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what area do i want to be heading for bricklaying

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Are there any brick built homes in Canada :confused:

Rich.

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I would say not very many out west at least. Maybe more out east.

I think they are still building homes with brick facia and trim.

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What area did you have in mind?

We've been here a couple of years and a bricklayer for 25years, if you need any info let me know - be prepared it's way different working on site in Canada than the UK!!

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Winnipeg last time i went were building everywhere....But it's now winter so most people would have been laid off until next year.

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Hi

Weve just come back from Toronto - and all around the Golden Horseshoe there are building sites - with many brick built houses going up.

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i want to go out to canada to see how it is over there and don't really know where to head for the best how long does the winter last and what do brickies do in the winter

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9 months and they have a second job?

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Calgary or the GTA are hot areas for construction. Although there are not many true "brick built" houses, there is plenty of brick facing and the like going on.

Really though your skills are in demand in most areas I would think.


As for the winter, they cover the work are with a tarp, shove a heater in there and carry on. Canadas huge. They might argue the point, but the west coast doesnt really have a proper winter even (just slightly differnt rain:) ). On the other hand is you go up North its in the minus teens already.

How long is a piece of string? Of Calgary and the GTA, Calgarys winter goes on longer and is colder, but it has welcome Chinook winds where it gets positively warm to break up the winter. In the GTA its winter from late (or sometimes early) December through to early (or late) March.

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Don't be silly.

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No second job required for the winter!!! :confused: unless you wanted to try machine driving this is also a much in demand position like everything in Calgary.

As Iaink said we just tarp & heat and your all nice and cosy working in your t-shirt all day.

Not sure how diverse your skills are? brick, block, stone!! but if you are good at what you do you will never be out of work here in Calgary no matter what time of year it is! I lost more time in the UK due to the weather than here.
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Oh don't be a silly chap you been on the strong liquor again :D

The BC interior has a serious winter -we have at least 2 months of cold weather - gets down to -5 some days, all that snow and ice and sanded ploughed roads plays havoc with the shoes and plush carpets of an upscale SUV :rolleyes: Seriously I'm advised we have got down to -25 here past few years. -10 was about worst we have overnight maybe -12 -13 or so....worst I experienced was -17 up at the ski hill and that was actually bearable. It's a dry cold, no damp to eat at your bones.

It's all a matter of contrasts anyways. Folks from the prairies stand out here, they wear t-shirts in deepest winter. A bit like Geordies out on the pull on a cold December evening, all pink flesh and rolls of puppy fat :eek:

Rich.

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Oi!!. Bleeding British Columbian bud smokers. No grasp of reality.

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Been sampling the local produce again Rich? Since when has the interior of BC had a coast? ;)

I guess I was refering to Vancouver / Lower mainland / Vancouver island...you know...places where significant numbers of people live :D