| Kris Krieger 2006-09-06, 1:25 pm |
| "Don" <one-if-by-land@concord.com> wrote in
news:edmev20223m@news4.newsguy.com:
> "Kris Krieger"> wrote
>
>
> The holes allow the mud to spooz up into the brick above, anchoring it
> to the one below.
> Solid bricks won't allow that and are thus less structurally secure.
>
A-ha - thanks for the info; I was wondering. That does make sense.
Is rebar ever put through, or is brick not strong enough to fool with doing
that? I've seen demonstrations where rebar is used to fortify "cinder"
block (not sure that's still the correct name for it these days), but the
spaces were always (in the demos) filled with concrete, so my guess is that
the concrete holds it, not the block. My first guess would be that brick
can't hold enough concrete to support rebar, and that it isn't done - but
that's just a guess.
((Speaking of concrete, Googling now to find ways to bleach-out colored
concrete - I paid a bundle for some stone coping, and someone - not me!! -
up and decided to use a mud-colored grout that totally ruins the taupes,
umbers, and other neutral tones since the mud-color has filled all the
pores - now it doesn't match the house brick at all =:-p ... I know the
stuff can be dyed/painted/stained, but have yet to find any way to de-
colorize pigmented grout. It's always something in thie household ;) ))
|