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That new courthouse build downtown has me scratching my head
Honestly, I was walking past the big courthouse job on 5th Street yesterday and the brickwork looks sharp. But I got close and saw they're using a lime mortar for the whole facade. My old boss always said lime was too soft for a public building that gets a lot of wear. The masons on site said it's better for the brick in our freeze-thaw cycles. Who's right here? Have you guys worked with lime mortar on a big job like that?
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alice_kim1mo ago
Check the old buildings downtown that have lasted a century. They used lime mortar and are still standing just fine. Maybe we worry too much about new methods.
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miakelly1mo ago
Honestly, how many of those old buildings have you actually been inside? Half of them are held together with plaster dust and hope at this point.
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