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Just found out how much mortar joints actually breathes
Was reading through an old bricklaying manual from the 1920s I found at a flea market near Flint last weekend, and it said mortar joints let out like 90% of the moisture in a wall over time. Blew my mind because I always thought the bricks themselves did all the drying. Anybody else ever come across weird old trade facts that changed how you work?
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phoenixgonzalez9d ago
Wait, does that mean I've been blaming my shoddy brickwork on the wrong thing this whole time? Cause I've got a garden wall that's basically a moisture sponge, and I thought it was just my bad aim with the trowel. So the mortar's been doing the heavy lifting while I stand there like a chump thinking I'm some kind of bricklaying genius? Man, that's a humbling thought, like finding out your dog's been writing your grocery list and you just didn't notice.
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