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Discussing Antique Brick Work at the Burtch-Udall House
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" But Tom this is -- a brick wall built in the 1820. -- so it's still qualifies as federal period right right and the brick were made right in this region of Vermont yes there are made right here on site okay. So it was wonderful that they had this quality brick to build with what went with type of brick is. Well we have here is a sand struck brick a high quality sand struck brick if you look closely to see a little bit of the the glimmer of the sand on the surface okay and what. What kind of pattern did they lay it and it's laid an area and a standard bond. Here we have the headers and then we have nine. Courses of stretchers OK so the head the end of the brick is out to the facade. And it serves to tie the whole wall together -- these are 22 courses thick right that's right so you have one of headers and then eight or nine. Running and then another one of headers up here in OK what type of mortar were they using this as a lime and sand mortar. Deployments and if we look very carefully that we can see the wonderful. Pulling that was done there again right there. And these are marks that were laid down nearly two centuries ago and they're still. Legible and in good condition really -- remarkable does just that simple lime and sand mortar is quite quite durable what do you call a chunk like -- just a chunk of lime. OK that still just sits there and survives this has never been repoint there have been reported that --"