Just been having my first stab at bricklaying this last weekend.
It was a sunny day, over 70 degrees.

Question: When laying bricks on a hot day is it best to use a slighty
wetter mortar mix than normal? Not excessively so, just an extra dash
of water.

Bruce

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Just been having my first stab at bricklaying this last weekend.
It was a sunny day, over 70 degrees.

Question: When laying bricks on a hot day is it best to use a slighty
wetter mortar mix than normal? Not excessively so, just an extra dash
of water.

No - just make sure that the bricks are well soaked before you lay
them.

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Just been having my first stab at bricklaying this last weekend.
It was a sunny day, over 70 degrees.

Question: When laying bricks on a hot day is it best to use a slighty
wetter mortar mix than normal? Not excessively so, just an extra dash
of water.

Either that, or work faster :-)
IME the whole bricklaying thing is based on suction. You slap the brick
down, adjust the position and, if you can't then easily pull the brick
off by gripping the top, you'll have a good bond. If you move it too
much in the adjustment, you break the suction, and you need to re-lay
the mortar

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Just been having my first stab at bricklaying this last weekend.
It was a sunny day, over 70 degrees.

Question: When laying bricks on a hot day is it best to use a slighty
wetter mortar mix than normal? Not excessively so, just an extra dash
of water.

Bruce


I am a complete punter, but my guess would be that its better to cover
up the brick work or dampen later to slow the curing to a reasonable rate.

I think its the rate of curing which is important.

I was doing some pointing (indian stone flags) this weekend and had
similar problems in that the surface went off too quickly and but the
lower stuff had not gone off - this made brushing off trickier than normal.

I also find that when using a mixer the mix can go from "perfect" to
very sloppy with only a small amount of additional water.

Alex.

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Just been having my first stab at bricklaying this last weekend.
It was a sunny day, over 70 degrees.

Question: When laying bricks on a hot day is it best to use a slighty
wetter mortar mix than normal? Not excessively so, just an extra dash
of water.
When the builders built a rear wall and dwarf wall for our conservatory they
just wet the bricks on the sunny days, dunking bottom edge in bucket of
water. Mind you they really zipped along and did over 3/4 of the job 2nd day
which was rainy/drizzely working under a larger tarpaulin, probably as they
didn't need to dampen the bricks and didn't get too hot whilst working.

Cement cures by chemical reaction and not by evaporation; if the water
dries out before the chemical reaction takes place then the mortar
willbe not much better than sand. I learnt this the hard way! Use Rob
Morley's tip!

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Just been having my first stab at bricklaying this last weekend.
It was a sunny day, over 70 degrees.

Question: When laying bricks on a hot day is it best to use a slighty
wetter mortar mix than normal? Not excessively so, just an extra dash
of water.



NO

Get some Hussein sacks cover over the newly laid bricks and keep wet.

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Just been having my first stab at bricklaying this last weekend.
It was a sunny day, over 70 degrees.

Question: When laying bricks on a hot day is it best to use a slighty
wetter mortar mix than normal? Not excessively so, just an extra dash
of water.



NO

Get some Hussein sacks cover over the newly laid bricks and keep wet.

HESSIAN!!

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Just been having my first stab at bricklaying this last weekend.
It was a sunny day, over 70 degrees.

Question: When laying bricks on a hot day is it best to use a slighty
wetter mortar mix than normal? Not excessively so, just an extra dash
of water.



NO

Get some Hussein sacks cover over the newly laid bricks and keep wet.

HESSIAN!!

Look If wont to drape a wall with a wet Asian sack I will
They are cheaper and better then the real thing !

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Just been having my first stab at bricklaying this last weekend.
It was a sunny day, over 70 degrees.

Question: When laying bricks on a hot day is it best to use a slighty
wetter mortar mix than normal? Not excessively so, just an extra dash
of water.



NO

Get some Hussein sacks cover over the newly laid bricks and keep wet.

HESSIAN!!

Yeah! he plays for Chelsea/

Bobby

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:05:33 +0100, Rob Morley
wrote:

In article . com,
" says...
Just been having my first stab at bricklaying this last weekend.
It was a sunny day, over 70 degrees.

Question: When laying bricks on a hot day is it best to use a slighty
wetter mortar mix than normal? Not excessively so, just an extra dash
of water.

No - just make sure that the bricks are well soaked before you lay
them.

This advice will make a real mess, maybe not for a profesional, but
definatly for an ameter.