Good morning! Today’s video is the beginning of the process to repair the brick wall we have been working on the past few weeks. It makes a lot more sense to see it on the videos than for me to explain it on the blog posts.
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Good morning…I was going to ask Frank why the bricks were laid in different directions and then Carrie touched on the subject. So, back when old homes were built, did they just piece brick together to make it work or did they have a true blueprint and knew the brick would need to go in at different angles to make walls, etc. work correctly and hold load bearing weight?
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There is a standard that brick layers use to figure out how many levels they need to go before tying the bricks together by laying them in different directions. Frank is not a bricklayer so… he has to replicate what they used that worked for 130 years. =)
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I read a while back that on exterior walls, masons often would lay the bricks in various patterns such as Flemish Bond, English Bond etc. For some time, I tried to identify the name of the brick pattern on various buildings. Rather nerdish! English bond is much stronger. Then I realized…. nobody cares! ( with the exception of masons). On interior walls I’m guessing they just did what was necessary to build the most sturdy walls regardless of pattern. Just an opinion for what it’s worth. Good luck! I’m sure like all the rest of your Mooreland projects, you’ll figure it out.
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Exactly! We are just going to redo it like they had it. It would still be in great shape if the roof hadn’t sagged and put weight on the wall in the wrong way. Of course… since you follow the blog, you know that we have already completed it. =)
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Of course you have! You caught me sleeping on that one. 🙂
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Thank you I love seeing your cute cats!
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They sure have grown. It has almost been a year.
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