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Vent: Old timer told me to butter my joints and I laughed at him
Guy named Jerry, been laying brick since the 70s, told me to take the extra 10 seconds to butter every head joint on a wall I was doing in Detroit last spring. I thought he was just being slow and old fashioned. Three rows in I skipped it to save time and ended up with a half inch gap behind a face brick that I didn't catch until the next day. Had to pull the whole section and redo it. So yeah Jerry was right and I was an idiot. Anyone else learn a lesson the hard way from ignoring someone's simple advice?
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alexk604d ago
Jerry sounds like a guy who learned that lesson the hard way too lol. That half inch gap would have driven me nuts the next day knowing I could have just buttered the joint. Bet you never skip that step again on any wall you lay.
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grace894d agoMost Upvoted
Oh man, that's so true! It's funny how skipping one little step can mess up your whole flow later on. I swear that's how half my DIY projects go - I rush through some tiny thing thinking "ah it'll be fine" and then I'm kicking myself the next day. It's like when you're cooking pasta and you don't salt the water because you're in a hurry, and then the whole dish tastes flat. You know better, but that one moment of laziness just haunts you. Jerry probably ain't never making that mistake again though, that's for sure.
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taylor124d ago
Did you ever hear about my buddy Frank who tried to fix a leaky faucet with just a wrench and no Teflon tape? He thought it was an old wives' tale until his whole kitchen ceiling peeled from the water damage. Now he tapes every pipe joint three times over just to be sure.
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