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Rehabs and
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Volume 48. Number 9
September 2008

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To cut, clean and refill a mortar joint with fresh mortar, known as tuckpointing is part of a standard mai

For The Record
Jennifer Morrell
Editor
jmorrell@lionhrtpub.com

MASONRY
The Voice of the Masonry Induse

MASONRY Magazine
Official Publication of the
Mason Contractors Association of America and the
Canadian

President's Message

Tom Daniel
President
Mason Contractors Association of America

Industry Cooperation
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New Members
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The Big Secret...
What Non-Stop learned when we were a large masonry contractor...

Non-Stop was born from the lessons we learned as a masonry contractor ourselves. We were as large as any and more profitable than most. But we never became w

Making the Grade

Honor and Skill

Young mason Jason Salvas has it all.

ASON SALVAS knows how to stay busy. Even in high school, Salvas was a multi-tasker, staying busy with basketball, the National Honor Society, and working d

TOOLS

Kraft Tool - Wire Brush with Metal Scraper
cleaning the joint after removing the mortar. "You're always going to leave some debris in the joint," Cook says. "The brushes get the dust particles and anything else you left behind out of

The trigger spray bottle application will cause minimal wetting, but you don't want to get any run down, so use small amounts and catch the run off with a damp cloth. When the chemical is applied, you'll see an obvious marker where the mortar is cleaned

CLEANERS AND SEALANTS

cleaners for masonry had been invented, muriatic acid was all there was for cleaning masonry," Henry says. "And, it wasn't too bad of a choice then, because red clay brick is very highly acid resistant. So, you would slap

As the cleaner side of things has been challenged by new masonry products, so has the sealer side. In most cases, however, there has been little need for changes to the chemicals or techniques for applying them. "It's going to be much the same

CHOOSING A MORTAR COLOR

Choosing a mortar color to compliment the wide range of colors found in clay brick, colored block and stone will enhance the appeal of a masonry structure. Brick, colored block and stone contain thousands of hues that ch

COLORING
The more cement in the mix, the darker the mortar.

Mortar mix design
THE ASTM C270 SPECIFICATION for Mortar Unit Masonry includes Prepared Masonry (ASTM C91) Type N,S,& M Masonry Cement and Type O,N,S, & M Portland Cement (AST

Pigments made of carbon black have a high tint strength value and are listed under ASTM-C979, but are generally not accepted by pigment manufacturers who supply pigments to the masonry industry. Exterior masonry mortars colored with carbon black have a h

A LESSON IN EFFICIENCY:

WM. QUIK BRIK WITH NEW V-TECHNOLOGY Now IMPROVED! V-TECHNOLOGY keeps your building dry on the inside!

ANGLED WEB SURFACES ensure crack-induced, wind-driven rain is safely controlled and directed down to flashing

COLOR BLENDING MASONRY >>> CASE STUDY
Henry Medical Center
Facility Expansion

ENRY MEDICAL CENTER OPENED IT DOORS TO HENRY COUNTY, GA., IN 1979. IN A RURAL COUNTY OF ONLY 35,000 RESIDENTS the medical center was capable of serving the

MASONRY COMPUTER ESTIMATING

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COLOR BLENDING MASONRY >>> CASE STUDY

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY CONCERNS

NWRT-91 is environmentally friendly, water-based, non-flammable and complies with VOC and other appropriate government safety standards, legislation and regulator