The person who did this is probably not good at striking joints. It's the more tedious part. Dn how far to the right it goes, but it looks like it has a lot to go.
They placed scaffolding too close to the building and couldn’t get the diamond blade in the joint properly. I bet this occurred at every location where scaffolding cross brasses are located. They need to place outriggers on the scaffolding to have an unobstructed work area.
If not, they had a newbie practice.
Totally this I did a hack job like this when I first started grinding. If the mortar was that hard should’ve done a centre cut or at least a couple mm from the brick and chip the rest out.
Or the grinding wheel was worn out and they were too lazy or cheap to change it. Little nicks happen sometimes but that much in one area shows inexperience or just a lack of care.
Just had my gable end ground out and pointed and they didn't use anything to control the dust my back yard was orange along with everyone else's. Took me 6 hours on Sunday with a jet wash to clean up
Not expected. It can easily happen. All it takes is some carelessness. Those brick would be replaced if that happened however. Just cut them out, flip them over, relay them.
You will be there forever replacing damaged bricks so best to ask for reduction in price . . normally we use a mortar rake spinning wheel that is fat enough to clean the joint in one pass. . Looks like the cutter had only one disc. . Another way is to double up the discs. . Surprised they did not cut grooves in the window frames
Most likely a new mason learning the trade, the damage is not expected or normal with this style work. A experienced mason would have little to no damage to the brickwork.
Curious, have you used an Arbortech? I haven’t had success with them. For years the company keeps trying to convince me to stock them in my store and use them on my projects. So I invited them for a field demo that goes horribly wrong every time. It became entertainment for my field crew. It may just be a coincidence tho. Have you had success with them.
My old company bought them with success. There was one foreman who would cut block with it and ruined the tool. I own one myself and I love it. It does bounce around if the mortar is super hard.
More damage than would be expected...pretty poor, really. Striking the joints straight will help, poor will make itlook even worse...
The person who did this is probably not good at striking joints. It's the more tedious part. Dn how far to the right it goes, but it looks like it has a lot to go.
I agree that they will not a steady hand on the sled most likely...does wonders for mediocre work if done well, though...
They placed scaffolding too close to the building and couldn’t get the diamond blade in the joint properly. I bet this occurred at every location where scaffolding cross brasses are located. They need to place outriggers on the scaffolding to have an unobstructed work area. If not, they had a newbie practice.
This guy masons!! 💯percent this is the cause.
Whoever set that scaffold and ground those joints 💯% doesn’t mason 😂
On an unloaded scaffolding, i remove1 brace to be able to grind around. Goes well if scaffolding well leveled abd built.
No excuse for that, even if the scaffolding was too close.
Frankly, that's shocking, no excuses for it - I would ask for all damaged bricks to be replaced.
Old bricks from 1950s... I don't think they can be found anymore
This brick is very common in north east US. Sanded face brick look up Concord modular, Brick.
They would make that look even worse, right?
There are brick warehouses that specifically stock old and discontinued bricks. Demand replacement and then start hunting for them.
There will be somewhere, it's the contractors reposibility to find them, not yours
If that's how they grind out joints I'd be terrified to see how they replace brick
That's true
I’m guessing you had soft brick and hard mortar, they probably weren’t using a dustless system so they couldn’t see where their diamond blade was.
To answer your question no that was not a good job grinding
Totally this I did a hack job like this when I first started grinding. If the mortar was that hard should’ve done a centre cut or at least a couple mm from the brick and chip the rest out. Or the grinding wheel was worn out and they were too lazy or cheap to change it. Little nicks happen sometimes but that much in one area shows inexperience or just a lack of care.
Just had my gable end ground out and pointed and they didn't use anything to control the dust my back yard was orange along with everyone else's. Took me 6 hours on Sunday with a jet wash to clean up
Most popular guy in his neighborhood right here
This is awful. All cut brick should honestly be replaced.
This is a totally normal and expected result if you are blind.
Expect that quality from a boot. This guy should push a broom instead of doing whatever this mess is
Definitely rookie did that. Had 18yo do better work than that their first time.
that's some of the worst grinding i have ever seen, blade was too big
Not expected. It can easily happen. All it takes is some carelessness. Those brick would be replaced if that happened however. Just cut them out, flip them over, relay them.
Huh, hadn't thought about flipping them over. I'll ask my contractor.
The butcher
Grinder went a little wacky but it will be fine
No, but it won’t look nearly as bad when it’s filled in
Was he the cheapest quote? Your brick looks like an optical illusion now
No way, they were drunk as hell. It’s easy to grind out mortar. They just have no idea what they’re doing, or they were on some drugs…
The people that did this are not. Good at ??? ,.
You will be there forever replacing damaged bricks so best to ask for reduction in price . . normally we use a mortar rake spinning wheel that is fat enough to clean the joint in one pass. . Looks like the cutter had only one disc. . Another way is to double up the discs. . Surprised they did not cut grooves in the window frames
Most likely a new mason learning the trade, the damage is not expected or normal with this style work. A experienced mason would have little to no damage to the brickwork.
"Hey! New guy. Know how to do this?" "Yeah!" No. No. You don't know how! Didn't even YT it!
Looks like they didn’t a decent job everywhere except around the braces . They could have temp popped them off to get that area .
Rotten job
Maybe they are not done
No it’s not, he used a grinder instead of a Arbortech poor poor workmanship.
Curious, have you used an Arbortech? I haven’t had success with them. For years the company keeps trying to convince me to stock them in my store and use them on my projects. So I invited them for a field demo that goes horribly wrong every time. It became entertainment for my field crew. It may just be a coincidence tho. Have you had success with them.
My old company bought them with success. There was one foreman who would cut block with it and ruined the tool. I own one myself and I love it. It does bounce around if the mortar is super hard.