests for his first show
Monday, 3 July 2023
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...
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