Bert Coules wrote:

Andrew wrote:

I thought bricks should always be kept dry ?. The brick
sucks moisture out of the mortar and causes the stiction effect.

The instructions on the Hansen bag are to wet the bricks.

Absorbent bricks (any except the hardest engineering bricks) should be
damp, but there should be no visible water left on fthe surface. How
long before use you wet them depends on the weather.

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Roger Hayter