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Salvaged Brick Hearth

Bob visits a Federalist Revival house in Charleston, South Carolina. He watches Ralph lay a new hearth with salvaged brick.
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" Data looks good -- man many talents cutie restored all the plaster cornice work this house you're also doing masonry well Bob I have to diversify -- horrific visit. If that makes a lot of sense. Now. Are you working on top of a concrete pad there yes that would scored just put our community that is important it. Part and now we're gonna -- apartment herringbone pattern and this is a dry mix that you're putting in yeah and then what's accurate later have to -- I -- the dryness it's a -- to Portland and can't nick what's the ratio of quarter one. And then just that the moisture in the -- just kind of holds -- together -- react to it later like to hear what's accurate now. -- when the Richard talking about the bricks. Kozyrev bricks that we salvage from the front porch fears. And down their identical to the bricks that are in this. Fireplace are definitely the same color but will they hold up against the fire in the -- well we'll senate and in on this with with. No order -- so they'll be sent. But one to the other took for some reason. They ever did become damaged they're easy to replace -- your carefully leaving your your center line kind of open there in the middle of that certainly herringbone patterns flowing right left it blank it okay. Let's watch. And you'll notice the bricks are various businesses so wrong. Don't have to be individually set the right level. Britain also apparently she's in 2000. A little bit of trouble to make everything layout work right right. How do you deal with that you just crack the drive X in between. Between joint here we -- put in. -- seen them. We put them with the same accurately using on the floor. Some kind of guilty here to pick another brick you know -- time -- that. Well I have -- I'm pretty well where to were we acting hair looks good. So then you can just start adding in on the on the left side yet on ahead -- filling in the herringbone pattern there. Message did all who we are cutting working at a time well you know exactly what can work to do it Dolly back the happy. Almost respect to cut sure. And of course that herringbone pattern could have been laid. Running in the opposite direction but I I -- negative returns you can only do a ninety degree turn. You repeat itself right."

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