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Just finished a week laying reclaimed brick for a patio in Savannah and it was the most satisfying job in years.
The homeowner gave us total freedom on the herringbone pattern and the weather was perfect, not a single rain delay. Has anyone else had a project lately where everything just clicked like that?
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casey8436mo ago
Man, I have to disagree. My last patio job was a nightmare. The bricks were all different thicknesses, so leveling was impossible. The homeowner changed the pattern three times after we started. We even had to tear out a whole section because their dog kept running through the wet mortar. Some jobs just fight you every step of the way.
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henderson.eva6mo ago
That dog story is brutal.
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robinson.jake5mo ago
...that's the dream right there, when the weather holds and the client just trusts your eye. I did a small brick walkway last fall with a basket weave pattern and it was the same kind of smooth sailing. The key for me was spending a full day just sorting the bricks by thickness before I even laid the first one... saved a ton of hassle with leveling later. Made the whole thing feel like a puzzle that just fit together.
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