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Bricklaying on a sunny day: tips
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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ups.com... 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. |
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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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wrote in message ups.com... 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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"Mark" wrote in message news wrote in message ups.com... 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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John wrote in message ... "Mark" wrote in message news wrote in message ups.com... 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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"John" wrote in message ... "Mark" wrote in message news wrote in message ups.com... 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 |
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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. |
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