TIL my old foreman's tip about wetting the brick before laying in July heat was dead right

Nancy Schmidt · 2026-10-30T20:55:04.900054+00:00

He told me back in 2019 on a job in Tucson that dry brick would suck the water right out of my mortar and the wall would crumble, and I laughed at him until three courses in when the mud set up faster than I could tap it level, so now I'm curious what everyone else does when it's 105 out, soak them, dunk them, or just work slower?

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