Masonry Magazine April 2001 Page. 13
QUALITY
MASONRY
CLEANING
The 3 Keys
by Ron Baer
The construction business suffers from problematic practices unheard of in other industries. Holdbacks, demands for investment, and mandated wages rank high among these. For mason contractors, another difficult situation arises at the end of most jobs: judging work solely by the quality of the cleaning. If the masonry project is clean, the job is acceptable; if the masonry is not well-cleaned, the project is judged to be substandard. The quality of the cleaning becomes the yardstick by which the quality of the job is measured, without regard for the soundness of the masonry work.
There is a solution to this problem. Proper cleaning complements and enhances quality work and proper cleaning can be achieved one hundred percent of the time.