Spent 3 hours chiseling out a brick that was only half-baked

Installing a new arch at a job site near Tacoma and one of the clay bricks came out of the kiln looking fine but crumbled like a cracker when I tried to cut it. Took me forever to clean out the mess because it fell apart inside the wall. Anyone run into bricks that just don't hold up? Is it a bad batch or just bad luck?

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thea_chen3d ago

I mean, that "half-baked" thing isn't just about bricks, it's like how everything feels rushed these days. Seems like cutting corners is the pattern everywhere, not just at the kiln.

lucas_johnson3d ago

Yeah, people rush everything now. Quality's just a checkbox nobody actually checks.