Saw a brick facade on a new bank in Springfield that looked like it was laid by a toddler.

The joints are all over the place, some are an inch thick, others are a sliver. The soldier course above the door is wavy. It's a brand new building, too. How does that even pass inspection? Makes our whole trade look bad. What's the worst brickwork you've seen on a new construction job?

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jessew839d ago

That "wavy soldier course" you saw is brutal. I saw a new condo building where the corners weren't even plumb, like the whole wall leaned out an inch from top to bottom. How do you mess up the corners that bad?

lily_craig9d ago

Ever see that happen on a brick veneer job? I watched a crew try to fix a leaning corner once by just adding more mortar, which made it worse. The real fix is to take it down to the last good course and start over with a tight string line. You have to check every single brick with a level as you go, no shortcuts. It's slow but it's the only way to get it straight.