Stu Crompton

15/01/2025

4 more pier caps cut up and ready to go on tomorrow. People say I buy a kit for these. Please let me know where so I can make my life easier 😂🧱

Need some help on mass producing these but just don’t have the kit so if anyone can help let me know. Up the brickies! 🧱

12/01/2025

All the best for this year everyone. Hoping to get things going with a development after many failures, increase the trowel range as well as some bricklaying along the way

More importantly our little one is doing just fine so we’re all good. Family ❤️

12/01/2025

Apprentice Stu, first corner on my own. Young whipper snapper.

07/01/2025

At the football with the guvnor KC

28/12/2024

Cheers for the support

22/12/2024

Bricklayers like tattoos - introducing a limited edition tattoo trowel range with custom designs.

You can order here. https://stucrompton.com/bricklaying-trowels-stu-crompton/

Limited stock at the moment but will do more designs

21/12/2024

I recently became a father for the first time to my baby daughter named Talah which means star in Phillipines language. A very fitting name for what she’s been through so far. She was born a few weeks early and was transferred from Wigan hospital to Bolton intensive care unit after her right lung collapsed (pneumothorax) and an infection.

She gained strength day after day and after 11 days in intensive care we arrived home just in-time for my birthday and Christmas. She’s feeding so well and gaining weight every day and I’m so proud of her and my wife whom did an unbeievable job and they’re both doing great now.

Huge vow of gratitude and respect for All nurses and doctors that work for the NHS, Thank you for your professionalism and conduct.

I have a new found respect for my wife and all mothers for the miracles they bring in to the world. Becoming a father has surpassed everything I expected it to be and infinitely more. You spend your life struggling trying to figure out what love is but when I held my daughter in my arms and she looked at me for the first time I realised this is it. Nothing else matters, the work hustle, chasing money and achievement. I have everything already.

Ive been working very hard on myself for a long time so I can the best father possible so here’s to the sleepless nights and the rollercoaster of fun that goes along with being a parent.

Daddy loves you very much Talah and mum xx

06/12/2024

What bond is this? 🧱

03/12/2024

Exactly 12 months ago I brought an idea of mine to market with patent protection. It took me 6 years to do so with the delay of the pandemic. 12 months on and my brick trowel is doing better than I could ever of imagined. Sure there’s been a few problems but after a few revisions and listening to feedback I aim to keep improving.

I have two more patterns arriving (London wide & narrow) in January 2025 and a pretty cool design idea coming next week. Doing everything myself of course as I guess, this is how things are in the beginning. Working bricklaying in the day, 5 days a week then home making & packing trowels most nights till 10-12 at night.

Few people say it’s a gimmick or a fad but it’s the market that has the say not the opinions of the few And at the moment the market is reinforcing all the work I’ve put in so far.

I didn’t really give it too much thought for the future, in all honesty I just wanted to make my own trowel so I could use it in my videos instead of marketing others for free. Also, I had unfinished business from 20 years ago when I invented a voice activated spellcheck to help people with dyslexia which didn’t work out.

The main thing though is that I had an idea and I don’t want to be on my death bed wishing I would
have acted upon it. I did it and luckily the market is encouraging. People have great ideas, that’s the easy bit but bringing it to market with patent protection is absolute hell.

If you have an idea. Or something you want to do, don’t wait around for the right time. Start now and figure it out as you go because I really believe that the feeling of regret later in life at the things you didn’t act upon when you know you could of would far out weight the feeling of failure from at least giving it a shot.

https://cromptontool.com/collections/cromptontrowels

Thank you for all of your support over the last 12 months. Stu 🧱

29/11/2024

Nothing like standing back at the end of the working day/ week and feeling immense job satisfaction. We show up and we do our absolute best to go above what is required of us.

The most important reward for me is seeing our customers whom are very thankful and happy with their decision to hire a team who put quality at the forefront of their business not slap and dash.

A little pride goes a long way in business.

Little bit more to finish off and 4 crompton pier caps going on ❤️🧱

Thank you as always to jt_brickworkltd for being such a good help. 🧱

London trowels now available for pre order https://cromptontool.com/collections/cromptontrowels

25/11/2024

Started a new job today, yet another curved wall incoming.

London trowels now available for pre order https://cromptontool.com/collections/cromptontrowels

25/11/2024

It’s a sure is a struggle starting a business from scratch. Were making progress though and I’m really excited to announce that my London trowels are now available for pre-order. I have 11”London Wide and 10” Narrow London. I wanted to get them done for Christmas but they will only be ready for delivery 6th January 2025. Also I’m running a black Friday deal across my site this week for the launch of trowels so place your orders to take advantage.

Personalisations with name or company also an option.

Thanks for all your continued support and feedback.

11” London Wide - https://cromptontool.com/products/crompton-brick-trowel-11-wide-london-pattern?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web

10” Narrow London - https://cromptontool.com/products/crompton-brick-trowel-10-narrow-london-pattern-pre-order-personalised?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard&utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=web

All Trowels - https://cromptontool.com/collections/cromptontrowels

21/11/2024

That time I built a Brick & stone Transformer pier. Playing with ideas, don’t know how I found the time.

17/11/2024

Some neat tuck pointing around London 🇬🇧

17/11/2024

Curved herringbone brick garden seat. Just a few cuts in this and a bit of patience.

10” trowel stuart shared Crompton Bricklaying Trowel 10” Philadelphia - Cork Handle (No Personal Engraving) with you https://cromptontool.com/products/crompton-bricklaying-trowel-10-philadelphia-cork-handle-no-personal-engraving-1

11/11/2024

11/11/2024

Some great pieces of brick art in hullcollegegroup

10/11/2024

Beautiful history around Warrington. Always look up 🧱