Mortar for firebrick | Contractor Talk - Professional Construction …
Nov 11, 2005 · Fire brick = fire clay. Either the dry clay you mix yourself, or that "sairset material in the gallon cans. The brick and clay have essentially the same coefficient of expansion so there is no separation. Do not use a portland mix as the joints will begin to crumble out. A lot of granite carvers use a propane torch to pop the surface off.
Thin Brick Mortar - Contractor Talk
Feb 7, 2022 · We did a wall with thin brick not long ago. Tile guys put Laticrete LHT straight on the sheetrock. Laticrete also makes a thin brick-specific product: MVIS™ Thin Brick Mortar | Multi-Use Adhesive Mortar | LATICRETE®. MVIS website states that cement backer is a suitable substrate. Everything holding up so far on the wall where we used LHT ...
Mortar or sand set patio? - Contractor Talk
Jun 20, 2012 · Mortar set 100% I learned a trick. Screed off dry mortar bed, (Over concrete pad) set pavers, fill joints with dry mortar mix and lightly mist to set. Rub off with burlap. I simplified this as I am tired but if you need more detail just ask. Sand is sand. It will move. I just don't understand the whole mentality except that it is a cheap way out...
Mortar mixing ratio | Contractor Talk - Professional Construction …
Mar 29, 2006 · Ahh, mortar mix design, my favorite subject. The answer is that you have to use the proper mix for what you are laying, where you are laying it and when. The mix that you can't usually go wrong with is 1-1-3, portland-type S lime-masonry sand. Workable, good bond strength and enough lime to promote autogenous healing.
How to lighten grey mortar color - Contractor Talk
May 28, 2012 · Masonry gurus, I am trying to mix some mortar that is light grey in color to match some pool coping. I mixed some txi masonry cement 3 parts sand to 1 part mortar and its not light enough. What is too much sand in the mixture? Can I mix in white portland cement to lighten the color a touch. Thanks
I am looking for masonry advice on an old cream city brick home.
May 17, 2020 · NEVER PAINT Brick that contact the soil.....in a climate that has below freezing weather. Replace damaged brick with RED brick and red mortar NO PAINT grinding out all the joints would allow most the water vapour to 'escape", point with a lower strength Red mortar mix.
Deep Mortar Joint Brick Wash (Slurry, Sack, Lime, White???)
Aug 10, 2015 · FJN @ 19-20: Any wall laid with lime based mortar is always a little "white washed" by the unbonded lime washing out of the mortar. When the lime laid brick appear nearly spotless, its time for tuckpointing. On further thinking, I can see how different trades can have different views on value and only doing projects that add value to the customer.
Ready Mix for Tuck Pointing? (1920s House) | Contractor Talk ...
Sep 2, 2012 · Those look like old St Louie commons. They are pretty hard as old brick go. Make sure if the mortar is lime mortar first, if not a Type N cementious mortar will be fine, if it is, then you will need to mix your own lime mortar or pay some …
Brick patio mortar mix | Contractor Talk - Professional …
Apr 7, 2013 · Brick patio mortar mix. 3085 Views 9 Replies 5 Participants Last post by Diamond D., Apr 7, 2013. P ...
parge a brick foundation - Contractor Talk
Dec 28, 2011 · The theory was that a really strong mix would last longer than the earlier mix. It can take 30 or 40 years to find out that the mix has destroyed the brickwork. In that time a few generations of bricklayers have been brought up to use the wrong mix. The latest thinking is that that a lime mortar mix should contain no OPC.