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Old 05-16-2007, 09:53 PM   #41
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Oh, did you mean the chunk IN the block on the mailbox? That is why it is a reject, it has a clump of limestone aggregate. Several others do as well, but most are rejects because the split is outside limits.
yes that pic but the house in back ground

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Old 05-16-2007, 09:55 PM   #42
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I certainly didn't lay the stone on my home, it was done 20 years ago, by a production mason (to be nice about it). That is good old Texas limestone, not a chunk of granite anywhere on it.

You missed the repointing on the far left corner, at the top, where the previous owner used a very dark mud to fix one rock.
and yes i did miss that but only looked at it for afew seconds lol
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1010 is my address.
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1010 is my address.
ok then whats ya veneer on front of house ??? field stone? granite?? lerado blend?
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Specifically, it is Austin chalk, flag/ledge mix, 4" dimensioned veneer.
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Old 05-16-2007, 10:10 PM   #46
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good choice with the tall narrow windows with that veneer in that area of house looks grt from the distance(( but than again any stone veneer looks grt when str8 corners and proper joint lines)) chk out my mentors site gsgmasonry well u know whats next,,, all with dates i did solo,, plus the four bay garage with arches(( pats self on back there))

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Dik, are you 12 years old or just lazy? No offense, but your posts are almost unreadable and do not lend credence to anything you post. Use spell check for Cod's sake!

http://www.spellcheck.net
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Dik, are you 12 years old or just lazy? No offense, but your posts are almost unreadable and do not lend credence to anything you post. Use spell check for Cod's sake!

http://www.spellcheck.net

lol COD ya close almost Boston,, and im not a typist nor am i a english teacher Tscar im a a stone mason,, i can barely type this with only my pointing fingers,, plus if im 12 you have too admit i know more then most 12 year olds in the field,, why ya comments?? just because id rather shrt type (( sorta like shrt hand writing)) u need too bust me about typo?? lol
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I guess in short im lazy lol,,, all energy is into the work during day.
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Since this is a medium conducted via words, you represent yourself with what you type: content, spelling, and grammar included. It takes less than 30 seconds to copy and paste into spell check, then copy and paste back to here.

Being a mason does not mean you are ignorant, and if you spend no more care on your work then you do on your typing.........
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Since this is a medium conducted via words, you represent yourself with what you type: content, spelling, and grammar included. It takes less than 30 seconds to copy and paste into spell check, then copy and paste back to here.

Being a mason does not mean you are ignorant, and if you spend no more care on your work then you do on your typing.........

Never said being a mason was being ignorant,,, and nor will i waste 30 seconds to chk it, but will stay late to joint off on job this is a forum and u do have ya opinion,, let me ask u this
if u made a material list would write down Blocks or blks?? bricks brks? cement or Cment?i dont come on here to be a professor i came here because it seemed like a good site to exchange comments and advise and take some advise not go bak too to elementry school ,, can we get bak too masonry tscar instead of typos ??
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Since this is a medium conducted via words, you represent yourself with what you type: content, spelling, and grammar included. It takes less than 30 seconds to copy and paste into spell check, then copy and paste back to here.

Being a mason does not mean you are ignorant, and if you spend no more care on your work then you do on your typing.........
and if u chk them pics out you will see how much attention i pay to my masonry,, i actualy take that alil offensively,, maybe its me`Irish heritage,,
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No worries, Dik.

When I do quotations or contracts, I use standard accepted business language. For example, on a quote, I would write this:

8x8x16 Lightweight Regular $1.17

For the first occurrence, then on the following, I would abbreviate:

8x8x16 Lwt Bond Beam 1.35

To do otherwise would lead to confusion or uncertainty in the document, as well as make it hard to read. I know you are not 12, nor are you ignorant, but that is in spite of your posts, not because of them.
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Some very nice masonry work on that site. You should be proud.
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No worries, Dik.

When I do quotations or contracts, I use standard accepted business language. For example, on a quote, I would write this:

8x8x16 Lightweight Regular $1.17

For the first occurrence, then on the following, I would abbreviate:

8x8x16 Lwt Bond Beam 1.35

To do otherwise would lead to confusion or uncertainty in the document, as well as make it hard to read. I know you are not 12, nor are you ignorant, but that is in spite of your posts, not because of them.
,,,, you use light weight (( Lwt ? )) for a bond-beam??

Ment if u need to run to the masonry yard your self not on a contract ..,, u never had to write on a piece of cardboard/ shingle?? here we are required to use heavy so Lwts i havent touched in like 10 yrs.
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Some very nice masonry work on that site. You should be proud.
TYVM Tscar
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Only one other person can understand my shorthand, and only because he has been interpreting it for 20 years. A post on here is not the same as a note written on a scratch pad, though.

The only heavyweight used in this area is for prisons and mobile home jacking (and colored units, of course).
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hey Tscar,, will chk bak tommorow,,, early start in morning,,,im still fileing threw some pics i wanna throw on here,,,
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Well they finally finished it
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What? Whats wrong with it?












LOL! That is hideous!
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