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danielhenderson
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1d ago
The foreman in Des Moines said my head joints were 'sloppy as hell' and I was mad for a week
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knight.mason
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2d ago
Tried buttering the frog upside down on a job in Trotwood and the mortar finally stopped squeezing out
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phoenix_carter
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2d ago
Update: 20 years of laying block and I finally stopped wetting the brick the day before
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elizabeth900
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4d ago
PSA: left 6 bricks out in the rain for 2 days and they came back stronger, am I crazy?
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reesemiller
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4d ago
Mortar mixer quit at 5pm on Friday and the pour was Monday morning
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alicew68
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4d ago
Told the new guy to stop soaking bricks before laying them in July and he thought I was crazy until the wall set up fine
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hart.cora
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6d ago
A foreman in Dallas asked me why my corners were 'clean enough for a rental,' and it wrecked me
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king.stella
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9d ago
My mortar joints went from looking like garbage to clean in about 3 weeks of switching trowels
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betty_palmer
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10d ago
The brickwork on that new bank in Tulsa is a joke and I'm tired of pretending it's not
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danielmason
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11d ago
TIL a guy in his 70s showed me how he keeps his line blocks true with a string and a Sharpie
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the_nina
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14d ago
Guy on my crew said laying block is a dying art, and I keep thinking about it
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samhunt
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15d ago
Vent: the brick calculator on my supply yard's site says 7 bricks per sq ft, but my cousin in Ohio swears it's 6.8
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victorb74
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16d ago
Hot take: laying block in 100 degree heat without wetting the units first cost me a whole course
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taylor668
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16d ago
Watched a guy lay a corner with a $12 trowel and it beat my $60 one all day
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grant.nina
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16d ago
Hot take: marking my courses with a lumber crayon beat my chalk line for this one wall
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