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the_luna•21h ago

Question about that 500 bricks a day figure from the old union pamphlet

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charlie_lane85•1d ago

I used to eyeball every mortar mix until a guy on the Columbus job made me buy a $12 bucket scale

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sethc12•3d ago

Finished my first full chimney rebuild in 3 days, and the homeowner actually shook my hand

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thead44•4d ago

Hot take: guys keep buttering the whole brick when they should only butter the head joint

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nancys90•5d ago

TIL my old foreman's tip about wetting the brick before laying in July heat was dead right

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johnfoster•5d ago

Walked past a 4 story building on Elm St in Cincinnati and counted 6 cracked lintels in one block

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kim.wren•6d ago

Why does nobody talk about wetting the brick before laying it in summer heat

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hugo_ellis•7d ago

TIL a level laid on its side on wet mortar will lie to your face

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sethc12•9d ago

Showerthought: I always figured mortar color didn't matter much until I saw the numbers on a gray vs buff job

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ivan_hayes29•10d ago

Watched a guy lay a fireplace arch in Kansas City and now I'm done eyeballing my curves

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sean_foster52•10d ago

My old foreman told me to dunk my trowel in water before every strike, and I rolled my eyes for 2 years

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rowan666•11d ago

Hot take: laying 400 blocks by myself in one shift taught me more than a whole crew day

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james_clark•12d ago

Update: I caved and bought a $180 corner trowel after 11 years of doing corners by hand

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hugo_ellis•12d ago

Unpopular opinion: buttering the back of a soldier course cost me 3 extra hours on a garden wall

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scott.mia•12d ago

DAE notice guys buttering head joints on block that are already hollow?

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