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robinson.quinn•13h ago

Warning: the old head who said 'if the mud won't hold a line, your brick won't either' was right

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white.elizabeth•1d ago

Unpopular opinion: stop buttering the back of soldier courses and calling it weatherproofing

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stellabennett•2d ago

Old timer at the brickyard in Toledo showed me the wet sponge trick and I've been using it since

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robinwalker•3d ago

Foreman in Toledo said to stop wetting my brick before laying, cost me a whole wall

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ivan522•5d ago

My old foreman in Toledo told me to stop soaking my bricks before laying, said it was making my mortar too wet

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cora_perez•5d ago

My brand new trowel snapped mid float coat and now I'm second guessing cheap handles

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hugog43•6d ago

The $230 laser level from the pawn shop in Gary taught me more than my 15 years on the line

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white.elizabeth•8d ago

Just realized I'd been buttering my brick joints way too thick for 6 years

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evan_harris14•10d ago

Can we talk about the trowel I left in a bucket of water overnight in Amarillo

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anthony_wells•14d ago

Thought the string line was a crutch until I tried it on a 40 foot garage wall in Tulsa

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thea_carter•15d ago

Vent: I stopped soaking my brick trowel in water overnight and my mortar stopped sliding

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foster.dylan•18d ago

Update: a foreman in Kansas City made us soak our trowels overnight and I've never gone back

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karen_martin•19d ago

Keeping a wet sponge handy while laying in Phoenix heat

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davidh90•19d ago

Appreciation post: the $22 brick tongs that fixed my back after 15 years of carrying one at a time

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allen.quinn•19d ago

Vent: the guy running the mixer at a job in Omaha set my mortar way too wet and I didn't catch it in time

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