I was buttering the back of every brick for 8 months before a guy at a site in Gary pointed at my head joint

Paige Wilson · 2026-10-03T21:10:03.683041+00:00

I mean I thought more mortar meant a stronger bond so I was slapping it on thick and scraping the squeeze out with my trowel like it was doing something. He grabbed a level and showed me the wall was actually drifting out of plumb, since all that extra mud was pushing each course forward about a quarter inch. Any of you run into that, or do you just pack the head joints and leave the bed alone?

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