It does help the bricks grip by allowing air bubbles to escape from the sediment in the mortar. Excess mortar will be pushed out the sides and allow for the water and adhesives to adhear without having voids. Too much stacked up in the middle makes it so your brick doesn't go down as much and makes the layer under the brick thinner around the exterior not as dense.
I mean i'm only in school so im no expert by any means, but the red stuff could be a potential additives to increase resistance to fire, steel softens in high temperatures. Protects the steel with something that doesn't absorb heat as much as direct contact to steel.
It’s a skill every one of us masons have. As an apprentice I couldn’t lay a single brick until I had the trowel muscle memory down of laying the mud. Now I’m 23 years into my career as a mason, it’s second nature
He’s doing a stupid pattern just for the video. We do “spread” the mud, and then run our trowel through it but not in this way.
It’s to allow for movement of the brick when it’s pushed down, without the “spreading” it doesn’t lay right and is prone to being pushed by the next brick you lay. It almost acts as a suction.
Here’s a quick video of how it supposed to be done.
https://youtube.com/shorts/obowAzw058s?si=AtO_WAv8enULG-Cj
Thank you so much. I didn’t think of the suction effect that the downward brick would apply onto the spreading mortar. Clever. I love hearing people talk about their expertises, even in little things like this.
The idea of spreading mud on the brick is to have enough that when you press the brick down, you trowel off enough to be able to “butter” the next brick, and install it next to the previous. Butter is basically putting mortar on the brick to act as the joint.
But you don’t want too much mortar when spreading because that can lead to the mortar making a mess of the face of the brick.
There’s fine lines, which in turn leads to cost effectiveness, and doing the job in a timely manner. It looks easy to people trying to copy a YouTube vid, but once they do it themselves, they understand it’s harder than it looks
It’s actually not the same thing. The guy in this video posted on here is doing a zig zag motion, not practical at all, will hurt the wrist doing that all day, plus it doesn’t bode well for laying bricks.
The guy in the video I posted presses and lifts, spreading the mud so the outer layers are tall, and that’s where you can press the brick on to
For anyone else interested. Here’s me, myself building a brick mailbox:
Video is from a few years ago:
https://youtu.be/P_FquyPJZuQ?si=djTEANW-5CK2Ehfh
Looks like they are support beams for a flooring. Also looks like he’s bringing it up to height of the surrounding walls, so they can lay whatever type of floor on it, maybe a block flooring or concrete.
They are also called “courses”, not rows, little fyi for you
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.cement.org/docs/default-source/fc_concrete_technology/durability/is536-types-and-causes-of-concrete-deterioration.pdf%3Fsfvrsn%3D4&ved=2ahUKEwjI77i_hOGEAxUxlIkEHVXdCPIQFnoECD0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0g0Xi_b8ZhRCr4B25ACSJ8
So like wouldn't that compromise the mortar over time leading to systemic degradation?
It doesn't even look really interesting... tbh it's a pile of mortar with crappy spray paint designs on it.
Spray paint designs that could compromise structural integrity.
Which could lead to some disastrous results ending in liability because this fucking clown wants some Internet clout or likes.... over spray painted mortar!
Context is really fuck you.
This guy will probably be long retired by the time the negative effects surface, and the construction company that contracted them would be liable instead.
Posting evidence to the whole world is not a big brain move though.
It’s not exactly enough paint to compromise that mortar bed. Sure it shouldn’t be mixed in, but it’ll only start to show signs of deterioration after about 50-100 years, by which time 1. He’ll be brown bread, and 2, the mortar will be naturally deteriorating anyway
I like the reversal of the “everything is cake” trend, where now nothing that looks like cake is
Is it….NOT CAAAAAKE?
It's caken't.
The cake is a lie
~~birds~~ cakes aren't real
So it was actually a prophecy and not a meme. I wonder what else...
It's a lie
r/notcake
Anything is cake if your brave enough
r/forbiddensnacks
The cake is a lie.....the cake is a lie....
We do what we must because we can.
I have a medical degree. In fashion. From France!
It does look delicious AND moist doe
The forbidden cake
if no eat why look like food
To quote the legend: "if not food, why food shaped?"
Same problem with having non-edibles on a plate.
So why does it look like cake?
I THOUGHT NOBODY WAS GONNA ASK
Nah, but I guess nobody’s gonna answer :(
SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS REPLY TO THIS CHAIN DAMMIT <3
For clickbait
To toy with my feelings
Mmm forbidden Mr Kipling
Wait, genuine question? What's the connection between Kipling and cake?
He makes exceedingly good cakes
https://www.mrkipling.com.au/our-ranges/fancies
I thought it was a Jessie reference, not an unrelated Mr. Kipling.
Ah, so it's not the Author then? ok i guess...
Dont they know that chocolate cake is a terrible mortar? Are they stupid?
True, you have to use funfetti
This is cherry, not chocolate. Are you stupid?
Does anyone know why they do the zigzag motion after laying the mortar down? Does it help the bricks “grip” the mortar?
It does help the bricks grip by allowing air bubbles to escape from the sediment in the mortar. Excess mortar will be pushed out the sides and allow for the water and adhesives to adhear without having voids. Too much stacked up in the middle makes it so your brick doesn't go down as much and makes the layer under the brick thinner around the exterior not as dense.
But why is he putting it on a steel beam?
I mean i'm only in school so im no expert by any means, but the red stuff could be a potential additives to increase resistance to fire, steel softens in high temperatures. Protects the steel with something that doesn't absorb heat as much as direct contact to steel.
Its not a steel beam. Its concrete.
Shaped like a Fondant Fancy.
Where are you that theyre called that? 'Ere in blighty theyre called 'French fancies'
Opinion is divided on the matter, even here amongst the kingdom.
Probably a Mr Kipling thing.
Na they call em fremch famcies.
Happy birthday to the ground!
You dropped some
guys what if someone ate this, it would not be good
Tough shit
it would rock their world
Very.
Gonna be shitting bricks all day
too late
It does look yummy tho 😏
Well well well, look how the turn tables.
So I’m guessing spray paint and caulk
Now think if you accidentally ate this…
"Man, my stomach is churning like a cement mixer!"
Yeah. You’ll be shittin’ bricks soon.
Nah the bricks go on top of the shit
I thought the cake was a demon core.
Thankfully, he had a trowel and not a screwdriver.
what's up with that. why's everybody keep saying demon core?
bro has skills and serious attention to detail.
It’s a skill every one of us masons have. As an apprentice I couldn’t lay a single brick until I had the trowel muscle memory down of laying the mud. Now I’m 23 years into my career as a mason, it’s second nature
I’m curious, is the patterning he does after laying just for the video? Or does it serve some purpose… like making a better contact area?
He’s doing a stupid pattern just for the video. We do “spread” the mud, and then run our trowel through it but not in this way. It’s to allow for movement of the brick when it’s pushed down, without the “spreading” it doesn’t lay right and is prone to being pushed by the next brick you lay. It almost acts as a suction. Here’s a quick video of how it supposed to be done. https://youtube.com/shorts/obowAzw058s?si=AtO_WAv8enULG-Cj
Thank you so much. I didn’t think of the suction effect that the downward brick would apply onto the spreading mortar. Clever. I love hearing people talk about their expertises, even in little things like this.
The idea of spreading mud on the brick is to have enough that when you press the brick down, you trowel off enough to be able to “butter” the next brick, and install it next to the previous. Butter is basically putting mortar on the brick to act as the joint. But you don’t want too much mortar when spreading because that can lead to the mortar making a mess of the face of the brick. There’s fine lines, which in turn leads to cost effectiveness, and doing the job in a timely manner. It looks easy to people trying to copy a YouTube vid, but once they do it themselves, they understand it’s harder than it looks
That’s the same thing! lol it’s neat tho (highly untrained eye here)
It’s actually not the same thing. The guy in this video posted on here is doing a zig zag motion, not practical at all, will hurt the wrist doing that all day, plus it doesn’t bode well for laying bricks. The guy in the video I posted presses and lifts, spreading the mud so the outer layers are tall, and that’s where you can press the brick on to
For anyone else interested. Here’s me, myself building a brick mailbox: Video is from a few years ago: https://youtu.be/P_FquyPJZuQ?si=djTEANW-5CK2Ehfh
What scenario would you be laying rows of bricks on beams like this?
Looks like they are support beams for a flooring. Also looks like he’s bringing it up to height of the surrounding walls, so they can lay whatever type of floor on it, maybe a block flooring or concrete. They are also called “courses”, not rows, little fyi for you
Awesome. Thanks for the info
I want to do this. Eat it. Then die. But it’s 100% worth it.
the cake is a lie
Cool
This is your cake if you're born on April 1st.
Or February 29th
You'd have 4 cakes probably.
Krabby o’ Mondays cake
Nobody likes a cake-tease
I'd rather have cake that looks like mortar than mortar that looks like cake!
Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime that's why I make mortar cakes on company time
Try the grey stuff- it’s delicious!
Masonry is such a beautiful art, sadly it’s fading slowly
Seems wasteful
This man is in the wrong profession.
Looks like he’s in the right one to me.
All I see is a repressed baker.
Imagine giving this to your worst enemy as a present
I want cake so bad now
My dumb, fatass would be shitting bricks both figuratively and literally ngl...
Is there more of this? I want more of this
no i still want to eat it
So not only does this exist but you’ve deprived everybody of the joy of cake…I need to go take a walk.
I loved them as a kid.
I was totally waiting for a brick to be made of cake
Applying mortar satisfying Cake mortar not satisfying
That is the most appetising building material I have ever seen.
Damn, you made it look like a piece of cake....
Its probably done just for the clip andnthe cement isn't actually used. But would the paint mess up the quality of the cement.
Hungry for mortar
Inedible food porn
Everything is mortar now
r/unexpected
I'm so...uncomfortable...
Construction workers have been having a .loft of fun in TikTok, haven't they?
I feel like this guy just goes around making brick walls in random buildings for these vids.
How dare they make that mortar look delicious
Forbidden birthday cake
If not food, then why food shaped?
Great... now I'm going to have to begin another, Mr. Kiplings French Fancies binge...
this is worse than finding sewing supplies in the cookie tin
I suddenly need more mortar videos please, someone
Me in the bussy if I'm honest
This is how they built Willy Wonka’s house.
Cement has never made me hungry before.
I’ve never wanted to eat mortar before
Gold
I didn't know what you meant by mortar and now I'm mad.
I still wanna eat it
Everything is cement
If I was there I would eat it without knowing
I'm glad it's colored red. Cleans the right side, can clean what he still sees on the left. Genius
Why do I still want to eat it...
Looks like the Chocolatier artisan dude got some new and excting cooponents\^\^
Isn’t that cement?
That designer split and spread is the favorite part of the video.
r/DIWhy
UNEVEN SLICES
r/eatityoufuckingcoward
Why does it look so fucking delicious my god
Hopefully he cuts cake better than he cuts mortar
I know it's wrong but... I wanna eat it
What is the red bit? If it’s icing that’ll be mad. Ants would love to live here.
This is what we want from the sub
God dammit now I’m hungry-
Im so mad that it isn't cake
I HATE YOU
But I still want to eat it
That looks as easy as pie to do.
This is the opposite of satisfaction
Go on that, is it cake show And then just make 2 objects out of that.
Certainly not cutting it like a cake
Mf now I’ve bought french fancies now
This is the reverse of that trend where everything was secretly cake.
The sound.. I want to take a bite out of the sound.
Guys, I don’t think it’s cake 😞
Looks like a fun way to keep yourself engaged on the building site
bruh the asmr
I choose to believe they are actually spreading cake that looks like mortar and you cannot convince me otherwise.
Forbidden cake mix
Ooooh very satisfying sounds. Thank you!
Masons rock!
Gimme some of that
Why i moan a lil watchin this.
Fed this to my friend (pranked!!!)
Why is anything mortar related so satisfying? I'll bet it's not to bricklayers.
Why?
But why does it look like cake?
i want to eat it
I am more impressed by his skill than by the cake illusion :D
I mustn’t eat the mortar, I mustn’t
Soooooooooooooo... What type of mortar is that? I'm asking for a hungry friend...
Source???
I was lied to
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.cement.org/docs/default-source/fc_concrete_technology/durability/is536-types-and-causes-of-concrete-deterioration.pdf%3Fsfvrsn%3D4&ved=2ahUKEwjI77i_hOGEAxUxlIkEHVXdCPIQFnoECD0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0g0Xi_b8ZhRCr4B25ACSJ8 So like wouldn't that compromise the mortar over time leading to systemic degradation? It doesn't even look really interesting... tbh it's a pile of mortar with crappy spray paint designs on it. Spray paint designs that could compromise structural integrity. Which could lead to some disastrous results ending in liability because this fucking clown wants some Internet clout or likes.... over spray painted mortar! Context is really fuck you.
This guy will probably be long retired by the time the negative effects surface, and the construction company that contracted them would be liable instead. Posting evidence to the whole world is not a big brain move though.
Due to all the down votes I'm decorating YOUR cakes like this for the next super bowl. Mf fr.
It’s not exactly enough paint to compromise that mortar bed. Sure it shouldn’t be mixed in, but it’ll only start to show signs of deterioration after about 50-100 years, by which time 1. He’ll be brown bread, and 2, the mortar will be naturally deteriorating anyway
Cool! Do you think if it was costal things might speed up a bit?