Block laying technique - GIF

Block laying technique.

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It’s good. But can’t use a line. Although you could lay one when you have laid the course. I see some blocks are lying the other way around. Why should they lie like that?

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Originally Posted by Philip Davies

It’s good. But can’t use a line. Although you could lay one when you have laid the course. I see some blocks are lying the other way around. Why should they lie like that?

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If he is doing the construction the way I've seen it done the blocks laid vertical at the corner of the wall offer a way to insert rebar for stiffening also every 4 or 5 courses should have 2 or 3 #2 or #3 rebars laid in the mortar runs. There is n0ot a wide enough view or long enough video to determine which country he is working in or what their standards would be. I can't quite make out all of the writing on his T shirt but I suspect Columbia

Or you could use a properly sized trowel & learn how to butter a block & lay twice as fast a you can with that silly set of jigs.