Show WETTING BRICK very few pe people olle cr cl even builders I 1 are aware of the advantage of wetting i bricks before laying them orif or if aare aware of it theado they do not practice it for of the many houses now in pro j I 1 gress in th this s city clay there a are re very few lew in which betl wet I 1 bricks are used A wall twelve inches thick built of ot eod cod mortar with bricks well weil soaked is stronger in in every respect than oe wie sixteen inches thick built bulit dry the reason of this teis is that inthe if the bricks are well saturated with nith n with rith ith water they will not I 1 abstract from the mortar the moisture which is 1 itce aary bary to its on the contrary aey t ley will unite chemically with the mortar and 1 come rome as solid ai as a rock on the other hand if the bricks are put up tip dry they immediately take all the moisture from the tile mortar leavin leaving gt it to dry and harden and the consequence is that when wilen a build building lug jug of this description ia is taken d down or tumbi gumbl s down of iti its own accord tho the mortar ar from it is 13 like so much munh sand scientific I 1 ame can |