Octagon Gable Vent - Batt Ribbon - Pictures Anyone?

BrickieWannaBe

Does anyone have any pictures of a batt ribbon on a octagon gable vent?
I'm getting ready to do my first one. Just curious what others have done.

Nate

CJKarl

Sorry, what the heck is a batt ribbon?

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stacker

ill try to get one posted this afternoon for you.the funny thing about it too is it is on a house i did last summer for a couple who had moved to alva from blackwell.

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brickie
hope these pix help.like i said i did these last summer for a couple who had moved from blackwell to alva.really nice people,which i know is uncommon for people from blackwell.just kidding

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BrickieWannaBe

Thanks Stacker!

And I thought it was the other way around...
Have we played Alva in football yet? Oh yeah we did. I think it was 28 - 6 Blackwell.
Actually I'm not a huge football fan. So it makes no difference to me. I guess I shouldn't tell you that... :-)

Thanks man thats exactly what I was talking about.
Is it called something else? Maybe just a ribbon?

N

Tscarborough

Stacker, is that Duffrin stone?

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tscar
im not really sure what the name of it is.it came from trinity brick in oklahoma city.all i know is that it is man made.very easy to lay.

brickie,
yeah we played blackwell already and blackwell beat us.i think that is the 1st time in 10 years or so.i hope the pix help you.

even tho the pix date back to 2002,i just took them this morning.

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BrickieWannaBe

They are exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks again!

Bigbricklayer

Here is another one for ya

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custom patios

nice and clean. how is the vent replaced when need be? is the vent just caulk sealed against the brick?

CJKarl

Hey Stacker, what bond do you call that?

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CJKarl

Up her in Yankee land we call that a "walk'in bond"

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BrickieWannaBe

The vent on new construction has a nail flange so it would have to be cut out and you could cut the flange off a new vent and set it in place and caulk around it.

CJKarl - I've had a few walkin bonds myself...
Sometimes its the help the has them walkin for me... It happens.

neolitic

Very pretty cuts there!

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stacker

are you being a smartazz?
if you are i think it is very rude to make comments like that about someones work.i understand we all cant be as good as you,but please keep you smart azz comments to yourself.
and if you must know some of those brick varied as much as 1/4 in length.

we call it a 3/4 bond here.

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neolitic

I'm in between you two
(not if there's gonna be a fight!)
and I've heard both.
Depends on where the Brickie's from
I guess.

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BrickieWannaBe

I know what you mean stacker.
I have been amazed at the difference in length on these brick. It is amazing. And hard.... my gawd there hard!
From the other mason's I have talked too, it doesn't seem to matter what brick you buy they aren't the same length. Some worse than others.

Again, thanks for the pictures guys. They are exactly what I was looking for.

brick4life

even if it were possible for the manufacturers to make every brick the same lenght, very few are good enough to lay each head joint exactly the same size,so your bond is going to wiggle a little unless you take forever to lay brick ,then you won't be in bussiness very long

Tscarborough

I call it a 3/4 bond as well, and it looks to be within reasonable range and within most specifications I have seen, especially for residential work. A mason might notice the bond, but a homeowner will notice fat head joints.

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CJKarl

Sorry man, I was being a smart-azz. Yes I see it's a 3/4 bond.

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