Every weekend, Erick Burton Sr.’s nephews, cousins and sons line up to get their hair cut.

But it’s not by a barber.

Burton himself has cut his family’s hair for roughly 15 years.

“I started cutting my own hair at 14,” Burton said Saturday as he put the final touches on one nephew’s haircut.

“I just got tired of having to pay to have my hair cut.”

Since then, the young boys of his family have lined up to get a trim.

“I keep about six heads,” Burton said.

He keeps shop on the screened-in porch of the family matriarch’s 300 Oak St. home. Boys ride bikes and scooters in the yard until it’s their turn under the razor.

For Burton, it’s quality family time. Besides making sure his brood look good for school that week, it’s time to bond.

“It’s time to see my nephews, to make sure they’re doing all right,” he said. “I’m like a father around here. And I’m really the only barber they know.”

Once in a while, someone will want to grow his hair long, but it never lasts for very long.

Burton’s son, Erick, 9, said he used to wear his hair in braids, but he got tired of having to go to the barber to have it braided.

Now, he loves it when his dad cuts his hair.

“I like it,” Erick said. “It makes me look cool.”

There’s really no trick to trimming heads, Burton said, even though his clients range from ages 2 to 12.

“As long as they stay still and get it over with,” he said, smiling.