My old foreman in Phoenix insisted we use a 3/8 inch joint for a specific brick, but the specs called for 1/2 inch.

I went with his advice on a big commercial job and the whole facade had to be torn out. Has anyone else had a mentor's tip backfire spectacularly?

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emery_young131d ago

Man, that's a tough lesson to learn the hard way. The specs are there for a reason, right? I get trusting an old hand, but sometimes their tricks are just shortcuts that don't hold up. It's wild how one small change can cause a whole wall to fail. Makes you double-check everything from then on.

max_ross1d ago

Yeah, a buddy of mine had something like that happen, @emery_young13.