Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by unsquare 4503 days ago
>About the brick laying, I'm told that you usually do that poorly if you have no experience (unlike activities like making sawhorses etc. which require little skill).

As a former bricklayer, i'll confirm it, unskilled labor shouldn't lay bricks, it will fail at some point.
1 comments
aestra 4503 days ago
My parents have a fireplace in the back yard. It has completely collapsed once. My (presumably unskilled in brick laying) dad rebuilt it but now it is falling apart again. I'm guessing the original builder wasn't skilled in brick laying either.

Thanks for the info, I always wondered why that fireplace wasn't staying up.

link
unsquare 4499 days ago
Beyond structural issues, these types of fireplaces shouldn't be built using normal bricks, they aren't exactly safe. ( the bricks can explode under certain conditions )

There's also a special type of brick and cement that is required for the inner layer of the fireplace.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_brick

link