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Discussing Antique Brick Work at the Burtch-Udall House
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" Well, Tom this is a brick wall built in the 1820s----"
" 1820s."
" So, it still qualifies as federal period, right?"
" That's right."
" And the brick were made right in this region of Vermont?"
" Yes, they were made right here on site."
" Okay. So, it was wonderful that they had this quality brick to build with. What type of brick is it?"
" What we have here is a sand struck brick----"
" Uhm."
" A high quality sand struck brick. If you'll look closely you can see a little bit of the glimmer of the sand on the surface."
" Okay. And what kind of pattern did they lay it in?"
" It's laid in a standard bond. Here we have the headers and then we have 9 courses of stretchers."
" Okay. So, the head or the end of the brick is out to the facade and it serves to tie the whole wall together----"
" Right."
" So, these are 2 courses thick, right?"
" That's right. So, you'll have one of headers and then 8 or 9 of running and then another one of headers up here."
" Uhm. Uhm."
" Okay."
" What type of mortar were they using?"
" This is a lime and sand mortar. Just lime and sand uhm, if we look very carefully at it, we can"