Different Brick - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

BrickieWannaBe · 10-01-2008, 08:00 AM

This is some brick that is being laid on a new house in my area.
The dented ends make it tough to tool the joints.

Thought I would share.

concretemasonry · 10-01-2008, 08:03 AM

Thats what you call character and the reason for it being used.

BrickieWannaBe · 10-01-2008, 08:16 AM

Very true! At first glance I didn't like it. But it kinda grows on you after awhile.

BigDa · 10-01-2008, 08:33 AM

I do like it. Looking at the corners it appears kinda narrow. How wide is it?

BrickieWannaBe · 10-01-2008, 09:15 AM

Standard King Size brick i believe. 2 3/4" or close to it...

stacker · 10-03-2008, 07:30 AM

what are you striking the, up with.if you look on those pix i posted,that brick is similar to what you are laying.we used a stick to strike that work.

**genecarp** · 10-03-2008, 07:32 AM

Nice, thanks, i call it WILLIE WONKA BRICK!!!!!!!

BrickieWannaBe · 10-03-2008, 10:22 PM

Stacker,

The bed joints are tooled with a barrel jointer, and the perps/head joints are struck with a homemade tool. It is a piece of copper tubing with a loop in the end. I will take picture and post it. But a stick would do the trick as well!