PSA: I used to mix my own mortar for every job in Spokane, but not anymore.

After a bad batch last fall that cost me a full day to tear out and re-lay about 150 bricks, I switched to using pre-mix from a local supplier. The consistency is just way more reliable, especially with our weird temperature swings. Anyone else made the jump to bagged mix and had good results?

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the_william6d ago

My uncle runs a masonry crew in Coeur d'Alene. He told me they switched their whole operation to Quikrete type S for all residential jobs about five years back. Said the callbacks for cracked mortar went down to almost zero.

william_barnes6d ago

But @the_william, that stuff's way too hard for old brick.