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: While modern sites use lasers, many veteran bricklayers rely on a "well-trained eye" and a traditional spirit level to ensure a perfectly plumb wall .

: A lone bricklayer tries to lower a barrel of leftover bricks from a rooftop using a pulley. He underestimates the weight of the bricks versus his own body weight, leading to a series of slapstick collisions with the barrel as he is jerked up and down the building. OLD BRICKLAYERS

: One of the most difficult skills for a newcomer is "rolling the mortar"—getting the consistency and "spread" exactly right so the brick sits perfectly without being squeezed out. : While modern sites use lasers, many veteran

From the manual labor-intensive British sites of the 1940s to today's modern builds, the role has evolved: : One of the most difficult skills for