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jason328•13h ago

Pushing mortar into the joint versus buttering the brick, which one actually holds up

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jamie_price•14h ago

Vent: my old boss said pointing brick with a jointer was a waste of time, I still think he was dead wrong

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anna_carter53•2d ago

My old boss caught me buttering joints and set me straight

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clairem38•5d ago

My 3rd chimney crown in Cincinnati finally made me get a bevel trowel

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emmam32•7d ago

Old foreman from Detroit told me to wet the bricks, I thought he was nuts

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rileyw72•9d ago

Saw a crew laying brick sideways on a retaining wall in Pittsburgh, anyone do that?

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robert64•15d ago

Finally got my repoint mix right after a talk with a retired mason

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mason.keith•27d ago

Leveling mortar with a chalk line finally clicked for me

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jasons63•28d ago

Mortar mix changed after a job in Phoenix, now I second guess every batch

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adams.barbara•28d ago

A quick word from a site super saved my mortar mix

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jasons63•1mo ago

Bought 200 bricks from an online pallet deal, 40 were chipped on arrival

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sullivan.riley•1mo ago

That 'quick' repoint job on a 120 year old wall in St. Louis bit me hard

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lindahunt•1mo ago

Appreciation post: the old Italian trowel that finally made sense to me

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morganhayes•1mo ago

Hit 500 brick ties inspected in one shift, now I trust my crew more

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laura_white99•1mo ago

The foreman who made me redo a corner three times for no reason

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