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jenniferb53•14h ago

Update: I switched from string line to laser level on long walls and I was wrong about lasers

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hernandez.morgan•17h ago

Update: the 3 day job on Maple Street that turned into 9 and taught me to check the chimney first

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parkerh38•3d ago

My old boss said never trust a wet saw to cut firebrick straight, and he was dead wrong

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aliceg61•3d ago

Why does nobody talk about buying a $300 mortar board instead of mixing on a scrap of plywood

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terryallen•4d ago

Foreman said to wet the brick before laying in July, I figured he was messing with the new guy

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luna_kim40•4d ago

PSA: I switched from a string line to a laser level on my 40 foot wall and it cost me half a day

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logan_owens14•10d ago

Vent: The old head on my crew in Baltimore said to quit tapping bricks with the trowel handle, and I finally get why

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andrew854•11d ago

The 6 foot wall in Danbury that made me rethink my whole footing game

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derek_ramirez•12d ago

Shoutout to the old timer in Dayton who swore by soaking bricks before laying them

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nelson.cameron•12d ago

I swore the snap cutter was a gimmick until I watched a guy on a job in Toledo do 40 cuts in 10 minutes

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wendy72•12d ago

PSA: rebricking my mom's 1962 fireplace took me 3 weekends, not the 1 day I promised her

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the_jordan•13d ago

The foreman in Reno made me lay a sample panel before touching the wall, and it saved the whole job

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abby189•15d ago

Saw a crew repointing a 1900s school in Providence and they were using a mortar mixer I'd never seen

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sethh58•16d ago

My level line got knocked off at the worst time and I did not notice for 3 courses

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the_oscar•20d ago

A retired mason in Tampa told me one brick takes 3 gallons of water to make, and I can't get it out of my head

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