Well, the mortar & bricks went less well than I had hoped. I was in hurry at the end of the day to get this done. I dug out a ditch at the end of the last course about 4 - 5 inches below the bottom of the bricks. I mixed up the mortar and it was a little wet. Filled the ditch with the mortar up to the bottom of the bricks and a little more. Then the first course of bricks got set in that. Since it was wet it was "squishy".
The second course got a little harder. Since the mortar was wet and the first course was moving around, things got even harder to keep straight. So, what I tried to do was just get it all assembled and then tweak it to be straight. It was only 6 or 7 bricks, two high.
Once the mortar started to set up it could be cleaned up a little and things could be straightened out and it stayed put.
So, the lesson is make the mortar dry.
Later,
John
Friday, January 18, 2008
Mortar & Bricks
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