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ben_ross51
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14h ago
Took me 4 hours to figure out why my corner bricks kept popping, and the answer was a $3 tool
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julia557
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2d ago
Tried a $6 harbor freight trowel on a garden wall last weekend and it actually came out smoother than my $70 one
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lilykelly
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3d ago
Why does nobody talk about wetting your brick before laying in 100 degree heat
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emery_young13
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6d ago
Thought layout lasers were a gimmick until a guy on my crew used one on a 40 foot wall in Tulsa
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karen_west59
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6d ago
Watched a guy in Kansas City lay 900 brick in a day and I've been laying them wrong since
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brian_rivera59
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8d ago
My foreman told me to stop wetting my brick before laying and I about lost it
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irismartinez
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8d ago
Wasted $340 on a used mortar mixer from a guy in Reno, and I want folks to learn from my mistake
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morgan.logan
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9d ago
Bought a $240 mortar mixing paddle for my drill and it paid for itself in 3 jobs
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the_tessa
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9d ago
Rant: I stopped soaking my brick trowel in water overnight and my mortar work got better
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martin.felix
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10d ago
Took me 8 years to realize I was buttering my brick wrong on cold mornings
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fox.derek
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10d ago
An old timer on a job in Baltimore told me my head joints were 'smiling' and it stuck with me
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ray363
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14d ago
Dropped $600 on a used mortar mixer in Fresno, it ate itself in 3 hours
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angela_grant
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16d ago
Old timer in Milwaukee told me my mortar was too wet, saved my whole first course
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avery_lopez
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17d ago
Serious question, a 22 year old helper told me my mortar joints looked like a robot did them and I got weirdly proud about it
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alicecooper
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19d ago
Bought a $180 brick tongs setup at a flea market in Columbus and it cut my wall time way down
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