Why are surgeons paid more than brick layers?

[Dragonfli]

170. No I compared it to a homeowner that failed to maintain his home assume the bricks were perfect when

when originally laid. then

Try reading again, this time slowly, I go too fast for some at times, but this is the worst I have seen yet of falure to read a post but responding to it.

Read it again
slowly.
Joint's over time need tuck pointing, it happens to all brick jobs and all mortar but I mistakenly thought you knew SOMETHING about the subject, I will not make that mistake again, second, because the cheap homeowner thinks the bricklayer is payed too much he never has maintenance done "that trained monkey should be happy with min wage!".

When joints have aged to the point where mortar is degraded (even if laid by a master) it must be dug out to the point where it is not rotted, much like a tooth before a filling is applied, then you remortar the joint using a technique called "tuck pointing", got it now?

Well, it is common for cheap homeowners to not maintain their bricks, it only comes up once a generation or so but still it needs to be checked occasionally. Winter does freeze the water that has seeped into the joints that should have been pointed, it expands and chimneys fall apart, usually in winter when it is hard to fix and often the neighbors notice it first when a brick falls and cracks his/her sidewalk.

3 or 4 times a year, emergency work like clockwork and yet you say it doesn't happen and you are an expert but never heard of tuck pointing?

You just do not know what you are talking about and it is frustrating as hell!!!!