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Posted by tbasc@bellsouth.net on November 1, 2007, 6:09 pm
>
> > wrote:
>
> > > Sure enough, the
> > >tuckpointer says he lays about 6 courses of outer brick, then lays the inner
> > >brick, and tying it together with wire.
>
> > I'm not sure I like the idea of tying together with wire when doing a
> > chimney. I'd worry about problems with corrosive gases causing early
> > failure in the wire.
>
> > but that is an IMHO...
>
> Well, I went to the jobsite this morning, and the inner layer was not
> level with the outer layer! The worker on site told me he'd get the
> layers even by cutting down the last row of bricks... OMG!
>
> The contractor came by a little later and tried to convince me that
> tying together the layers would be fine. I explained they were
> uneven. When I asked how he would tie them together, being they were
> uneven, he started yelling at me asking what I knew about
> bricklaying. Then literally stacked bricks on the ground to show him
> what I meant by uneven.
>
> Then he threw up his hands and said he'd be taking down the chimney
> and doing it again. I told him I wanted it done with stretcher bricks
> every sixth course, which is the way it was originally. Fortunately,
> I took several pictures of the chimney before it came down, and gave
> him a couple of pictures so he could see what I meant.
>
> Another thing his worker did, was to stack the bricks dry. These are
> the original chimney bricks, over 80 years old, so there is some
> deterioration. I asked him why his worker didn't spray the surface of
> the bricks to moisten them, he said the mortar holds better on a dry
> brick... That doesn't sound right to me.
>
> So, since old bricks with some spalling are being reused, do I still
> want them moistened before being mortared?
Check the BIA (Brick Industry Association) web site.
Technical notes are useful.
T
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