Bryan Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 I did a 3 year warranty inspection last week on a home with brick and cement siding. All of the exterior finishes had issues; however, on the east elevation of the home about 4 feet up there was a row of bricks with the head joint full of sand and covered by a thin layer of mortar. The head joint mortar was already failing and there was a horizontal crack in the mortar joint above. The question is, short of a very poor installation, why would the head joints be full of sand? Bryan Click to Enlarge 79.07 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 The "sand" is just mortar that's gone to Aunt Sadie's. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted October 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 The "sand" is just mortar that's gone to Aunt Sadie's. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Mike, I don't think so. I could dig the whole joint out and it looked like pure mason sand and you could tell where they had "caped off" the joint on the exterior. Bryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHI in AR Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Here's my guess as a former builder: The mason's laborer mixed a batch of mortar very quickly/poorly. The material at the edges of the batch wasn't well integrated. In other words, you had a crappy batch of mortar. The mason using the mortar didn't care enough to have the mortar mixed more thoroughly...after all, the problem wouldn't show up until long after he had been paid and gone home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 It's a secret door. When enough of the sand flows out, it allow a tumbler to fall and counterweights then cause the entire wall to pivot, revealing the zombie army that's waiting behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Jim are you sitting at home alone, watching Halloween movies?[][:-dev3][:-bonc01] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Jim are you sitting at home alone, watching Halloween movies?[][:-dev3][:-bonc01] Not at all. I've organized a loose confederation of neighbors and we're making preparations for the zombie holocaust. - Jim in Oregon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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