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@chazmoo No ... thought I had replied to you ,asking your Eircode for courier price !!!
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@chazmoo apologies, & best of good luck with your building in 2026

@Irish Shay yes Shay it's sitting in the rafters awaiting a baptism🤣

@Irish Shay It was designed to add the precise amount of mortar between bricks/ blocks making it keep a level wall ..
Just Google / Gemini Bricky & you'll find all info ​When Noel Marshall designed it, he actually engineered it specifically to take the guesswork out of the official building regulations for masonry. Here is the technical breakdown and building information behind how it works:

​The "10mm Rule" of Building Info

​In professional construction and building standards (such as Eurocodes or British Standards for masonry), the gold standard for a mortar joint is exactly 10\text{ mm}.

​If a joint is too thick (e.g., 15\text{ mm}), the wall becomes structurally weaker because mortar is more compressible than the brick itself.

​If it’s too thin (e.g., 5\text{ mm}), there isn't enough material to bond the bricks securely or absorb thermal movement, leading to cracks.

​The Bricky tool is physically molded so that when you place it on a course of bricks, the side rails sit at a specific height. When you lay your mortar and scrape it flush with the top of the plastic frame, it leaves a bed of mortar that is exactly 12\text{ mm} thick.

​Once you place your next brick on top and tap it down to level, the mortar compresses by exactly 2\text{ mm}, leaving you with a structurally perfect, regulation-compliant 10\text{ mm} joint.

​Tips for Getting a Perfect, Regulation Wall

​While the Bricky does the measuring for you, a few standard building principles will ensure your wall stands solid:

​The First Course is Everything: The Bricky cannot fix a bad foundation. You cannot use the tool on your very first row of bricks. You must lay that first course manually using a traditional spirit level and a string line, ensuring it is 100% perfectly flat and straight. Once that foundation row is perfect, the Bricky can guide you the rest of the way up.

​The "Warm Butter" Mix: The tool relies on you scraping excess mortar off the plastic. If your mortar mix is too dry or stony, it will snag and drag. If it's too wet, it will slump out the sides when you lift the tool. Aim for a consistency like thick, creamy icing or warm butter.

​Frogs Up: Always lay your bricks with the "frog" (the indent/depression in the brick) facing upwards. The Bricky's flat mortar bed will naturally squash down into the frog when you tap the brick home, completely filling the void and ensuring maximum structural strength.

@Irish Shay I'll take it down tomorrow & have a look

@salakoas1 sorry ... 35 best will do