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John H.[_5_]

On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 02:28:16 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:56:09 -0400, John H.
wrote:

CBS has pretty much made the traditional bricklayer obsolete. You can
do "Berlin wall" quality block work if you are insulating and dry
walling the inside and putting 1/2" of stucco on the outside.
All you see is the drywall and stucco finish. That is usually textured
to hide even more defects.
Strength is not much of an issue when you are doweling at least 16% of
the cells and the top 16" is solid concrete with four #5s in it.

Explain the 'Berlin Wall' analogy, please. I spent some time with a three pound
hammer and chisel trying to get some chunks from the wall right before it came all
the way down. That was one tough son of a bitch!
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The Berlin wall was tough, but it was not pretty work. Block work
under stucco does not have to be pretty.

We must be talking different parts. In Berlin, close to 'Checkpoint Charlie', the
wall was slabs of concrete, not blocks.
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Gun owner behavior causes problems.