Episodes
Izzy the Bricky talks to three guests who have had a variety of experiences in the trade about how you can get good quality and consistent work. Izzy also asks why it's sometimes hard to progress and move up the ladder in your career as a bricklayer....
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
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
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
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...
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...
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
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
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
Izzy The Bricky talks to more competitors, lecturers and organisers at this year's Skill Build finals in MK with the CITB
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...
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...
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...
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 &...
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...
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...