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Martin Bonner writes:
On Jun 8, 1:53*pm, Owain wrote:
On Jun 8, 1:15*pm, Grimly Curmudgeon *wrote:

Wtf is a putlog?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putlog_hole
To be pedantic, that describes what a putlog *hole* is.
A putlog is the short piece of scaffold pipe with a flattened end that
ties the scaffolding into the newly built wall. The brickie will
leave the occasional joint unpointed as a putlog hole, and the
scaffolder can stick a putlog in it when he puts up the next lift of
scaffolding.
Obviously, when the scaffolding comes down at the end of the job,
someone has to fill in all the putlog holes.

and it's often obvious, because whilst the bulk of the pointing will
have been experly done by a brickie, the putlog holes are often filled
by jobber or scaffolder.

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Andrew Gabriel
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