Learned a hard lesson about mortar mix in the rain in Louisville last week

Tbh I never paid much attention to weather forecasts before mixing. Got caught in a surprise shower about 20 minutes into laying brick on a retaining wall job near Bardstown Road. The mortar started washing out and I had to tear down about 30 bricks and redo the whole section the next day. Has anyone else had a batch go bad from unexpected rain, or am I just the unlucky one?

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the_robin25d agoTop Commenter

Funny how we learn hard lessons in the weirdest ways isn't it.

aaronclark16d ago

The thing that finally clicked for me was just taking a step back and admitting I didn't have all the answers. Once I stopped trying to force things to go my way, everything started falling into place on its own. It sounds simple, but it took a lot of messing up to actually get there. Now I just remind myself that the hard parts usually lead to the biggest changes.

lane.eric24d ago

Yeah, learned that lesson the slow way myself actually.