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Update: guy on the scaffold next to me said he never wets his bricks before laying in July heat
He said he's been doing it 12 years and hasn't had a call back, but I watched two of his corners hairline crack by lunch. Anyone here actually skip soaking in 95 degree weather or is he just lucky so far?
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the_amy2d ago
Did you see him dunk them or just hose them down? I've done it both ways in a pinch. What worked for me in that kind of heat was keeping the pile covered and giving them a quick soak in a wheelbarrow right before they go down, not a full dunk. The brick pulls the water out of the mortar fast when it's 95 out, so a dry one just sucks the life out of the mix. Twelve years with no call back just means nobody has looked close enough at his work yet.
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